diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 0370ecb045..983391b5a9 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
       <file baseinstalldir="" name="DefaultKeywordTest.php" role="test" />
       <file baseinstalldir="" name="DoubleArrowTest.inc" role="test" />
       <file baseinstalldir="" name="DoubleArrowTest.php" role="test" />
+      <file baseinstalldir="" name="DoubleQuotedStringTest.inc" role="test" />
+      <file baseinstalldir="" name="DoubleQuotedStringTest.php" role="test" />
       <file baseinstalldir="" name="EnumCaseTest.inc" role="test" />
       <file baseinstalldir="" name="EnumCaseTest.php" role="test" />
       <file baseinstalldir="" name="FinallyTest.inc" role="test" />
@@ -2153,6 +2155,8 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
    <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/DefaultKeywordTest.inc" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/DefaultKeywordTest.inc" />
    <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleArrowTest.php" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleArrowTest.php" />
    <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleArrowTest.inc" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleArrowTest.inc" />
+   <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleQuotedStringTest.php" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleQuotedStringTest.php" />
+   <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleQuotedStringTest.inc" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleQuotedStringTest.inc" />
    <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/EnumCaseTest.php" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/EnumCaseTest.php" />
    <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/EnumCaseTest.inc" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/EnumCaseTest.inc" />
    <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/FinallyTest.php" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/FinallyTest.php" />
@@ -2255,6 +2259,8 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
    <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/DefaultKeywordTest.inc" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/DefaultKeywordTest.inc" />
    <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleArrowTest.php" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleArrowTest.php" />
    <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleArrowTest.inc" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleArrowTest.inc" />
+   <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleQuotedStringTest.php" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleQuotedStringTest.php" />
+   <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleQuotedStringTest.inc" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleQuotedStringTest.inc" />
    <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/EnumCaseTest.php" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/EnumCaseTest.php" />
    <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/EnumCaseTest.inc" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/EnumCaseTest.inc" />
    <install as="CodeSniffer/Core/Tokenizer/FinallyTest.php" name="tests/Core/Tokenizer/FinallyTest.php" />
diff --git a/src/Tokenizers/PHP.php b/src/Tokenizers/PHP.php
index 4b0bf76550..5f2dc2c8c5 100644
--- a/src/Tokenizers/PHP.php
+++ b/src/Tokenizers/PHP.php
@@ -789,7 +789,8 @@ protected function tokenize($string)
 
                     if ($subTokenIsArray === true) {
                         $tokenContent .= $subToken[1];
-                        if ($subToken[1] === '{'
+                        if (($subToken[1] === '{'
+                            || $subToken[1] === '${')
                             && $subToken[0] !== T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE
                         ) {
                             $nestedVars[] = $i;
diff --git a/tests/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleQuotedStringTest.inc b/tests/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleQuotedStringTest.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62535b1e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleQuotedStringTest.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?php
+
+// Test source: https://gist.github.com/iluuu1994/72e2154fc4150f2258316b0255b698f2#file-test-php
+
+/* testSimple1 */
+"$foo";
+/* testSimple2 */
+"{$foo}";
+/* testSimple3 */
+"${foo}";
+
+/* testDIM1 */
+"$foo[bar]";
+/* testDIM2 */
+"{$foo['bar']}";
+/* testDIM3 */
+"${foo['bar']}";
+
+/* testProperty1 */
+"$foo->bar";
+/* testProperty2 */
+"{$foo->bar}";
+
+/* testMethod1 */
+"{$foo->bar()}";
+
+/* testClosure1 */
+"{$foo()}";
+
+/* testChain1 */
+"{$foo['bar']->baz()()}";
+
+/* testVariableVar1 */
+"${$bar}";
+/* testVariableVar2 */
+"${(foo)}";
+/* testVariableVar3 */
+"${foo->bar}";
+
+/* testNested1 */
+"${foo["${bar}"]}";
+/* testNested2 */
+"${foo["${bar['baz']}"]}";
+/* testNested3 */
+"${foo->{$baz}}";
+/* testNested4 */
+"${foo->{${'a'}}}";
+/* testNested5 */
+"${foo->{"${'a'}"}}";
+
+/* testParseError */
+"${foo["${bar
diff --git a/tests/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleQuotedStringTest.php b/tests/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleQuotedStringTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc9fe49ec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Core/Tokenizer/DoubleQuotedStringTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Tests that embedded variables and expressions in double quoted strings are tokenized
+ * as one double quoted string token.
+ *
+ * @author    Juliette Reinders Folmer <phpcs_nospam@adviesenzo.nl>
+ * @copyright 2022 Squiz Pty Ltd (ABN 77 084 670 600)
+ * @license   https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/licence.txt BSD Licence
+ */
+
+namespace PHP_CodeSniffer\Tests\Core\Tokenizer;
+
+use PHP_CodeSniffer\Tests\Core\AbstractMethodUnitTest;
+
+class DoubleQuotedStringTest extends AbstractMethodUnitTest
+{
+
+
+    /**
+     * Test that double quoted strings contain the complete string.
+     *
+     * @param string $testMarker      The comment which prefaces the target token in the test file.
+     * @param string $expectedContent The expected content of the double quoted string.
+     *
+     * @dataProvider dataDoubleQuotedString
+     * @covers       PHP_CodeSniffer\Tokenizers\PHP::tokenize
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testDoubleQuotedString($testMarker, $expectedContent)
+    {
+        $tokens = self::$phpcsFile->getTokens();
+
+        $target = $this->getTargetToken($testMarker, T_DOUBLE_QUOTED_STRING);
+        $this->assertSame($expectedContent, $tokens[$target]['content']);
+
+    }//end testDoubleQuotedString()
+
+
+    /**
+     * Data provider.
+     *
+     * @see testDoubleQuotedString()
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function dataDoubleQuotedString()
+    {
+        return [
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testSimple1 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"$foo"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testSimple2 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"{$foo}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testSimple3 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"${foo}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testDIM1 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"$foo[bar]"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testDIM2 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"{$foo[\'bar\']}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testDIM3 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"${foo[\'bar\']}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testProperty1 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"$foo->bar"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testProperty2 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"{$foo->bar}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testMethod1 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"{$foo->bar()}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testClosure1 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"{$foo()}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testChain1 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"{$foo[\'bar\']->baz()()}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testVariableVar1 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"${$bar}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testVariableVar2 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"${(foo)}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testVariableVar3 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"${foo->bar}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testNested1 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"${foo["${bar}"]}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testNested2 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"${foo["${bar[\'baz\']}"]}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testNested3 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"${foo->{$baz}}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testNested4 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"${foo->{${\'a\'}}}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testNested5 */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"${foo->{"${\'a\'}"}}"',
+            ],
+            [
+                'testMarker'      => '/* testParseError */',
+                'expectedContent' => '"${foo["${bar
+',
+            ],
+        ];
+
+    }//end dataDoubleQuotedString()
+
+
+}//end class