diff --git a/lexer/smarty_internal_templatelexer.plex b/lexer/smarty_internal_templatelexer.plex
index a74c4038..3c6d9ca9 100644
--- a/lexer/smarty_internal_templatelexer.plex
+++ b/lexer/smarty_internal_templatelexer.plex
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Templatelexer
      namespace = ~([0-9]*[a-zA-Z_]\w*)?(\\[0-9]*[a-zA-Z_]\w*)+~
      all = ~[\S\s]+~
      emptyjava = ~[{][}]~
-     phpstart = ~(<[?]((php\s+|=)|\s+))|(<[%])|(<[?]xml\s+)|(<script\s+language\s*=\s*["']?\s*php\s*["']?\s*>)|([?][>])|([%][>])|(SMARTYldel\s*php(.*?)SMARTYrdel)|(SMARTYldel\s*[/]phpSMARTYrdel)~
+     phptag = ~(SMARTYldel\s*php(.*?)SMARTYrdel)|(SMARTYldel\s*[/]phpSMARTYrdel)~
+     phpstart = ~(<[?]((php\s+|=)|\s+))|(<[%])|(<[?]xml\s+)|(<script\s+language\s*=\s*["']?\s*php\s*["']?\s*>)|([?][>])|([%][>])~
      slash = ~[/]~
      ldel = ~SMARTYldel\s*~
      rdel = ~\s*SMARTYrdel~
@@ -331,6 +332,10 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Templatelexer
         $this->value = substr($this->data,$this->counter,$to-$this->counter);
         return false;
      }
+     phptag {
+       $obj = new Smarty_Internal_Compile_Private_Php();
+       $obj->parsePhp($this);
+     }
      ldel literal rdel {
        if ($this->smarty->auto_literal && isset($this->value[$this->ldel_length]) ? strpos(" \n\t\r", $this->value[$this->ldel_length]) !== false : false) {
           $this->token = Smarty_Internal_Templateparser::TP_TEXT;
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatelexer.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatelexer.php
index 701d7b7d..1e6d03fa 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatelexer.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatelexer.php
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Templatelexer
     public function yylex1()
     {
         if (!isset($this->yy_global_pattern1)) {
-            $this->yy_global_pattern1 = "/\G([{][}])|\G(" . $this->ldel . "[*])|\G(" . $this->ldel . "\\s*literal\\s*" . $this->rdel . ")|\G(" . $this->ldel . "\\s*)|\G(\\s*" . $this->rdel . ")|\G((<[?]((php\\s+|=)|\\s+))|(<[%])|(<[?]xml\\s+)|(<script\\s+language\\s*=\\s*[\"']?\\s*php\\s*[\"']?\\s*>)|([?][>])|([%][>])|(" . $this->ldel . "\\s*php(.*?)" . $this->rdel . ")|(" . $this->ldel . "\\s*[\/]php" . $this->rdel . "))|\G([\S\s])/isS";
+            $this->yy_global_pattern1 = "/\G([{][}])|\G(" . $this->ldel . "[*])|\G((" . $this->ldel . "\\s*php(.*?)" . $this->rdel . ")|(" . $this->ldel . "\\s*[\/]php" . $this->rdel . "))|\G(" . $this->ldel . "\\s*literal\\s*" . $this->rdel . ")|\G(" . $this->ldel . "\\s*)|\G(\\s*" . $this->rdel . ")|\G((<[?]((php\\s+|=)|\\s+))|(<[%])|(<[?]xml\\s+)|(<script\\s+language\\s*=\\s*[\"']?\\s*php\\s*[\"']?\\s*>)|([?][>])|([%][>]))|\G([\S\s])/isS";
         }
         if ($this->counter >= strlen($this->data)) {
             return false; // end of input
@@ -345,6 +345,13 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Templatelexer
     }
 
     function yy_r1_3()
+    {
+
+        $obj = new Smarty_Internal_Compile_Private_Php();
+        $obj->parsePhp($this);
+    }
+
+    function yy_r1_7()
     {
 
         if ($this->smarty->auto_literal && isset($this->value[$this->ldel_length]) ? strpos(" \n\t\r", $this->value[$this->ldel_length]) !== false : false) {
@@ -355,7 +362,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Templatelexer
         }
     }
 
-    function yy_r1_4()
+    function yy_r1_8()
     {
 
         if ($this->smarty->auto_literal && isset($this->value[$this->ldel_length]) ? strpos(" \n\t\r", $this->value[$this->ldel_length]) !== false : false) {
@@ -366,20 +373,20 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Templatelexer
         }
     }
 
-    function yy_r1_5()
+    function yy_r1_9()
     {
 
         $this->token = Smarty_Internal_Templateparser::TP_TEXT;
     }
 
-    function yy_r1_6()
+    function yy_r1_10()
     {
 
         $obj = new Smarty_Internal_Compile_Private_Php();
         $obj->parsePhp($this);
     }
 
-    function yy_r1_18()
+    function yy_r1_19()
     {
 
         $to = strlen($this->data);