Similar setup for PHP: http://gravitonic.com/files/talks/php-quebec-2009/vim-for-ph...

My high school CS teacher, Jeff Elkner, has a simple .vimrc that I've used and loved: http://openbookproject.net/pybiblio/tips/elkner/vim4python.p...

It seems like nothing, but it's very handy to be able to hit F2 and see if your code works, then immediately go back to it.

grr, formatting.

http://ed.cranford.googlepages.com/vimrc if you're really interested in seeing my vimrc. I'm not fond of plugins.

My favorite Vim customization for Python coding:

  :nnoremap <C-P> :w !python<CR>

Also works for PHP

  :nnoremap <C-P> :w !php<CR>

You put these in the respective ftplugin files.