What is the best and most efficient way to set up two versions of the same website?I want one version that is online and open for everyone to use but I also want a developer version where I can develop and test new things instead of doing that against the ftp.Currently I have MAMP setup on my developing machine and I use Git for version control.In MAMP/XAMPP the location for the files are localhost/example/ and on the ftp it is the host's (Dreamhost's in this case) file structure. Something like /home/username/example.com/. That results in having multiple versions of pretty much the same file. This isn't that efficient but I can't come up with a good solution for it. Are there any?It would be perfect if I wanted to add a new feature to the website I could do that in MAMP and when i commit the changes with Git it uploads the changes to the ftp.
Setting up and syncing a developer (local) version and a public version of a website
web development;websites;project structure;ftp
what I do with XAMP is that I have on my local an entry called a.com that points to my 127.0.0.1so i reference pages as a.com/....Keep the same files in both the places.  have some custom include that checks if the current page has a.com and makes root links differently. Something like :if( $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] == 'a.com'){    $filePath = 'images/'    $url = http://a.com;    $env = 'd';}else{    $imgPath = '/home/sites/example/images/'    $path2 = http://example.com;    $env = 'p';}    //now this can be an include file in other files    //in the other files just use the previously initialized variables when making paths and URLs. This keeps the code in the main files simple and the details in one file