diff --git a/php7/fixtures/texttest_fixture.php b/php7/fixtures/texttest_fixture.php
index a5676658..049bc593 100644
--- a/php7/fixtures/texttest_fixture.php
+++ b/php7/fixtures/texttest_fixture.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if (count($argv) > 1) {
 
 for ($i = 0; $i < $days; $i++) {
     echo("-------- day $i --------\n");
-    echo("name, sellIn, quality\n");
+    echo("name\tsellIn\tquality\n");
     foreach ($items as $item) {
         echo $item . PHP_EOL;
     }
diff --git a/php7/src/Item.php b/php7/src/Item.php
index 83d7c3c1..05446651 100644
--- a/php7/src/Item.php
+++ b/php7/src/Item.php
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@ final class Item
      */
     public function __toString()
     {
-        return "{$this->name}, {$this->sell_in}, {$this->quality}";
+        return "{$this->name}\t{$this->sell_in}\t{$this->quality}";
     }
 }