diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03d264a115..9130e80917 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Full release notes with details on each version: [GitHub Releases](https://githu
 - Fix: `graphify merge-graphs` no longer drops hyperedges (#2484, thanks @sortakool, and @oleksii-tumanov for the approach in #1691). Hyperedge member ids and ids are now relabeled with the per-repo prefix, both inputs' hyperedges are unioned instead of one clobbering the other, and they are written to both the top-level and nested slots.
 - Fix: `build_from_json` now reads hyperedges from both the top-level and nested `graph` slots, so label and re-cluster runs no longer silently empty a graph's hyperedge set (#2485, thanks @sortakool); a full validation wipeout is now reported loudly.
 - Fix: the skill flow now passes the curated community labels to `to_json`, so `graph.json` ships with `community_name` on nodes instead of dropping it (#2490, thanks @PapiScholz).
+- Fix: a group-form `use function A\{f, g};` or `use const A\{K};` no longer claims `f`, `g` or `K` as an imported CLASS name. tree-sitter-php puts the `function`/`const` keyword on the *declaration* for the braced form but on the *clause* for the unbraced one, and the PHP type-reference pass only ever inspected the clause — so a group-imported function or constant whose short name was also used in a class position in the SAME file re-pointed that `inherits`/`implements`/`mixes_in`/`imports`/`references` edge onto an external stub labeled with an FQN that names a function or a constant, not a class. Both spellings now agree: the reference falls back to the namespace-relative FQN or to the legacy unique-label rewire, exactly as the unbraced form always did. Strictly subtractive — it can only REMOVE a class-name claim, never add one — and it needs the same short name used both ways in one file, which is why it is rare in practice.
+- PHP `imports` edges now carry `use_kind` (`class`/`function`/`const`), `alias` and `target_fqn` metadata, mirroring the C# `using` capture. The `use`-statement parser is now shared between the capture path and the PHP type-reference pass, so group use `use A\{B, C as X};`, aliases and leading-backslash absolutes are spelled out once. Edge targets are unchanged — they stay keyed on the imported short name — so this is additive for existing consumers; note that the type-reference pass re-points `imports` edges without rewriting metadata, making `metadata.target_fqn` the reliable read rather than the target node's label.
 
 ## 0.9.33 (2026-08-05)
 
diff --git a/graphify/extract.py b/graphify/extract.py
index dc7540d5fa..cb7d80adc3 100644
--- a/graphify/extract.py
+++ b/graphify/extract.py
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@
     _pascal_resolve_class,
     _pascal_resolve_unit,
     _pascal_unit_cache,
+    _php_use_clause_context,
+    _php_use_clause_fact,
     _pnpm_workspace_globs,
     _python_call_identifier,
     _python_import_from_module,
@@ -662,23 +664,32 @@ def _import_scala(node, source: bytes, file_nid: str, stem: str, edges: list, st
 
 
 def _import_php(node, source: bytes, file_nid: str, stem: str, edges: list, str_path: str, scope_stack: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
-    for child in node.children:
-        if child.type in ("qualified_name", "name", "identifier"):
-            raw = _read_text(child, source)
-            module_name = raw.split("\\")[-1].strip()
-            if module_name:
-                tgt_nid = _make_id(module_name)
-                edges.append({
-                    "source": file_nid,
-                    "target": tgt_nid,
-                    "relation": "imports",
-                    "context": "import",
-                    "confidence": "EXTRACTED",
-                    "source_file": str_path,
-                    "source_location": f"L{node.start_point[0] + 1}",
-                    "weight": 1.0,
-                })
-            break
+    # `node` is a single `namespace_use_clause`; the group-use prefix and the
+    # `function`/`const` keyword of a group use live on the parent declaration,
+    # so the clause alone cannot spell its own FQN. Shared parser with
+    # `_resolve_php_type_references` — see resolution.py.
+    fact = _php_use_clause_fact(node, source, *_php_use_clause_context(node, source))
+    if fact is None:
+        return
+    target_fqn, alias, use_kind = fact
+    # The edge target stays keyed on the imported short name: re-pointing it is
+    # the resolvers' job (`_resolve_php_type_references`), not the capture's.
+    module_name = target_fqn.rsplit("\\", 1)[-1].strip()
+    if not module_name:
+        return
+    edges.append({
+        "source": file_nid,
+        "target": _make_id(module_name),
+        "relation": "imports",
+        "context": "import",
+        "confidence": "EXTRACTED",
+        "source_file": str_path,
+        "source_location": f"L{node.start_point[0] + 1}",
+        "weight": 1.0,
+        "metadata": sanitize_metadata({k: v for k, v in
+            {"use_kind": use_kind, "alias": alias, "target_fqn": target_fqn}.items()
+            if v is not None}),
+    })
 
 
 # ── C/C++ function name helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/graphify/extractors/resolution.py b/graphify/extractors/resolution.py
index 097c32b6a7..f3c7800543 100644
--- a/graphify/extractors/resolution.py
+++ b/graphify/extractors/resolution.py
@@ -2414,6 +2414,102 @@ def _php_fqn_from_raw(raw: str, ns: str, uses: dict[str, str]) -> str:
     return f"{ns}\\{raw}" if ns else raw
 
 
+# ── Shared PHP `use`-statement parser ─────────────────────────────────────────
+# One parser for both consumers: the `uses_by_file` map below and the `imports`
+# edge capture in `_import_php` (extract.py). Group use `use A\{B, C as X};`,
+# aliases, leading-backslash absolutes and `use function` / `use const` are all
+# handled here so neither consumer has to re-derive them.
+
+def _php_use_clause_fact(
+    clause,
+    source: bytes,
+    prefix: str = "",
+    kind: str = "class",
+) -> tuple[str, str | None, str] | None:
+    """Parse one ``namespace_use_clause`` into ``(target_fqn, alias, use_kind)``.
+
+    ``prefix`` is the group-use prefix (empty for a standalone clause) and
+    ``kind`` the declaration-level ``function``/``const`` keyword, if any; a
+    clause-level keyword overrides it. Returns ``None`` when the clause names
+    no target (e.g. a parse error).
+    """
+    target: str | None = None
+    alias: str | None = None
+    saw_as = False
+    for c in clause.children:
+        if c.type in ("function", "const"):
+            kind = c.type
+        elif c.type == "as":
+            saw_as = True
+        elif c.type in ("qualified_name", "name"):
+            if saw_as:
+                alias = _read_text(c, source)
+            elif target is None:
+                target = _read_text(c, source)
+    if not target:
+        return None
+    fqn = (f"{prefix}\\{target}" if prefix else target).lstrip("\\")
+    return fqn, alias, kind
+
+
+def _php_use_clause_context(clause, source: bytes) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    """``(group prefix, use kind)`` a ``namespace_use_clause`` inherits from its
+    parent ``namespace_use_declaration``.
+
+    For consumers that are dispatched per clause and never see the declaration
+    (`_import_php`). The prefix only applies to clauses inside a
+    ``namespace_use_group``; a standalone clause carries its own full name.
+    """
+    parent = getattr(clause, "parent", None)
+    in_group = parent is not None and parent.type == "namespace_use_group"
+    decl = parent.parent if in_group else parent
+    prefix, kind = "", "class"
+    if decl is None or decl.type != "namespace_use_declaration":
+        return prefix, kind
+    for c in decl.children:
+        if c.type == "namespace_name" and in_group:
+            prefix = _read_text(c, source)
+        elif c.type in ("function", "const"):
+            kind = c.type
+    return prefix, kind
+
+
+def _php_use_declaration_facts(
+    decl,
+    source: bytes,
+) -> list[tuple[str, str | None, str]]:
+    """Every ``(target_fqn, alias, use_kind)`` a ``namespace_use_declaration`` declares.
+
+    ``use function A\\f;`` puts the keyword on the *clause*, while
+    ``use function A\\{f, g};`` puts it on the *declaration* — both spellings
+    yield ``use_kind == "function"`` here.
+    """
+    prefix, kind, group = "", "class", None
+    direct = []
+    for c in decl.children:
+        if c.type == "namespace_name":
+            prefix = _read_text(c, source)
+        elif c.type in ("function", "const"):
+            kind = c.type
+        elif c.type == "namespace_use_group":
+            group = c
+        elif c.type == "namespace_use_clause":
+            direct.append(c)
+
+    facts: list[tuple[str, str | None, str]] = []
+    for c in direct:
+        fact = _php_use_clause_fact(c, source, "", kind)
+        if fact:
+            facts.append(fact)
+    if group is not None:
+        for c in group.children:
+            if c.type == "namespace_use_clause":
+                fact = _php_use_clause_fact(c, source, prefix, kind)
+                if fact:
+                    facts.append(fact)
+    return facts
+
+
 def _resolve_php_type_references(
     per_file: list[dict],
     paths: list[Path],
@@ -2473,27 +2569,6 @@ def _record_raw(relation: str, raw: str) -> None:
             else:
                 raws.setdefault(key, raw)
 
-        def _record_use_clause(clause, prefix: str) -> None:
-            target = None
-            alias = None
-            saw_as = False
-            for c in clause.children:
-                if c.type in ("function", "const"):
-                    return  # not a class import
-                if c.type == "as":
-                    saw_as = True
-                elif c.type in ("qualified_name", "name"):
-                    if saw_as:
-                        alias = _read_text(c, source)
-                    elif target is None:
-                        target = _read_text(c, source)
-            if not target:
-                return
-            fqn = (f"{prefix}\\{target}" if prefix else target).lstrip("\\")
-            key = (alias or fqn.rsplit("\\", 1)[-1]).strip().lower()
-            if key:
-                uses.setdefault(key, fqn)
-
         def walk(n) -> None:
             t = n.type
             if t == "namespace_definition":
@@ -2502,19 +2577,12 @@ def walk(n) -> None:
                         namespaces.append(_read_text(c, source))
                         break
             elif t == "namespace_use_declaration":
-                prefix = ""
-                group = None
-                for c in n.children:
-                    if c.type == "namespace_name":
-                        prefix = _read_text(c, source)          # group-use prefix
-                    elif c.type == "namespace_use_group":
-                        group = c
-                    elif c.type == "namespace_use_clause":
-                        _record_use_clause(c, "")
-                if group is not None:
-                    for c in group.children:
-                        if c.type == "namespace_use_clause":
-                            _record_use_clause(c, prefix)
+                for fqn, alias, use_kind in _php_use_declaration_facts(n, source):
+                    if use_kind != "class":
+                        continue  # `use function` / `use const` are not class imports
+                    key = (alias or fqn.rsplit("\\", 1)[-1]).strip().lower()
+                    if key:
+                        uses.setdefault(key, fqn)
                 return
             elif t == "class_declaration":
                 for child in n.children:
diff --git a/tests/test_php_group_use_kind.py b/tests/test_php_group_use_kind.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4f2f3177a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_php_group_use_kind.py
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+"""Group-form `use function` / `use const` must not claim class names.
+
+tree-sitter-php puts the `function` / `const` keyword on the *clause* for the
+plain form (`use function A\\f;`) but on the *declaration* for the group form
+(`use function A\\{f, g};`). `_resolve_php_type_references` only ever inspected
+the clause, so group-form members wrongly entered the per-file class-name map
+and re-pointed supertype references onto an FQN-labeled external stub.
+
+Every assertion goes through the public `extract()` seam, with the semantically
+equivalent plain form as the side-by-side control.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from graphify.extract import extract
+
+
+def _write(path: Path, text: str) -> Path:
+    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    path.write_text(text, encoding="utf-8")
+    return path
+
+
+def _node_by_id(result: dict, nid: str) -> dict | None:
+    return next((n for n in result["nodes"] if n.get("id") == nid), None)
+
+
+def _labels(result: dict) -> set[str]:
+    return {n.get("label") for n in result["nodes"]}
+
+
+def _targets(result: dict, relation: str, source_substr: str) -> list[dict]:
+    """Target nodes of every `relation` edge coming out of a matching source."""
+    return [
+        _node_by_id(result, e["target"])
+        for e in result["edges"]
+        if e.get("relation") == relation
+        and source_substr in e.get("source", "").lower()
+    ]
+
+
+def test_php_group_use_function_behaves_like_the_plain_form(tmp_path: Path):
+    # `use function Vendor\Sdk\{Render};` imports a *function*, so `Render` in a
+    # class position is not an explicitly imported class name. The braced form
+    # must land exactly where the unbraced control lands: on the bare stub the
+    # legacy unique-label rewire owns, never on an FQN-labeled external stub.
+    group = _write(
+        tmp_path / "app/A/UsesGroup.php",
+        "<?php\nnamespace App\\A;\n"
+        "use function Vendor\\Sdk\\{Render};\n"
+        "class UsesGroup extends Render {}\n",
+    )
+    plain = _write(
+        tmp_path / "app/B/UsesPlain.php",
+        "<?php\nnamespace App\\B;\n"
+        "use function Vendor\\Sdk\\Render;\n"
+        "class UsesPlain extends Render {}\n",
+    )
+    result = extract([group, plain], cache_root=tmp_path)
+
+    group_bases = _targets(result, "inherits", "usesgroup")
+    plain_bases = _targets(result, "inherits", "usesplain")
+    assert len(group_bases) == 1 and len(plain_bases) == 1, (group_bases, plain_bases)
+    assert group_bases[0] is not None and plain_bases[0] is not None
+    assert group_bases[0]["label"] == "Render", group_bases[0]
+    assert group_bases[0]["id"] == plain_bases[0]["id"], (group_bases, plain_bases)
+
+    # The `imports` edges agree too, and no FQN-labeled class stub was minted
+    # for a name the files only ever imported as a function.
+    group_imports = _targets(result, "imports", "usesgroup")
+    plain_imports = _targets(result, "imports", "usesplain")
+    assert [n["id"] for n in group_imports] == [n["id"] for n in plain_imports], (
+        group_imports,
+        plain_imports,
+    )
+    assert "Vendor\\Sdk\\Render" not in _labels(result), sorted(_labels(result))
+
+
+def test_php_group_use_const_behaves_like_the_plain_form(tmp_path: Path):
+    group = _write(
+        tmp_path / "app/A/UsesConstGroup.php",
+        "<?php\nnamespace App\\A;\n"
+        "use const Vendor\\Sdk\\{LIMIT};\n"
+        "class UsesConstGroup extends LIMIT {}\n",
+    )
+    plain = _write(
+        tmp_path / "app/B/UsesConstPlain.php",
+        "<?php\nnamespace App\\B;\n"
+        "use const Vendor\\Sdk\\LIMIT;\n"
+        "class UsesConstPlain extends LIMIT {}\n",
+    )
+    result = extract([group, plain], cache_root=tmp_path)
+
+    group_bases = _targets(result, "inherits", "usesconstgroup")
+    plain_bases = _targets(result, "inherits", "usesconstplain")
+    assert len(group_bases) == 1 and len(plain_bases) == 1, (group_bases, plain_bases)
+    assert group_bases[0] is not None and plain_bases[0] is not None
+    assert group_bases[0]["label"] == "LIMIT", group_bases[0]
+    assert group_bases[0]["id"] == plain_bases[0]["id"], (group_bases, plain_bases)
+    assert "Vendor\\Sdk\\LIMIT" not in _labels(result), sorted(_labels(result))
+
+
+def test_php_group_use_function_with_multiple_members(tmp_path: Path):
+    # Both members of `use function A\{f, g};` are rejected, not just the first.
+    group = _write(
+        tmp_path / "app/A/Uses.php",
+        "<?php\nnamespace App\\A;\n"
+        "use function Vendor\\Sdk\\{Render, Compile};\n"
+        "class UsesFirst extends Render {}\n"
+        "class UsesSecond extends Compile {}\n",
+    )
+    result = extract([group], cache_root=tmp_path)
+
+    labels = _labels(result)
+    assert "Vendor\\Sdk\\Render" not in labels, sorted(labels)
+    assert "Vendor\\Sdk\\Compile" not in labels, sorted(labels)
+    assert {"Render", "Compile"} <= labels, sorted(labels)
+
+
+def test_php_group_use_class_still_claims_the_short_name(tmp_path: Path):
+    # Guard against over-subtraction: a *class* group use (no keyword) must keep
+    # claiming its members. `App\Cms\Page` is the import; `App\Models\Page` is
+    # the decoy the bare-name rewire would otherwise collapse onto.
+    _write(
+        tmp_path / "app/Cms/Page.php",
+        "<?php\nnamespace App\\Cms;\nclass Page {}\n",
+    )
+    decoy = _write(
+        tmp_path / "app/Models/Page.php",
+        "<?php\nnamespace App\\Models;\nclass Page {}\n",
+    )
+    editor = _write(
+        tmp_path / "app/Edit/Editor.php",
+        "<?php\nnamespace App\\Edit;\n"
+        "use App\\Cms\\{Page};\n"
+        "class Editor extends Page {}\n",
+    )
+    result = extract(
+        [tmp_path / "app/Cms/Page.php", decoy, editor],
+        cache_root=tmp_path,
+    )
+
+    bases = _targets(result, "inherits", "editor")
+    assert len(bases) == 1 and bases[0] is not None, bases
+    assert "Cms" in bases[0].get("source_file", ""), bases[0]
+
+    decoy_ids = {
+        n["id"] for n in result["nodes"]
+        if n.get("label") == "Page" and "Models" in (n.get("source_file") or "")
+    }
+    assert decoy_ids, result["nodes"]
+    assert not [
+        e for e in result["edges"]
+        if e.get("relation") == "inherits" and e.get("target") in decoy_ids
+    ], "the decoy App\\Models\\Page must get no inherits edge"
diff --git a/tests/test_php_use_imports.py b/tests/test_php_use_imports.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..933e9be40e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_php_use_imports.py
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+"""PHP `use`-import capture.
+
+Every assertion goes through the public `extract()` seam. These are
+metadata-shape tests: the `imports` edges themselves (their targets) must stay
+exactly as they were — only `target_fqn` / `alias` / `use_kind` are new.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from graphify.extract import extract
+
+
+def _write(path: Path, text: str) -> Path:
+    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    path.write_text(text, encoding="utf-8")
+    return path
+
+
+def _import_facts(result: dict) -> set[tuple[str | None, str | None, str | None]]:
+    """(target_fqn, alias, use_kind) for every `imports` edge in the graph."""
+    facts = set()
+    for e in result["edges"]:
+        if e.get("relation") != "imports":
+            continue
+        md = e.get("metadata") or {}
+        facts.add((md.get("target_fqn"), md.get("alias"), md.get("use_kind")))
+    return facts
+
+
+def _labels(result: dict) -> set[str]:
+    return {n.get("label") for n in result["nodes"]}
+
+
+def test_php_plain_use_captures_target_fqn(tmp_path: Path):
+    f = _write(
+        tmp_path / "app/Http/I.php",
+        "<?php\nnamespace App\\Http;\nuse A\\B\\C;\nclass I {}\n",
+    )
+    result = extract([f], cache_root=tmp_path)
+
+    imports = [e for e in result["edges"] if e.get("relation") == "imports"]
+    assert len(imports) == 1, imports
+    md = imports[0].get("metadata") or {}
+    assert md.get("target_fqn") == "A\\B\\C", md
+    assert md.get("use_kind") == "class", md
+    assert "alias" not in md, md
+
+
+def test_php_aliased_use_captures_alias_and_target_fqn(tmp_path: Path):
+    f = _write(
+        tmp_path / "app/Http/I.php",
+        "<?php\nnamespace App\\Http;\nuse A\\B\\C as D;\nclass I {}\n",
+    )
+    result = extract([f], cache_root=tmp_path)
+
+    assert _import_facts(result) == {("A\\B\\C", "D", "class")}
+
+
+def test_php_group_use_captures_each_member_fqn(tmp_path: Path):
+    f = _write(
+        tmp_path / "app/Http/I.php",
+        "<?php\nnamespace App\\Http;\nuse A\\{B, C};\nclass I {}\n",
+    )
+    result = extract([f], cache_root=tmp_path)
+
+    assert _import_facts(result) == {
+        ("A\\B", None, "class"),
+        ("A\\C", None, "class"),
+    }
+
+
+def test_php_aliased_group_use_puts_the_alias_on_the_right_member(tmp_path: Path):
+    f = _write(
+        tmp_path / "app/Http/I.php",
+        "<?php\nnamespace App\\Http;\nuse A\\{B, C as X};\nclass I {}\n",
+    )
+    result = extract([f], cache_root=tmp_path)
+
+    assert _import_facts(result) == {
+        ("A\\B", None, "class"),
+        ("A\\C", "X", "class"),
+    }
+
+
+def test_php_leading_backslash_use_is_normalized(tmp_path: Path):
+    f = _write(
+        tmp_path / "app/Http/I.php",
+        "<?php\nnamespace App\\Http;\nuse \\Rooted\\Thing;\nclass I {}\n",
+    )
+    result = extract([f], cache_root=tmp_path)
+
+    assert _import_facts(result) == {("Rooted\\Thing", None, "class")}
+
+
+def test_php_use_function_and_const_do_not_enter_the_class_name_map(tmp_path: Path):
+    # `Base` is the control: a plain `use` DOES claim the short name, so the
+    # supertype reference is re-pointed onto the FQN-labeled external stub.
+    # `Render`/`Limit` come in via `use function` / `use const`, which must not
+    # claim a class name — their supertype references stay on the bare stub.
+    f = _write(
+        tmp_path / "app/Http/I.php",
+        "<?php\nnamespace App\\Http;\n"
+        "use function Vendor\\Sdk\\Render;\n"
+        "use const Vendor\\Sdk\\Limit;\n"
+        "use Vendor\\Sdk\\Base;\n"
+        "class I extends Render implements Limit {}\n"
+        "class J extends Base {}\n",
+    )
+    result = extract([f], cache_root=tmp_path)
+
+    assert _import_facts(result) == {
+        ("Vendor\\Sdk\\Render", None, "function"),
+        ("Vendor\\Sdk\\Limit", None, "const"),
+        ("Vendor\\Sdk\\Base", None, "class"),
+    }
+
+    labels = _labels(result)
+    assert "Vendor\\Sdk\\Base" in labels, labels
+    assert "Vendor\\Sdk\\Render" not in labels, labels
+    assert "Vendor\\Sdk\\Limit" not in labels, labels
+    assert {"Render", "Limit"} <= labels, labels
+
+
+def test_php_trait_use_inside_a_class_body_is_not_an_import(tmp_path: Path):
+    f = _write(
+        tmp_path / "app/Http/I.php",
+        "<?php\nnamespace App\\Http;\n"
+        "use A\\B\\C;\n"
+        "class I {\n    use Tr;\n}\n",
+    )
+    result = extract([f], cache_root=tmp_path)
+
+    # The file-level `use` is the only import; the trait mixin is not one.
+    assert _import_facts(result) == {("A\\B\\C", None, "class")}
+    assert any(e.get("relation") == "mixes_in" for e in result["edges"]), result["edges"]
+
+
+def test_php_import_edge_targets_are_unchanged_by_metadata_capture(tmp_path: Path):
+    # Regression guard: capturing the FQN must not re-point the edge. Targets
+    # stay keyed on the imported short name exactly as before.
+    f = _write(
+        tmp_path / "lib.php",
+        "<?php\nuse A\\B\\C;\nuse A\\B\\C2 as D;\nuse A\\{B2, C3 as X};\n"
+        "use function Vendor\\Sdk\\Render;\nclass I {}\n",
+    )
+    result = extract([f], cache_root=tmp_path)
+
+    targets = sorted(
+        e["target"] for e in result["edges"] if e.get("relation") == "imports"
+    )
+    assert targets == ["b2", "c", "c2", "c3", "render"], targets