diff --git a/tests/unit/src/unitstd/EReg.unit.hx b/tests/unit/src/unitstd/EReg.unit.hx
index 29ed7889046..da3bc8c6bce 100644
--- a/tests/unit/src/unitstd/EReg.unit.hx
+++ b/tests/unit/src/unitstd/EReg.unit.hx
@@ -120,13 +120,20 @@ new EReg("^" + EReg.escape("\\ ^ $ * + ? . ( ) | { } [ ]") + "$", "").match("\\
 ~/(\d+)/g.replace("a1234b12","$$1") == "a$1b$1";
 
 // #10592 - null character
-#if (!hl && (!php || php_ver >= 8.2))
+#if !hl
+#if php
+// There is a bug in php < 8.2, see #10592
+if (php.Global.version_compare(php.Global.phpversion(), "8.2", ">=")) {
+#end
 var containingNull = new EReg("abc\x00def", "");
-containingNull.match("abc") == false;
-containingNull.match("abc\x00def") == true;
-containingNull.match("abc\x00fed") == false;
+f(containingNull.match("abc"));
+t(containingNull.match("abc\x00def"));
+f(containingNull.match("abc\x00fed"));
 var containingNull = ~/abc\x00def/;
-containingNull.match("abc") == false;
-containingNull.match("abc\x00def") == true;
-containingNull.match("abc\x00fed") == false;
+f(containingNull.match("abc"));
+t(containingNull.match("abc\x00def"));
+f(containingNull.match("abc\x00fed"));
+#if php
+}
+#end
 #end