diff --git a/cmake/TSRM/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/TSRM/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2044b7920..000000000
--- a/cmake/TSRM/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#[=============================================================================[
-TSRM (Thread Safe Resource Manager) is a separate directory in php-src as it was
-once a standalone project. Ideally, it should be integrated into Zend Engine.
-
-The TSRM::TSRM target is used to transitively pass the TSRM object(s) and
-compile options to Zend Engine, which propagates it further as needed.
-#]=============================================================================]
-
-add_library(tsrm_object OBJECT)
-add_library(tsrm INTERFACE)
-add_library(TSRM::TSRM ALIAS tsrm)
-
-target_link_libraries(
-  tsrm
-  INTERFACE
-    tsrm_object
-    $<TARGET_OBJECTS:tsrm_object>
-)
-
-target_sources(
-  tsrm_object
-  PRIVATE
-    $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:tsrm_win32.c>
-    TSRM.c
-  PUBLIC
-    FILE_SET HEADERS
-      FILES
-        $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:tsrm_win32.h>
-        TSRM.h
-)
-
-target_link_libraries(tsrm_object PRIVATE PHP::configuration)
-
-target_include_directories(
-  tsrm_object
-  INTERFACE
-    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
-    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${PHP_INCLUDE_PREFIX}/TSRM>
-)
-
-target_compile_definitions(
-  tsrm_object
-  PRIVATE
-    ZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1
-  PUBLIC
-    $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:TSRM_EXPORTS>
-)
-
-install(
-  TARGETS tsrm_object
-  FILE_SET HEADERS
-    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${PHP_INCLUDE_PREFIX}/TSRM
-)
diff --git a/cmake/Zend/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/Zend/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b7b715e2..00136a374 100644
--- a/cmake/Zend/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/Zend/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #[=============================================================================[
 Zend Engine.
 
-CMake target properties for the `Zend::Zend` (`zend`) target:
+CMake target properties for the `Zend::Zend` target:
 
 * `VERSION`
 
@@ -298,16 +298,7 @@ target_sources(
         $<$<NOT:$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>>:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zend_config.h>
 )
 
-# Add TSRM.
-add_subdirectory(../TSRM ../TSRM)
-
-target_link_libraries(
-  zend
-  PRIVATE
-    PHP::configuration
-  PUBLIC
-    TSRM::TSRM
-)
+target_link_libraries(zend PRIVATE PHP::configuration)
 
 target_include_directories(
   zend
@@ -352,18 +343,58 @@ block()
   )
 endblock()
 
-# Add Zend PUBLIC/INTERFACE compile options to configuration.
+# Add Zend PUBLIC/INTERFACE compile properties to configuration.
 # Cleaner COMPILE_ONLY generator expression is available in CMake >= 3.27.
 if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.27)
-  target_link_libraries(php_configuration INTERFACE $<COMPILE_ONLY:Zend::Zend>)
+  target_link_libraries(php_configuration INTERFACE $<COMPILE_ONLY:zend>)
 else()
   target_include_directories(
     php_configuration
     INTERFACE
-      $<TARGET_PROPERTY:Zend::Zend,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
+      $<TARGET_PROPERTY:zend,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
+  )
+  target_compile_definitions(
+    php_configuration
+    INTERFACE
+      $<TARGET_PROPERTY:zend,INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>
   )
 endif()
 
+################################################################################
+# TSRM (Thread Safe Resource Manager) is a separate directory in php-src as it
+# was once a standalone project. Ideally, it should be moved into Zend Engine at
+# some point.
+################################################################################
+
+target_sources(
+  zend
+  PRIVATE
+    $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../TSRM/tsrm_win32.c>
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../TSRM/TSRM.c
+  PUBLIC
+    FILE_SET tsrm
+      TYPE HEADERS
+      BASE_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../TSRM
+      FILES
+        $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../TSRM/tsrm_win32.h>
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../TSRM/TSRM.h
+)
+
+target_include_directories(
+  zend
+  INTERFACE
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../TSRM>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${PHP_INCLUDE_PREFIX}/TSRM>
+)
+
+target_compile_definitions(zend PUBLIC $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:TSRM_EXPORTS>)
+
+install(
+  TARGETS zend
+  FILE_SET tsrm
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${PHP_INCLUDE_PREFIX}/TSRM
+)
+
 ################################################################################
 # Configuration checks.
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/cmake/cmake/modules/FindRE2C.cmake b/cmake/cmake/modules/FindRE2C.cmake
index 357923e78..4e21b8a6c 100644
--- a/cmake/cmake/modules/FindRE2C.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cmake/modules/FindRE2C.cmake
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ function(re2c_target)
       ${input}
     DEPENDS ${input} ${parsed_DEPENDS}
     COMMENT "[RE2C][${ARGV0}] Building lexer with re2c ${RE2C_VERSION}"
+    VERBATIM
+    COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS
   )
 
   add_custom_target(
diff --git a/cmake/ext/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/ext/CMakeLists.txt
index 080f2b575..266b70282 100644
--- a/cmake/ext/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/ext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ foreach(extension IN LISTS extensions)
   if(TARGET php_${extension})
     set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY PHP_EXTENSIONS ${extension})
 
-    # Add extension's PUBLIC/INTERFACE compile options to configuration.
+    # Add extension's PUBLIC/INTERFACE compile properties to configuration.
     # Cleaner COMPILE_ONLY generator expression is available in CMake >= 3.27.
     if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.27)
       target_link_libraries(
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ foreach(extension IN LISTS extensions)
           $<COMPILE_ONLY:PHP::${extension}>
       )
     else()
+      # TODO: Fix this better. Either require 3.27, or limit/adjust compile
+      # properties propagated globally. Also, shared extensions shouldn't
+      # propagate globally.
+      # https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake-buildsystem.7.html#id36
       target_include_directories(
         php_configuration
         INTERFACE
@@ -114,7 +118,7 @@ foreach(extension IN LISTS extensions)
         $<TARGET_PROPERTY:php_configuration,INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS>
     )
 
-    add_dependencies(php_${extension} zend)
+    add_dependencies(php_${extension} Zend::Zend)
 
     get_target_property(type php_${extension} TYPE)
     if(NOT type MATCHES "^(MODULE|SHARED)_LIBRARY$")
diff --git a/cmake/ext/pcntl/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/ext/pcntl/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f5448c85..e6b8d7ba7 100644
--- a/cmake/ext/pcntl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/ext/pcntl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ This extension provides support for process control support.
 > This extension is available only on \*nix systems.
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
-> This extension should be used only with cgi, cli, embed, or phpdbg SAPI.
+> This extension should be used only with CLI-based PHP SAPIs.
 
 ## EXT_PCNTL
 
diff --git a/cmake/ext/readline/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/ext/readline/CMakeLists.txt
index 147ff7395..e02abf988 100644
--- a/cmake/ext/readline/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/ext/readline/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Configure the `readline` extension.
 This extension provides interface for using Editline library.
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
-> This extension should be used only with cgi, cli, embed, or phpdbg SAPI.
+> This extension should be used only with CLI-based PHP SAPIs.
 
 ## EXT_READLINE
 
diff --git a/cmake/main/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/main/CMakeLists.txt
index fb42b11f9..e544ecd41 100644
--- a/cmake/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,20 +9,16 @@ PHP main binding.
 
 include(FeatureSummary)
 
-add_library(php INTERFACE)
-add_library(PHP::PHP ALIAS php)
+################################################################################
+# Add library.
+################################################################################
 
 add_library(php_main OBJECT)
-add_library(PHP::main ALIAS php_main)
 
 # These contain a list of built-in extensions based on the SAPI types.
 add_library(php_main_internal_functions OBJECT internal_functions.c)
 add_library(php_main_internal_functions_cli OBJECT internal_functions_cli.c)
 
-# Configuration library to transitively pass build options to php_main* targets.
-add_library(php_main_configuration INTERFACE)
-add_library(PHP::mainConfiguration ALIAS php_main_configuration)
-
 target_sources(
   php_main
   PRIVATE
@@ -113,23 +109,11 @@ target_sources(
 )
 
 target_compile_definitions(
-  php_main_configuration
-  INTERFACE
-    ZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1
+  php_main
+  PUBLIC
     $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:SAPI_EXPORTS>
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(
-  php_main_configuration
-  INTERFACE
-    PHP::configuration
-    $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:PHP::win32>:PHP::win32 $<TARGET_OBJECTS:PHP::win32>>
-)
-
-target_link_libraries(php_main PRIVATE PHP::mainConfiguration)
-target_link_libraries(php_main_internal_functions PRIVATE PHP::mainConfiguration)
-target_link_libraries(php_main_internal_functions_cli PRIVATE PHP::mainConfiguration)
-
 target_include_directories(
   php_main
   INTERFACE
@@ -137,27 +121,71 @@ target_include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
 )
 
-# Add main PUBLIC/INTERFACE include directories to configuration.
-target_include_directories(
-  php_configuration
-  INTERFACE
-    $<TARGET_PROPERTY:PHP::main,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
+set_property(
+  TARGET
+    php_main
+    php_main_internal_functions
+    php_main_internal_functions_cli
+  APPEND
+  PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS ZEND_ENABLE_STATIC_TSRMLS_CACHE=1
 )
 
+# Add main PUBLIC/INTERFACE compile properties to configuration.
+# Cleaner COMPILE_ONLY generator expression is available in CMake >= 3.27.
+if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.27)
+  target_link_libraries(php_configuration INTERFACE $<COMPILE_ONLY:php_main>)
+else()
+  target_include_directories(
+    php_configuration
+    INTERFACE
+      $<TARGET_PROPERTY:php_main,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
+  )
+  target_compile_definitions(
+    php_configuration
+    INTERFACE
+      $<TARGET_PROPERTY:php_main,INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>
+  )
+endif()
+
+target_link_libraries(php_main PRIVATE PHP::configuration)
+target_link_libraries(php_main_internal_functions PRIVATE PHP::configuration)
+target_link_libraries(php_main_internal_functions_cli PRIVATE PHP::configuration)
+
+################################################################################
+# Add PHP::PHP.
+################################################################################
+
+add_library(php INTERFACE)
+add_library(PHP::PHP ALIAS php)
+
 target_link_libraries(
   php
   INTERFACE
     PHP::configuration
-    PHP::main
-    $<TARGET_OBJECTS:PHP::main>
-    # Pass transitively depending on the SAPI type.
-    $<IF:$<IN_LIST:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:NAME>,php_cgi;php_cli;php_embed;php_phpdbg>,php_main_internal_functions_cli $<TARGET_OBJECTS:php_main_internal_functions_cli>,php_main_internal_functions $<TARGET_OBJECTS:php_main_internal_functions>>
+    php_main
     Zend::Zend
-    $<TARGET_OBJECTS:Zend::Zend>
+    $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:PHP::windows>::PHP::windows>
     PHP::extensions
 )
 
+# OBJECT libraries propagate only compile properties to static libraries without
+# objects as there is no "linking" involved on the compiler level. This is a
+# workaround using interface target sources to make PHP::PHP more intuitive to
+# work with SAPIs.
+target_sources(
+  php
+  INTERFACE
+    $<TARGET_OBJECTS:php_main>
+    # Internal functions objects based on the SAPI type.
+    $<IF:$<BOOL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:PHP_SAPI_CLI>>,$<TARGET_OBJECTS:php_main_internal_functions_cli>,$<TARGET_OBJECTS:php_main_internal_functions>>
+    $<TARGET_OBJECTS:Zend::Zend>
+    $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:PHP::windows>:$<TARGET_OBJECTS:PHP::windows>>
+)
+
+################################################################################
 # Add DTrace.
+################################################################################
+
 if(PHP_DTRACE)
   message(CHECK_START "Checking for DTrace support")
 
@@ -196,7 +224,10 @@ add_feature_info(
   "performance analysis and troubleshooting"
 )
 
+################################################################################
 # Add Dmalloc.
+################################################################################
+
 if(PHP_DMALLOC)
   message(CHECK_START "Checking for Dmalloc support")
 
@@ -211,7 +242,7 @@ if(PHP_DMALLOC)
   target_compile_definitions(
     php_configuration
     INTERFACE
-      $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:ASM,C,CXX>:MALLOC_FUNC_CHECK>
+      $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:ASM,C,CXX>:DMALLOC_FUNC_CHECK>
   )
 
   target_link_libraries(php_main PRIVATE Dmalloc::Dmalloc)
diff --git a/cmake/sapi/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/sapi/CMakeLists.txt
index 5faed0b24..b3565efb8 100644
--- a/cmake/sapi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/sapi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ Add subdirectories of PHP SAPIs.
 * `PHP_SAPIS`
 
   Global property with a list of all enabled PHP SAPIs.
+
+* `PHP_SAPI_CLI`
+
+  Target property that designates PHP SAPI as CLI-based. These SAPIs can utilize
+  CLI-based PHP extensions (for example, pcntl) and include
+  main/internal_functions_cli.c object instead of the main/internal_functions.c.
 #]=============================================================================]
 
 message(STATUS "----------------------------")
@@ -28,6 +34,12 @@ define_property(
   BRIEF_DOCS "A list of all enabled PHP SAPIs"
 )
 
+define_property(
+  TARGET
+  PROPERTY PHP_SAPI_CLI
+  BRIEF_DOCS "Whether the PHP SAPI is CLI-based to run in a CLI environment"
+)
+
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MESSAGE_CONTEXT "sapi")
 
 # Traverse CMakeLists.txt files of PHP SAPIs.
diff --git a/cmake/sapi/cgi/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/sapi/cgi/CMakeLists.txt
index 01850b085..4144d58ff 100644
--- a/cmake/sapi/cgi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/sapi/cgi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ set_target_properties(
     OUTPUT_NAME ${PHP_PROGRAM_PREFIX}php-cgi${PHP_PROGRAM_SUFFIX}
     # TODO: Check if there's a better solution here:
     ENABLE_EXPORTS TRUE
+    PHP_SAPI_CLI TRUE
 )
 
 # BSD systems.
diff --git a/cmake/sapi/cli/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/sapi/cli/CMakeLists.txt
index d8055578a..48bad1751 100644
--- a/cmake/sapi/cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/sapi/cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ set_target_properties(
     OUTPUT_NAME ${PHP_PROGRAM_PREFIX}php${PHP_PROGRAM_SUFFIX}
     # TODO: Check if there's a better solution here:
     ENABLE_EXPORTS TRUE
+    PHP_SAPI_CLI TRUE
 )
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
diff --git a/cmake/sapi/embed/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/sapi/embed/CMakeLists.txt
index 414905311..839071c46 100644
--- a/cmake/sapi/embed/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/sapi/embed/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ set_target_properties(
     OUTPUT_NAME libphp
     # TODO: Check if there's a better solution here:
     ENABLE_EXPORTS TRUE
+    PHP_SAPI_CLI TRUE
 )
 
 # Configure pkg-config php-embed.pc metadata file.
diff --git a/cmake/sapi/phpdbg/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/sapi/phpdbg/CMakeLists.txt
index bb7e08b95..d0153360a 100644
--- a/cmake/sapi/phpdbg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/sapi/phpdbg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ set_target_properties(
     OUTPUT_NAME ${PHP_PROGRAM_PREFIX}phpdbg${PHP_PROGRAM_SUFFIX}
     # TODO: Check if there's a better solution here:
     ENABLE_EXPORTS TRUE
+    PHP_SAPI_CLI TRUE
 )
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/cmake/win32/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/win32/CMakeLists.txt
index ec1189ad3..dcf293001 100644
--- a/cmake/win32/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/win32/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@ endif()
 
 include(FeatureSummary)
 
-add_library(php_win32 OBJECT)
-add_library(PHP::win32 ALIAS php_win32)
+################################################################################
+# Add library.
+################################################################################
+
+add_library(php_windows OBJECT)
+add_library(PHP::windows ALIAS php_windows)
 
 target_sources(
-  php_win32
+  php_windows
   PRIVATE
     codepage.c
     console.c
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ target_compile_options(
     $<$<COMPILE_LANG_AND_ID:CXX,MSVC>:/wd4996>
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(php_win32 PRIVATE PHP::configuration)
+target_link_libraries(php_windows PRIVATE PHP::configuration)
 
 target_link_libraries(
   php_configuration
@@ -101,7 +105,10 @@ target_link_libraries(
     ws2_32
 )
 
+################################################################################
 # Generate wsyslog.h file with message compiler (mc).
+################################################################################
+
 find_package(MC)
 set_package_properties(
   MC
@@ -111,27 +118,41 @@ set_package_properties(
 )
 
 mc_target(
-  NAME php_win32_wsyslog
+  NAME php_windows_wsyslog
   INPUT build/wsyslog.mc
   XDBG_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
 )
 
-add_dependencies(php_win32 php_win32_wsyslog)
+add_dependencies(php_windows php_windows_wsyslog)
 
+################################################################################
 # Generate cp_enc_map.c.
-add_executable(php_win32_encoding_map_generator cp_enc_map_gen.c)
+################################################################################
 
-add_custom_target(
-  php_win32_encoding_map
-  DEPENDS php_win32_encoding_map_generator
-  COMMAND php_win32_encoding_map_generator > cp_enc_map.c
-  COMMENT "Generating win32/cp_enc_map.c"
+add_executable(php_windows_encoding_map_generator cp_enc_map_gen.c)
+
+add_custom_command(
+  OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cp_enc_map.c
+  COMMAND php_windows_encoding_map_generator > cp_enc_map.c
+  VERBATIM
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  COMMENT "[win32] Generating win32/cp_enc_map.c"
+)
+
+target_sources(php_windows PRIVATE cp_enc_map.c)
+
+set_source_files_properties(
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cp_enc_map.c
+  PROPERTIES
+    HEADER_FILE_ONLY ON
 )
 
-add_dependencies(php_win32 php_win32_encoding_map)
+################################################################################
+# Configure installation.
+################################################################################
 
 install(
-  TARGETS php_win32
+  TARGETS php_windows
   ARCHIVE EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
   FILE_SET HEADERS
     DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${PHP_INCLUDE_PREFIX}/win32