diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/php/namespace-siblings.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/php/namespace-siblings.ts
index 56ceb68a9..a05b8572c 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/php/namespace-siblings.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/php/namespace-siblings.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import type { BindingRef, ParsedFile, Scope, ScopeId, SymbolDefinition } from 'gitnexus-shared';
 import type { ScopeResolutionIndexes } from '../../model/scope-resolution-indexes.js';
 import { getPhpParser } from './query.js';
-import { recordPhpFunctionIndex } from './qualified-function.js';
+import { bindPhpUseFunctionImports, recordPhpFunctionIndex } from './qualified-function.js';
 
 // ─── PHP file structure extraction ──────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -222,9 +222,11 @@ export function populatePhpNamespaceSiblings(
     structureByFile.set(parsed.filePath, struct);
     namespaceByFilePath.set(parsed.filePath, struct.namespace);
   }
-  // Qualified function callees (`rp\make()`) resolve by fully qualified name,
-  // which needs every file's namespace and `use` table (#3498).
+  // Qualified function callees (`rp\make()`) and `use function` imports no
+  // PSR-4 path resolves find their function by fully qualified name, which
+  // needs every file's namespace and `use` table (#3498).
   recordPhpFunctionIndex(parsedFiles, indexes, namespaceByFilePath);
+  bindPhpUseFunctionImports(parsedFiles, indexes);
 
   // Step 2: group class-like defs and module scopes by namespace.
   interface NamespaceBucket {
diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/php/qualified-function.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/php/qualified-function.ts
index 91710d3f5..504ffbadc 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/php/qualified-function.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/php/qualified-function.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@
  * shared scope-chain lookups already own it.
  */
 
-import type { ParsedFile, ParsedImport, ScopeId, SymbolDefinition } from 'gitnexus-shared';
+import type {
+  BindingRef,
+  ParsedFile,
+  ParsedImport,
+  ScopeId,
+  SymbolDefinition,
+} from 'gitnexus-shared';
 import type { ScopeResolutionIndexes } from '../../model/scope-resolution-indexes.js';
 
 /** What PHP name resolution reads off the calling file. */
@@ -129,10 +135,59 @@ export function resolvePhpQualifiedCallee(
   const context = index.contextByFile.get(filePath);
   if (context === undefined) return undefined;
   const fqn = phpFunctionFqn(calleeText, context);
-  const defs = fqn === undefined ? undefined : index.functionsByFqn.get(fqn.toLowerCase());
+  return fqn === undefined ? undefined : uniqueFunction(fqn, index);
+}
+
+/** The one function declaring `fqn`, or `undefined` when none or several do. */
+function uniqueFunction(fqn: string, index: PhpFunctionIndex): SymbolDefinition | undefined {
+  const defs = index.functionsByFqn.get(fqn.toLowerCase());
   return defs?.length === 1 ? defs[0] : undefined;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Bind a `use function A\f;` that import resolution left without a binding to
+ * the one workspace function named `A\f`. Import resolution finds a function
+ * only through a PSR-4 directory or a file named after it, so one loaded
+ * through composer `autoload.files`, or declared in a project with no
+ * `composer.json`, binds nothing, and `$x = f()` has no return type to read.
+ * The fully qualified name is the function's identity, so this guesses
+ * nothing. A name the importing scope already binds is left alone: a resolved
+ * import or a local declaration is never second-guessed.
+ */
+export function bindPhpUseFunctionImports(
+  parsedFiles: readonly ParsedFile[],
+  indexes: ScopeResolutionIndexes,
+): void {
+  const index = indexByPass.get(indexes);
+  if (index === undefined) return;
+  const augmentations = indexes.bindingAugmentations as Map<ScopeId, Map<string, BindingRef[]>>;
+  for (const parsed of parsedFiles) {
+    if (!index.contextByFile.has(parsed.filePath)) continue;
+    for (const parsedImport of parsed.parsedImports) {
+      if (parsedImport.kind !== 'named' && parsedImport.kind !== 'alias') continue;
+      if (parsedImport.importedSymbolKind !== 'function') continue;
+      const def = uniqueFunction(parsedImport.targetRaw.replace(/^\\+/, ''), index);
+      if (def === undefined) continue;
+      const name = parsedImport.localName;
+      // Finalize attaches PHP imports, and binds them, at the module scope.
+      const scopeId = parsed.moduleScope;
+      const via = indexes.imports.get(scopeId)?.find((edge) => edge.localName === name);
+      if (via === undefined) continue;
+      const bound =
+        (indexes.scopeTree.getScope(scopeId)?.bindings.get(name)?.length ?? 0) +
+        (indexes.bindings.get(scopeId)?.get(name)?.length ?? 0) +
+        (augmentations.get(scopeId)?.get(name)?.length ?? 0);
+      if (bound > 0) continue;
+      let scopeBindings = augmentations.get(scopeId);
+      if (scopeBindings === undefined) {
+        scopeBindings = new Map();
+        augmentations.set(scopeId, scopeBindings);
+      }
+      scopeBindings.set(name, [{ def, origin: 'import', via }]);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /** `ScopeResolver.resolveQualifiedFreeCall`: the same resolution, for the
  *  call site the qualified callee itself mints. */
 export function resolvePhpQualifiedFreeCall(
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/php-qualified-function-factory/src/App/Named.php b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/php-qualified-function-factory/src/App/Named.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..179287e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/php-qualified-function-factory/src/App/Named.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Qff\App;
+
+// `make` lives in lib/functions.php (composer `autoload.files`), so no PSR-4
+// path declares it: only its fully qualified name finds it.
+use function Qff\Mod\make;
+
+function namedCall(): int {
+    $x = make();
+    return $x->ping();
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/php-captures-golden/expected-captures.json b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/php-captures-golden/expected-captures.json
index 0f90752eb..95c99418b 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/php-captures-golden/expected-captures.json
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/php-captures-golden/expected-captures.json
@@ -431,6 +431,10 @@
     "captureGroups": 36,
     "digest": "19846b0438c564d2931da26ac4ca002ef4f4b20862cd66ac17ad75174f8d4ffa"
   },
+  "php-qualified-function-factory/src/App/Named.php": {
+    "captureGroups": 8,
+    "digest": "7ebd5c95e0428ded85e86c0bc03c94f423df1f2dbcb7d697704be6c1bc51f7fc"
+  },
   "php-qualified-function-factory/src/Entry.php": {
     "captureGroups": 7,
     "digest": "14195813d6af5373c5a1d93ba0779b9958546f2b8d4090089fd43effe4871952"
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/php.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/php.test.ts
index ed830b7ce..b892d9401 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/php.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/php.test.ts
@@ -2377,6 +2377,21 @@ describe('PHP namespaced-function factory result types (#3498 follow-up)', () =>
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('types a use-function import outside any PSR-4 path from the function it names', () => {
+    expect(callsFrom('namedCall', 'ping')).toEqual([
+      'Method:src/Mod/QffWidget.php:QffWidget.ping#0',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('resolves a use-function import outside any PSR-4 path by its fully qualified name', () => {
+    const edges = getRelationships(result, 'CALLS').filter(
+      (edge) => edge.source === 'namedCall' && edge.target === 'make',
+    );
+    expect(edges.map((edge) => [edge.rel.targetId, edge.rel.reason])).toEqual([
+      ['Function:lib/functions.php:make', 'import-resolved'],
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it('records the untyped receivers as dropped sites instead of an exact miss', () => {
     const dropped = getResolutionOutcomes(result)
       .filter((outcome) => outcome.kind === 'suppressed')