What are best practices for self-updating PHP+MySQL applications?

Question

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 Wind

Answer 1

Just my 2 cents: I'd consider an automatically self updating application within my CMS as a security hole, so if you decide to code this feature, you should consider to implement different levels of this behavior:

• Automatically update
• Check for updates and notify
• Disable