php local development, apache www directory permissions
<p>I am interested in setting up a local php testing / development environment using the lamp stack.  I would like to use the php plugin for eclipse (I typically work with java and am very familiar with eclipse).  First of all, is it proper practice to develop my site locally directly within the appache /var/www directory?  If this is ok, can somebody describe how to properly set the permissions of the www directory so that eclipse (not being run as root) has access to read/modify php files within that directory?  This is strictly for local development so I assume security isn't as high of an issue.</p>
