diff --git a/extensions/php/language-configuration.json b/extensions/php/language-configuration.json
index c50f3f997e3..fca0a338042 100644
--- a/extensions/php/language-configuration.json
+++ b/extensions/php/language-configuration.json
@@ -93,15 +93,11 @@
 		]
 	],
 	"indentationRules": {
-		"increaseIndentPattern": "({(?!.*}).*|\\(|\\[|((else(\\s)?)?if|else|for(each)?|while|switch|case).*:)\\s*((/[/*].*|)?$|\\?>)",
-		"decreaseIndentPattern": "^(.*\\*\\/)?\\s*((\\})|(\\)+[;,])|(\\]\\)*[;,])|\\b(else:)|\\b((end(if|for(each)?|while|switch));))",
+		"increaseIndentPattern": "((else\\s?)?if|else|for(each)?|while|switch|case).*:\\s*((/[/*].*|)?$|\\?>)",
+		"decreaseIndentPattern": "^(.*\\*\\/)?\\s*(\\b(else:)|\\bend(if|for(each)?|while|switch);)",
 		// e.g.  * ...| or */| or *-----*/|
-		"unIndentedLinePattern": {
-			"pattern": "^(\\t|[ ])*[ ]\\*[^/]*\\*/\\s*$|^(\\t|[ ])*[ ]\\*/\\s*$|^(\\t|[ ])*\\*([ ]([^\\*]|\\*(?!/))*)?$"
-		},
-		"indentNextLinePattern": {
-			"pattern": "^\\s*(((if|else ?if|while|for|foreach)\\s*\\(.*\\)\\s*)|else\\s*)$"
-		}
+		"unIndentedLinePattern": "^(\\t|[ ])*[ ]\\*[^/]*\\*/\\s*$|^(\\t|[ ])*[ ]\\*/\\s*$|^(\\t|[ ])*\\*([ ]([^\\*]|\\*(?!/))*)?$",
+		"indentNextLinePattern": "^\\s*(((if|else ?if|while|for|foreach)\\s*\\(.*\\)\\s*)|else\\s*)$"
 	},
 	"folding": {
 		"markers": {