diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0884da39..26513759 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
    tagmanager/parsers.h, tagmanager/makefile.win32,
    tagmanager/abc.c, tagmanager/Makefile.am, data/filetypes.abc,
    data/filetype_extensions.conf, wscript:
-
+   Add new filetype: Abc (patch by Eric Forgeot, thanks).
+ * tagmanager/php.c:
+   Merge recent changes from the CTags project to further improve
+   PHP symbol parsing.
 
 
 2009-09-17  Enrico Tröger  <enrico(dot)troeger(at)uvena(dot)de>
diff --git a/tagmanager/php.c b/tagmanager/php.c
index 9a34144d..7a3a7bb0 100644
--- a/tagmanager/php.c
+++ b/tagmanager/php.c
@@ -70,17 +70,19 @@ static kindOption PhpKinds [] = {
 
 static void installPHPRegex (const langType language)
 {
-	addTagRegex(language, "(^|[ \t])class[ \t]+([" ALPHA "_][" ALNUM "_]*)",
-		"\\2", "c,class,classes", NULL);
-	addTagRegex(language, "(^|[ \t])interface[ \t]+([" ALPHA "_][" ALNUM "_]*)",
-		"\\2", "i,interface,interfaces", NULL);
-	addTagRegex(language, "(^|[ \t])define[ \t]*\\([ \t]*['\"]?([" ALPHA "_][" ALNUM "_]*)",
-		"\\2", "d,macro,constant definitions", NULL);
+	addTagRegex(language, "^[ \t]*((final|abstract)[ \t]+)*class[ \t]+([" ALPHA "_][" ALNUM "_]*)",
+		"\\3", "c,class,classes", NULL);
+	addTagRegex(language, "^[ \t]*((final|abstract)[ \t]+)*class[ \t]+([" ALPHA "_][" ALNUM "_]*)",
+		"\\3", "c,class,classes", NULL);
+	addTagRegex(language, "^[ \t]*interface[ \t]+([" ALPHA "_][" ALNUM "_]*)",
+		"\\1", "i,interface,interfaces", NULL);
+	addTagRegex(language, "^[ \t]*define[ \t]*\\([ \t]*['\"]?([" ALPHA "_][" ALNUM "_]*)",
+		"\\1", "d,define,constant definitions", NULL);
 	addTagRegex(language, "^[ \t]*((public|protected|private|static)[ \t]+)*function[ \t]+&?[ \t]*([" ALPHA "_][" ALNUM "_]*)",
 		"\\3", "f,function,functions", NULL);
-	addTagRegex(language, "(^|[ \t])(\\$|::\\$|\\$this->)([" ALPHA "_][" ALNUM "_]*)[ \t]*=",
-		"\\3", "v,variable,variables", NULL);
-	addTagRegex(language, "(^|[ \t])(var|public|protected|private|static)[ \t]+\\$([" ALPHA "_][" ALNUM "_]*)[ \t]*[=;]",
+	addTagRegex(language, "^[ \t]*(\\$|::\\$|\\$this->)([" ALPHA "_][" ALNUM "_]*)[ \t]*=",
+		"\\2", "v,variable,variables", NULL);
+	addTagRegex(language, "^[ \t]*((var|public|protected|private|static)[ \t]+)+\\$([" ALPHA "_][" ALNUM "_]*)[ \t]*[=;]",
 		"\\3", "v,variable,variables", NULL);
 
 	/* function regex is covered by PHP regex */