diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/php-nextgen/HeaderSelector.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/php-nextgen/HeaderSelector.mustache
index c0fc8f599083..ebe71cbf7a5b 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/php-nextgen/HeaderSelector.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/php-nextgen/HeaderSelector.mustache
@@ -186,12 +186,12 @@ class HeaderSelector
 
     /**
      * @param string $header
-     * @param int    $weight
+     * @param float  $weight
      * @return string
      */
-    private function buildAcceptHeader(string $header, int $weight): string
+    private function buildAcceptHeader(string $header, float $weight): string
     {
-        if($weight === 1000) {
+        if ($weight === 1000.0) {
             return $header;
         }
 
@@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ class HeaderSelector
      * if there is a maximum of 28 "Accept" headers. If we have more than that (which is extremely unlikely), then we fall back to a 1-by-1
      * decrement rule, which will result in quality codes like "q=0.999", "q=0.998" etc.
      *
-     * @param int  $currentWeight varying from 1 to 1000 (will be divided by 1000 to build the quality value)
-     * @param bool $hasMoreThan28Headers
-     * @return int
+     * @param float $currentWeight varying from 1 to 1000 (will be divided by 1000 to build the quality value)
+     * @param bool  $hasMoreThan28Headers
+     * @return float
      */
-    public function getNextWeight(int $currentWeight, bool $hasMoreThan28Headers): int
+    public function getNextWeight(float $currentWeight, bool $hasMoreThan28Headers): float
     {
         if ($currentWeight <= 1) {
             return 1;
diff --git a/samples/client/echo_api/php-nextgen-streaming/src/HeaderSelector.php b/samples/client/echo_api/php-nextgen-streaming/src/HeaderSelector.php
index a1a236c835e3..1f58a0214b62 100644
--- a/samples/client/echo_api/php-nextgen-streaming/src/HeaderSelector.php
+++ b/samples/client/echo_api/php-nextgen-streaming/src/HeaderSelector.php
@@ -195,12 +195,12 @@ private function adjustWeight(array $headers, float &$currentWeight, bool $hasMo
 
     /**
      * @param string $header
-     * @param int    $weight
+     * @param float  $weight
      * @return string
      */
-    private function buildAcceptHeader(string $header, int $weight): string
+    private function buildAcceptHeader(string $header, float $weight): string
     {
-        if($weight === 1000) {
+        if ($weight === 1000.0) {
             return $header;
         }
 
@@ -225,11 +225,11 @@ private function buildAcceptHeader(string $header, int $weight): string
      * if there is a maximum of 28 "Accept" headers. If we have more than that (which is extremely unlikely), then we fall back to a 1-by-1
      * decrement rule, which will result in quality codes like "q=0.999", "q=0.998" etc.
      *
-     * @param int  $currentWeight varying from 1 to 1000 (will be divided by 1000 to build the quality value)
-     * @param bool $hasMoreThan28Headers
-     * @return int
+     * @param float $currentWeight varying from 1 to 1000 (will be divided by 1000 to build the quality value)
+     * @param bool  $hasMoreThan28Headers
+     * @return float
      */
-    public function getNextWeight(int $currentWeight, bool $hasMoreThan28Headers): int
+    public function getNextWeight(float $currentWeight, bool $hasMoreThan28Headers): float
     {
         if ($currentWeight <= 1) {
             return 1;
diff --git a/samples/client/echo_api/php-nextgen/src/HeaderSelector.php b/samples/client/echo_api/php-nextgen/src/HeaderSelector.php
index a1a236c835e3..1f58a0214b62 100644
--- a/samples/client/echo_api/php-nextgen/src/HeaderSelector.php
+++ b/samples/client/echo_api/php-nextgen/src/HeaderSelector.php
@@ -195,12 +195,12 @@ private function adjustWeight(array $headers, float &$currentWeight, bool $hasMo
 
     /**
      * @param string $header
-     * @param int    $weight
+     * @param float  $weight
      * @return string
      */
-    private function buildAcceptHeader(string $header, int $weight): string
+    private function buildAcceptHeader(string $header, float $weight): string
     {
-        if($weight === 1000) {
+        if ($weight === 1000.0) {
             return $header;
         }
 
@@ -225,11 +225,11 @@ private function buildAcceptHeader(string $header, int $weight): string
      * if there is a maximum of 28 "Accept" headers. If we have more than that (which is extremely unlikely), then we fall back to a 1-by-1
      * decrement rule, which will result in quality codes like "q=0.999", "q=0.998" etc.
      *
-     * @param int  $currentWeight varying from 1 to 1000 (will be divided by 1000 to build the quality value)
-     * @param bool $hasMoreThan28Headers
-     * @return int
+     * @param float $currentWeight varying from 1 to 1000 (will be divided by 1000 to build the quality value)
+     * @param bool  $hasMoreThan28Headers
+     * @return float
      */
-    public function getNextWeight(int $currentWeight, bool $hasMoreThan28Headers): int
+    public function getNextWeight(float $currentWeight, bool $hasMoreThan28Headers): float
     {
         if ($currentWeight <= 1) {
             return 1;
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/php-nextgen/OpenAPIClient-php/src/HeaderSelector.php b/samples/client/petstore/php-nextgen/OpenAPIClient-php/src/HeaderSelector.php
index 0f7061c6840f..50f56032c20b 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/php-nextgen/OpenAPIClient-php/src/HeaderSelector.php
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/php-nextgen/OpenAPIClient-php/src/HeaderSelector.php
@@ -194,12 +194,12 @@ private function adjustWeight(array $headers, float &$currentWeight, bool $hasMo
 
     /**
      * @param string $header
-     * @param int    $weight
+     * @param float  $weight
      * @return string
      */
-    private function buildAcceptHeader(string $header, int $weight): string
+    private function buildAcceptHeader(string $header, float $weight): string
     {
-        if($weight === 1000) {
+        if ($weight === 1000.0) {
             return $header;
         }
 
@@ -224,11 +224,11 @@ private function buildAcceptHeader(string $header, int $weight): string
      * if there is a maximum of 28 "Accept" headers. If we have more than that (which is extremely unlikely), then we fall back to a 1-by-1
      * decrement rule, which will result in quality codes like "q=0.999", "q=0.998" etc.
      *
-     * @param int  $currentWeight varying from 1 to 1000 (will be divided by 1000 to build the quality value)
-     * @param bool $hasMoreThan28Headers
-     * @return int
+     * @param float $currentWeight varying from 1 to 1000 (will be divided by 1000 to build the quality value)
+     * @param bool  $hasMoreThan28Headers
+     * @return float
      */
-    public function getNextWeight(int $currentWeight, bool $hasMoreThan28Headers): int
+    public function getNextWeight(float $currentWeight, bool $hasMoreThan28Headers): float
     {
         if ($currentWeight <= 1) {
             return 1;