diff --git a/languages/php/injections.scm b/languages/php/injections.scm
index ddaecbd..f7b9549 100644
--- a/languages/php/injections.scm
+++ b/languages/php/injections.scm
@@ -9,8 +9,61 @@
 ((comment) @injection.content
   (#set! injection.language "comment"))
 
+; Inject the heredoc/nowdoc body as the language named by its tag. Zed resolves
+; the tag against language names and file extensions, case-insensitively, so
+; `<<<SQL`, `<<<HTML`, `<<<JSON`, `<<<JS`, `<<<YML`, `<<<MD`, ... all work.
 ((heredoc_body)
   (heredoc_end) @injection.language) @injection.content
 
 ((nowdoc_body)
   (heredoc_end) @injection.language) @injection.content
+
+; Highlight the pattern argument of the PCRE functions as a regular expression.
+; Only functions whose first argument is a pattern (not `preg_quote`, whose
+; first argument is a literal string to escape).
+(function_call_expression
+  function: (name) @_preg
+  arguments: (arguments
+    .
+    (argument
+      [
+        (string
+          (string_content) @injection.content)
+        (encapsed_string
+          (string_content) @injection.content)
+      ]))
+  (#any-of? @_preg
+    "preg_match" "preg_match_all" "preg_replace" "preg_replace_callback" "preg_split" "preg_grep")
+  (#set! injection.language "regex"))
+
+; Highlight printf-style format strings (format is the first argument).
+(function_call_expression
+  function: (name) @_fmt
+  arguments: (arguments
+    .
+    (argument
+      [
+        (string
+          (string_content) @injection.content)
+        (encapsed_string
+          (string_content) @injection.content)
+      ]))
+  (#any-of? @_fmt "sprintf" "printf" "vsprintf" "vprintf")
+  (#set! injection.language "printf"))
+
+; ... and where the format is the second argument.
+(function_call_expression
+  function: (name) @_fmt
+  arguments: (arguments
+    .
+    (argument)
+    .
+    (argument
+      [
+        (string
+          (string_content) @injection.content)
+        (encapsed_string
+          (string_content) @injection.content)
+      ]))
+  (#any-of? @_fmt "fprintf" "vfprintf" "sscanf" "fscanf")
+  (#set! injection.language "printf"))