diff --git a/patterns_re.txt b/patterns_re.txt
index fffaf34..727881e 100644
--- a/patterns_re.txt
+++ b/patterns_re.txt
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ chr\s*\(\s*['"]?\s*((95)|(0[Xx]5[Ff]))\s*['"]?\s*\)
 #Detects generic base64 strings longer than 260 characters enclosed in quotes ending with 0-3 '=' chars.
 #260 was a threshold chosen because strings of 256 characters are common enough.  Might increase later to reduce false positives.
 ['"][A-Za-z0-9+\/]{260,}={0,3}['"]
+
+#Detects long single lines contained within PHP tags.
+#We can increase from 750 later if we need to.
+^.*<\?php.{750,}\?>.*$