diff --git a/Zend/zend.c b/Zend/zend.c
index a13884e5516a..311c20d1c4bd 100644
--- a/Zend/zend.c
+++ b/Zend/zend.c
@@ -1858,12 +1858,40 @@ ZEND_API ZEND_COLD void zend_user_exception_handler(void) /* {{{ */
 	zval_ptr_dtor(&orig_user_exception_handler);
 } /* }}} */
 
+ZEND_API zend_result zend_execute_script(int type, zval *retval, zend_file_handle *file_handle)
+{
+	zend_op_array *op_array = zend_compile_file(file_handle, type);
+	if (file_handle->opened_path) {
+		zend_hash_add_empty_element(&EG(included_files), file_handle->opened_path);
+	}
+
+	zend_result ret = SUCCESS;
+	if (op_array) {
+		zend_execute(op_array, retval);
+		zend_exception_restore();
+		if (UNEXPECTED(EG(exception))) {
+			if (Z_TYPE(EG(user_exception_handler)) != IS_UNDEF) {
+				zend_user_exception_handler();
+			}
+			if (EG(exception)) {
+				ret = zend_exception_error(EG(exception), E_ERROR);
+			}
+		}
+		zend_destroy_static_vars(op_array);
+		destroy_op_array(op_array);
+		efree_size(op_array, sizeof(zend_op_array));
+	} else if (type == ZEND_REQUIRE) {
+		ret = FAILURE;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 ZEND_API zend_result zend_execute_scripts(int type, zval *retval, int file_count, ...) /* {{{ */
 {
 	va_list files;
 	int i;
 	zend_file_handle *file_handle;
-	zend_op_array *op_array;
 	zend_result ret = SUCCESS;
 
 	va_start(files, file_count);
@@ -1872,32 +1900,10 @@ ZEND_API zend_result zend_execute_scripts(int type, zval *retval, int file_count
 		if (!file_handle) {
 			continue;
 		}
-
 		if (ret == FAILURE) {
 			continue;
 		}
-
-		op_array = zend_compile_file(file_handle, type);
-		if (file_handle->opened_path) {
-			zend_hash_add_empty_element(&EG(included_files), file_handle->opened_path);
-		}
-		if (op_array) {
-			zend_execute(op_array, retval);
-			zend_exception_restore();
-			if (UNEXPECTED(EG(exception))) {
-				if (Z_TYPE(EG(user_exception_handler)) != IS_UNDEF) {
-					zend_user_exception_handler();
-				}
-				if (EG(exception)) {
-					ret = zend_exception_error(EG(exception), E_ERROR);
-				}
-			}
-			zend_destroy_static_vars(op_array);
-			destroy_op_array(op_array);
-			efree_size(op_array, sizeof(zend_op_array));
-		} else if (type==ZEND_REQUIRE) {
-			ret = FAILURE;
-		}
+		ret = zend_execute_script(type, retval, file_handle);
 	}
 	va_end(files);
 
diff --git a/Zend/zend_compile.h b/Zend/zend_compile.h
index ca8e65413292..595bd86dcaca 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_compile.h
+++ b/Zend/zend_compile.h
@@ -867,6 +867,7 @@ ZEND_API zend_op_array *compile_filename(int type, zend_string *filename);
 ZEND_API zend_ast *zend_compile_string_to_ast(
 		zend_string *code, struct _zend_arena **ast_arena, zend_string *filename);
 ZEND_API zend_result zend_execute_scripts(int type, zval *retval, int file_count, ...);
+ZEND_API zend_result zend_execute_script(int type, zval *retval, zend_file_handle *file_handle);
 ZEND_API zend_result open_file_for_scanning(zend_file_handle *file_handle);
 ZEND_API void init_op_array(zend_op_array *op_array, uint8_t type, int initial_ops_size);
 ZEND_API void destroy_op_array(zend_op_array *op_array);
diff --git a/ext/curl/tests/server.inc b/ext/curl/tests/server.inc
index 77df4558d57d..a7b177593db7 100644
--- a/ext/curl/tests/server.inc
+++ b/ext/curl/tests/server.inc
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function curl_cli_server_start() {
     }
 
     register_shutdown_function(
-        function($handle) use($router) {
+        function($handle) {
             proc_terminate($handle);
             /* Wait for server to shutdown */
             for ($i = 0; $i < 60; $i++) {
diff --git a/main/main.c b/main/main.c
index b09e9bb99700..29d8642b8f71 100644
--- a/main/main.c
+++ b/main/main.c
@@ -2431,8 +2431,7 @@ void php_module_shutdown(void)
 }
 /* }}} */
 
-/* {{{ php_execute_script */
-PHPAPI bool php_execute_script(zend_file_handle *primary_file)
+PHPAPI bool php_execute_script_ex(zend_file_handle *primary_file, zval *retval)
 {
 	zend_file_handle *prepend_file_p = NULL, *append_file_p = NULL;
 	zend_file_handle prepend_file, append_file;
@@ -2442,7 +2441,7 @@ PHPAPI bool php_execute_script(zend_file_handle *primary_file)
 	char *old_cwd;
 	ALLOCA_FLAG(use_heap)
 #endif
-	bool retval = false;
+	bool result = true;
 
 #ifndef HAVE_BROKEN_GETCWD
 # define OLD_CWD_SIZE 4096
@@ -2501,7 +2500,17 @@ PHPAPI bool php_execute_script(zend_file_handle *primary_file)
 			zend_set_timeout(INI_INT("max_execution_time"), 0);
 		}
 
-		retval = (zend_execute_scripts(ZEND_REQUIRE, NULL, 3, prepend_file_p, primary_file, append_file_p) == SUCCESS);
+		if (prepend_file_p && result) {
+			result = zend_execute_script(ZEND_REQUIRE, NULL, prepend_file_p) == SUCCESS;
+		}
+		if (result) {
+			result = zend_execute_script(ZEND_REQUIRE, retval, primary_file) == SUCCESS;
+		}
+		if (append_file_p && result) {
+			result = zend_execute_script(ZEND_REQUIRE, NULL, append_file_p) == SUCCESS;
+		}
+	} zend_catch {
+		result = false;
 	} zend_end_try();
 
 	if (prepend_file_p) {
@@ -2529,7 +2538,13 @@ PHPAPI bool php_execute_script(zend_file_handle *primary_file)
 	}
 	free_alloca(old_cwd, use_heap);
 #endif
-	return retval;
+	return result;
+}
+
+/* {{{ php_execute_script */
+PHPAPI bool php_execute_script(zend_file_handle *primary_file)
+{
+	return php_execute_script_ex(primary_file, NULL);
 }
 /* }}} */
 
diff --git a/main/php_main.h b/main/php_main.h
index 213043b19b18..1fb460f07f26 100644
--- a/main/php_main.h
+++ b/main/php_main.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ PHPAPI int php_module_shutdown_wrapper(sapi_module_struct *sapi_globals);
 PHPAPI zend_result php_register_extensions(zend_module_entry * const * ptr, int count);
 
 PHPAPI bool php_execute_script(zend_file_handle *primary_file);
+PHPAPI bool php_execute_script_ex(zend_file_handle *primary_file, zval *retval);
 PHPAPI int php_execute_simple_script(zend_file_handle *primary_file, zval *ret);
 PHPAPI zend_result php_lint_script(zend_file_handle *file);
 
diff --git a/sapi/cli/php_cli_server.c b/sapi/cli/php_cli_server.c
index 05110e56a691..4382e8647c31 100644
--- a/sapi/cli/php_cli_server.c
+++ b/sapi/cli/php_cli_server.c
@@ -2241,20 +2241,13 @@ static bool php_cli_server_dispatch_router(php_cli_server *server, php_cli_serve
 
 	zend_try {
 		zval retval;
-
-		/* Normally php_execute_script restarts the timer with max_execution_time if it has
-		 * previously been initialized with max_input_time. We're not using php_execute_script here
-		 * because it does not provide a way to get the return value of the main script, so we need
-		 * to restart the timer manually. */
-		if (PG(max_input_time) != -1) {
-#ifdef PHP_WIN32
-			zend_unset_timeout();
-#endif
-			zend_set_timeout(INI_INT("max_execution_time"), 0);
-		}
-
 		ZVAL_UNDEF(&retval);
-		if (SUCCESS == zend_execute_scripts(ZEND_REQUIRE, &retval, 1, &zfd)) {
+		int sg_options_back = SG(options);
+		/* Don't chdir to the router script because the file path may be relative. */
+		SG(options) |= SAPI_OPTION_NO_CHDIR;
+		bool result = php_execute_script_ex(&zfd, &retval);
+		SG(options) = sg_options_back;
+		if (result) {
 			if (Z_TYPE(retval) != IS_UNDEF) {
 				decline = Z_TYPE(retval) == IS_FALSE;
 				zval_ptr_dtor(&retval);
diff --git a/sapi/cli/tests/gh13113.phpt b/sapi/cli/tests/gh13113.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5638bdf450d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sapi/cli/tests/gh13113.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-13113: Missing syntax error in CLI-server router script
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+include "skipif.inc";
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+include "php_cli_server.inc";
+php_cli_server_start('foo bar');
+
+$host = PHP_CLI_SERVER_HOSTNAME;
+$fp = php_cli_server_connect();
+$request = <<<REQUEST
+GET / HTTP/1.1
+Host: $host
+
+
+REQUEST;
+
+if(fwrite($fp, $request)) {
+    while (!feof($fp)) {
+        echo fgets($fp);
+    }
+}
+
+fclose($fp);
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Host: %s
+Date: %s
+Connection: close
+X-Powered-By: PHP/%s
+Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
+
+<br />
+<b>Parse error</b>:  syntax error, unexpected identifier &quot;bar&quot; in <b>%sindex.php</b> on line <b>1</b><br />