Error with “use” statement – unexpected token “use” in … eval()’d code

I am getting an error when trying to add the “use” statement when working with namespaces. I have a file, snippet.php, that contains:

<?php

namespace Foo;

class Bar
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        echo "This is Foo\Bar::__construct().<br/>\n";
    }
}

Then in XYZ PHP Code, I create a snippet like this:

<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
include_once "/home/[username]/public_html/snippet.php";

$bar = new Foo\Bar();

This works. However, when I attempt to add a “use” statement in the snippet code instead of the Foo prefix:

<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
require_once("/home/[username]/public_html/snippet.php");
use Foo\Bar;
$bar = new Bar();

Then I get an “unexpected token” error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected token “use” in /home/[username]/public_html/wp-content/plugins/insert-php-code-snippet/shortcode-handler.php(99) : eval()’d code on line 4
There has been a critical error on this website.

Does anyone know what the issue here is? Is there some conflict with this plugin and “use” statements? Can you use “use” statements with this plugin?

I have WordPress 6.1.1, and PHP Code Snippet 1.3.3.

• This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by Trahald.
• This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by Trahald.