VIM 6.0:

The following should be helpful in making sure your code adheres to
our required format.  This should turn on indenting and syntax
highlighting for .php files in vim.

Add the following to your ~/.vimrc:

set ts=4
filetype on
filetype indent on
set sw=4 
set smarttab

You can adjust the ts and sw variables to use your preferred tabstop.


Place the following into, e.g., /usr/share/vim/vim60/indent/php.vim.
This is not a vim syntax file, so don't overwrite your syntax/php.vim
with this:

----CUT HERE----
" Vim indent file
" Language:	Php
" Author:	Miles Lott <milos@groupwhere.org>
" URL:		http://milosch.dyndns.org/php.vim
" Last Change:	2001 Sep 08

" Only load this indent file when no other was loaded.
if exists("b:did_indent")
  finish
endif
let b:did_indent = 1

setlocal indentexpr=GetPhpIndent()
setlocal indentkeys+=0=,0),=EO

" Only define the function once.
if exists("*GetPhpIndent")
  finish
endif

function GetPhpIndent()
  " Get the line to be indented
  let cline = getline(v:lnum)

  " Find a non-blank line above the current line.
  let lnum = prevnonblank(v:lnum - 1)
  " Hit the start of the file, use zero indent.
  if lnum == 0
    return 0
  endif
  let line = getline(lnum)
  let ind = indent(lnum)

  " Indent after php open tags
  if line =~ '<?php'
    let ind = ind + &sw
  endif
  if cline =~ '^\s*[?>]'
    let ind = ind - &sw
  endif

  " Indent blocks enclosed by {} or ()
  if line =~ '[{(]\s*\(#[^)}]*\)\=$'
    let ind = ind + &sw
  endif
  if cline =~ '^\s*[)}]'
    let ind = ind - &sw
  endif

  return ind
endfunction
----CUT HERE----


HINT:  To reformat an already-coded file using the above:

1. Format the first few lines of the file manually
<?php
	$GLOBALS['phpgw_info']['flags']['appname'] = 'yourapp';
	include('../header.inc.php');
	if(1)
	{
		hello();
	}

2. Enter command mode (hit ESC key).

3. Type 'v' to enter visual mode.  Use your arrow and PAGEUP/DOWN keys
   to select the rest of the file or a section you wish to format.

4. Type '='.  This should format the selected area, using cues from
   the section above to set the initial TAB, etc.

5. Visually inspect this section to make sure the formatting is correct.
   Using the above method is nearly perfect, but depends on the proper
   use of brackets for if statements, etc, as outlined in coding_standard.txt.

FIN