diff --git a/php/PhpLexer.g4 b/php/PhpLexer.g4
index a1cec7f379..af40b0a600 100644
--- a/php/PhpLexer.g4
+++ b/php/PhpLexer.g4
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ HtmlText       : ~[<#]+;
 XmlStart       : '<?xml'              -> pushMode(XML);
 PHPStartEcho   : PhpStartEchoFragment -> type(Echo), pushMode(PHP);
 PHPStart       : PhpStartFragment     -> channel(SkipChannel), pushMode(PHP);
-HtmlScriptOpen : '<script'            { _scriptTag = true; } -> pushMode(INSIDE);
-HtmlStyleOpen  : '<style'             { _styleTag = true; } -> pushMode(INSIDE);
+HtmlScriptOpen : '<script'            { this._scriptTag = true; } -> pushMode(INSIDE);
+HtmlStyleOpen  : '<style'             { this._styleTag = true; } -> pushMode(INSIDE);
 HtmlComment    : '<!' '--' .*? '-->'  -> channel(HIDDEN);
 HtmlDtd        : '<!' .*? '>';
 HtmlOpen       : '<'       -> pushMode(INSIDE);
diff --git a/php/TypeScript/PhpLexerBase.ts b/php/TypeScript/PhpLexerBase.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a30805d304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php/TypeScript/PhpLexerBase.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+import {CommonToken, Lexer, Token, CharStream} from "antlr4";
+// change the imports below accordingly
+import PhpParser from "./PhpParser";
+import PhpLexer from "./PhpLexer";
+
+export default abstract class PhpLexerBase extends Lexer {
+    private AspTags: boolean;
+    protected _scriptTag: boolean;
+    protected _styleTag: boolean;
+    private _heredocIdentifier: string | undefined;
+    private _prevTokenType: number;
+    private _htmlNameText: string | undefined;
+    private _phpScript: boolean;
+    private _insideString: boolean;
+    protected _mode: number
+    protected _channel: number
+
+    static DEFAULT_MODE = 0;
+    protected static MORE = -2;
+    protected static SKIP = -3;
+
+    protected static DEFAULT_TOKEN_CHANNEL: number = (Token as any).DEFAULT_CHANNEL;
+    protected static HIDDEN: number = (Token as any).HIDDEN_CHANNEL;
+    protected static MIN_CHAR_VALUE = 0x0000;
+    protected static MAX_CHAR_VALUE = 0x10FFFF;
+
+    constructor(input: CharStream) {
+        super(input);
+        this.AspTags = true;
+        this._scriptTag = false;
+        this._styleTag = false;
+        this._heredocIdentifier = undefined;
+        this._prevTokenType = 0;
+        this._htmlNameText = undefined;
+        this._phpScript = false;
+        this._insideString = false;
+    }
+
+    nextToken() {
+        let token = super.nextToken()
+
+        if (token.type === PhpParser.PHPEnd || token.type === PhpLexer.PHPEndSingleLineComment) {
+            if (this._mode === PhpLexer.SingleLineCommentMode) {
+                // SingleLineCommentMode for such allowed syntax:
+                // // <?php echo "Hello world"; // comment ?>
+                this.popMode();
+            }
+            this.popMode();
+
+            if (token.text === "</script>") {
+                this._phpScript = false;
+                token.type = PhpLexer.HtmlScriptClose;
+            } else {
+                // Add semicolon to the end of statement if it is absent.
+                // For example: <?php echo "Hello world" ?>
+                if (this._prevTokenType === PhpLexer.SemiColon || this._prevTokenType === PhpLexer.Colon || this._prevTokenType === PhpLexer.OpenCurlyBracket || this._prevTokenType === PhpLexer.CloseCurlyBracket) {
+                    token = super.nextToken()
+                } else {
+                    token = new CommonToken(undefined, PhpLexer.SemiColon, undefined, undefined, undefined);
+                    token.text = ';';
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        else if (token.type === PhpLexer.HtmlName) {
+            this._htmlNameText = token.text
+        }
+
+        else if (token.type === PhpLexer.HtmlDoubleQuoteString) {
+            if (token.text === "php" && this._htmlNameText === "language") {
+                this._phpScript = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        else if (this._mode === PhpLexer.HereDoc) {
+            // Heredoc and Nowdoc syntax support: http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.syntax.heredoc
+            if (token.type === PhpLexer.StartHereDoc || token.type === PhpLexer.StartNowDoc) {
+                this._heredocIdentifier = token.text.slice(3).trim().replace(/\'$/, '');
+            }
+
+            if (token.type === PhpLexer.HereDocText) {
+                if (this.CheckHeredocEnd(token.text)) {
+                    this.popMode()
+                    const heredocIdentifier = this.GetHeredocEnd(token.text)
+                    if (token.text.trim().endsWith(';')) {
+                        token = new CommonToken((CommonToken as any).EMPTY_SOURCE, PhpParser.SemiColon,
+                            undefined, undefined, undefined)
+                        token.text = `${heredocIdentifier};\n`;
+                    } else {
+                        token = super.nextToken()
+                        token.text = `${heredocIdentifier}\n;`;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        else if (this._mode === PhpLexer.PHP) {
+            if (this._channel === PhpLexer.HIDDEN) {
+                this._prevTokenType = token.type;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return token;
+    }
+
+    GetHeredocEnd(text: string): string {
+        return text.trim().replace(/\;$/, "");
+    }
+
+    CheckHeredocEnd(text: string): boolean {
+        return this.GetHeredocEnd(text) === this._heredocIdentifier;
+    }
+
+    IsNewLineOrStart(pos: number): boolean {
+        return this._input.LA(pos) <= 0 || this._input.LA(pos) == '\r'.charCodeAt(0) ||
+            this._input.LA(pos) == '\n'.charCodeAt(0)
+    }
+
+    PushModeOnHtmlClose() {
+        this.popMode();
+        if (this._scriptTag) {
+            if (!this._phpScript) {
+                this.pushMode(PhpLexer.SCRIPT);
+            } else {
+                this.pushMode(PhpLexer.PHP);
+            }
+            this._scriptTag = false;
+        } else if (this._styleTag) {
+            this.pushMode(PhpLexer.STYLE);
+            this._styleTag = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    HasAspTags(): boolean {
+        return this.AspTags;
+    }
+
+    HasPhpScriptTag(): boolean {
+        return this._phpScript;
+    }
+
+    PopModeOnCurlyBracketClose() {
+        if (this._insideString) {
+            this._insideString = false;
+            this.skip;
+            this.popMode();
+        }
+    }
+
+    ShouldPushHereDocMode(pos: number): boolean {
+        return this._input.LA(pos) === '\r'.charCodeAt(0) || this._input.LA(pos) === '\n'.charCodeAt(0);
+    }
+
+    IsCurlyDollar(pos: number): boolean {
+        return this._input.LA(pos) === '$'.charCodeAt(0);
+    }
+
+    SetInsideString() {
+        this._insideString = true
+    }
+}
diff --git a/php/desc.xml b/php/desc.xml
index 67714256f8..2f5d45a0a8 100644
--- a/php/desc.xml
+++ b/php/desc.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 <desc xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../_scripts/desc.xsd">
    <antlr-version>^4.10</antlr-version>
-   <targets>CSharp;Java;Python3</targets>
+   <targets>CSharp;Java;Python3;TypeScript</targets>
 </desc>