diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 424ab08ee..9c10c0eb2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ WORKDIR /src/sqlite
 RUN emcc -Oz -DSQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION -DSQLITE_DISABLE_LFS -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3_PARENTHESIS -DSQLITE_THREADSAFE=0 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_NORMALIZE -c sqlite3.c -o sqlite3.o
 
 FROM build_tool as php_src
-ARG PHP_BRANCH=PHP-8.2.5
+ARG PHP_BRANCH=PHP-8.2.9
 RUN git clone https://github.com/php/php-src.git php-src \
 		--branch $PHP_BRANCH \
 		--single-branch \
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@ RUN emcc $OPTIMIZE \
 		-I main  \
 		-I TSRM/ \
 		-c \
-		/src/source/pib_eval.c \
-		-o /src/pib_eval.o \
+		/src/source/phpw.c \
+		-o /src/phpw.o \
 		-s ERROR_ON_UNDEFINED_SYMBOLS=0
 RUN mkdir /build && emcc $OPTIMIZE \
 	-o /build/php-$WASM_ENVIRONMENT.mjs \
 	--llvm-lto 2                     \
-	-s EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS='["_phpw", "_phpw_flush", "_phpw_exec", "_phpw_run", "_php_embed_init", "_php_embed_shutdown", "_zend_eval_string"]' \
+	-s EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS='["_phpw", "_phpw_flush", "_phpw_exec", "_phpw_run", "_chdir", "_setenv", "_php_embed_init", "_php_embed_shutdown", "_zend_eval_string"]' \
 	-s EXTRA_EXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS='["ccall", "UTF8ToString", "lengthBytesUTF8", "FS"]' \
 	-s ENVIRONMENT=$WASM_ENVIRONMENT    \
 	-s FORCE_FILESYSTEM=1            \
@@ -121,4 +121,4 @@ RUN mkdir /build && emcc $OPTIMIZE \
 	-s EXPORT_NAME=createPhpModule \
 	# -s DECLARE_ASM_MODULE_EXPORTS=0 \
 	-lidbfs.js                       \
-		/src/pib_eval.o /src/usr/lib/sqlite3.o .libs/libphp.a /src/usr/lib/libxml2.a
+		/src/phpw.o /src/usr/lib/sqlite3.o .libs/libphp.a /src/usr/lib/libxml2.a
diff --git a/source/phpw.c b/source/phpw.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2488f02af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/phpw.c
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#include "sapi/embed/php_embed.h"
+#include <emscripten.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "zend_globals_macros.h"
+#include "zend_exceptions.h"
+#include "zend_closures.h"
+
+int main() {
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void phpw_flush()
+{
+  // output buffers are disabled by default so we don't need to flush
+  // fflush(stdout);
+  fprintf(stdout, "\n");
+  // fflush(stderr);
+  fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+}
+
+char *EMSCRIPTEN_KEEPALIVE phpw_exec(char *code)
+{
+  php_embed_init(0, NULL);
+  char *retVal = NULL;
+
+  zend_try
+  {
+    zval retZv;
+
+    zend_eval_string(code, &retZv, "php-wasm evaluate expression");
+
+    convert_to_string(&retZv);
+
+    retVal = Z_STRVAL(retZv);
+  } zend_catch {
+  } zend_end_try();
+
+  phpw_flush();
+  php_embed_shutdown();
+
+  return retVal;
+}
+
+void EMSCRIPTEN_KEEPALIVE phpw_run(char *code)
+{
+  php_embed_init(0, NULL);
+  zend_try
+  {
+    zend_eval_string(code, NULL, "php-wasm run script");
+    if(EG(exception))
+    {
+      zend_exception_error(EG(exception), E_ERROR);
+    }
+  } zend_catch {
+    /* int exit_status = EG(exit_status); */
+  } zend_end_try();
+
+  phpw_flush();
+  php_embed_shutdown();
+}
+
+int EMBED_SHUTDOWN = 1;
+
+void phpw(char *file)
+{
+  if (EMBED_SHUTDOWN == 0) {
+	  php_embed_shutdown();
+  }
+
+  php_embed_init(0, NULL);
+  EMBED_SHUTDOWN = 0;
+  zend_first_try {
+    zend_file_handle file_handle;
+    zend_stream_init_filename(&file_handle, file);
+    // file_handle.primary_script = 1;
+
+    if (php_execute_script(&file_handle) == FAILURE) {
+      php_printf("Failed to execute PHP script.\n");
+    }
+
+    zend_destroy_file_handle(&file_handle);
+  } zend_catch {
+    /* int exit_status = EG(exit_status); */
+  } zend_end_try();
+
+  phpw_flush();
+  php_embed_shutdown();
+  EMBED_SHUTDOWN = 1;
+}
diff --git a/source/pib_eval.c b/source/pib_eval.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bf1e3a15..000000000
--- a/source/pib_eval.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-#include "sapi/embed/php_embed.h"
-#include <emscripten.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include "zend_globals_macros.h"
-#include "zend_exceptions.h"
-#include "zend_closures.h"
-
-int main() { return 0; }
-
-void phpw_flush()
-{
-	fflush(stdout);
-	fprintf(stdout, "\n");
-
-	fflush(stderr);
-	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-}
-
-char *EMSCRIPTEN_KEEPALIVE phpw_exec(char *code)
-{
-	php_embed_init(0, NULL);
-	char *retVal = NULL;
-
-	zend_try
-	{
-		zval retZv;
-
-		zend_eval_string(code, &retZv, "php-wasm evaluate expression");
-
-		convert_to_string(&retZv);
-
-		retVal = Z_STRVAL(retZv);
-	} zend_catch {
-	} zend_end_try();
-
-	phpw_flush();
-	php_embed_shutdown();
-
-	return retVal;
-}
-
-void EMSCRIPTEN_KEEPALIVE phpw_run(char *code)
-{
-	php_embed_init(0, NULL);
-	zend_try
-	{
-		zend_eval_string(code, NULL, "php-wasm run script");
-		if(EG(exception))
-		{
-			zend_exception_error(EG(exception), E_ERROR);
-		}
-		// 	retVal = 2;
-		// }
-	} zend_catch {
-		/* int exit_status = EG(exit_status); */
-	} zend_end_try();
-
-	phpw_flush();
-	php_embed_shutdown();
-}
-
-void phpw(char *file)
-{
-	php_embed_init(0, NULL);
-
-	zend_first_try {
-		zend_file_handle file_handle;
-		zend_stream_init_filename(&file_handle, file);
-
-		if (php_execute_script(&file_handle) == FAILURE) {
-			php_printf("Failed to execute PHP script.\n");
-		}
-		zend_destroy_file_handle(&file_handle);
-	} zend_catch {
-    /* int exit_status = EG(exit_status); */
-	} zend_end_try();
-
-	phpw_flush();
-	php_embed_shutdown();
-}