Is there a good php syntax highlighter for Emacs? I'm using Emacs 23. I've tried php-mode, but that doesn't do anything. I've tried nXhtml, but that ignores my color theme and reverts to some awful looking default. Is there one I've missed or perhaps a configuration setting I've ignored?
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I used this one http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/php-mode-improved.el for some times. But I switched back to nxhtml as I have to edit too many badly mixed php/html/js/css files these days.
I tried the deboutv one but it sux on emacs (it was created for xemacs) and the development has been dead for some time with some bad bugs left.
You should try the modes available on emacswiki and see if one is good enough for you. If not, well, you know what to do : create your own.
Arkh
2010-04-22 16:21:43
Hmm... I'll give the deboutv a try. Do you know if there a way to get nxhtml to use your color-theme of choice? Because I wouldn't mind that one, so long as I didn't have to use it's ugly green theme.
mozillalives
2010-04-22 16:36:06
I use nxhtml and a custom color-theme and everything looks just fine. The only problem I've had was with the different background colors for different languages in the same file - but they can be changed or simply disabled. Btw nxhtml uses php-mode.
Bozhidar Batsov
2010-04-22 16:55:06
The php-mode-improved combined with Bozhidar's advice about the font lock fixed everything. Thanks.
mozillalives
2010-04-27 15:20:01
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The php-mode you linked to most definitely provides syntax highlighting. If it "doesn't do anything", then you didn't install it correctly. You might want to re-check your configuration.
Phil
2010-04-23 00:17:33
Which is what I was wondering. What then might be configured wrong? I followed the tutorial (before asking this question and again before writing this response) and still nothing. I can see that I'm in php-mode when the file is loaded, but I don't get any syntax highlighting. Is there something I've missed or the tutorials forgot to mention?
mozillalives
2010-04-23 14:44:41
You should check if your Emacs loaded without errors and if your font-locking(syntax highlighting) is enabled
Bozhidar Batsov
2010-04-24 08:37:26
Ah, font-locking it was. I found this page and it helped http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EnablingFontLock, particularly the part about SXEmacs. Thanks.
mozillalives
2010-04-27 14:23:38
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I think that nXhtml does not do anything with your color theme. It is rather your color theme that does not know about the background colors that nXhtml put on chunks with different major modes.
The different background colors are there so that you will be aware that you have the full capabilities of Emacs html editing in the html parts and the capabilities of the php editing mode you are using in the php parts.
You can just tell nXhtml to not color the background if you prefer that.
Leo
2010-06-03 00:31:21