diff --git a/api.php b/api.php
index bccd0ccada3..67d06fb5403 100644
--- a/api.php
+++ b/api.php
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
  * @license    https://opensource.org/licenses/osl-3.0.php  Open Software License (OSL 3.0)
  */
 
-if (version_compare(phpversion(), '7.3.0', '<') === true) {
-    echo 'It looks like you have an invalid PHP version. OpenMage supports PHP 7.3.0 or newer';
+$minVersion = '7.3.0';
+if (version_compare(phpversion(), $minVersion, '<') === true) {
+    echo "It looks like you have an invalid PHP version. OpenMage supports PHP $minVersion or newer";
     exit;
 }
 
diff --git a/get.php b/get.php
index 5a8c332be16..01e4c165a57 100644
--- a/get.php
+++ b/get.php
@@ -18,15 +18,14 @@
  * @copyright  Copyright (c) 2016-2022 The OpenMage Contributors (https://www.openmage.org)
  * @license    https://opensource.org/licenses/osl-3.0.php  Open Software License (OSL 3.0)
  */
-if (version_compare(phpversion(), '7.3.0', '<') === true) {
-    echo  '<div style="font:12px/1.35em arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="margin:0 0 25px 0; '
-        . 'border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;"><h3 style="margin:0; font-size:1.7em; font-weight:normal; '
-        . 'text-transform:none; text-align:left; color:#2f2f2f;">Whoops, it looks like you have an invalid PHP version.'
 
-        . '</h3></div><p>OpenMage supports PHP 7.3.0 or newer. <a href="https://www.openmage.org/magento-lts/install.html" '
-        . 'target="">Find out</a> how to install</a> OpenMage using PHP-CGI as a work-around.</p></div>';
+$minVersion = '7.3.0';
+if (version_compare(phpversion(), $minVersion, '<') === true) {
+    echo "<h3>Whoops, it looks like you have an invalid PHP version.</h3>";
+    echo "<p>OpenMage supports PHP $minVersion or newer. <a href=\"https://www.openmage.org/magento-lts/install.html\">Find out how to install</a> OpenMage using PHP-CGI as a work-around.</p>";
     exit;
 }
+
 $start = microtime(true);
 /**
  * Error reporting
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 033338ba1ab..7fe01f56f90 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -19,13 +19,10 @@
  * @license    https://opensource.org/licenses/osl-3.0.php  Open Software License (OSL 3.0)
  */
 
-if (version_compare(phpversion(), '7.3.0', '<') === true) {
-    echo  '<div style="font:12px/1.35em arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">
-<div style="margin:0 0 25px 0; border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;">
-<h3 style="margin:0; font-size:1.7em; font-weight:normal; text-transform:none; text-align:left; color:#2f2f2f;">
-Whoops, it looks like you have an invalid PHP version.</h3></div><p>OpenMage supports PHP 7.3.0 or newer.
-<a href="https://www.openmage.org/magento-lts/install.html" target="">Find out</a> how to install</a>
- OpenMage using PHP-CGI as a work-around.</p></div>';
+$minVersion = '7.3.0';
+if (version_compare(phpversion(), $minVersion, '<') === true) {
+    echo "<h3>Whoops, it looks like you have an invalid PHP version.</h3>";
+    echo "<p>OpenMage supports PHP $minVersion or newer. <a href=\"https://www.openmage.org/magento-lts/install.html\">Find out how to install</a> OpenMage using PHP-CGI as a work-around.</p>";
     exit;
 }
 
diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index 4cccd8b8c60..f7d99e8467a 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -113,9 +113,13 @@
  *
  */
 
-if (version_compare(phpversion(), '7.3.0', '<') === true) {
-    die('ERROR: Whoops, it looks like you have an invalid PHP version. OpenMage supports PHP 7.3.0 or newer.');
+$minVersion = '7.3.0';
+if (version_compare(phpversion(), $minVersion, '<') === true) {
+    echo "<h3>Whoops, it looks like you have an invalid PHP version.</h3>";
+    echo "<p>OpenMage supports PHP $minVersion or newer. <a href=\"https://www.openmage.org/magento-lts/install.html\">Find out how to install</a> OpenMage using PHP-CGI as a work-around.</p>";
+    exit;
 }
+
 set_include_path(__DIR__ . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path());
 require 'app/bootstrap.php';
 require 'app/Mage.php';