One of the things I missed about using UEStudio (in Windows) when I switched to Linux is a simple little keyboard shortcut it has for C programming. The shortcut allows you to type .. (two periods) that will be automagically replaced with the arrow -> operator for calling class methods (PHP uses the arrow operator).
Try typing this (a CodeIgniter ActiveRecord db example):
$this->db->get('table_name')->row(0)->field_name;
Now type it using the shortcut from UEStudio:
$this..db..get('table_name')..row(0)..field_name;
MUCH faster when you have to use PHP methods a lot.
As it turns out, you can do the same thing in VIM with a simple insert-mode keyboard map in your .vimrc file:
inoremap .. ->
Pretty nice 
K, I am lovin this. Another GREAT Vim tip.