diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/php-symfony/Controller.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/php-symfony/Controller.mustache
index 9366004e84b..b74fa68699c 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/php-symfony/Controller.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/php-symfony/Controller.mustache
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ class Controller extends AbstractController
         // Figure out what the client accepts
         $accept = preg_split("/[\s,]+/", $accept);
 
+        // Remove q-factor weighting. E.g. "application/json;q=0.8" becomes "application/json"
+        $accept = array_map(function ($type) {return explode(';', $type)[0];}, $accept);
+
         if (in_array('*/*', $accept) || in_array('application/*', $accept)) {
             // Prefer JSON if the client has no preference
             if (in_array('application/json', $produced)) {
diff --git a/samples/server/petstore/php-symfony/SymfonyBundle-php/Controller/Controller.php b/samples/server/petstore/php-symfony/SymfonyBundle-php/Controller/Controller.php
index 559f3bd5a4b..f1d6d929d53 100644
--- a/samples/server/petstore/php-symfony/SymfonyBundle-php/Controller/Controller.php
+++ b/samples/server/petstore/php-symfony/SymfonyBundle-php/Controller/Controller.php
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ class Controller extends AbstractController
         // Figure out what the client accepts
         $accept = preg_split("/[\s,]+/", $accept);
 
+        // Remove q-factor weighting. E.g. "application/json;q=0.8" becomes "application/json"
+        $accept = array_map(function ($type) {return explode(';', $type)[0];}, $accept);
+
         if (in_array('*/*', $accept) || in_array('application/*', $accept)) {
             // Prefer JSON if the client has no preference
             if (in_array('application/json', $produced)) {