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Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 07:08:49 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC][Discussion] use construct (Block Scoping)
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From: weirdan@gmail.com (Bruce Weirdan)

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What would happen to the variables introduced in the statements
block, rather than in `use()`? Will they still be available outside of the
block?

```php
use () {
  $number = 42;
}
var_dump($number); // what happens here?
```

Also, is an empty list of vars in `use` (as in the example above) allowed?

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  Best regards,
      Bruce Weirdan                                     mailto:
weirdan@gmail.com

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statements block,=C2=A0rather than in `use()`? Will they still be available=
 outside of the block?<br><br></div><div>```php</div><div>use () {<br></div=
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at happens here?<br>```</div><div><br></div><div>Also, is an empty list of =
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