diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PhpClientCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PhpClientCodegen.java
index 9ed02361dff9..57fb52137e14 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PhpClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PhpClientCodegen.java
@@ -101,11 +101,12 @@ public class PhpClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig {
 
         return (getPackagePath() + File.separatorChar + basePath
                     // Replace period, backslash, forward slash with file separator in package name
-                    + packageName.replaceAll("[\\.\\\\/]", File.separator)
+                    + packageName.replace("\\", File.separator).
+                    replace(".", File.separator).replace("/", File.separator)
                     // Trim prefix file separators from package path
                     .replaceAll("^" + File.separator, ""))
-                // Trim trailing file separators from the overall path
-                .replaceAll(File.separator + "$", "");
+                    // Trim trailing file separators from the overall path
+                    .replaceAll(File.separator + "$", "");
     }
 
     public CodegenType getTag() {