syntax error, unexpected token “;”, expecting “{”

Description

Namespace accepts two syntaxes: the first one with an ending semi-colon, or a block, which starts with an opening curly bracket.

In the current case, there is another feature at play: the name of the namespace may be empty, to refer to the global namespace. In that case, either the namespace keyword is omitted, or a block is defined after the namespace.

Example

<?php

namespace ;
?>

Solutions

• Remove the namespace ; entirely.

• Add a block after the namespace, and remove the semi-colon.