--- php.c	2009-07-07 11:42:53.000000000 +0200
+++ php.c	2009-07-07 11:48:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ 
 		"\\2", "d,define,constant definitions", NULL);
 	addTagRegex(language, "(^[ \t]*(public|protected|private)?([ \t]*static)?[ \t]+)function[ \t]+&?[ \t]*([" ALPHA "_][" ALNUM "_]*)",
 		"\\4", "f,function,functions", NULL);
-	addTagRegex(language, "(^|[ \t])\\$([" ALPHA "_][" ALNUM "_]*)[ \t]*=",
-		"\\2", "v,variable,variables", NULL);
+	addTagRegex(language, "(^[ \t]*(var|public|protected|private)([ \t]*static)?[ \t]+)\\$([" ALPHA "_][" ALNUM "_]*)",
+		"\\4", "v,variable,variables", NULL);
 
 	/* function regex is covered by PHP regex */
 	addTagRegex (language, "(^|[ \t])([A-Za-z0-9_]+)[ \t]*[=:][ \t]*function[ \t]*\\(",