Article : Deploying a PHP Application on a Remote Web Server Using the NetBeans IDE

Normally, a real-life PHP application is run on a remote server and is accessed through a File Transfer Protocol (FTP). To deploy your PHP application on a remote server, you will need to register an account on a hosting provider. You can also deploy a MySQL database on the remote server where you have a hosting account.

Setting Up Run Configuration for PHP Projects to be Hosted Remotely
If you have a hosting account on a remote Web server and an FTP account to transfer your source files to the remote server, you can create and debug your PHP project locally and then deploy it on the remote server. With the concept of Run Configurations, you can switch between these workflows within the same NetBeans PHP project by changing the Run Configuration type from Local Web Site to Remote Web Site.

To enable running a PHP application on a remote web server, you need to set up a run configuration that contains an FTP connection profile. 

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Courtesy:- Netbeans.org