diff --git a/php-face.el b/php-face.el
index 648c741c..72a85038 100644
--- a/php-face.el
+++ b/php-face.el
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@
   "PHP Mode face used to highlight sigils($) of $this variable."
   :group 'php-faces)
 
+(defface php-errorcontrol-op '((t (:inherit  font-lock-type-face)))
+  "PHP Mode face used to highlight errorcontrol operators (@).."
+  :group 'php-face)
+
 (defface php-php-tag '((t (:inherit font-lock-preprocessor-face)))
   "PHP Mode face used to highlight PHP tags."
   :group 'php-faces)
diff --git a/php-mode-test.el b/php-mode-test.el
index 695b5ed0..1bf09c63 100644
--- a/php-mode-test.el
+++ b/php-mode-test.el
@@ -984,4 +984,8 @@ Meant for `php-mode-test-issue-503'."
   "Test highlighting arrow funcsion (short closure syntax) added in PHP 7.4."
   (with-php-mode-test ("7.4/arrow-function.php" :faces t)))
 
+(ert-deftest php-mode-test-lang ()
+  "Test highlighting for language constructs."
+  (with-php-mode-test ("lang/errorcontrol.php" :faces t)))
+
 ;;; php-mode-test.el ends here
diff --git a/php-mode.el b/php-mode.el
index 9a1b5747..2f456e48 100644
--- a/php-mode.el
+++ b/php-mode.el
@@ -413,6 +413,10 @@ In that case set to `NIL'."
         (left-assoc "\\" "::" "->")
         (prefix "\\" "::")))
 
+(c-lang-defconst c-operators
+  php (delete '(postfix-if-paren "<" ">")
+              (c-lang-const c-operators)))
+
 ;; Allow '\' when scanning from open brace back to defining
 ;; construct like class
 (c-lang-defconst c-block-prefix-disallowed-chars
@@ -469,35 +473,32 @@ PHP does not have an \"enum\"-like keyword."
   php '("implements" "extends"))
 
 (c-lang-defconst c-type-list-kwds
-  php '("new" "use" "implements" "extends" "namespace" "instanceof" "insteadof"))
+  php '("@new" ;; @new is *NOT* language construct, it's workaround for coloring.
+        "new" "use" "implements" "extends" "namespace" "instanceof" "insteadof"))
 
 (c-lang-defconst c-ref-list-kwds
   php nil)
 
 (c-lang-defconst c-block-stmt-2-kwds
-  php (append '("elseif" "foreach" "declare")
-              (remove "synchronized" (c-lang-const c-block-stmt-2-kwds))))
+  php '("catch" "declare" "elseif" "for" "foreach" "if" "switch" "while"))
 
 (c-lang-defconst c-simple-stmt-kwds
-  php (append '("include" "include_once" "require" "require_once"
-                "echo" "print" "die" "exit")
-              (c-lang-const c-simple-stmt-kwds)))
+  php '("break" "continue" "die" "echo" "exit" "goto" "return" "throw"
+        "include" "include_once" "print" "require" "require_once"))
 
 (c-lang-defconst c-constant-kwds
-  php '("true"
-        "false"
-        "null"))
+  php '("true" "false" "null"))
 
 (c-lang-defconst c-lambda-kwds
-  php '("function"
-        "use"))
+  php '("function" "use"))
 
 (c-lang-defconst c-other-block-decl-kwds
   php '("namespace"))
 
 (c-lang-defconst c-other-kwds
   "Keywords not accounted for by any other `*-kwds' language constant."
-  php '(
+  php
+  '(
     "__halt_compiler"
     "and"
     "array"
@@ -546,6 +547,12 @@ PHP does not have an \"enum\"-like keyword."
 (c-lang-defconst c-recognize-<>-arglists
   php nil)
 
+(c-lang-defconst c-<>-type-kwds
+  php nil)
+
+(c-lang-defconst c-inside-<>-type-kwds
+  php nil)
+
 (c-lang-defconst c-enums-contain-decls
   php nil)
 
@@ -569,6 +576,13 @@ might be to handle switch and goto labels differently."
   php (cl-remove-if (lambda (elm) (and (listp elm) (equal (car elm) "\\s|")))
                     (c-lang-const c-basic-matchers-before php)))
 
+(c-lang-defconst c-basic-matchers-after
+  php (cl-remove-if (lambda (elm) (and (listp elm) (memq 'c-annotation-face elm)))
+                    (c-lang-const c-basic-matchers-after php)))
+
+(c-lang-defconst c-opt-<>-sexp-key
+  php nil)
+
 (defun php-lineup-cascaded-calls (langelem)
   "Line up chained methods using `c-lineup-cascaded-calls',
 but only if the setting is enabled"
@@ -1431,6 +1445,7 @@ a completion list."
    ;;   already fontified by another pattern. Note that using OVERRIDE
    ;;   is usually overkill.
    `(
+     ("\\<\\(@\\)" 1 'php-errorcontrol-op)
      ;; Highlight all upper-cased symbols as constant
      ("\\<\\([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]+\\)\\>" 1 'php-constant)
 
diff --git a/tests/lang/errorcontrol.php b/tests/lang/errorcontrol.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff0af97b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lang/errorcontrol.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+
+new stdClass;
+@new stdClass;
+echo @a.@b;
+echo @a;
+echo @$a;
+
+@fopen('php://memory', 'rw');
diff --git a/tests/lang/errorcontrol.php.faces b/tests/lang/errorcontrol.php.faces
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8e59455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lang/errorcontrol.php.faces
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+;; -*- mode: emacs-lisp -*-
+(("<?php" . php-php-tag)
+ ("\n\n")
+ ("new" . php-keyword)
+ (" ")
+ ("stdClass" . font-lock-type-face)
+ (";\n")
+ ("@new" . php-keyword)
+ (" ")
+ ("stdClass" . font-lock-type-face)
+ (";\n")
+ ("echo" . php-keyword)
+ (" ")
+ ("@" . php-errorcontrol-op)
+ ("a.")
+ ("@" . php-errorcontrol-op)
+ ("b;\n")
+ ("echo" . php-keyword)
+ (" ")
+ ("@" . php-errorcontrol-op)
+ ("a;\n")
+ ("echo" . php-keyword)
+ (" ")
+ ("@" . php-errorcontrol-op)
+ ("$" . php-variable-sigil)
+ ("a" . php-variable-name)
+ (";\n\n")
+ ("@" . php-errorcontrol-op)
+ ("fopen(")
+ ("'php://memory'" . php-string)
+ (", ")
+ ("'rw'" . php-string)
+ (");\n"))