"Open with" / Get Info / Change All not working

10.4.9 -- I want to open all PHP files with Gvim.
a) Gvim doesn't show in the "Open With" Applications list, I need to browse to find it.
b) When doing this from Get Info with the intent of "Change All" I select the "Open with" to "gvim.app" and select "Change All..." but the "Open With" selection reverts to TextEdit after answering "Continue"
c) This change stuck once, about a week ago, for a few days. But now it's back to TextEdit.
Am wondering where the resource can be found so I can hack this myself, for good.

I picked up "OnyX" and the associated "Maintenance" utilities. "Maintenance" has a tool to reset the LaunchServices database, and that seems to have allowed the association to stick.
http://www.titanium.free.fr
OnyX even has a formatting utility for the UN*X "Man" pages!
Tom_X -- now that's a cool feature, it restores some controls in a handy spot lost long ago... It didn't show php files in the list, so I added it and it shows gvim.app as associated already.

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