Tag: vim

Three curly brackets together in php source code

I just downloaded complete source code of PHP from php.net (PHP 5.4.0 [tar.bz2]). They are often using three curly brackets together as given below (The following code snippet extracted form ext/…

Validate PHP syntax in VIM

php syntax vim

I would like to know how if it’s possible to validate if a PHP file is valid in VIM without closing VIM every time? Thank you Answer You can execute shell commands in vim. This is the same as calling php -l filename.php from the shell: I have this mapped into my ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/php.vim file so that I only have to