diff --git a/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/GSFPHPParser.java b/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/GSFPHPParser.java
--- a/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/GSFPHPParser.java
+++ b/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/GSFPHPParser.java
@@ -240,11 +240,11 @@
                 phpParserResult = sanitize(context, sanitizing, errorHandler);
             }
             if (isParsingWithoutSanitization(sanitizing)) {
-                phpParserResult.setErrors(errorHandler.displaySyntaxErrors(program));
+                phpParserResult.setErrors(errorHandler.displayErrors());
             }
         } else { // there was no rootElement
             phpParserResult = sanitize(context, sanitizing, errorHandler);
-            phpParserResult.setErrors(errorHandler.displayFatalError());
+            phpParserResult.setErrors(errorHandler.displayErrors());
         }
 
         return phpParserResult;
diff --git a/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/PHP5ErrorHandler.java b/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/PHP5ErrorHandler.java
--- a/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/PHP5ErrorHandler.java
+++ b/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/PHP5ErrorHandler.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 import java_cup.runtime.Symbol;
 import org.netbeans.modules.csl.api.Error;
 import org.netbeans.modules.csl.api.Severity;
-import org.netbeans.modules.php.editor.parser.astnodes.Program;
 import org.openide.util.NbBundle;
 
 /**
@@ -54,8 +53,7 @@
  */
 public interface PHP5ErrorHandler extends ParserErrorHandler {
 
-    List<Error> displayFatalError();
-    List<Error> displaySyntaxErrors(Program program);
+    List<? extends Error> displayErrors();
     List<SyntaxError> getSyntaxErrors();
     void disableHandling();
 
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@
             super(Bundle.MSG_FatalError(),
                 context.getSnapshot().getSource().getFileObject(),
                 0, context.getBaseSource().length(),
-                Severity.ERROR, null);
+                Severity.FATAL, null);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/PHP5ErrorHandlerImpl.java b/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/PHP5ErrorHandlerImpl.java
--- a/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/PHP5ErrorHandlerImpl.java
+++ b/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/PHP5ErrorHandlerImpl.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 package org.netbeans.modules.php.editor.parser;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@
 import org.netbeans.modules.php.api.util.StringUtils;
 import org.netbeans.modules.php.editor.parser.GSFPHPParser.Context;
 import org.netbeans.modules.php.editor.parser.astnodes.ASTNode;
-import org.netbeans.modules.php.editor.parser.astnodes.Program;
 import org.openide.util.NbBundle;
 
 /**
@@ -64,11 +62,13 @@
     private final List<SyntaxError> syntaxErrors;
     private final Context context;
     private volatile boolean handleErrors = true;
+    private final List<FatalError> fatalErrors;
 
     public PHP5ErrorHandlerImpl(Context context) {
         super();
         this.context = context;
         syntaxErrors = new ArrayList<>();
+        fatalErrors = new ArrayList<>();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@
                     syntaxErrorType = SyntaxError.Type.FIRST_VALID_ERROR;
                 }
                 syntaxErrors.add(new SyntaxError(expectedtokens, current, previous, syntaxErrorType));
+            } else if (type == Type.FATAL_PARSER_ERROR) {
+                fatalErrors.add(new FatalError(context));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -90,13 +92,7 @@
         handleErrors = false;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public List<Error> displayFatalError() {
-        return Arrays.asList((Error) new FatalError(context));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public List<Error> displaySyntaxErrors(Program program) {
+    private List<? extends Error> prepareSyntaxErrors() {
         List<Error> errors = new ArrayList<>();
         for (SyntaxError syntaxError : syntaxErrors) {
             errors.add(defaultSyntaxErrorHandling(syntaxError));
@@ -104,6 +100,14 @@
         return errors;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public List<? extends Error> displayErrors() {
+        List<Error> errors = new ArrayList<>();
+        errors.addAll(prepareSyntaxErrors());
+        errors.addAll(fatalErrors);
+        return errors;
+    }
+
     @NbBundle.Messages("SE_Expected=expected")
     private Error defaultSyntaxErrorHandling(SyntaxError syntaxError) {
         StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder();
diff --git a/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/PHPParseResult.java b/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/PHPParseResult.java
--- a/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/PHPParseResult.java
+++ b/php.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/php/editor/parser/PHPParseResult.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 public class PHPParseResult extends ParserResult {
 
     private final Program root;
-    private List<Error> errors;
+    private List<? extends Error> errors;
     private Model model;
 
     public PHPParseResult(Snapshot snapshot, Program rootNode) {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
         // remove from parser cache (?)
     }
 
-    public void setErrors(List<Error> errors) {
+    public void setErrors(List<? extends Error> errors) {
         this.errors = errors;
     }