diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/php/config.toml b/crates/zed/src/languages/php/config.toml
index 19acb949e2..be97b80e5e 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/php/config.toml
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/php/config.toml
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ brackets = [
     { start = "\"", end = "\"", close = true, newline = false, not_in = ["string"] },
 ]
 collapsed_placeholder = "/* ... */"
+word_boundaries = ["$"]