diff --git a/lang/php81/Makefile b/lang/php81/Makefile
index 361646278fb69..fa756234327be 100644
--- a/lang/php81/Makefile
+++ b/lang/php81/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	php81
-DISTVERSION=	8.1.25
+DISTVERSION=	8.1.26
 CATEGORIES?=	lang devel www
 MASTER_SITES=	PHP/distributions
 DISTNAME=	php-${DISTVERSION}
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ WWW=		https://www.php.net/
 
 LICENSE=	PHP301
 
-USES+=		compiler:c11 cpe gnome pkgconfig tar:xz
+USES+=		compiler:c11 cpe gnome localbase pkgconfig tar:xz
 CPE_PRODUCT=	php
 PHP_VER=	81
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL?=	php[0-9][0-9]${PKGNAMESUFFIX}
 
 .if !defined(PKGNAMESUFFIX)
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	re2c>0:devel/re2c
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libargon2.so:security/libargon2 \
 		libpcre2-8.so:devel/pcre2
 
@@ -27,19 +28,17 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--disable-all \
 			--with-layout=GNU \
 			--with-libxml \
 			--with-openssl \
-			--with-password-argon2=${LOCALBASE}
-DESTDIRNAME=		INSTALL_ROOT
+			--with-password-argon2=${LOCALBASE} \
+			--with-external-pcre=${LOCALBASE}
 
 USES+=		autoreconf:build ssl
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 
-CPPFLAGS=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
-
-LDFLAGS=	-L${OPENSSLLIB} -lcrypto -lssl
+LDFLAGS+=	-L${OPENSSLLIB} -lcrypto -lssl
 # PR230207 Allow relocations against read-only segments (override lld default)
-LDFLAGS_i386=	-Wl,-z,notext
+LDFLAGS_i386+=	-Wl,-z,notext
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE+=		CGI CLI DEBUG DTRACE EMBED FPM IPV6 LINKTHR \
+OPTIONS_DEFINE+=	CGI CLI DEBUG DTRACE EMBED FPM IPV6 LINKTHR \
 				MYSQLND PHPDBG ZTS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=		CGI CLI DTRACE EMBED FPM LINKTHR MYSQLND
 OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_DragonFly=	DTRACE
@@ -88,6 +87,8 @@ PHPDBG_VARS=		PHP_SAPI+=phpdbg
 ZTS_CONFIGURE_ON=	--enable-zts
 ZTS_CONFIGURE_ENV=	pthreads_working="yes"
 
+DESTDIRNAME=		INSTALL_ROOT
+
 .if defined(PKGNAMEPREFIX)
 USES+=			apache
 PLIST=			${PKGDIR}/pkg-plist.mod
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ test: build
 	@(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${MAKE} test)
 
 post-install:
-	@${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/php.ini-development ${WRKSRC}/php.ini-production \
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/php.ini-development ${WRKSRC}/php.ini-production \
 		${WRKDIR}/php.conf ${STAGEDIR}/${PREFIX}/etc
 
 post-install-CGI-on:
@@ -228,8 +229,8 @@ DB4_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-db4=${LOCALBASE}
 DB4_USES=		bdb
 DB4_VARS=		WITH_BDB_HIGHEST=yes
 FLATFILE_CONFIGURE_ON=	--disable-flatfile
-GDBM_CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-gdbm=${LOCALBASE}
 GDBM_LIB_DEPENDS=	libgdbm.so:databases/gdbm
+GDBM_CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-gdbm=${LOCALBASE}
 INIFILE_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-inifile
 LMDB_LIB_DEPENDS=	liblmdb.so:databases/lmdb
 LMDB_CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-lmdb=${LOCALBASE}
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 .endif
 
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "enchant"
-LIB_DEPENDS+=		libenchant.so:textproc/enchant
+LIB_DEPENDS+=		libenchant-2.so:textproc/enchant2
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-enchant=${LOCALBASE}
 USES+=			pkgconfig
 .endif
@@ -329,13 +330,7 @@ USES+=		iconv:translit
 
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "imap"
 PHP_MOD_PRIO=		30
-OPTIONS_RADIO=		CLIENT
-OPTIONS_RADIO_CLIENT=	CCLIENT PANDA
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	PANDA
-CCLIENT_DESC=		Uses the original but unmaintained cclient
-PANDA_DESC=		Uses the forked panda-cclient instead of the original cclient
-PANDA_LIB_DEPENDS=	libc-client.so.2010:mail/panda-cclient
-PANDA_LIB_DEPENDS_OFF=	libc-client4.so.9:mail/cclient
+LIB_DEPENDS+=	libc-client.so.2010:mail/panda-cclient
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-imap-ssl=${OPENSSLBASE} \
 			--with-imap=${LOCALBASE}
@@ -442,10 +437,10 @@ OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	MYSQLND
 
 MYSQLND_DESC=		Use MySQL Native Driver
 
+MYSQLND_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd
 MYSQLND_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--with-pdo-mysql=${LOCALBASE} \
 			--with-zlib-dir=/usr
 MYSQLND_USES_OFF=	mysql
-MYSQLND_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd
 
 USE_PHP=	pdo:build
 .endif
@@ -486,8 +481,8 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-pspell=${LOCALBASE}
 .endif
 
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "readline"
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-readline=/usr
-USES+=			readline
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-libedit
+USES+=			libedit
 .endif
 
 .if ${PHP_MODNAME} == "session"
diff --git a/lang/php81/distinfo b/lang/php81/distinfo
index c59ba91e78d79..950c878c78d3f 100644
--- a/lang/php81/distinfo
+++ b/lang/php81/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1698409952
-SHA256 (php-8.1.25.tar.xz) = 66fdba064aa119b1463a7969571d42f4642690275d8605ab5149bcc5107e2484
-SIZE (php-8.1.25.tar.xz) = 11888112
+TIMESTAMP = 1700690550
+SHA256 (php-8.1.26.tar.xz) = 17f87133596449327451ad4b8d9911bfaea59ff5109f3a6f2bb679f967a8ea0f
+SIZE (php-8.1.26.tar.xz) = 11809448
diff --git a/lang/php81/pkg-plist b/lang/php81/pkg-plist
index 84b4ca61ea365..94ef315fa1a86 100644
--- a/lang/php81/pkg-plist
+++ b/lang/php81/pkg-plist
@@ -162,13 +162,6 @@ include/php/ext/libxml/php_libxml.h
 %%MYSQLND%%include/php/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd_vio.h
 %%MYSQLND%%include/php/ext/mysqlnd/mysqlnd_wireprotocol.h
 %%MYSQLND%%include/php/ext/mysqlnd/php_mysqlnd.h
-include/php/ext/pcre/pcre2lib/config.h
-include/php/ext/pcre/pcre2lib/pcre2.h
-include/php/ext/pcre/pcre2lib/pcre2_internal.h
-include/php/ext/pcre/pcre2lib/pcre2_intmodedep.h
-include/php/ext/pcre/pcre2lib/pcre2_jit_neon_inc.h
-include/php/ext/pcre/pcre2lib/pcre2_jit_simd_inc.h
-include/php/ext/pcre/pcre2lib/pcre2_ucp.h
 include/php/ext/pcre/php_pcre.h
 include/php/ext/spl/php_spl.h
 include/php/ext/spl/spl_array.h