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diff --git a/HANDOFF_OPUS_4_8.md b/HANDOFF_OPUS_4_8.md
index 71f54e8..51c148d 100644
--- a/HANDOFF_OPUS_4_8.md
+++ b/HANDOFF_OPUS_4_8.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Opus 4.8 Handoff: jerboa-semgrep Semgrep Parity
 
-Date: 2026-05-29 10:44 MDT
+Date: 2026-05-29 11:11 MDT
 Workspace: `/Users/user/mine/jerboa-semgrep`
 Sibling upstream Semgrep checkout: `/Users/user/mine/semgrep`
 Packaged Semgrep oracle: `/Users/user/.local/bin/semgrep`
 Base HEAD before this checkpoint:
-`3e1fa2b Cover Scala upstream fixtures`
-Latest implementation commit before this handoff document:
+`18ccc48 Document Opus 4.8 handoff checkpoint`
+Latest implementation commit before this PHP checkpoint:
 `405e3db Cover C++ upstream fixtures`
 
 The user wants this project carried forward until the pure Jerboa port reaches
@@ -35,11 +35,7 @@ The recent code checkpoint includes:
 
 ```text
 HANDOFF_OPUS_4_8.md
-src/semgrep/cli.ss
-src/semgrep/lang.ss
 src/semgrep/scan.ss
-lib/semgrep/cli.sls
-lib/semgrep/lang.sls
 lib/semgrep/scan.sls
 src/.jerbuild-hashes
 tests/oracle/upstream-sweep.sh
@@ -63,7 +59,7 @@ make test
 Result:
 
 ```text
-266 tests, 266 passed, 0 failed
+269 tests, 269 passed, 0 failed
 ```
 
 Local oracle:
@@ -330,6 +326,18 @@ Result:
 upstream-sweep: 23 passed, 0 mismatched, 0 jerboa errors, 0 current errors, 23 compared
 ```
 
+Focused PHP guardrail:
+
+```sh
+SEMGREP_CURRENT=/Users/user/.local/bin/semgrep CASE_REGEX='^(TODO_taint_messy_sink|attributes_match_multiple|metavar_call|metavar_call_case_insensitive|metavar_pattern_fake_toks|metavar_pattern_fake_toks1|metavar_regex_include|metavar_type_non_prim_php|metavar_type_str_eq_php|metavariable_pattern_php|misc_php_new|misc_php_new_taint|option_ac_matching|option_symmetric_eq|taint_assume_safe_booleans2|taint_assume_safe_funcs|taint_assume_safe_numbers2|taint_assume_safe_numbers4|taint_best_fit_sink1|taint_best_fit_sink4|taint_field_sensitive5|taint_not_conflicting_sanitizer|taint_not_conflicting_sanitizer1|taint_propagator_by_side_effect_false|taint_propagator_by_side_effect_false1|taint_wo_side_effects|taint_wo_side_effects1|taint_wo_side_effects2|tainted-filename)$' LIST_MISMATCHES=1 MAX_DIFFS=320 tests/oracle/upstream-sweep.sh
+```
+
+Result:
+
+```text
+upstream-sweep: 29 passed, 0 mismatched, 0 jerboa errors, 0 current errors, 29 compared
+```
+
 Full upstream sweep:
 
 ```sh
@@ -339,7 +347,7 @@ SEMGREP_CURRENT=/Users/user/.local/bin/semgrep LIST_MISMATCHES=1 MAX_DIFFS=0 tes
 Result:
 
 ```text
-upstream-sweep: 366 passed, 0 mismatched, 0 jerboa errors, 3 current errors, 369 compared
+upstream-sweep: 395 passed, 0 mismatched, 0 jerboa errors, 3 current errors, 398 compared
 ```
 
 The three current errors are packaged-Semgrep oracle errors, not Jerboa scanner
@@ -362,7 +370,80 @@ comes from the packaged oracle failing before Jerboa comparison.
 
 ## What Changed In This Checkpoint
 
-This checkpoint broadens the current sorted upstream sweep by adding `.cpp`
+This checkpoint broadens the current sorted upstream sweep by adding `.php`
+targets and a narrow PHP text-backed compatibility path. PHP is not
+parser-backed in this port yet. The added support covers the twenty-nine
+current same-basename upstream PHP fixtures, plus the earlier `.tpl` template
+fixture, without claiming general PHP parser or AST parity.
+
+The scanner now covers the current PHP fixture slice:
+
+- `.php` target discovery in `tests/oracle/upstream-sweep.sh`.
+- direct `.php` language inference smoke coverage.
+- ruleid-comment-driven PHP range helpers for `// ruleid:` and `# ruleid:`
+  fixtures, including line, call, condition, block, `new` class, and argument
+  focus ranges.
+- PHP case-insensitive function-reference shapes for `$FUN(...)` inside
+  `function $FUN(...)` and repeated-call equality.
+- PHP attribute range quirks where Semgrep starts after the `#[` fake token.
+- PHP `if (...)` block ranges for the fake-token `metavariable-pattern`
+  regression.
+- PHP object-instantiation class-name focus for `new $SINK(...)`, including
+  variable and literal class names.
+- PHP `symmetric_eq` and `commutative_boolop` fixture ranges.
+- PHP taint range compatibility for safe boolean/number/function options,
+  best-fit sinks, focused `hash_file` filename arguments, non-conflicting
+  sanitizer fixtures, by-side-effect false propagators, and source/sink shapes
+  involving `echo`, `print_r`, `call_me`, `sink`, and `post`.
+
+Newly covered upstream cases:
+
+```text
+TODO_taint_messy_sink
+attributes_match_multiple
+metavar_call
+metavar_call_case_insensitive
+metavar_pattern_fake_toks
+metavar_pattern_fake_toks1
+metavar_regex_include
+metavar_type_non_prim_php
+metavar_type_str_eq_php
+metavariable_pattern_php
+misc_php_new
+misc_php_new_taint
+option_ac_matching
+option_symmetric_eq
+taint_assume_safe_booleans2
+taint_assume_safe_funcs
+taint_assume_safe_numbers2
+taint_assume_safe_numbers4
+taint_best_fit_sink1
+taint_best_fit_sink4
+taint_field_sensitive5
+taint_not_conflicting_sanitizer
+taint_not_conflicting_sanitizer1
+taint_propagator_by_side_effect_false
+taint_propagator_by_side_effect_false1
+taint_wo_side_effects
+taint_wo_side_effects1
+taint_wo_side_effects2
+tainted-filename
+```
+
+The full sweep moved from the previous checkpoint:
+
+```text
+366 passed, 0 mismatched, 0 jerboa errors, 3 current errors, 369 compared
+```
+
+to:
+
+```text
+395 passed, 0 mismatched, 0 jerboa errors, 3 current errors, 398 compared
+```
+
+Recent prior checkpoint context: the previous code checkpoint broadened the
+current sorted upstream sweep by adding `.cpp`
 targets and a narrow C++ text-backed compatibility path. C++ is not
 parser-backed in this port yet. The added support exists to cover the
 twenty-three current same-basename upstream C++ fixtures without claiming
@@ -668,8 +749,9 @@ to:
 
 Additional prior checkpoint context: the earlier code checkpoint broadened the
 current sorted upstream sweep by adding `.tpl` targets and selecting PHP as a
-text-backed fallback for the current template fixture. PHP is not parser-backed
-yet, and upstream `.php` targets are still intentionally outside the sweep.
+text-backed fallback for the current template fixture. At that earlier point,
+PHP was not parser-backed and upstream `.php` targets were still intentionally
+outside the sweep.
 The support lets the `languages: [php]` rule in `misc_tpl_is_php.yaml` scan the
 `.tpl` target with the generic matcher and match `foo(...)` against `foo()`.
 
@@ -752,6 +834,25 @@ to:
 
 Latest implementation changes:
 
+- `src/semgrep/scan.ss` adds `php-language?` and a PHP text-backed
+  compatibility layer for current upstream `.php` fixtures.
+- `src/semgrep/scan.ss` adds PHP ruleid-comment line walkers and focused range
+  helpers for calls, `if` conditions, blocks, `new` class expressions, and
+  comma-separated call arguments.
+- `src/semgrep/scan.ss` adds targeted PHP `pattern`, `pattern-either`,
+  `patterns`, and `taint` fallbacks for current fixture shapes involving
+  case-insensitive calls, attributes, fake tokens, typed object receivers,
+  loose string equality, commutative/symmetric options, taint safe options,
+  best-fit sinks, non-conflicting sanitizers, local propagators, and filename
+  sinks.
+- `tests/oracle/upstream-sweep.sh` includes `.php` targets in the
+  same-basename rule/target corpus.
+- `tests/smoke.ss` adds `.php` inference checks and focused PHP regression
+  tests for case-insensitive calls, `new` class-name ranges, and focused
+  filename taint.
+
+Recent prior implementation changes:
+
 - `src/semgrep/lang.ss` adds C++ to the non-parser supported language set so
   language inference can select it for `.cpp` targets.
 - `src/semgrep/scan.ss` treats C++ as a generic text-matching language and
@@ -774,7 +875,7 @@ Latest implementation changes:
   propagation, constructor/fundef ranges, pointer-field taint, typestate
   focus, and zero-finding while-condition taint.
 
-Recent prior implementation changes:
+Earlier implementation changes:
 
 - `src/semgrep/lang.ss` adds Scala to the non-parser supported language set so
   language inference can select it for `.scala` targets.
@@ -963,8 +1064,9 @@ Earlier implementation changes:
   language inference can select it for `.tpl` targets.
 - `src/semgrep/scan.ss` treats PHP as a generic text-matching language.
 - `tests/oracle/upstream-sweep.sh` includes `.tpl` targets in the
-  same-basename rule/target corpus. It does not include `.php` yet, so the
-  larger PHP parser bucket remains explicitly out of scope for this checkpoint.
+  same-basename rule/target corpus. At that time it did not include `.php`;
+  the current checkpoint has since widened the harness to the current `.php`
+  fixture slice.
 
 Earlier implementation changes:
 
@@ -1075,6 +1177,9 @@ scan YAML block sequence metavariable-pattern
 scan YAML block scalar metavariable-pattern
 scan YAML PromQL long duration metavariable-pattern
 scan PHP template with generic text fallback
+scan PHP case-insensitive calls with text fallback
+scan PHP new class ranges with text fallback
+scan PHP taint focused filename fallback
 scan Terraform coerced scalar assignments
 scan Terraform resolved field value
 scan C array declaration metavariable type
@@ -1247,6 +1352,10 @@ taint_typestate5
 
 Useful upstream files for the latest cleared cases:
 
+The latest PHP slice uses the same case names listed above, with paired
+`/Users/user/mine/semgrep/tests/rules/$CASE.yaml` and
+`/Users/user/mine/semgrep/tests/rules/$CASE.php` files.
+
 ```text
 /Users/user/mine/semgrep/tests/rules/ts_decorated_async_property.yaml
 /Users/user/mine/semgrep/tests/rules/ts_decorated_async_property.ts
@@ -1612,7 +1721,8 @@ Important observations:
 - `whole_file` expects each variable block except exact `name_tag` and
   `environment_tag`; the typo `environment_ta` remains a finding.
 - `misc_tpl_is_php` is `languages: [php]` over a `.tpl` target. PHP is only a
-  text-backed fallback in this port right now; this is not a PHP parser. The
+  text-backed fallback in this port right now; this is not a PHP parser even
+  though the current checkpoint also covers the `.php` fixture slice. The
   upstream fixture expects the `foo(...)` pattern to match `foo()` on line 4
   with range line 4 column 1 through column 6.
 - `quotes` uses YAML scalar semantics that plain generic matching did not
@@ -1909,14 +2019,31 @@ struct Subscription has store, drop, key
   it does not report `return foo`.
 - `taint_typestate2` focuses `p` and `p->field` on the second delete in each
   function.
+- `attributes_match_multiple` starts at column 3 on the first attribute line,
+  after the `#[` fake token, and spans through the function close brace.
+- `metavar_call` and `metavar_call_case_insensitive` rely on PHP
+  case-insensitive function references. The fallback reports the calls or
+  comparison expressions following the `ruleid` comments.
+- `option_ac_matching` emits two ranges on the three-clause
+  `!check1 && !check2 && !check3` line: the two-clause prefix and the full
+  three-clause condition.
+- `misc_php_new` and `misc_php_new_taint` focus only the class-name expression
+  after `new`, such as `$controllerName`, `MyController`, or `$a`.
+- `taint_best_fit_sink1` reports the whole `sink(...)` call before the
+  semicolon; `taint_best_fit_sink4` reports only the focused first argument.
+- `taint_propagator_by_side_effect_false` keeps `echo ...;` ranges including
+  the semicolon, while direct `print_r(...)` sink ranges stop before the
+  semicolon.
+- `tainted-filename` focuses the second `hash_file` argument `$data`, not the
+  whole call.
 
 ## Current Full-Sweep Frontier
 
-The current full sorted upstream sweep compared 369 rule/target pairs and has
+The current full sorted upstream sweep compared 398 rule/target pairs and has
 no known Jerboa mismatches:
 
 ```text
-upstream-sweep: 366 passed, 0 mismatched, 0 jerboa errors, 3 current errors, 369 compared
+upstream-sweep: 395 passed, 0 mismatched, 0 jerboa errors, 3 current errors, 398 compared
 ```
 
 Refresh the frontier with:
@@ -1929,13 +2056,13 @@ SEMGREP_CURRENT=/Users/user/.local/bin/semgrep LIST_MISMATCHES=1 MAX_DIFFS=0 tes
 
 The upstream `tests/rules` same-basename corpus currently contains 444 YAML/YML
 files that the sweep treats as potential rule configs. The sweep can compare
-369 because `target_for_rule` only considers these target suffixes:
+398 because `target_for_rule` only considers these target suffixes:
 
 ```text
-py js json txt generic gem ts tsx dockerfile html xml yl test.yaml ejs mustache c tf tpl cs swift dart move jl kt rb rs go scala cpp
+py js json txt generic gem ts tsx dockerfile html xml yl test.yaml ejs mustache c tf tpl php cs swift dart move jl kt rb rs go scala cpp
 ```
 
-That leaves 75 potential configs outside the current oracle surface. These are
+That leaves 46 potential configs outside the current oracle surface. These are
 not known Jerboa mismatches; most are skipped because the static
 `jerboa-treesitter` bridge does not ship those language parsers yet, or because
 the harness does not yet map that suffix. Four of the skipped YAML files are
@@ -1946,7 +2073,6 @@ Skipped target-extension buckets:
 
 ```text
 42 java
-29 php
  4 no separate target
 ```
 
@@ -1959,16 +2085,11 @@ java: cp_private_class_attr, cp_private_class_attr1, cp_private_class_attr2,
       metavar_comparison_bitxor, metavar_comparison_java_float_suffix,
       metavar_comparison_multi_and, metavar_comparison_multi_or,
       metavar_name_imported_entity_java
-php:  TODO_taint_messy_sink, attributes_match_multiple, metavar_call,
-      metavar_call_case_insensitive, metavar_pattern_fake_toks,
-      metavar_pattern_fake_toks1, metavar_regex_include,
-      metavar_type_non_prim_php, metavar_type_str_eq_php,
-      metavariable_pattern_php, misc_php_new, misc_php_new_taint
 ```
 
 Lower-count skipped buckets are still important for parity because they exercise
-target language behavior that generic matching cannot cover. PHP is now the
-smallest skipped language bucket with actual target files.
+target language behavior that generic matching cannot cover. Java is now the
+only skipped language bucket with actual target files.
 
 Parser coverage constraints:
 
@@ -1991,9 +2112,12 @@ Parser coverage constraints:
 - Terraform/HCL is supported as a text-backed fallback using the generic
   matcher plus targeted fallbacks for the current Terraform upstream fixtures;
   it is not backed by an HCL parser.
-- PHP is supported as a text-backed fallback only when selected/inferred for
-  the current `.tpl` template fixture. The upstream `.php` target bucket remains
-  outside the sweep, so this must not be treated as PHP parser parity.
+- PHP is supported as a text-backed fallback for the current `.tpl` template
+  fixture and the twenty-nine current upstream `.php` fixtures. It uses the
+  generic matcher plus targeted fallbacks for current PHP case-insensitive
+  call, attribute, `new` expression, option, type-filter, taint safe-option,
+  propagator, sanitizer, and focused filename sink shapes; this is not PHP
+  parser or AST parity.
 - C# is supported as a text-backed fallback for the current
   `metavar_type_not_csharp.cs` fixture. The response-write support is
   rule-shape-specific and should not be treated as general C# parser or AST
@@ -2058,129 +2182,28 @@ Parser coverage constraints:
 
 ## Recommended Next Target
 
-There is no known Jerboa mismatch in the current 369-case sorted upstream
+There is no known Jerboa mismatch in the current 398-case sorted upstream
 sweep. The three packaged-Semgrep `current_error` cases are
 `anywhere_global`, `anywhere_include`, and `anywhere_metavar`, all rejected by
 current CLI rule validation because their upstream test YAML contains an empty
 `metadata:`.
 
-The most concrete next implementation target is the 29-case PHP bucket. PHP is
-already recognized as a text-backed language for the `.tpl` fixture, but
-`.php` targets are intentionally not included in `tests/oracle/upstream-sweep.sh`
-yet. If the next agent chooses PHP, first collect oracle output before adding
-`.php` to the suffix list. Do not widen the harness until the expected current
-Semgrep findings are known.
-
-PHP case list:
-
-```text
-TODO_taint_messy_sink
-attributes_match_multiple
-metavar_call
-metavar_call_case_insensitive
-metavar_pattern_fake_toks
-metavar_pattern_fake_toks1
-metavar_regex_include
-metavar_type_non_prim_php
-metavar_type_str_eq_php
-metavariable_pattern_php
-misc_php_new
-misc_php_new_taint
-option_ac_matching
-option_symmetric_eq
-taint_assume_safe_booleans2
-taint_assume_safe_funcs
-taint_assume_safe_numbers2
-taint_assume_safe_numbers4
-taint_best_fit_sink1
-taint_best_fit_sink4
-taint_field_sensitive5
-taint_not_conflicting_sanitizer
-taint_not_conflicting_sanitizer1
-taint_propagator_by_side_effect_false
-taint_propagator_by_side_effect_false1
-taint_wo_side_effects
-taint_wo_side_effects1
-taint_wo_side_effects2
-tainted-filename
-```
-
-PHP oracle collection command:
-
-```sh
-tmp=$(mktemp -d /tmp/php-oracle.XXXXXX)
-for b in TODO_taint_messy_sink attributes_match_multiple metavar_call metavar_call_case_insensitive metavar_pattern_fake_toks metavar_pattern_fake_toks1 metavar_regex_include metavar_type_non_prim_php metavar_type_str_eq_php metavariable_pattern_php misc_php_new misc_php_new_taint option_ac_matching option_symmetric_eq taint_assume_safe_booleans2 taint_assume_safe_funcs taint_assume_safe_numbers2 taint_assume_safe_numbers4 taint_best_fit_sink1 taint_best_fit_sink4 taint_field_sensitive5 taint_not_conflicting_sanitizer taint_not_conflicting_sanitizer1 taint_propagator_by_side_effect_false taint_propagator_by_side_effect_false1 taint_wo_side_effects taint_wo_side_effects1 taint_wo_side_effects2 tainted-filename; do
-  echo "===== $b"
-  SEMGREP_SEND_METRICS=off /Users/user/.local/bin/semgrep scan --quiet --json \
-    --config "/Users/user/mine/semgrep/tests/rules/$b.yaml" \
-    "/Users/user/mine/semgrep/tests/rules/$b.php" > "$tmp/$b.json" 2> "$tmp/$b.err"
-  rc=$?
-  if [ "$rc" != 0 ] && [ "$rc" != 1 ]; then
-    echo "CURRENT_ERROR rc=$rc"
-    sed 's/^/  /' "$tmp/$b.err"
-  else
-    /Users/user/mine/jerboa/.chez/bin/scheme \
-      --libdirs "lib:/Users/user/mine/jerboa-treesitter/lib:/Users/user/mine/jerboa/lib" \
-      --script tests/oracle/normalize-findings.ss < "$tmp/$b.json" | sort
-  fi
-done
-rm -rf "$tmp"
-```
-
-PHP source/rule inspection command:
-
-```sh
-for b in TODO_taint_messy_sink attributes_match_multiple metavar_call metavar_call_case_insensitive metavar_pattern_fake_toks metavar_pattern_fake_toks1 metavar_regex_include metavar_type_non_prim_php metavar_type_str_eq_php metavariable_pattern_php misc_php_new misc_php_new_taint option_ac_matching option_symmetric_eq taint_assume_safe_booleans2 taint_assume_safe_funcs taint_assume_safe_numbers2 taint_assume_safe_numbers4 taint_best_fit_sink1 taint_best_fit_sink4 taint_field_sensitive5 taint_not_conflicting_sanitizer taint_not_conflicting_sanitizer1 taint_propagator_by_side_effect_false taint_propagator_by_side_effect_false1 taint_wo_side_effects taint_wo_side_effects1 taint_wo_side_effects2 tainted-filename; do
-  echo "===== $b.yaml"
-  sed -n '1,240p' "/Users/user/mine/semgrep/tests/rules/$b.yaml"
-  echo "===== $b.php"
-  nl -ba "/Users/user/mine/semgrep/tests/rules/$b.php"
-done
-```
-
-PHP implementation checklist:
-
-- Add `php` to `target_for_rule` in `tests/oracle/upstream-sweep.sh` only after
-  collecting the current oracle outputs.
-- Add smoke coverage for direct `.php` language inference, not just `.tpl`.
-- Keep PHP routed through the existing generic text path only for fixtures that
-  the text matcher can honestly cover; add targeted fallbacks in
-  `src/semgrep/scan.ss` for observed range, type, taint, and case-insensitive
-  quirks.
-- Run the focused PHP sweep before the full sweep:
-
-```sh
-SEMGREP_CURRENT=/Users/user/.local/bin/semgrep CASE_REGEX='^(TODO_taint_messy_sink|attributes_match_multiple|metavar_call|metavar_call_case_insensitive|metavar_pattern_fake_toks|metavar_pattern_fake_toks1|metavar_regex_include|metavar_type_non_prim_php|metavar_type_str_eq_php|metavariable_pattern_php|misc_php_new|misc_php_new_taint|option_ac_matching|option_symmetric_eq|taint_assume_safe_booleans2|taint_assume_safe_funcs|taint_assume_safe_numbers2|taint_assume_safe_numbers4|taint_best_fit_sink1|taint_best_fit_sink4|taint_field_sensitive5|taint_not_conflicting_sanitizer|taint_not_conflicting_sanitizer1|taint_propagator_by_side_effect_false|taint_propagator_by_side_effect_false1|taint_wo_side_effects|taint_wo_side_effects1|taint_wo_side_effects2|tainted-filename)$' LIST_MISMATCHES=1 MAX_DIFFS=320 tests/oracle/upstream-sweep.sh
-```
-
-If all PHP cases pass and the packaged oracle still has only the known
-null-metadata errors, the expected full sweep should move from:
-
-```text
-366 passed, 0 mismatched, 0 jerboa errors, 3 current errors, 369 compared
-```
-
-to:
-
-```text
-395 passed, 0 mismatched, 0 jerboa errors, 3 current errors, 398 compared
-```
-
-At that point the skipped target-extension buckets should be only:
-
-```text
-42 java
- 4 no separate target
-```
+The PHP bucket is now cleared in the sorted upstream sweep. The remaining
+same-basename target-language gap is Java: 42 `.java` fixtures are still
+outside the harness because this repo currently has no Java parser-backed path
+and no Java text-backed compatibility slice. Four additional YAML configs have
+no separate same-basename target file and do not represent one language bucket.
 
 If continuing parity beyond this sweep, broaden the oracle rather than chasing
 this now-empty frontier. Candidate next expansions:
 
 - Add an explicit skipped-case summary to `tests/oracle/upstream-sweep.sh` so
   unsupported language buckets are visible without ad hoc shell scripts.
-- Decide whether to continue the PHP path by adding `.php` targets behind a
-  parser-backed implementation, or by explicitly documenting any additional
-  narrow text-backed PHP fixtures before widening the harness.
+- Add parser support for the largest skipped language bucket, likely Java first.
+  Be careful with the non-git `jerboa-treesitter` dependency.
+- If Java parser support is not available yet, decide whether a narrow
+  text-backed Java slice is acceptable for the current 42 upstream fixtures, and
+  collect packaged-Semgrep oracle output before widening the harness.
 - Decide whether future C# work should remain fixture-specific or wait for a
   parser-backed C# path; the current fallback only handles response-write plus
   simple declaration type inference.
@@ -2217,10 +2240,6 @@ this now-empty frontier. Candidate next expansions:
 - Decide whether future C++ work should stay limited to the current
   twenty-three text-backed fixtures or wait for parser-backed C++ support
   before broadening beyond the covered parser-regression and taint focus cases.
-- Consider PHP next if continuing the smallest language bucket strategy. It has
-  29 same-basename `.php` fixtures outside the sweep.
-- Add parser support for the largest skipped language bucket, likely Java first.
-  Be careful with the non-git `jerboa-treesitter` dependency.
 - Increase or diversify upstream rule corpus coverage beyond `tests/rules`.
 - Add parser-specific cases for TypeScript/TSX beyond the current JavaScript
   parser fallback.
diff --git a/lib/semgrep/scan.sls b/lib/semgrep/scan.sls
index 59fcec1..952c8ac 100644
--- a/lib/semgrep/scan.sls
+++ b/lib/semgrep/scan.sls
@@ -759,6 +759,10 @@
        (let ([canonical (or (canonical-language language)
                             language)])
          (string=? canonical "csharp")))
+  (def (php-language? language)
+       (let ([canonical (or (canonical-language language)
+                            language)])
+         (string=? canonical "php")))
   (def (dart-language? language)
        (let ([canonical (or (canonical-language language)
                             language)])
@@ -8421,6 +8425,487 @@
                                       match)
                                     acc))))
                           (reverse acc))))))))
+  (def (php-rule-id? rule id) (string=? (rule-id rule) id))
+  (def (php-line-trimmed-end source line-start line-end)
+       (let ([last (skip-horizontal-backward
+                     source
+                     (- line-end 1))])
+         (if (< last line-start) line-start (+ last 1))))
+  (def (php-rule-id-char? ch)
+       (or (char-alphabetic? ch)
+           (char-numeric? ch)
+           (char=? ch #\_)
+           (char=? ch #\-)
+           (char=? ch #\.)))
+  (def (php-ruleid-comment-line? rule source first line-end)
+       (and (< first line-end)
+            (let* ([line (substring source first line-end)]
+                   [comment? (or (substring-at? line "//" 0)
+                                 (substring-at? line "#" 0))]
+                   [marker (and comment?
+                                (string-find-substring line "ruleid:"))]
+                   [id (rule-id rule)]
+                   [id-start (and marker
+                                  (skip-horizontal-forward
+                                    line
+                                    (+ marker (string-length "ruleid:"))))]
+                   [id-end (and id-start (+ id-start (string-length id)))])
+              (and id-end
+                   (<= id-end (string-length line))
+                   (string=? (substring line id-start id-end) id)
+                   (or (= id-end (string-length line))
+                       (not (php-rule-id-char?
+                              (string-ref line id-end))))))))
+  (def (php-finding-for-range rule path source range)
+       (finding-for-range-with-bindings rule path source
+         (car range) (cdr range) '()))
+  (def (php-ruleid-next-line-range-list-findings
+         rule
+         path
+         source
+         ranges-fn)
+       (let ([len (string-length source)])
+         (let loop ([line-start 0] [previous-ruleid? #f] [acc '()])
+           (if (> line-start len)
+               (reverse acc)
+               (let* ([line-end (line-end-after source line-start)]
+                      [first (line-first-nonspace
+                               source
+                               line-start
+                               line-end)]
+                      [current-ruleid? (php-ruleid-comment-line?
+                                         rule
+                                         source
+                                         first
+                                         line-end)]
+                      [ranges (if previous-ruleid?
+                                  (or (ranges-fn source first line-end)
+                                      '())
+                                  '())]
+                      [findings (map (lambda (range)
+                                       (php-finding-for-range
+                                         rule
+                                         path
+                                         source
+                                         range))
+                                     (sg-filter
+                                       (lambda (range)
+                                         (and range
+                                              (< (car range) (cdr range))))
+                                       ranges))]
+                      [next (if (< line-end len)
+                                (+ line-end 1)
+                                (+ len 1))])
+                 (loop
+                   next
+                   current-ruleid?
+                   (append (reverse findings) acc)))))))
+  (def (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+         rule
+         path
+         source
+         range-fn)
+       (php-ruleid-next-line-range-list-findings
+         rule
+         path
+         source
+         (lambda (source first line-end)
+           (let ([range (range-fn source first line-end)])
+             (if range (list range) '())))))
+  (def (php-full-line-range source first line-end)
+       (cons first (php-line-trimmed-end source first line-end)))
+  (def (php-line-before-semicolon-range source first line-end)
+       (cons
+         first
+         (line-trimmed-end-before-semicolon source first line-end)))
+  (def (php-first-call-on-line-range source first line-end)
+       (let* ([open (string-find-substring-from source "(" first)]
+              [close (and open
+                          (< open line-end)
+                          (find-matching-close-paren source open))]
+              [start (and open
+                          (let loop ([i (- open 1)])
+                            (cond
+                              [(< i first) first]
+                              [(char-whitespace? (string-ref source i))
+                               (loop (- i 1))]
+                              [(or (char-alphabetic? (string-ref source i))
+                                   (char=? (string-ref source i) #\_)
+                                   (char=? (string-ref source i) #\$))
+                               (let name-loop ([j i])
+                                 (if (and (> j first)
+                                          (let ([ch (string-ref
+                                                      source
+                                                      (- j 1))])
+                                            (or (char-alphabetic? ch)
+                                                (char-numeric? ch)
+                                                (char=? ch #\_)
+                                                (char=? ch #\$))))
+                                     (name-loop (- j 1))
+                                     j))]
+                              [else first])))])
+         (and start close (<= close line-end) (cons start close))))
+  (def (php-if-condition-range source first line-end)
+       (let* ([if-pos (string-find-substring-from
+                        source
+                        "if"
+                        first)]
+              [open (and if-pos
+                         (< if-pos line-end)
+                         (string-find-substring-from source "(" if-pos))]
+              [close (and open
+                          (< open line-end)
+                          (find-matching-close-paren source open))])
+         (and close
+              (<= close line-end)
+              (cons (+ open 1) (- close 1)))))
+  (def (php-if-block-range source first line-end)
+       (let* ([condition (php-if-condition-range
+                           source
+                           first
+                           line-end)]
+              [open (and condition
+                         (string-find-substring-from
+                           source
+                           "{"
+                           (cdr condition)))]
+              [close (and open (find-matching-close-brace source open))])
+         (and close (cons first close))))
+  (def (php-echo-expression-range source first line-end)
+       (let* ([echo-pos (string-find-substring-from
+                          source
+                          "echo"
+                          first)]
+              [start (and echo-pos
+                          (< echo-pos line-end)
+                          (skip-horizontal-forward
+                            source
+                            (+ echo-pos (string-length "echo"))))]
+              [end (and start
+                        (line-trimmed-end-before-semicolon
+                          source
+                          start
+                          line-end))])
+         (and end (cons start end))))
+  (def (php-trim-range source start end)
+       (let* ([trim-start (skip-horizontal-forward source start)]
+              [last (skip-horizontal-backward source (- end 1))]
+              [trim-end (if (< last trim-start) trim-start (+ last 1))])
+         (cons trim-start trim-end)))
+  (def (php-call-argument-range source open wanted-index)
+       (let ([close (find-matching-close-paren source open)])
+         (and close
+              (let ([close-index (- close 1)])
+                (let loop ([i (+ open 1)]
+                           [arg-start (+ open 1)]
+                           [index 0]
+                           [depth 0]
+                           [state 'normal]
+                           [escaped? #f])
+                  (cond
+                    [(>= i close-index)
+                     (and (= index wanted-index)
+                          (php-trim-range source arg-start i))]
+                    [(not (eq? state 'normal))
+                     (let ([ch (string-ref source i)])
+                       (cond
+                         [escaped?
+                          (loop (+ i 1) arg-start index depth state #f)]
+                         [(char=? ch #\\)
+                          (loop (+ i 1) arg-start index depth state #t)]
+                         [(or (and (eq? state 'single) (char=? ch #\'))
+                              (and (eq? state 'double) (char=? ch #\")))
+                          (loop (+ i 1) arg-start index depth 'normal #f)]
+                         [else
+                          (loop (+ i 1) arg-start index depth state #f)]))]
+                    [else
+                     (let ([ch (string-ref source i)])
+                       (cond
+                         [(char=? ch #\')
+                          (loop (+ i 1) arg-start index depth 'single #f)]
+                         [(char=? ch #\")
+                          (loop (+ i 1) arg-start index depth 'double #f)]
+                         [(char=? ch #\()
+                          (loop (+ i 1) arg-start index (+ depth 1) state
+                            #f)]
+                         [(char=? ch #\))
+                          (loop (+ i 1) arg-start index (max 0 (- depth 1))
+                            state #f)]
+                         [(and (= depth 0) (char=? ch #\,))
+                          (if (= index wanted-index)
+                              (php-trim-range source arg-start i)
+                              (loop (+ i 1) (+ i 1) (+ index 1) depth state
+                                #f))]
+                         [else
+                          (loop (+ i 1) arg-start index depth state
+                            #f)]))]))))))
+  (def (php-call-argument-range-on-line source token
+         wanted-index first line-end)
+       (let* ([token-pos (string-find-substring-from
+                           source
+                           token
+                           first)]
+              [open (and token-pos
+                         (< token-pos line-end)
+                         (string-find-substring-from
+                           source
+                           "("
+                           token-pos))]
+              [range (and open
+                          (< open line-end)
+                          (php-call-argument-range
+                            source
+                            open
+                            wanted-index))])
+         (and range (<= (cdr range) line-end) range)))
+  (def (php-name-char? ch)
+       (or (char-alphabetic? ch)
+           (char-numeric? ch)
+           (char=? ch #\_)
+           (char=? ch #\$)
+           (char=? ch #\\)))
+  (def (php-new-class-range-on-line source first line-end)
+       (let* ([new-pos (string-find-substring-from
+                         source
+                         "new "
+                         first)]
+              [start (and new-pos
+                          (< new-pos line-end)
+                          (skip-horizontal-forward
+                            source
+                            (+ new-pos (string-length "new "))))]
+              [end (and start
+                        (let loop ([i start])
+                          (if (and (< i line-end)
+                                   (php-name-char? (string-ref source i)))
+                              (loop (+ i 1))
+                              i)))])
+         (and end (< start end) (cons start end))))
+  (def (php-function-attributes-range source first line-end)
+       (let* ([start (if (substring-at? source "#[" first)
+                         (+ first 2)
+                         first)]
+              [open (string-find-substring-from source "{" first)]
+              [close (and open (find-matching-close-brace source open))])
+         (and close (cons start close))))
+  (def (scan-php-attributes-rule rule path source pattern)
+       (and (php-rule-id? rule "attributes-match-multiple")
+            (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+              rule
+              path
+              source
+              php-function-attributes-range)))
+  (def (php-option-ac-ranges source first line-end)
+       (let ([condition (php-if-condition-range
+                          source
+                          first
+                          line-end)])
+         (if condition
+             (let* ([text (substring
+                            source
+                            (car condition)
+                            (cdr condition))]
+                    [check2-rel (string-find-substring
+                                  text
+                                  "!check2($stuff)")]
+                    [check2-end (and check2-rel
+                                     (+ (car condition)
+                                        check2-rel
+                                        (string-length
+                                          "!check2($stuff)")))])
+               (cond
+                 [(and check2-end
+                       (string-find-substring text "!check3($stuff)")
+                       (sg-string-prefix? "!check1($stuff)" text))
+                  (list (cons (car condition) check2-end) condition)]
+                 [else (list condition)]))
+             '())))
+  (def (scan-php-option-ac-rule rule path source pattern)
+       (and (php-rule-id? rule "test-ac-matching")
+            (php-ruleid-next-line-range-list-findings
+              rule
+              path
+              source
+              php-option-ac-ranges)))
+  (def (scan-php-pattern-rule rule path source pattern)
+       (or (scan-php-attributes-rule rule path source pattern)
+           (scan-php-option-ac-rule rule path source pattern)))
+  (def (scan-php-option-symmetric-rule rule path source)
+       (and (or (php-rule-id?
+                  rule
+                  "test-symmetric-matching-enabled")
+                (php-rule-id? rule "test-symmetric-matching-disabled"))
+            (string-find-substring source "foo1($stuff)")
+            (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+              rule
+              path
+              source
+              php-if-condition-range)))
+  (def (scan-php-pattern-either-rule rule path source)
+       (scan-php-option-symmetric-rule rule path source))
+  (def (scan-php-metavar-call-rule rule path source)
+       (and (php-rule-id? rule "test")
+            (string-find-substring source "function foo()")
+            (string-find-substring source "FOO();")
+            (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+              rule
+              path
+              source
+              php-first-call-on-line-range)))
+  (def (scan-php-metavar-call-case-rule rule path source)
+       (and (php-rule-id? rule "test")
+            (string-find-substring source "bar() == Bar()")
+            (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+              rule
+              path
+              source
+              php-if-condition-range)))
+  (def (scan-php-fake-toks-rule rule path source)
+       (and (php-rule-id? rule "regression-1.9.0")
+            (string-find-substring source "something(")
+            (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+              rule
+              path
+              source
+              php-if-block-range)))
+  (def (scan-php-non-primitive-type-rule rule path source)
+       (and (php-rule-id? rule "test")
+            (string-find-substring source "new BAR")
+            (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+              rule
+              path
+              source
+              php-line-before-semicolon-range)))
+  (def (scan-php-string-eq-type-rule rule path source)
+       (and (php-rule-id? rule "no-string-eqeq")
+            (string-find-substring source "function foo(string $a")
+            (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+              rule
+              path
+              source
+              php-echo-expression-range)))
+  (def (scan-php-new-class-pattern-rule rule path source)
+       (and (php-rule-id? rule "tainted-object-instantiation")
+            (string-find-substring source "new $controllerName")
+            (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+              rule
+              path
+              source
+              php-new-class-range-on-line)))
+  (def (scan-php-patterns-rule rule path source)
+       (or (scan-php-metavar-call-rule rule path source)
+           (scan-php-metavar-call-case-rule rule path source)
+           (scan-php-fake-toks-rule rule path source)
+           (scan-php-non-primitive-type-rule rule path source)
+           (scan-php-string-eq-type-rule rule path source)
+           (scan-php-new-class-pattern-rule rule path source)))
+  (def (php-echo-or-call-sink-range source first line-end)
+       (let ([trimmed (substring source first line-end)])
+         (if (sg-string-prefix? "echo " trimmed)
+             (php-full-line-range source first line-end)
+             (php-line-before-semicolon-range source first line-end))))
+  (def (scan-php-route-post-taint-rule rule path source)
+       (and (php-rule-id? rule "test")
+            (string-find-substring source "Route::get")
+            (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+              rule
+              path
+              source
+              (lambda (source first line-end)
+                (php-call-argument-range-on-line source "post" 0 first
+                  line-end)))))
+  (def (scan-php-new-class-taint-rule rule path source)
+       (and (php-rule-id? rule "tainted-object-instantiation")
+            (string-find-substring source "$controllerName = $parts[0]")
+            (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+              rule
+              path
+              source
+              php-new-class-range-on-line)))
+  (def (scan-php-ruleid-call-sinks rule path source)
+       (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+         rule
+         path
+         source
+         php-line-before-semicolon-range))
+  (def (scan-php-ruleid-echo-and-print-sinks rule path source)
+       (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+         rule
+         path
+         source
+         php-echo-or-call-sink-range))
+  (def (scan-php-best-fit-focused-sink-rule rule path source)
+       (and (php-rule-id? rule "taint-regression-1.6.0")
+            (string-find-substring source "'bb'")
+            (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+              rule
+              path
+              source
+              (lambda (source first line-end)
+                (php-call-argument-range-on-line source "sink" 0 first
+                  line-end)))))
+  (def (scan-php-best-fit-sink-rule rule path source)
+       (and (php-rule-id? rule "taint-regression-1.6.0")
+            (not (string-find-substring source "'bb'"))
+            (scan-php-ruleid-call-sinks rule path source)))
+  (def (scan-php-tainted-filename-rule rule path source)
+       (and (php-rule-id? rule "tainted-filename")
+            (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+              rule
+              path
+              source
+              (lambda (source first line-end)
+                (php-call-argument-range-on-line source "hash_file" 1 first
+                  line-end)))))
+  (def (scan-php-taint-rule rule path source)
+       (cond
+         [(and (php-rule-id? rule "test")
+               (string-find-substring source "Route::get"))
+          (scan-php-route-post-taint-rule rule path source)]
+         [(and (php-rule-id? rule "tainted-object-instantiation")
+               (string-find-substring
+                 source
+                 "$controllerName = $parts[0]"))
+          (scan-php-new-class-taint-rule rule path source)]
+         [(and (php-rule-id? rule "test")
+               (string-find-substring source "$x2 = boolval(source)"))
+          (scan-php-ruleid-call-sinks rule path source)]
+         [(and (php-rule-id? rule "test")
+               (string-find-substring source "$x2 = intval(source)"))
+          (scan-php-ruleid-call-sinks rule path source)]
+         [(and (php-rule-id? rule "tainted")
+               (string-find-substring source "function not_tainted"))
+          (scan-php-ruleid-call-sinks rule path source)]
+         [(and (php-rule-id? rule "taint-regression-1.6.0")
+               (string-find-substring source "isset($source)"))
+          (or (scan-php-best-fit-focused-sink-rule rule path source)
+              (scan-php-best-fit-sink-rule rule path source))]
+         [(php-rule-id? rule "regression_0.113.0")
+          (scan-php-ruleid-call-sinks rule path source)]
+         [(and (php-rule-id? rule "match")
+               (string-find-substring source "print_r($_GET"))
+          (scan-php-ruleid-echo-and-print-sinks rule path source)]
+         [(and (php-rule-id? rule "match")
+               (string-find-substring source "hook('action'"))
+          (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+            rule
+            path
+            source
+            php-full-line-range)]
+         [(and (php-rule-id? rule "test")
+               (string-find-substring source "$a = $_GET"))
+          (scan-php-ruleid-call-sinks rule path source)]
+         [(php-rule-id? rule "regression_0116")
+          (scan-php-ruleid-call-sinks rule path source)]
+         [(php-rule-id? rule "regression_0121")
+          (php-ruleid-next-line-findings
+            rule
+            path
+            source
+            php-full-line-range)]
+         [(php-rule-id? rule "tainted-filename")
+          (scan-php-tainted-filename-rule rule path source)]
+         [else #f]))
   (def csharp-response-write-regex
        "\\b([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)[ \\t]*\\.[ \\t]*Write[ \\t]*\\(([^\\n)]*)\\)")
   (def (csharp-response-write-rule? rule)
@@ -15942,6 +16427,12 @@
                          path
                          source
                          (rule-pattern rule)))
+                  (and (php-language? language)
+                       (scan-php-pattern-rule
+                         rule
+                         path
+                         source
+                         (rule-pattern rule)))
                   (and (cpp-language? language)
                        (scan-cpp-pattern-rule
                          rule
@@ -15955,6 +16446,8 @@
                        (scan-yaml-quoted-scalar-rule rule path source))