diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 20d9792..c1958ba 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ set pastetoggle=<F2>
 set showmode
 
 
-
+" set custom syntax highlighting
+autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.html set syntax=html_custom
+autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.php set syntax=php_custom
 
 
 " fix higlight problems such as vertical-align etc