diff --git a/grammars/php.cson b/grammars/php.cson
index a3e6868..bb89852 100644
--- a/grammars/php.cson
+++ b/grammars/php.cson
@@ -2759,7 +2759,7 @@
     'match': '\\\\(?:\\\\(?:\\\\[\\\\\']?|[^\'])|.)'
     'name': 'constant.character.escape.php'
   'sql-string-double-quoted':
-    'begin': '"\\s*(?=(SELECT|INSERT|UPDATE|DELETE|CREATE|REPLACE|ALTER|AND|WITH)\\b)'
+    'begin': '(?i)"(?=\\s*\\(?\\s*(SELECT|INSERT|UPDATE|DELETE|CREATE|REPLACE|ALTER|AND|WITH)\\b)'
     'beginCaptures':
       '0':
         'name': 'punctuation.definition.string.begin.php'
@@ -2828,7 +2828,7 @@
       }
     ]
   'sql-string-single-quoted':
-    'begin': '\'\\s*(?=(SELECT|INSERT|UPDATE|DELETE|CREATE|REPLACE|ALTER|AND|WITH)\\b)'
+    'begin': '(?i)\'(?=\\s*\\(?\\s*(SELECT|INSERT|UPDATE|DELETE|CREATE|REPLACE|ALTER|AND|WITH)\\b)'
     'beginCaptures':
       '0':
         'name': 'punctuation.definition.string.begin.php'
diff --git a/spec/php-spec.coffee b/spec/php-spec.coffee
index 73e4c8e..2918218 100644
--- a/spec/php-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/php-spec.coffee
@@ -2948,6 +2948,24 @@ describe 'PHP grammar', ->
         expect(tokens[2]).toEqual value: ' something', scopes: ['source.php', scope, 'source.sql.embedded.php']
         expect(tokens[3]).toEqual value: delim, scopes: ['source.php', scope, 'punctuation.definition.string.end.php']
 
+        {tokens} = grammar.tokenizeLine "#{delim}sEleCT something#{delim}"
+
+        # Case insensitive
+        expect(tokens[0]).toEqual value: delim, scopes: ['source.php', scope, 'punctuation.definition.string.begin.php']
+        expect(tokens[1]).toEqual value: 'sEleCT', scopes: ['source.php', scope, 'source.sql.embedded.php', 'keyword.other.DML.sql']
+        expect(tokens[2]).toEqual value: ' something', scopes: ['source.php', scope, 'source.sql.embedded.php']
+        expect(tokens[3]).toEqual value: delim, scopes: ['source.php', scope, 'punctuation.definition.string.end.php']
+
+        {tokens} = grammar.tokenizeLine "#{delim}(select something)#{delim}"
+
+        # Surrounded by brackets
+        expect(tokens[0]).toEqual value: delim, scopes: ['source.php', scope, 'punctuation.definition.string.begin.php']
+        expect(tokens[1]).toEqual value: '(', scopes: ['source.php', scope, 'source.sql.embedded.php', 'punctuation.definition.section.bracket.round.begin.sql']
+        expect(tokens[2]).toEqual value: 'select', scopes: ['source.php', scope, 'source.sql.embedded.php', 'keyword.other.DML.sql']
+        expect(tokens[3]).toEqual value: ' something', scopes: ['source.php', scope, 'source.sql.embedded.php']
+        expect(tokens[4]).toEqual value: ')', scopes: ['source.php', scope, 'source.sql.embedded.php', 'punctuation.definition.section.bracket.round.end.sql']
+        expect(tokens[5]).toEqual value: delim, scopes: ['source.php', scope, 'punctuation.definition.string.end.php']
+
         lines = grammar.tokenizeLines """
           #{delim}SELECT something
           -- uh oh a comment SELECT#{delim}