diff --git a/php/ByteBuffer.php b/php/ByteBuffer.php
index cd6af76aa..9ab9717af 100644
--- a/php/ByteBuffer.php
+++ b/php/ByteBuffer.php
@@ -372,7 +372,11 @@ class ByteBuffer
     {
         $result = $this->readLittleEndian($index, 2);
 
-        return self::convertHelper(self::__SHORT, $result);
+        $sign = $index + (ByteBuffer::isLittleEndian() ? 1 : 0);
+        $issigned = isset($this->_buffer[$sign]) && ord($this->_buffer[$sign]) & 0x80;
+
+        // 65536 = 1 << 16 = Maximum unsigned 16-bit int
+        return $issigned ? $result - 65536 : $result;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -392,7 +396,11 @@ class ByteBuffer
     {
         $result = $this->readLittleEndian($index, 4);
 
-        return self::convertHelper(self::__INT, $result);
+        $sign = $index + (ByteBuffer::isLittleEndian() ? 3 : 0);
+        $issigned = isset($this->_buffer[$sign]) && ord($this->_buffer[$sign]) & 0x80;
+
+        // 4294967296 = 1 << 32 = Maximum unsigned 32-bit int
+        return $issigned ? $result - 4294967296 : $result;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -410,9 +418,7 @@ class ByteBuffer
      */
     public function getLong($index)
     {
-        $result =  $this->readLittleEndian($index, 8);
-
-        return self::convertHelper(self::__LONG, $result);
+        return $this->readLittleEndian($index, 8);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -459,22 +465,6 @@ class ByteBuffer
         // see also: http://php.net/manual/en/function.pack.php
 
         switch ($type) {
-            case self::__SHORT:
-                $helper = pack("v", $value);
-                $v = unpack("s", $helper);
-
-                return $v[1];
-                break;
-            case self::__INT:
-                $helper = pack("V", $value);
-                $v = unpack("l", $helper);
-                return $v[1];
-                break;
-            case self::__LONG:
-                $helper = pack("P", $value);
-                $v = unpack("q", $helper);
-                return $v[1];
-                break;
             case self::__FLOAT:
                 $inthelper = pack("V", $value);
                 $v = unpack("f", $inthelper);
diff --git a/tests/phpTest.php b/tests/phpTest.php
index c942ef121..e91e47a1d 100644
--- a/tests/phpTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpTest.php
@@ -539,6 +539,19 @@ function testByteBuffer(Assert $assert) {
         $buffer[7] = chr(0x01);
         $uut = Google\FlatBuffers\ByteBuffer::wrap($buffer);
         $assert->Equal(0x010203040A0B0C0D, $uut->getLong(0));
+
+        //Test: Signed Long
+        $buffer = str_repeat("\0", 8);
+        $buffer[0] = chr(0x00);
+        $buffer[1] = chr(0x00);
+        $buffer[2] = chr(0x00);
+        $buffer[3] = chr(0x00);
+        $buffer[4] = chr(0x00);
+        $buffer[5] = chr(0x00);
+        $buffer[6] = chr(0x00);
+        $buffer[7] = chr(0x80);
+        $uut = Google\FlatBuffers\ByteBuffer::wrap($buffer);
+        $assert->Equal(-1 << 63, $uut->getLong(0));
     }
 
     //Test: ByteBuffer_GetLongChecksOffset