diff --git a/test/php/checkswag b/test/php/checkswag
index db1113fc6..b5211a2b0 100755
--- a/test/php/checkswag
+++ b/test/php/checkswag
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ from optparse import OptionParser, BadOptionError, AmbiguousOptionError
 
 
 APPLICATION = 'phpcs'
-DEFAULT_ARGS = ['-p', '--standard', 'PSR2', '--extensions',
-                'php', '--encoding', 'utf-8']
+DEFAULT_ARGS = ['-p', '--standard=PSR2', '--extensions=php',
+                '--encoding=utf-8']
 
 REPORT_DIRECTORY = '../../build/log'
 
@@ -89,12 +89,9 @@ def main():
     if options.verbose:
         command_options.append('-v')
     if options.build:
-        command_options.append('--report-checkstyle')
-        command_options.append(os.path.join(get_report_directory(),
-                                            'phpcs_results.xml'))
+        command_options.append('--report-checkstyle=' + os.path.join(get_report_directory(), 'phpcs_results.xml'))
     if options.exclude:
-        command_options.extend(['--ignore-patterns',
-                                ','.join(options.exclude)])
+        command_options.extend(['--ignore=' + ','.join(options.exclude)])
     if options.include:
         arguments.extend(options.include)
     else:
diff --git a/test/php/runtests b/test/php/runtests
index bb5d95c03..58f74a980 100755
--- a/test/php/runtests
+++ b/test/php/runtests
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import subprocess
+from fnmatch import fnmatch
 from optparse import OptionParser, BadOptionError, AmbiguousOptionError
 
 
@@ -63,12 +64,8 @@ def parse_commandline():
                       help='Enable reporting.')
     parser.add_option('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true',
                       help='Be more verbose.')
-    parser.add_option('-i', '--include', metavar='PATTERN', action='append',
-                      help='Include only specific files/test cases.'
-                           ' (Can be supplied multiple times.)')
-    parser.add_option('-e', '--exclude', metavar='PATTERN', action='append',
-                      help='Exclude specific files/test cases. '
-                           '(Can be supplied multiple times.)')
+    parser.add_option('-i', '--include', metavar='PATTERN', action='store',
+                      help='Include only specific files/test cases.')
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
@@ -98,16 +95,13 @@ def main():
         command_options.append(os.path.join(report_directory,
                                             'phpunit_coverage.xml'))
     if options.include:
-        command_options.extend(['--group', ','.join(options.include)])
-    if options.exclude:
-        command_options.extend(['--exclude-group',
-                                ','.join(options.exclude)])
+        command_options.append('--filter')
+        command_options.append(options.include)
 
     # Application invocation..
     execute_command([application_path] + DEFAULT_ARGS +
                     command_options + arguments)
     return 0
 
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     sys.exit(main())