diff --git a/file/php/php-scanner.yaml b/file/php/php-scanner.yaml
index ade38b6482..f71a88f80a 100644
--- a/file/php/php-scanner.yaml
+++ b/file/php/php-scanner.yaml
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ file:
       - type: regex
         # MySQLi Extension
         regex:
-          - "mysqli((_real)?_connect)?"
+          - "mysqli((_real)?_connect)?|_query"
       - type: regex
         # Oracle OCI8 DBMS
         regex: