From 91aaadbc6da79fa94f3d91311e7b97f1e85af8f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rxu <rxu@mail.ru>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:22:59 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] [ticket/17496] Unused use statements sniffer to check union
 types

PHPBB-17496
---
 build/code_sniffer/phpbb/Sniffs/Namespaces/UnusedUseSniff.php | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/build/code_sniffer/phpbb/Sniffs/Namespaces/UnusedUseSniff.php b/build/code_sniffer/phpbb/Sniffs/Namespaces/UnusedUseSniff.php
index 084c310e9b..fd3b6f6ba5 100644
--- a/build/code_sniffer/phpbb/Sniffs/Namespaces/UnusedUseSniff.php
+++ b/build/code_sniffer/phpbb/Sniffs/Namespaces/UnusedUseSniff.php
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ class phpbb_Sniffs_Namespaces_UnusedUseSniff implements Sniff
 			$phpcsFile->addError($error, $stack_pointer, 'FullName');
 		}
 
-		if ($found_name === $short_name)
+		// Check for possible union types like string|MyType|null
+		$types = explode('|', $found_name);
+		if (in_array($short_name, $types, true))
 		{
 			return true;
 		}