diff --git a/Ports/AvailablePorts.md b/Ports/AvailablePorts.md
index 6d9ddc78a3..b6cc603c65 100644
--- a/Ports/AvailablePorts.md
+++ b/Ports/AvailablePorts.md
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ This list is also available at [ports.serenityos.net](https://ports.serenityos.n
 | [`pcre`](pcre/)                                     | Perl-compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE)                      | 8.45                     | https://www.pcre.org/                                                          |
 | [`pcre2`](pcre2/)                                   | Perl-compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE2)                     | 10.40                    | https://www.pcre.org/                                                          |
 | [`pfetch`](pfetch/)                                 | pfetch                                                          | a906ff8                  | https://github.com/dylanaraps/pfetch/                                          |
-| [`php`](php/)                                       | PHP                                                             | 8.1.4                    | https://www.php.net/                                                           |
+| [`php`](php/)                                       | PHP                                                             | 8.1.6                    | https://www.php.net/                                                           |
 | [`pkgconf`](pkgconf/)                               | pkgconf                                                         | 1.8.0                    | https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf                                             |
 | [`powdertoy`](powdertoy/)                           | The Powder Toy                                                  | 96.2.350                 | https://powdertoy.co.uk/                                                       |
 | [`printf`](printf/)                                 | printf (OpenBSD)                                                | 6.6                      | https://github.com/ibara/libpuffy                                              |
diff --git a/Ports/php/package.sh b/Ports/php/package.sh
index b60a466240..318a949009 100755
--- a/Ports/php/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/php/package.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env -S bash ../.port_include.sh
-port=php
-useconfigure="true"
-version="8.1.4"
-files="https://www.php.net/distributions/php-${version}.tar.xz php-${version}.tar.xz 05a8c0ac30008154fb38a305560543fc172ba79fb957084a99b8d3b10d5bdb4b"
-auth_type=sha256
+port='php'
+useconfigure='true'
+version='8.1.6'
+files="https://www.php.net/distributions/php-${version}.tar.xz php-${version}.tar.xz da38d65bb0d5dd56f711cd478204f2b62a74a2c2b0d2d523a78d6eb865b2364c"
+auth_type='sha256'
 depends=("libiconv" "libxml2" "openssl" "readline" "sqlite" "zlib")
 configopts=(
     "--disable-cgi"
@@ -22,30 +22,17 @@ launcher_command="/usr/local/bin/php -a"
 launcher_run_in_terminal="true"
 icon_file="win32/build/php.ico"
 
-pre_configure() {
-    export CFLAGS="-I${SERENITY_INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/local/include/libxml2"
-    export LIBS="-ldl"
-    export LIBXML_CFLAGS="y"
-    export LIBXML_LIBS="-lxml2"
-    export OPENSSL_CFLAGS="y"
-    export OPENSSL_LIBS="-lssl -lcrypto"
-    export SQLITE_CFLAGS="y"
-    export SQLITE_LIBS="-lsqlite3 -lpthread"
-    export ZLIB_CFLAGS="y"
-    export ZLIB_LIBS="-lz"
+export CFLAGS="-I${SERENITY_INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/local/include/libxml2"
+export LIBS='-ldl'
+export LIBXML_CFLAGS='y'
+export LIBXML_LIBS='-lxml2'
+export OPENSSL_CFLAGS='y'
+export OPENSSL_LIBS='-lssl -lcrypto'
+export SQLITE_CFLAGS='y'
+export SQLITE_LIBS='-lsqlite3 -lpthread'
+export ZLIB_CFLAGS='y'
+export ZLIB_LIBS='-lz'
 
+pre_configure() {
     run ./buildconf --force
 }
-
-post_configure() {
-    unset ZLIB_LIBS
-    unset ZLIB_CFLAGS
-    unset SQLITE_LIBS
-    unset SQLITE_CFLAGS
-    unset OPENSSL_LIBS
-    unset OPENSSL_CFLAGS
-    unset LIBXML_LIBS
-    unset LIBS
-    unset LIBXML_CFLAGS
-    unset CFLAGS
-}