PhpParser\ParserAbstract::handleNamespaces PHP Method

    protected function handleNamespaces(array $stmts) {
        $hasErrored = false;
        $style = $this->getNamespacingStyle($stmts);
        if (null === $style) {
            // not namespaced, nothing to do
            return $stmts;
        } elseif ('brace' === $style) {
            // For braced namespaces we only have to check that there are no invalid statements between the namespaces
            $afterFirstNamespace = false;
            foreach ($stmts as $stmt) {
                if ($stmt instanceof Node\Stmt\Namespace_) {
                    $afterFirstNamespace = true;
                } elseif (!$stmt instanceof Node\Stmt\HaltCompiler
                        && $afterFirstNamespace && !$hasErrored) {
                    $this->emitError(new Error(
                        'No code may exist outside of namespace {}', $stmt->getAttributes()));
                    $hasErrored = true; // Avoid one error for every statement
                }
            }
            return $stmts;
        } else {
            // For semicolon namespaces we have to move the statements after a namespace declaration into ->stmts
            $resultStmts = array();
            $targetStmts =& $resultStmts;
            foreach ($stmts as $stmt) {
                if ($stmt instanceof Node\Stmt\Namespace_) {
                    if ($stmt->stmts === null) {
                        $stmt->stmts = array();
                        $targetStmts =& $stmt->stmts;
                        $resultStmts[] = $stmt;
                    } else {
                        // This handles the invalid case of mixed style namespaces
                        $resultStmts[] = $stmt;
                        $targetStmts =& $resultStmts;
                    }
                } elseif ($stmt instanceof Node\Stmt\HaltCompiler) {
                    // __halt_compiler() is not moved into the namespace
                    $resultStmts[] = $stmt;
                } else {
                    $targetStmts[] = $stmt;
                }
            }
            return $resultStmts;
        }
    }