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Rachel
Rachel

Reputation: 103447

What are you ideal vim configuration for php development?

I use VIM editor for PHP, i know many people will point to PDT but somehow I like to stay with VIM and so

What are your suggestions for ideal VIM configuration for PHP Development ?

Upvotes: 12

Views: 6295

Answers (6)

SergioAraujo
SergioAraujo

Reputation: 11810

What abou config files and usage tips? Vim for PHP programmers

Upvotes: 0

kguest
kguest

Reputation: 3844

you really should be using Tobias Schlitt's VIP, which is "VIM integration for PHP, including the phpDocumentor for VIM (PDV) script. The main component is a VIM file type plugin, which configures a lot of VIM enhancements for more comfortable PHP editing in VIM.".

I've been using it since before its name changed from PDV to VIP and it really is superb.

You can get it off github at http://github.com/tobyS/vip

Upvotes: 3

mozillalives
mozillalives

Reputation: 1470

If you've used PDT and like it, you might want to look into Eclim. It allows you to use vim, but hooks into eclipse for projects, code completion, etc. This makes it a little easier to jump into PDT for debugging, then back to vim for coding.

Upvotes: 3

Hannes
Hannes

Reputation: 1971

I like this, to automatically fold your code for you..

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1623

Folding in Vim in general...

:h folding

and to get into the php spirit, use the phpx colorscheme.. : )

http://vimcolorschemetest.googlecode.com/svn/colors/phpx.vim

Check out that project in general, for some nice colorschemes.

Upvotes: 0

too much php
too much php

Reputation: 91028

It really varies depending on your style, but a good place to start is to create a file called ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/php.vim. If you find any useful mappings for PHP, put them into this file (use the <buffer> option for mappings to stop them leaking into other types of files). Once you know what sort of values you like for tabstop, autoindent, smartindent etc, put them into the ftplugin file using :setlocal.

Upvotes: 0

Justin Ethier
Justin Ethier

Reputation: 134177

You would probably want to use a PHP syntax file such as: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1571

FWIW: Personally I am enjoying learning vim at the moment but still prefer netbeans for PHP development because it has many features that I need, such as automatic scp to a remote server and remote debugging with XDebug.

Upvotes: 4

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