diff --git a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-01.phpt b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-01.phpt
index d96e0f07d35..f2403abcac9 100644
--- a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-01.phpt
+++ b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-01.phpt
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 --TEST--
 zend multibyte (1)
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php
-ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS");
-if (ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS") != "SJIS") {
-	die("skip zend-multibyte is not available");
-}
-?>
 --INI--
-mbstring.script_encoding=Shift_JIS
+zend.multibyte=On
+zend.script_encoding=Shift_JIS
 mbstring.internal_encoding=Shift_JIS
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-02.phpt b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-02.phpt
index c94dee5a282..494b5041298 100644
--- a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-02.phpt
+++ b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-02.phpt
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 --TEST--
 zend multibyte (2)
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php
-ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS");
-if (ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS") != "SJIS") {
-	die("skip zend-multibyte is not available");
-}
-?>
 --INI--
-mbstring.script_encoding=UTF-8
+zend.multibyte=On
+zend.script_encoding=UTF-8
 mbstring.internal_encoding=CP932
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-03.phpt b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-03.phpt
index 46a262c32e6..99c58bce709 100644
--- a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-03.phpt
+++ b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-03.phpt
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 --TEST--
 zend multibyte (3)
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php
-ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS");
-if (ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS") != "SJIS") {
-	die("skip zend-multibyte is not available");
-}
-?>
 --INI--
-mbstring.script_encoding=UTF-8
+zend.multibyte=On
+zend.script_encoding=UTF-8
 mbstring.internal_encoding=EUC-JP
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-04.phpt b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-04.phpt
index f1295b6afe7..e7fdf81cdd2 100644
--- a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-04.phpt
+++ b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-04.phpt
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 --TEST--
 zend multibyte (4)
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php
-ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS");
-if (ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS") != "SJIS") {
-	die("skip zend-multibyte is not available");
-}
-?>
 --INI--
-mbstring.script_encoding=CP932
+zend.multibyte=On
+zend.script_encoding=CP932
 mbstring.internal_encoding=UTF-8
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-05.phpt b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-05.phpt
index 0a01c231fca..3dd56d043d2 100644
--- a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-05.phpt
+++ b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-05.phpt
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 --TEST--
 zend multibyte (5)
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php
-ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS");
-if (ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS") != "SJIS") {
-	die("skip zend-multibyte is not available");
-}
-?>
 --INI--
-mbstring.script_encoding=EUC-JP
+zend.multibyte=On
+zend.script_encoding=EUC-JP
 mbstring.internal_encoding=UTF-8
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-06.phpt b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-06.phpt
index 9acd6a951d6..95fdd78c31c 100644
--- a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-06.phpt
+++ b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-06.phpt
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 --TEST--
 zend multibyte (6)
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php
-ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS");
-if (ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS") != "SJIS") {
-	die("skip zend-multibyte is not available");
-}
-?>
 --INI--
-mbstring.script_encoding=EUC-JP
+zend.multibyte=On
+zend.script_encoding=EUC-JP
 mbstring.internal_encoding=CP932
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-07.phpt b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-07.phpt
index 30305f5fdf9..3c79f84f570 100644
--- a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-07.phpt
+++ b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-07.phpt
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 --TEST--
 zend multibyte (7)
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php
-ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS");
-if (ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS") != "SJIS") {
-	die("skip zend-multibyte is not available");
-}
-?>
 --INI--
-mbstring.script_encoding=ISO-8859-1
+zend.multibyte=On
+zend.script_encoding=ISO-8859-1
 mbstring.internal_encoding=EUC-JP
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-08.phpt b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-08.phpt
index ab274613556..488e2a00caf 100644
--- a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-08.phpt
+++ b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-08.phpt
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 --TEST--
 zend multibyte (8)
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php
-ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS");
-if (ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS") != "SJIS") {
-	die("skip zend-multibyte is not available");
-}
-?>
 --INI--
-mbstring.script_encoding=ISO-8859-1
+zend.multibyte=On
+zend.script_encoding=ISO-8859-1
 mbstring.internal_encoding=UTF-8
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-09.phpt b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-09.phpt
index 79ee435aa05..c088e7cddf0 100644
--- a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-09.phpt
+++ b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-09.phpt
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 --TEST--
 zend multibyte (9)
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php
-ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS");
-if (ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS") != "SJIS") {
-	die("skip zend-multibyte is not available");
-}
-?>
 --INI--
-mbstring.script_encoding=cp1251
+zend.multibyte=On
+zend.script_encoding=cp1251
 mbstring.internal_encoding=UTF-8
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-10.phpt b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-10.phpt
index 435c339752c..a5ba74d50de 100644
--- a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-10.phpt
+++ b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-10.phpt
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 --TEST--
 zend multibyte (10)
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php
-ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS");
-if (ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS") != "SJIS") {
-	die("skip zend-multibyte is not available");
-}
-?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 declare(encoding="ISO-8859-15");
diff --git a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-11.phpt b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-11.phpt
index b79e4339ba5..0b59e75fb5d 100644
--- a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-11.phpt
+++ b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-11.phpt
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 --TEST--
 zend multibyte (11)
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php
-ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS");
-if (ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS") != "SJIS") {
-	die("skip zend-multibyte is not available");
-}
-?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 declare(encoding="ISO-8859-15") {
diff --git a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-12.phpt b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-12.phpt
index e1c8ce52d14..d7207e49d77 100644
--- a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-12.phpt
+++ b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-12.phpt
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 --TEST--
 zend multibyte (12)
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php
-ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS");
-if (ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS") != "SJIS") {
-	die("skip zend-multibyte is not available");
-}
-?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 declare(encoding="ISO-8859-15");
diff --git a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-13.phpt b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-13.phpt
index e601a6ceed2..6eaef985f5e 100644
--- a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-13.phpt
+++ b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-13.phpt
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 --TEST--
 zend multibyte (13)
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php
-ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS");
-if (ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS") != "SJIS") {
-	die("skip zend-multibyte is not available");
-}
-?>
 --INI--
-mbstring.script_encoding=UTF-8
+zend.multibyte=On
+zend.script_encoding=UTF-8
 mbstring.internal_encoding=ISO-8859-1
 --FILE--
 <?php
diff --git a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-14.phpt b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-14.phpt
index 04bc409fb6a..98c2f87e25b 100644
--- a/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-14.phpt
+++ b/ext/mbstring/tests/zend_multibyte-14.phpt
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 --TEST--
 zend multibyte (14)
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php
-ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS");
-if (ini_set("mbstring.script_encoding","SJIS") != "SJIS") {
-	die("skip zend-multibyte is not available");
-}
-?>
 --INI--
-mbstring.script_encoding=UTF-8
+zend.multibyte=On
+zend.script_encoding=UTF-8
 mbstring.internal_encoding=UTF-8
 --FILE--
 <?php