diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e107523e745..a04c9e65951 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 ?? ??? ????, PHP 7.4.0RC1
 
+- Core:
+  . Fixed bug #78441 (Parse error due to heredoc identifier followed by digit).
+    (cmb)
 
 22 Aug 2019, PHP 7.4.0beta4
 
diff --git a/Zend/tests/grammar/bug78441.phpt b/Zend/tests/grammar/bug78441.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af05ecf1d89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Zend/tests/grammar/bug78441.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #78441 (Parse error due to heredoc identifier followed by digit)
+--FILE--
+<?php
+echo <<<FOO
+FOO4
+FOO, PHP_EOL;
+
+echo <<<FOO
+bar
+FOO4
+FOO, PHP_EOL;
+
+echo <<<'FOO'
+bar
+FOO4
+FOO, PHP_EOL;
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+FOO4
+bar
+FOO4
+bar
+FOO4
diff --git a/Zend/zend_language_scanner.l b/Zend/zend_language_scanner.l
index 1537fa36f8e..2e21ee7952e 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_language_scanner.l
+++ b/Zend/zend_language_scanner.l
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ do {																			\
 #define GET_DOUBLE_QUOTES_SCANNED_LENGTH()    SCNG(scanned_string_len)
 
 #define IS_LABEL_START(c) (((c) >= 'a' && (c) <= 'z') || ((c) >= 'A' && (c) <= 'Z') || (c) == '_' || (c) >= 0x80)
+#define IS_LABEL_SUCCESSOR(c) (((c) >= 'a' && (c) <= 'z') || ((c) >= 'A' && (c) <= 'Z') || ((c) >= '0' && (c) <= '9') || (c) == '_' || (c) >= 0x80)
 
 #define ZEND_IS_OCT(c)  ((c)>='0' && (c)<='7')
 #define ZEND_IS_HEX(c)  (((c)>='0' && (c)<='9') || ((c)>='a' && (c)<='f') || ((c)>='A' && (c)<='F'))
@@ -2419,7 +2420,7 @@ skip_escape_conversion:
 
 	/* Check for ending label on the next line */
 	if (heredoc_label->length < YYLIMIT - YYCURSOR && !memcmp(YYCURSOR, s, heredoc_label->length)) {
-		if (!IS_LABEL_START(YYCURSOR[heredoc_label->length])) {
+		if (!IS_LABEL_SUCCESSOR(YYCURSOR[heredoc_label->length])) {
 			if (spacing == (HEREDOC_USING_SPACES | HEREDOC_USING_TABS)) {
 				zend_throw_exception(zend_ce_parse_error, "Invalid indentation - tabs and spaces cannot be mixed", 0);
 			}
@@ -2676,7 +2677,7 @@ double_quotes_scan_done:
 
 				/* Check for ending label on the next line */
 				if (IS_LABEL_START(*YYCURSOR) && heredoc_label->length < YYLIMIT - YYCURSOR && !memcmp(YYCURSOR, heredoc_label->label, heredoc_label->length)) {
-					if (IS_LABEL_START(YYCURSOR[heredoc_label->length])) {
+					if (IS_LABEL_SUCCESSOR(YYCURSOR[heredoc_label->length])) {
 						continue;
 					}
 
@@ -2797,7 +2798,7 @@ heredoc_scan_done:
 
 				/* Check for ending label on the next line */
 				if (IS_LABEL_START(*YYCURSOR) && heredoc_label->length < YYLIMIT - YYCURSOR && !memcmp(YYCURSOR, heredoc_label->label, heredoc_label->length)) {
-					if (IS_LABEL_START(YYCURSOR[heredoc_label->length])) {
+					if (IS_LABEL_SUCCESSOR(YYCURSOR[heredoc_label->length])) {
 						continue;
 					}