diff --git a/src/Core/Installer.php b/src/Core/Installer.php
index 265dac905e..583ad5fe28 100644
--- a/src/Core/Installer.php
+++ b/src/Core/Installer.php
@@ -98,17 +98,17 @@ class Installer
 	 * Checks the current installation environment. There are optional and mandatory checks.
 	 *
 	 * @param string $baseurl The baseurl of Friendica
-	 * @param string $phpath  Optional path to the PHP binary
+	 * @param string $phppath Optional path to the PHP binary
 	 *
 	 * @return bool if the check succeed
 	 * @throws \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
 	 */
-	public function checkEnvironment($baseurl, $phpath = null)
+	public function checkEnvironment($baseurl, $phppath = null)
 	{
 		$returnVal = true;
 
-		if (isset($phpath)) {
-			if (!$this->checkPHP($phpath)) {
+		if (isset($phppath)) {
+			if (!$this->checkPHP($phppath)) {
 				$returnVal = false;
 			}
 		}
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class Installer
 			'$dbpass'     => $configCache->get('database', 'password'),
 			'$dbdata'     => $configCache->get('database', 'database'),
 
-			'$phpath'     => $configCache->get('config', 'php_path'),
+			'$phppath'    => $configCache->get('config', 'php_path'),
 			'$adminmail'  => $configCache->get('config', 'admin_email'),
 
 			'$system_url' => $configCache->get('system', 'url'),
diff --git a/view/templates/install/01_checks.tpl b/view/templates/install/01_checks.tpl
index 26f47daad5..186582aa7f 100644
--- a/view/templates/install/01_checks.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/install/01_checks.tpl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 {{/foreach}}
 </table>
 
-{{if $phpath}}
+{{if $phppath}}
 	<input type="hidden" name="config-php_path" value="{{$php_path}}">
 {{/if}}
 
diff --git a/view/templates/install/local.config.tpl b/view/templates/install/local.config.tpl
index 753698a3f2..24f5fe6b84 100644
--- a/view/templates/install/local.config.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/install/local.config.tpl
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ return [
 	// ****************************************************************
 
 	'config' => [
-		'php_path' => '{{$phpath|escape:'quotes' nofilter}}',
+		'php_path' => '{{$phppath|escape:'quotes' nofilter}}',
 		'admin_email' => '{{$adminmail|escape:'quotes' nofilter}}',
 		'sitename' => 'Friendica Social Network',
 		'register_policy' => \Friendica\Module\Register::OPEN,