php-mode isn't loading properly on 23.1.1 about php-mode HOT 9 CLOSED

Thanks. Off the top of my head I am not sure what would cause that, but I'll try to figure it out over the next twenty-four hours.

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excellent! my .emacs file only contains:
(add-to-list 'load-path "/home/efx/myemacs_libs/php-mode") (load "php-mode")
I also tried the different way to include the library as listed in this thread:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/898063/making-php-mode-and-other-cc-mode-derived-modes-compatible-with-emacs-23

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I'm curious, does autoload also fail? I.e.

(autoload 'php-mode "php-mode" "Major mode for editing php code." t)
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.php$" . php-mode))

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On 08/10/2011 06:45 PM, ejmr wrote:

I'm curious, does autoload also fail? I.e.

(autoload 'php-mode "php-mode" "Major mode for editing php code." t)
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.php$" . php-mode))

autoload does fail. the messages gives me this:
File mode specification error: (file-error "Cannot open load file"
"php-mode")

At this point those are the only 2 lines I have in .emacs

What is a standard way to specify a custom path to where the php-mode.el
is if I do not have it installed with the other standard libraries?

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What is a standard way to specify a custom path to where the php-mode.el is if I do not have it installed with the other standard libraries?

Most people use something like

(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/directory/with/php-mode")

and then use autoload or require.

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thanks for the tip.

Also, I upgraded to GnuEmacs 23.2 and that solved the problem. PHP mode loads and works now with the (add-to-list...) syntax above.

So the issue is resolved for me. I wasn't attached to 23.1 over 23.2, just inherited that version from my distributions package manager.

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Glad to hear it's working now. I'm still honestly not sure what originally caused the problem to begin with; but thanks for bringing it up.

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On 08/12/2011 05:42 PM, ejmr wrote:

Glad to hear it's working now. I'm still honestly not sure what originally caused the problem to begin with; but thanks for bringing it up.

yeah that bug was a puzzler; thanks again for your help and maintaining
the php-mode.

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I had the exact same issue as efx ("'c-lang-defconst' must be used in a file" with Emacs 23.1.1), but it was resolved when using autoload as ejmr suggests.

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