diff --git a/packages/php-wasm/node/src/test/php.spec.ts b/packages/php-wasm/node/src/test/php.spec.ts
index 9f53153ba2..902ebd438a 100644
--- a/packages/php-wasm/node/src/test/php.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/php-wasm/node/src/test/php.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { getPHPLoaderModule, NodePHP } from '..';
-import { loadPHPRuntime, SupportedPHPVersions } from '@php-wasm/universal';
+import {
+	loadPHPRuntime,
+	SupportedPHPVersions,
+	__private__dont__use,
+} from '@php-wasm/universal';
 import { existsSync, rmSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
 
 const testDirPath = '/__test987654321';
@@ -554,3 +558,85 @@ bar1
 		});
 	});
 });
+
+// @TODO Prevent crash on PHP versions 5.6, 7.2, 8.2
+describe.each(['7.0', '7.1', '7.3', '7.4', '8.0', '8.1'])(
+	'PHP %s – process crash',
+	(phpVersion) => {
+		let php: NodePHP;
+		beforeEach(async () => {
+			php = await NodePHP.load(phpVersion as any);
+			php.setPhpIniEntry('allow_url_fopen', '1');
+			vi.restoreAllMocks();
+		});
+
+		it('Does not crash due to an unhandled Asyncify error ', async () => {
+			let caughtError;
+			try {
+				/**
+				 * PHP is intentionally built without network support for __clone()
+				 * because it's an extremely unlikely place for any network activity
+				 * and not supporting it allows us to test the error handling here.
+				 *
+				 * `clone $x` will throw an asynchronous error out when attempting
+				 * to do a network call ("unreachable" WASM instruction executed).
+				 * This test should gracefully catch and handle that error.
+				 *
+				 * A failure to do so will crash the entire process
+				 */
+				await php.run({
+					code: `<?php
+				class Top {
+					function __clone() {
+						file_get_contents("http://127.0.0.1");
+					}
+				}
+				$x = new Top();
+				clone $x;
+				`,
+				});
+			} catch (error: unknown) {
+				caughtError = error;
+				if (error instanceof Error) {
+					expect(error.message).toMatch(
+						/Aborted|Program terminated with exit\(1\)|/
+					);
+				}
+			}
+			if (!caughtError) {
+				expect.fail('php.run should have thrown an error');
+			}
+		});
+
+		it('Does not crash due to an unhandled non promise error ', async () => {
+			let caughtError;
+			try {
+				const spy = vi.spyOn(php[__private__dont__use], 'ccall');
+				expect(spy.getMockName()).toEqual('ccall');
+				spy.mockImplementation((c_func) => {
+					if (c_func === 'wasm_sapi_handle_request') {
+						throw new Error('test');
+					}
+				});
+
+				await php.run({
+					code: `<?php
+              function top() {
+						     file_get_contents("http://127.0.0.1");
+              }
+              top();
+				`,
+				});
+			} catch (error: unknown) {
+				caughtError = error;
+				if (error instanceof Error) {
+					expect(error.message).toMatch('test');
+					expect(error.stack).toContain('#handleRequest');
+				}
+			}
+			if (!caughtError) {
+				expect.fail('php.run should have thrown an error');
+			}
+		});
+	}
+);
diff --git a/packages/php-wasm/universal/src/lib/base-php.ts b/packages/php-wasm/universal/src/lib/base-php.ts
index 5562f9627a..bf315f3d40 100644
--- a/packages/php-wasm/universal/src/lib/base-php.ts
+++ b/packages/php-wasm/universal/src/lib/base-php.ts
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ export abstract class BasePHP implements IsomorphicLocalPHP {
 		let errorListener: any;
 		try {
 			// eslint-disable-next-line no-async-promise-executor
-			exitCode = await new Promise<number>(async (resolve, reject) => {
+			exitCode = await new Promise<number>((resolve, reject) => {
 				errorListener = (e: ErrorEvent) => {
 					const rethrown = new Error('Rethrown');
 					rethrown.cause = e.error;
@@ -396,25 +396,16 @@ export abstract class BasePHP implements IsomorphicLocalPHP {
 					'error',
 					errorListener
 				);
-
-				try {
-					resolve(
-						/**
-						 * This is awkward, but Asyncify makes wasm_sapi_handle_request return
-						 * Promise<Promise<number>>.
-						 *
-						 * @TODO: Determine whether this is a bug in emscripten or in our code.
-						 */
-						await await this[__private__dont__use].ccall(
-							'wasm_sapi_handle_request',
-							NUMBER,
-							[],
-							[]
-						)
-					);
-				} catch (e) {
-					reject(e);
+				const response = this[__private__dont__use].ccall(
+					'wasm_sapi_handle_request',
+					NUMBER,
+					[],
+					[]
+				);
+				if (response instanceof Promise) {
+					return response.then(resolve, reject);
 				}
+				return resolve(response);
 			});
 		} catch (e) {
 			/**