Cannot mix bracketed namespace declarations

Description

PHP supports two syntaxes to declare a namespace: the unbracketed form, namespace Foo;, which applies to the rest of the file (or until the next namespace statement), and the bracketed form, namespace Foo { ... }, which delimits the namespace explicitly.

A single file must consistently use one form or the other; mixing bracketed and unbracketed declarations together is not allowed. The full message reads: Cannot mix bracketed namespace declarations with unbracketed namespace declarations.

Example

<?php

namespace A {
    // bracketed syntax
}

namespace B;
// unbracketed syntax, in the same file

?>

Solutions

• Convert every namespace statement in the file to the bracketed form.

• Convert every namespace statement in the file to the unbracketed form.

• Split the file so that each file only uses one of the two forms.

Related Error Messages

• Namespace declarations cannot be nested

• No code may exist outside of namespace {}

• Namespace declaration statement has to be

Changed Behavior

This error may appear following an evolution in behavior, in previous versions. See ` <https://php-changed-behaviors.readthedocs.io/en/latest/behavior/.html>`_.