diff --git a/runtime/syntax/c.vim b/runtime/syntax/c.vim
index 6f99004..501c91a 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/c.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/c.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:	C
 " Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
-" Last Change:	2012 May 03
+" Last Change:	2012 Dec 14
 
 " Quit when a (custom) syntax file was already loaded
 if exists("b:current_syntax")
@@ -93,16 +93,16 @@
 
 " This should be before cErrInParen to avoid problems with #define ({ xxx })
 if exists("c_curly_error")
-  syntax match cCurlyError "}"
-  syntax region	cBlock		start="{" end="}" contains=ALLBUT,cBadBlock,cCurlyError,@cParenGroup,cErrInParen,cCppParen,cErrInBracket,cCppBracket,cCppString,@Spell fold
+  syn match cCurlyError "}"
+  syn region	cBlock		start="{" end="}" contains=ALLBUT,cBadBlock,cCurlyError,@cParenGroup,cErrInParen,cCppParen,cErrInBracket,cCppBracket,cCppString,@Spell fold
 else
-  syntax region	cBlock		start="{" end="}" transparent fold
+  syn region	cBlock		start="{" end="}" transparent fold
 endif
 
 "catch errors caused by wrong parenthesis and brackets
 " also accept <% for {, %> for }, <: for [ and :> for ] (C99)
 " But avoid matching <::.
-syn cluster	cParenGroup	contains=cParenError,cIncluded,cSpecial,cCommentSkip,cCommentString,cComment2String,@cCommentGroup,cCommentStartError,cUserCont,cUserLabel,cBitField,cOctalZero,@cCppOutInGroup,cFormat,cNumber,cFloat,cOctal,cOctalError,cNumbersCom
+syn cluster	cParenGroup	contains=cParenError,cIncluded,cSpecial,cCommentSkip,cCommentString,cComment2String,@cCommentGroup,cCommentStartError,cUserLabel,cBitField,cOctalZero,@cCppOutInGroup,cFormat,cNumber,cFloat,cOctal,cOctalError,cNumbersCom
 if exists("c_no_curly_error")
   syn region	cParen		transparent start='(' end=')' end='}'me=s-1 contains=ALLBUT,cBlock,@cParenGroup,cCppParen,cCppString,@Spell
   " cCppParen: same as cParen but ends at end-of-line; used in cDefine
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/php.vim b/runtime/syntax/php.vim
index 956197d..ac3b20c 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/php.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/php.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language: php PHP 3/4/5
 " Maintainer: Jason Woofenden <jason@jasonwoof.com>
-" Last Change: Oct 20, 2011
+" Last Change: Dec 11, 2012
 " URL: https://gitorious.org/jasonwoof/vim-syntax/blobs/master/php.vim
 " Former Maintainers: Peter Hodge <toomuchphp-vim@yahoo.com>
 "         Debian VIM Maintainers <pkg-vim-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@
 syn keyword phpFunctions  ingres_autocommit ingres_close ingres_commit ingres_connect ingres_fetch_array ingres_fetch_object ingres_fetch_row ingres_field_length ingres_field_name ingres_field_nullable ingres_field_precision ingres_field_scale ingres_field_type ingres_num_fields ingres_num_rows ingres_pconnect ingres_query ingres_rollback  contained
 syn keyword phpFunctions  ircg_channel_mode ircg_disconnect ircg_fetch_error_msg ircg_get_username ircg_html_encode ircg_ignore_add ircg_ignore_del ircg_is_conn_alive ircg_join ircg_kick ircg_lookup_format_messages ircg_msg ircg_nick ircg_nickname_escape ircg_nickname_unescape ircg_notice ircg_part ircg_pconnect ircg_register_format_messages ircg_set_current ircg_set_file ircg_set_on_die ircg_topic ircg_whois  contained
 syn keyword phpFunctions  java_last_exception_clear java_last_exception_get contained
+syn keyword phpFunctions  json_decode json_encode json_last_error contained
 syn keyword phpFunctions  ldap_8859_to_t61 ldap_add ldap_bind ldap_close ldap_compare ldap_connect ldap_count_entries ldap_delete ldap_dn2ufn ldap_err2str ldap_errno ldap_error ldap_explode_dn ldap_first_attribute ldap_first_entry ldap_first_reference ldap_free_result ldap_get_attributes ldap_get_dn ldap_get_entries ldap_get_option ldap_get_values_len ldap_get_values ldap_list ldap_mod_add ldap_mod_del ldap_mod_replace ldap_modify ldap_next_attribute ldap_next_entry ldap_next_reference ldap_parse_reference ldap_parse_result ldap_read ldap_rename ldap_search ldap_set_option ldap_set_rebind_proc ldap_sort ldap_start_tls ldap_t61_to_8859 ldap_unbind  contained
 syn keyword phpFunctions  lzf_compress lzf_decompress lzf_optimized_for contained
 syn keyword phpFunctions  ezmlm_hash mail contained