diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 5fb5007413..75124d2612 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -311,18 +311,20 @@ patterns are available:
 
 - `bibtex` suitable for files with BibTeX coded references.
 
+- `html` suitable for HTML/XHTML documents.
+
 - `java` suitable for source code in the Java lanugage.
 
 - `pascal` suitable for source code in the Pascal/Delphi language.
 
+- `php` suitable for source code in the PHP language.
+
 - `python` suitable for source code in the Python language.
 
 - `ruby` suitable for source code in the Ruby language.
 
 - `tex` suitable for source code for LaTeX documents.
 
-- `html` suitable for HTML/XHTML documents.
-
 
 Performing a three-way merge
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index cbd151bbc8..e7afbe28c1 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -1402,6 +1402,7 @@ static struct builtin_funcname_pattern {
 			"\\|"
 			"^\\(.*=[ \t]*\\(class\\|record\\).*\\)$"
 			},
+	{ "php", "^[\t ]*\\(\\(function\\|class\\).*\\)" },
 	{ "python", "^\\s*\\(\\(class\\|def\\)\\s.*\\)$" },
 	{ "ruby", "^\\s*\\(\\(class\\|module\\|def\\)\\s.*\\)$" },
 	{ "tex", "^\\(\\\\\\(\\(sub\\)*section\\|chapter\\|part\\)\\*\\{0,1\\}{.*\\)$" },