diff --git a/kate/data/php.xml b/kate/data/php.xml
index 3abd5e26d..fc963a30a 100644
--- a/kate/data/php.xml
+++ b/kate/data/php.xml
@@ -5542,27 +5542,27 @@ Changes:
         <DetectChar attribute="String" context="#pop" char="'" />
       </context>
       <context name="htmlheredoc" attribute="Normal Text" lineEndContext="#stay" dynamic="true">
-        <RegExpr attribute="Backslash Code" context="#pop" String="^%1;?$" dynamic="true" endRegion="Heredoc" />
+        <RegExpr attribute="Backslash Code" context="#pop" String="^[\s]*%1;?$" dynamic="true" endRegion="Heredoc" />
         <IncludeRules context="commonheredoc" />
         <IncludeRules context="##HTML" />
       </context>
       <context name="cssheredoc" attribute="Normal Text" lineEndContext="#stay" dynamic="true">
-        <RegExpr attribute="Backslash Code" context="#pop" String="^%1;?$" dynamic="true" endRegion="Heredoc" />
+        <RegExpr attribute="Backslash Code" context="#pop" String="^[\s]*%1;?$" dynamic="true" endRegion="Heredoc" />
         <IncludeRules context="commonheredoc" />
         <IncludeRules context="##CSS" />
       </context>
       <context name="mysqlheredoc" attribute="Normal Text" lineEndContext="#stay" dynamic="true">
-        <RegExpr attribute="Backslash Code" context="#pop" String="^%1;?$" dynamic="true" endRegion="Heredoc" />
+        <RegExpr attribute="Backslash Code" context="#pop" String="^[\s]*%1;?$" dynamic="true" endRegion="Heredoc" />
         <IncludeRules context="commonheredoc" />
         <IncludeRules context="##SQL (MySQL)" />
       </context>
       <context name="javascriptheredoc" attribute="Normal Text" lineEndContext="#stay" dynamic="true">
-        <RegExpr attribute="Backslash Code" context="#pop" String="^%1;?$" dynamic="true" endRegion="Heredoc" />
+        <RegExpr attribute="Backslash Code" context="#pop" String="^[\s]*%1;?$" dynamic="true" endRegion="Heredoc" />
         <IncludeRules context="commonheredoc" />
         <IncludeRules context="Normal##JavaScript" />
       </context>
       <context name="heredoc" attribute="String" lineEndContext="#stay" dynamic="true">
-        <RegExpr attribute="Backslash Code" context="#pop" String="^%1;?$" dynamic="true" endRegion="Heredoc" />
+        <RegExpr attribute="Backslash Code" context="#pop" String="^[\s]*%1;?$" dynamic="true" endRegion="Heredoc" />
         <IncludeRules context="commonheredoc" />
       </context>
       <context name="commonheredoc" attribute="String" lineEndContext="#stay">