diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b3d8b97b91..c2418502cd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue #13386 Avoid PHP errors with non existing configuration on OS X
 - issue #13388 Show only supported charsets for conversion
 - issue #13392 Fixed operation with session.auto_start enabled
+- issue #13383 "Create PHP code" is broken
 
 4.7.1 (2017-05-25)
 - issue #13132 Always execute tracking queries as controluser
diff --git a/libraries/Util.php b/libraries/Util.php
index bfb3bbfbc8..730f788c7d 100644
--- a/libraries/Util.php
+++ b/libraries/Util.php
@@ -1018,15 +1018,14 @@ class Util
 
             if (! empty($GLOBALS['show_as_php'])) {
                 $new_line = '\\n"<br />' . "\n" . '&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;. "';
-                $query_base = '$sql  = \'' . $query_base;
-                $query_base = '<code class="php"><pre>' . "\n"
-                    . htmlspecialchars(addslashes($query_base));
+                $query_base = htmlspecialchars(addslashes($query_base));
                 $query_base = preg_replace(
                     '/((\015\012)|(\015)|(\012))/',
                     $new_line,
                     $query_base
                 );
-                $query_base = '$sql  = \'' . $query_base . '"';
+                $query_base = '<code class="php"><pre>' . "\n"
+                    . '$sql = "' . $query_base;
             } elseif ($query_too_big) {
                 $query_base = htmlspecialchars($query_base);
             } else {
@@ -1170,7 +1169,7 @@ class Util
 
             //Clean up the end of the PHP
             if (! empty($GLOBALS['show_as_php'])) {
-                $retval .= '\';' . "\n"
+                $retval .= '";' . "\n"
                     . '</pre></code>';
             }
             $retval .= '</div>';