vimrc settings, given pathogen and some plugins are already installed

.vimrc

" pathogen
execute pathogen#infect()
syntax on
filetype on
filetype plugin on
filetype indent on

" core settings
set ruler
set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set autoindent
set expandtab
set hlsearch
set incsearch
set backspace=indent,eol,start

" colors
colorscheme desert256

" keymaps
inoremap jj <Esc>

" trim trailing whitespace
autocmd BufWritePre *.* :%s/\s\+$//e

" autoindent
au FileType phtml set autoindent