Question

I’ve been using Vim for a while, and I can’t get proper HTML indentation working in PHP files.

For example, what I want is for each child to be indented one tab more than it’s parent, as shown below.

<?php
if(isset($sports)) {
    //Do something
?>
<div>
    <label>Uniform Size</label>
    <ul>
        <li class="left"><label for="s" class="small">S</label><input type="radio" name="size[]" value="S" id="s" class="radio" /></li>
        <li class="left"><label for="m" class="small">M</label><input type="radio" name="size[]" value="M" id="m" class="radio" /></li>
        <li class="left"><label for="l" class="small">L</label><input type="radio" name="size[]" value="L" id="l" class="radio" /></li>
        <li class="left"><label for="xl" class="small">XL</label><input type="radio" name="size[]" value="XL" id="xl" class="radio" /></li>
    </ul>
</div>
<?php
}
?>

Using the PHP-correct-Indent script, the code results in being formatted as follows:

<?php
if(isset($sports)) {
    //Do something
?>
<div>
<label>Uniform Size</label>
<ul>
<li class="left"><label for="s" class="small">S</label><input type="radio" name="size[]" value="S" id="s" class="radio" /></li>
<li class="left"><label for="m" class="small">M</label><input type="radio" name="size[]" value="M" id="m" class="radio" /></li>
<li class="left"><label for="l" class="small">L</label><input type="radio" name="size[]" value="L" id="l" class="radio" /></li>
<li class="left"><label for="xl" class="small">XL</label><input type="radio" name="size[]" value="XL" id="xl" class="radio" /></li>
</ul>
</div>
<?php
}
?>

Even with indented HTML which I then add PHP code to, the indentation is ignored, moving new lines of HTML code without any indentation at all.

So, is there any way that I can get the indentation format that I want working with HTML within PHP files, using Vim?

Answer 1

This still bothers me. I only just decided that the best work-around (for me personally) is this:

:set filetype=html

And then highlight your text and hit =. BOOM! HTML formatting succes. (Not ideal, I know, but at least it works.)