diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/highlight_heredoc.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/highlight_heredoc.phpt
index 89834a27097..58f83806a5e 100644
--- a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/highlight_heredoc.phpt
+++ b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/highlight_heredoc.phpt
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ DDDD;
 highlight_string($str);
 ?>
 --EXPECT--
-<code><font color="#000000">
-<br />$x=&lt;&lt;&lt;DD<br />jhdsjkfhjdsh<br />DD<br />."";<br />$a=&lt;&lt;&lt;DDDD<br />jhdsjkfhjdsh<br />DDDD;<br /></font>
+<code><span style="color: #000000">
+<br />$x=&lt;&lt;&lt;DD<br />jhdsjkfhjdsh<br />DD<br />."";<br />$a=&lt;&lt;&lt;DDDD<br />jhdsjkfhjdsh<br />DDDD;<br /></span>
 </code>
diff --git a/tests/strings/004.phpt b/tests/strings/004.phpt
index 596928cdff3..37e5b957bd7 100644
--- a/tests/strings/004.phpt
+++ b/tests/strings/004.phpt
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ $var = highlight_string("<br /><?php echo \"bar\"; ?><br />", TRUE);
 echo "\n[$var]\n";
 ?>
 --EXPECT--
-<code><font color="#000000">
-&lt;br /&gt;<font color="#0000BB">&lt;?php </font><font color="#007700">echo </font><font color="#DD0000">"foo"</font><font color="#007700">; </font><font color="#0000BB">?&gt;</font>&lt;br /&gt;</font>
+<code><span style="color: #000000">
+&lt;br /&gt;<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php </span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"foo"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>&lt;br /&gt;</span>
 </code>
-[<code><font color="#000000">
-&lt;br /&gt;<font color="#0000BB">&lt;?php </font><font color="#007700">echo </font><font color="#DD0000">"bar"</font><font color="#007700">; </font><font color="#0000BB">?&gt;</font>&lt;br /&gt;</font>
+[<code><span style="color: #000000">
+&lt;br /&gt;<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php </span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"bar"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>&lt;br /&gt;</span>
 </code>]
diff --git a/tests/strings/bug26703.phpt b/tests/strings/bug26703.phpt
index c86e1759d5b..c9a7790c010 100644
--- a/tests/strings/bug26703.phpt
+++ b/tests/strings/bug26703.phpt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ highlight.html=#000000
 	highlight_string('<?php echo "foo[] $a \n"; ?>');
 ?>
 --EXPECT--
-<code><font color="#000000">
-<font color="#0000BB">&lt;?php </font><font color="#007700">echo </font><font color="#DD0000">"foo[] $a \n"</font><font color="#007700">; </font><font color="#0000BB">?&gt;</font>
-</font>
+<code><span style="color: #000000">
+<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php </span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"foo[] $a \n"</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>
+</span>
 </code>