What are best practices for self-updating PHP+MySQL applications?
It is pretty standard practice now for desktop applications to be self-updating. On the Mac, every non-Apple program that uses Sparkle in my book is an instant win. For Windows developers, this has already been discussed at length . I have not yet found information on self-updating web applications, and I hope you can help. I am building a web application that is meant to be installed like Wordpress or Drupal - unzip it in a directory, hit some install page, and it's ready to go. In order to have broad server compatibility, I've been asked to use PHP and MySQL -- is that **MP? In any event, it