diff --git a/Syntaxes/PHP.plist b/Syntaxes/PHP.plist
index 3292f31..c022af4 100644
--- a/Syntaxes/PHP.plist
+++ b/Syntaxes/PHP.plist
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
 				</dict>
 				<dict>
 					<key>begin</key>
-					<string>(?x)
+					<string>(?xi)
 							\s*(array) # Typehint
 							\s*(&amp;)? 					# Reference
 							\s*((\$+)[a-zA-Z_\x{7f}-\x{ff}][a-zA-Z0-9_\x{7f}-\x{ff}]*) # The variable name
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@
 							\s*(&amp;)? 					# Reference
 							\s*((\$+)[a-z_\x{7f}-\x{ff}][a-z0-9_\x{7f}-\x{ff}]*) # The variable name
 							(?:
-								\s*(?:(=)\s*(?:(null)|(\[)(\])|((?:\S*?\(\))|(?:\S*?))))	# A default value
+								\s*(?:(=)\s*(?:(null)|(\[)\s*(\])|((?:\S*?\(\))|(?:\S*?))))	# A default value
 							)?
 							\s*(?=,|\)|/[/*]|\#|$) # A closing parentheses (end of argument list) or a comma or a comment
 							</string>