Request for RFC Karma: "use-from syntax for namespace use declarations"

Just a friendly reminder about my karma to post an RF in the PHP wiki.

Again, my user is "str".

Thank you very much

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Stuardo Rodríguez Mercenary Web Developer La Maphpia
🌎 maphpia.com ✉ str@maphpia.com 📞 +502 3462-7169

On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM Stuardo -StR- Rodríguez str@maphpia.com
wrote:

Hello internals,

My name is Stuardo Rodríguez, and I would like to request RFC karma to
publish an RFC on the PHP wiki.

I am a professional PHP developer with over 15 years of experience
building web applications. You can find more about my background here:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuardo

I have prepared an RFC titled "use-from syntax for namespace use
declarations" which proposes an alternative use syntax that improves
readability by placing imported symbols first, followed by a namespace
prefix introduced by from.

Example:

use ClassA from Vendor\Package;
use {ClassB, ClassC as C} from Vendor\Package;

This is syntax sugar equivalent to existing imports:

use Vendor\Package\ClassA;
use Vendor\Package\{ClassB, ClassC as C};

I have already implemented the necessary changes to the Zend Engine
(lexer, parser, tokenizer exposure) along with comprehensive test coverage.
The implementation:

• Introduces T_FROM token
• Supports single imports, grouped imports, and function/const imports
• Treats from as a soft keyword to preserve backward compatibility
  (function from() remains valid)
• Includes 7 new test cases in Zend/tests/ plus tokenizer test

I would appreciate receiving wiki karma to create and publish this RFC for
community discussion. My wiki account username is: "str"\

Thank you for your consideration.

Best regards,
Stuardo Rodriguez

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Stuardo Rodríguez Mercenary Web Developer La Maphpia
🌎 maphpia.com ✉ str@maphpia.com 📞 +502 3462-7169

Hi Stuardo

Sorry for the late reply.

My name is Stuardo Rodríguez, and I would like to request RFC karma to publish an RFC on the PHP wiki.

RFC karma was granted. Good luck!

I have prepared an RFC titled "use-from syntax for namespace use declarations" which proposes an alternative use syntax that improves readability by placing imported symbols first, followed by a namespace prefix introduced by from.

Example:

use ClassA from Vendor\Package;
use {ClassB, ClassC as C} from Vendor\Package;

This is syntax sugar equivalent to existing imports:

use Vendor\Package\ClassA;
use Vendor\Package\{ClassB, ClassC as C};

I think such a proposal will have a very hard time passing. The
existing syntax is obviously well established as it has existed for
almost two decades. The alternative syntax doesn't immediately seem
better, other than being different (and probably closer to JS).

You'd need to make a strong case about why this new syntax is
necessary (though I don't personally believe there is one).

Regards,
Ilija