diff --git a/build/genif.sh b/build/genif.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/ext/curl/sync-constants.php b/ext/curl/sync-constants.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 093483ed9c2..08d2d28460e
--- a/ext/curl/sync-constants.php
+++ b/ext/curl/sync-constants.php
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 
 /**
diff --git a/ext/fileinfo/fileinfo.php b/ext/fileinfo/fileinfo.php
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new mode 100755
index 791d03a213f..11bb6ed499b
--- a/ext/fileinfo/fileinfo.php
+++ b/ext/fileinfo/fileinfo.php
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 if(!extension_loaded('fileinfo')) {
 	dl('fileinfo.' . PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX);
diff --git a/ext/hash/bench.php b/ext/hash/bench.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index eb94cd07f73..4dd5723842d
--- a/ext/hash/bench.php
+++ b/ext/hash/bench.php
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 
 /*
diff --git a/ext/mbstring/ucgendat/ucgendat.php b/ext/mbstring/ucgendat/ucgendat.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 556a8cf98f7..43204020a6b
--- a/ext/mbstring/ucgendat/ucgendat.php
+++ b/ext/mbstring/ucgendat/ucgendat.php
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php error_reporting(E_ALL);
 
 /* This is based on the ucgendat.c file from the OpenLDAP project, licensed
diff --git a/ext/mbstring/ucgendat/uctest.php b/ext/mbstring/ucgendat/uctest.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 62a4e71c5e8..5be4a0cd219
--- a/ext/mbstring/ucgendat/uctest.php
+++ b/ext/mbstring/ucgendat/uctest.php
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php error_reporting(E_ALL);
 
 $dir = __DIR__;
diff --git a/ext/pcre/upgrade-pcre.php b/ext/pcre/upgrade-pcre.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b0da6cdb448..3b642dfacc1
--- a/ext/pcre/upgrade-pcre.php
+++ b/ext/pcre/upgrade-pcre.php
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 
 // script to upgrade PCRE. just drop the pcre-x.x.tar.xx here and run the script
diff --git a/ext/pdo/pdo.php b/ext/pdo/pdo.php
index 1008f7bd04d..a11cb62b4dd 100755
--- a/ext/pdo/pdo.php
+++ b/ext/pdo/pdo.php
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 dl('pdo.so');
 dl('pdo_sqlite.so');
diff --git a/ext/pdo_mysql/get_error_codes.php b/ext/pdo_mysql/get_error_codes.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a1ed85016cb..93f523ed208
--- a/ext/pdo_mysql/get_error_codes.php
+++ b/ext/pdo_mysql/get_error_codes.php
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 	$codes = array();
 	$maxlen = 0;
diff --git a/run-tests.php b/run-tests.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/sapi/cli/generate_mime_type_map.php b/sapi/cli/generate_mime_type_map.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/sapi/phpdbg/create-test.php b/sapi/phpdbg/create-test.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/scripts/dev/check_parameters.php b/scripts/dev/check_parameters.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a9c58f8c00b..bab7ed9a3fa
--- a/scripts/dev/check_parameters.php
+++ b/scripts/dev/check_parameters.php
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 /*
   +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
diff --git a/scripts/dev/find_tested.php b/scripts/dev/find_tested.php
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4e1e2a3bb4f..33d53d81634
--- a/scripts/dev/find_tested.php
+++ b/scripts/dev/find_tested.php
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/dev/search_underscores.php b/scripts/dev/search_underscores.php
index 23db7dd7b3b..cac1a5d9dbc 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/search_underscores.php
+++ b/scripts/dev/search_underscores.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/local/bin/php -n
+#!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 
 /*