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Both the term and purpose of "initial directory" field in the connection setup available from the "PHP app from remote server" wizard are confusing, undescriptive and can be easily misunderstood. The wizard needs better explanation of how the resulting FTP address is constructed (connection part + project specific part)
This P3 Defect blocks P4 RFE => making RFE also
no change for a long time => closing as invalid. don't hesitate to reopen if you still feel like this report is relevant.