diff --git a/cobra/const.py b/cobra/const.py
index 6bff31fb..2e0d0940 100644
--- a/cobra/const.py
+++ b/cobra/const.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # eval ($test + $test2);
 # call_function ($exp);
 #
-fpc = '\s*\((.*)(?:\))'
+fpc = '(\s*\((.*)(?:\))|\s*(.*\.)*\$.+)'
 fpc_single = '[f]{fpc}'.format(fpc=fpc)
 fpc_multi = '(?:[f]){fpc}'.format(fpc=fpc)
 
diff --git a/tests/vulnerabilities/v_parser.php b/tests/examples/v_parser.php
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/vulnerabilities/v_parser.php
rename to tests/examples/v_parser.php
diff --git a/tests/test_parser.py b/tests/test_parser.py
index 5b42e245..222bcf10 100644
--- a/tests/test_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_parser.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from cobra.config import project_directory
 
 
-target_projects = project_directory + '/tests/vulnerabilities/v_parser.php'
+target_projects = project_directory + '/tests/examples/v_parser.php'
 with open(target_projects, 'r') as fi:
     code_contents = fi.read()
 
diff --git a/tests/vulnerabilities/v.php b/tests/vulnerabilities/v.php
index f326bd01..29cda0cf 100644
--- a/tests/vulnerabilities/v.php
+++ b/tests/vulnerabilities/v.php
@@ -99,4 +99,3 @@ function curl($url){
 if (!empty($file)){
     unlink($file);
 }
-