That’s one of the multiple reason Vim is so great: you can make your own IDE which suits perfectly your needs and preferences.

Of course you need to read the documentation of each plugins to configure them as you wish. Unlike many articles on the net, I tried to list and describe all the plugins which are necessary for a good PHP IDE. This configuration won’t block Vim to work perfectly with other plugins for different languages as well. The list of plugins I propose here will cover most of your needs: project management, autocompletion, PHPDoc generation, powerful search and replace tools, debugger… all these features will be at your fingertips, for free. “What? A PHP IDE with Vim? Are you insane?”Īm I? It’s definitely possible to make a very powerful IDE with Vim: you need to know what plugins to install and what are their purposes. I can see you spitting your cereals in front of you computer.

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