diff --git a/internal/languages/php/analyzer/analyzer.go b/internal/languages/php/analyzer/analyzer.go
index 7949b3cdd..95af2e610 100644
--- a/internal/languages/php/analyzer/analyzer.go
+++ b/internal/languages/php/analyzer/analyzer.go
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ func (analyzer *analyzer) Analyze(node *sitter.Node, visitChildren func() error)
 		return analyzer.analyzeGenericConstruct(node, visitChildren)
 	case "switch_label":
 		return visitChildren()
+	case "dynamic_variable_name":
+		return analyzer.analyzeDynamicVariableName(node, visitChildren)
 	case "binary_expression",
 		"unary_op_expression",
 		"argument",
@@ -168,6 +170,12 @@ func (analyzer *analyzer) analyzeSwitch(node *sitter.Node, visitChildren func()
 	return visitChildren()
 }
 
+func (analyzer *analyzer) analyzeDynamicVariableName(node *sitter.Node, visitChildren func() error) error {
+	analyzer.lookupVariable(node.NamedChild(0))
+
+	return visitChildren()
+}
+
 // default analysis, where the children are assumed to be aliases
 func (analyzer *analyzer) analyzeGenericConstruct(node *sitter.Node, visitChildren func() error) error {
 	analyzer.builder.Alias(node, analyzer.builder.ChildrenFor(node)...)