"|[-+0-9.e]+|0[xXbB]?[0-9a-fA-F]+"
"|<>|<=|>=|:=|\\.\\."
"|[^[:space:]]|[\x80-\xff]+"),
-PATTERNS("php", "^[\t ]*((function|class).*)",
+PATTERNS("php",
+ "^[\t ]*(((public|protected|private|static)[\t ]+)*function.*)$\n"
+ "^[\t ]*(class.*)$",
/* -- */
"[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*"
"|[-+0-9.e]+|0[xXbB]?[0-9a-fA-F]+"