diff --git a/php-helper b/php-helper
index 7bff7fa..758d650 100644
--- a/php-helper
+++ b/php-helper
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ get_priority() {
     module_exists "$version" "$modname" || module_ret=$?
 
     if [ "$module_ret" -eq 0 ]; then
-	priority=$(sed -ne "s/^; \?priority=\([0-9]\+\)$/\\1/p; /[0-9]\+/q" "$source_ini")
+	priority=$(sed -ne "s/^;[[:space:]]*priority[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*\([0-9]\+\)[[:space:]]*$/\\1/p; /[0-9]\+/q" "$source_ini")
 	[ -z "$priority" ] && priority=20
 	echo "$priority"
 	return 0