Synchronizing .PHP Files on Production and Development Servers?

[eluser]bscott[/eluser]
I consider a version control system a must for all development work.

I develop on a windows machine and my version control system of choice is subversion (TortoiseSVN). The subversion repository is backed up locally and to Amazon S3 using Jungle Disk.

If you are not already using a version control system in conjunction with backups then put it at the top of your to-do list - one day it will save your life.

I use a variety of methods for publishing depending on the situation.

SynchBackSE would be ideal in your situation where you sometimes edit files on your production server and need to synch those changes with your development machine.

Super Flexible File Synchronizer is similar and may also be of interest.