diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go
index 7a5209074..58df64219 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,48 @@ func TestClassifierCataloger_DefaultClassifiers_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 		fixtureDir string
 		expected   pkg.Package
 	}{
+		{
+			name:       "positive-php-cli-8.2.1",
+			fixtureDir: "test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/php-cli-8.2.1",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "php-cli",
+				Version:   "8.2.1",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/php-cli@8.2.1",
+				Locations: singleLocation("php"),
+				Metadata: pkg.BinaryMetadata{
+					Classifier: "php-cli-binary",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "positive-php-fpm-8.2.1",
+			fixtureDir: "test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/php-fpm-8.2.1",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "php-fpm",
+				Version:   "8.2.1",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/php-fpm@8.2.1",
+				Locations: singleLocation("php-fpm"),
+				Metadata: pkg.BinaryMetadata{
+					Classifier: "php-fpm-binary",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "positive-php-apache-8.2.1",
+			fixtureDir: "test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/php-apache-8.2.1",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "libphp",
+				Version:   "8.2.1",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/php@8.2.1",
+				Locations: singleLocation("libphp.so"),
+				Metadata: pkg.BinaryMetadata{
+					Classifier: "php-apache-binary",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:       "positive-redis-2.8.23",
 			fixtureDir: "test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/redis-server-2.8.23",
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go
index 6a3b9b95c..986faebaf 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/default_classifiers.go
@@ -104,4 +104,32 @@ var defaultClassifiers = []classifier{
 			`(?m)BusyBox\s+v(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)`),
 		Package: "busybox",
 	},
+	{
+		Class:    "php-cli-binary",
+		FileGlob: "**/php*",
+		EvidenceMatcher: fileNameTemplateVersionMatcher(
+			`(.*/|^)php[0-9]*$`,
+			`(?m)X-Powered-By: PHP\/(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(beta[0-9]+|alpha[0-9]+|RC[0-9]+)?)`),
+		Package: "php-cli",
+		PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/php-cli@version"),
+		CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"),
+	},
+	{
+		Class:    "php-fpm-binary",
+		FileGlob: "**/php-fpm*",
+		EvidenceMatcher: fileContentsVersionMatcher(
+			`(?m)X-Powered-By: PHP\/(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(beta[0-9]+|alpha[0-9]+|RC[0-9]+)?)`),
+		Package: "php-fpm",
+		PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/php-fpm@version"),
+		CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"),
+	},
+	{
+		Class:    "php-apache-binary",
+		FileGlob: "**/libphp*.so",
+		EvidenceMatcher: fileContentsVersionMatcher(
+			`(?m)X-Powered-By: PHP\/(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(beta[0-9]+|alpha[0-9]+|RC[0-9]+)?)`),
+		Package: "libphp",
+		PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/php@version"),
+		CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"),
+	},
 }
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/.gitignore b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/.gitignore
index 5b1ba3eb4..5b880180c 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/.gitignore
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-!libpython3.7.so
\ No newline at end of file
+!libpython3.7.so
+!libphp.so
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/php-apache-8.2.1/libphp.so b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/php-apache-8.2.1/libphp.so
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8d3b0c698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/php-apache-8.2.1/libphp.so
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[null]  Script:  '%s'
+%s,%s
+X-Powered-By: PHP/8.2.1
+index pointer
+PHP_VERSION
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/php-cli-8.2.1/php b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/php-cli-8.2.1/php
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8d3b0c698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/php-cli-8.2.1/php
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[null]  Script:  '%s'
+%s,%s
+X-Powered-By: PHP/8.2.1
+index pointer
+PHP_VERSION
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/php-fpm-8.2.1/php-fpm b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/php-fpm-8.2.1/php-fpm
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8d3b0c698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/positive/php-fpm-8.2.1/php-fpm
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[null]  Script:  '%s'
+%s,%s
+X-Powered-By: PHP/8.2.1
+index pointer
+PHP_VERSION