How to configure .vimrc for PHP syntax
highlighting - Download nicely configured .vimrc that can improve
your daily vim text edit experience
The latest php.vim as of time of writting is from 2008 and is two
years newer than the php.vim that comes with the latest vim package
for Debian Testing/Unstable.
To install the newer version of php.vim on my Debian desktop I
issued the following commands:
1. Download newest version of vim.php from vim.org
noah:~# cd /usr/share/vim/vim72/
noah:/usr/share/vim/vim72 # mv /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/vim.php
/usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/vim.php.orig
noah:/usr/share/vim/vim72 # lynx
http://www.vim.org/scripts/download_script.php?src_id=8651
# Now press D and Choose save to Disk in Lynx
noah:/usr/share/vim/vim72 # tar -zxvf php.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- peter/peter 278277 2008-05-07 00:44
syntax/php.vim
This will have installed newest php.vim syntax highlighting rules.
Now we will also need to copy a nicely configured
.vimrc
ready to be used for PHP highlighting, along with the PHP
highlighting the .vimrc we are about to install is well configured
for all kind of vim edits, so you will certainly benefit out if it
if you're a vim user just like me.
2. Download a properly nicely configured .vimrc for all kind of
syntax highlighting including php editing and many other vim
capabilities enabled
noah:~/usr/share/vim/vim72 # cd ~
noah:~# wget http://pc-freak.net/files/.vimrc
You might also want to set the same .vimrc for all other users
except root, I'll leave this up to you.