diff --git a/src/scripts/unix.sh b/src/scripts/unix.sh
index fb8839bf..e595bef0 100644
--- a/src/scripts/unix.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/unix.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ configure_php() {
 
 # Function to get PHP version in semver format.
 php_semver() {
-  php -v | grep -Eo -m 1 "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+((-?[a-zA-Z]+([0-9]+)?)?){2}" | head -n 1
+  grep -Eo 'version="[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+){2}((-?[a-zA-Z]+([0-9]+)?)?){2}' "$(command -v php-config)" | cut -d '"' -f 2
 }
 
 # Function to get the tag for a php version.