Sometimes I am forced to edit PHP files outside Eclipse. Here's a quick guide to make your text editor (in this case, Emacs) a little more user friendly by enabled php-mode and syntax highlighting.
First, download php-mode and stick it in your ~/.emacs.d folder:
cd ~/.emacs.d
wget http://php-mode.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/php-mode/tags/php-mode-1.4.0/php-mode.elNext, paste the following code into your ~/.emacs file. This will enable php-mode and syntax highlighting. As you can see, I also added a default file extension for .module files.
(global-font-lock-mode 1)
(require 'php-mode)
(setq auto-mode-alist
(append '(("\\.php$" . php-mode)
("\\.module$" . php-mode))
auto-mode-alist))Now, when you open .php or .module files, your code will be syntax highlighted and emacs will be tailored to editing PHP code. Screen shot:
