diff --git a/Examples/php/cpointer/example.i b/Examples/php/cpointer/example.i
index 52e6df190..c61d92858 100644
--- a/Examples/php/cpointer/example.i
+++ b/Examples/php/cpointer/example.i
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 /* File : example.i */
 %module example
 
+%{
+extern void add(int *, int *, int *);
+extern void sub(int *, int *, int *);
+%}
+
 /* This example illustrates a couple of different techniques
    for manipulating C pointers */
 
diff --git a/Examples/php/pointer/example.i b/Examples/php/pointer/example.i
index c14b94189..1f0059406 100644
--- a/Examples/php/pointer/example.i
+++ b/Examples/php/pointer/example.i
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 /* File : example.i */
 %module example
 
+%{
+extern void add(double *, double *, double *);
+extern void sub(int *, int *, int *);
+extern int divide(int, int, int *);
+%}
+
 /* This example illustrates a couple of different techniques
    for manipulating C pointers */
 
diff --git a/Examples/php/simple/example.i b/Examples/php/simple/example.i
index af4ff08a7..9d4e22aa9 100644
--- a/Examples/php/simple/example.i
+++ b/Examples/php/simple/example.i
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 /* File : example.i */
 %module example
 
-%{
-   extern double Foo;
-%}
-
+%inline %{
+extern int    gcd(int x, int y);
 extern double Foo;
 void print_Foo();
-int    gcd(int x, int y);
+%}