How do I install php mode on emacs?

[kingoslo]

Hello there,

I am just starting out with ubuntu.

I downloaded emacs, and wanted to use php-mode, so i downloaded something called php-mode. I would have posted a link, but this forum restricts me from doing that.

Inside are a bunch of files, and no readme. I tried to ask google how to install this, but found nothing that made sense to me (i am still a n00b).

So I wanted to ask if somebody could give me comprehensive directions.

Thanks!

Kind regards,
Marius

[reed9]

You should in almost all cases default to installing software through your package manager.

sudo apt-get install php-elisp

Ubuntu -- Details of package php-elisp in maverick

[kingoslo]

Will this apt-thing (how do i know which packages can be installed with this method?) find the custom directory i chose for my emacs?

Thanks.M

[reed9]

How did you install emacs? If it wasn't using the package manager, then installing php-elisp that way will also install emacs again, since it won't recognize a manual install.

Package management:
Debian Linux apt-get package management cheat sheet

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu

[kingoslo]

How did you install emacs? If it wasn't using the package manager, then installing php-elisp that way will also install emacs again, since it won't recognize a manual install.

Thanks! How I intalled emacs? I followed the directions on the GNU Emacs website about how to obtain emacs. Believe I downloaded a tar.gz.

How would i install php on emacs manually? php-mode came with no readme.

Thanks for helping.

Kind regards,
Marius

[reed9]

Well, I don't really use emacs, but looking at the package, seems like it's just a make file, so run

make
sudo make install

Not sure if make install works in this case. And from the make script it appears to mostly be building the documentation. The heart of it is the php-mode.el file which is already there.

And, looking around, it seems this is the case, and you can just move that file to the location of your choice.

How To Install php-mode Without Root Privelages | Karol Krizka
Using Emacs to edit PHP files Flame’s blog

So edit your ~/.emacs file and add

(setq load-path (cons "/your/custom/path" load-path))
 
(autoload 'php-mode "php-mode" "PHP editing mode" t)
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.php\\'" . php-mode))
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.php5\\'" . php-mode))
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.php4\\'" . php-mode))
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.php3\\'" . php-mode))

Replace /your/custom/path with the path to the directory with your php-mode.el file of course.

Are you opposed to installing emacs the usual (and supported) way?