diff --git a/.github/setup-sphinx.sh b/.github/setup-sphinx.sh
index 919d142575..38d370e7b7 100755
--- a/.github/setup-sphinx.sh
+++ b/.github/setup-sphinx.sh
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ searchd
 	read_timeout = 5
 	max_children = 30
 	pid_file = $SPHINX_DATA_DIR/searchd.pid
-	binlog_path = $SPHINX_DATA_DIR/
+	binlog_path = $SPHINX_DATA_DIR
 }
 " > $SPHINX_CONF
 
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/search/backend/fulltext_sphinx.php b/phpBB/phpbb/search/backend/fulltext_sphinx.php
index 5092f67ae5..93b0c1c522 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/search/backend/fulltext_sphinx.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/search/backend/fulltext_sphinx.php
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ class fulltext_sphinx implements search_backend_interface
 				array('read_timeout',				'5'),
 				array('max_children',				'30'),
 				array('pid_file',					$this->config['fulltext_sphinx_data_path'] . 'searchd.pid'),
-				array('binlog_path',				$this->config['fulltext_sphinx_data_path']),
+				array('binlog_path',				rtrim($this->config['fulltext_sphinx_data_path'], '/\\')), // Trim trailing slash
 			),
 		);
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/search/base.php b/tests/functional/search/base.php
index a34eff385e..716228426a 100644
--- a/tests/functional/search/base.php
+++ b/tests/functional/search/base.php
@@ -263,7 +263,12 @@ abstract class phpbb_functional_search_base extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 
 		// Ensure search index has been actually created
 		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'adm/index.php?i=acp_search&mode=index&sid=' . $this->sid);
-		$posts_indexed = (int) $crawler->filter('#acp_search_index_' . str_replace('\\', '-', $search_type) . ' td')->eq(1)->text();
+		$posts_indexed = (int) $crawler->filter('#acp_search_index_' . str_replace('\\', '-', $search_type) . ' td')->reduce(
+			function ($node, $i) {
+				// Find the value of total posts indexed
+				return (strpos($node->text(), $this->lang('FULLTEXT_MYSQL_TOTAL_POSTS')) !== false  || strpos($node->text(), $this->lang('TOTAL_WORDS')) !== false);
+			})
+		->nextAll()->eq(0)->text();
 		$this->assertTrue($posts_indexed > 0);
 	}
 
@@ -300,7 +305,12 @@ abstract class phpbb_functional_search_base extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 
 		// Ensure search index has been actually removed
 		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'adm/index.php?i=acp_search&mode=index&sid=' . $this->sid);
-		$posts_indexed = (int) $crawler->filter('#acp_search_index_' . str_replace('\\', '-', $this->search_backend) . ' td')->eq(1)->text();
+		$posts_indexed = (int) $crawler->filter('#acp_search_index_' . str_replace('\\', '-', $this->search_backend) . ' td')->reduce(
+			function ($node, $i) {
+				// Find the value of total posts indexed
+				return (strpos($node->text(), $this->lang('FULLTEXT_MYSQL_TOTAL_POSTS')) !== false  || strpos($node->text(), $this->lang('TOTAL_WORDS')) !== false);
+			})
+		->nextAll()->eq(0)->text();
 		$this->assertEquals(0, $posts_indexed);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/functional/search/sphinx_test.php b/tests/functional/search/sphinx_test.php
index eaba34d17a..e72228f387 100644
--- a/tests/functional/search/sphinx_test.php
+++ b/tests/functional/search/sphinx_test.php
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ class phpbb_functional_search_sphinx_test extends phpbb_functional_search_base
 
 		if (!$backend || $this->search_backend == $backend)
 		{
+			$output = $retval = null;
+
 			// After creating phpBB search index, build Sphinx index
-			exec('sudo -S service sphinxsearch stop', $output, $retval); // Attemtp to stop sphinxsearch service in case it's running
+			exec('sudo -S service sphinxsearch stop', $output, $retval); // Attempt to stop sphinxsearch service in case it's running
 			exec('sudo -S indexer --all', $output, $retval); // Run sphinxsearch indexer
 			exec('sudo -S service sphinxsearch start', $output, $retval); // Attempt to start sphinxsearch service again
 		}
diff --git a/tests/functional/visibility_softdelete_test.php b/tests/functional/visibility_softdelete_test.php
index 5128bb6005..0275ea42ca 100644
--- a/tests/functional/visibility_softdelete_test.php
+++ b/tests/functional/visibility_softdelete_test.php
@@ -601,7 +601,16 @@ class phpbb_functional_visibility_softdelete_test extends phpbb_functional_test_
 		// Assert new topic title is indexed as well
 		$this->add_lang('search');
 		self::request('GET', "search.php?keywords=bang&sid={$this->sid}");
-		$this->assertStringContainsString(sprintf($this->lang['FOUND_SEARCH_MATCHES'][1], 1), self::get_content());
+
+		// Sphinx search doesn't apply to unapproved or softdeleted posts
+		if (strpos($this->get_search_type(), 'fulltext_sphinx'))
+		{
+			$this->assertStringContainsString(sprintf($this->lang['FOUND_SEARCH_MATCHES'][2], 0), self::get_content());
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$this->assertStringContainsString(sprintf($this->lang['FOUND_SEARCH_MATCHES'][1], 1), self::get_content());
+		}
 	}
 
 	public function test_move_topic_back()
diff --git a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
index bec0845f0a..c42e0aa60b 100644
--- a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
+++ b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
@@ -895,6 +895,24 @@ class phpbb_functional_test_case extends phpbb_test_case
 		return $group_id;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get current board's search type
+	 *
+	 * @return string Current search type setting
+	 */
+	protected function get_search_type()
+	{
+		$db = $this->get_db();
+		$sql = 'SELECT config_value as search_type
+			FROM ' . CONFIG_TABLE . "
+			WHERE config_name = '" . $db->sql_escape('search_type') . "'";
+		$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
+		$search_type = $db->sql_fetchfield('search_type');
+		$db->sql_freeresult($result);
+
+		return $search_type;
+	}
+
 	protected function remove_user_group($group_name, $usernames)
 	{
 		global $db, $cache, $auth, $config, $phpbb_dispatcher, $phpbb_log, $phpbb_container, $user, $phpbb_root_path, $phpEx;