diff --git a/src/scripts/common.sh b/src/scripts/common.sh
index 6c7c38d5..8877f722 100644
--- a/src/scripts/common.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/common.sh
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ add_composertool() {
 
 # 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]+)?)?" | head -n 1
+  php -v | grep -Eo -m 1 "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+((-?[a-zA-Z]+([0-9]+)?)?){2}" | head -n 1
 }
 
 # Function to get the tag for a php version.
diff --git a/src/scripts/linux.sh b/src/scripts/linux.sh
index 99f8f5e9..3f92c156 100644
--- a/src/scripts/linux.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/linux.sh
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ setup_php() {
   scan_dir=$(php --ini | grep additional | sed -e "s|.*: s*||")
   ini_dir=$(php --ini | grep "(php.ini)" | sed -e "s|.*: s*||")
   pecl_file="$scan_dir"/99-pecl.ini
+  export ext_dir
   mapfile -t ini_file < <(sudo find "$ini_dir/.." -name "php.ini" -exec readlink -m {} +)
   link_pecl_file
   configure_php