---
name: "PPI::Statement::Unknown"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-ppi"
version: "1.291-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PPI::Statement::Unknown"
---

# PPI::Statement::Unknown(3pm)

An unknown or transient statement

## NAME

PPI::Statement::Unknown - An unknown or transient statement

## INHERITANCE

```
  PPI::Statement::Unknown
  isa PPI::Statement
      isa PPI::Node
          isa PPI::Element
```

## DESCRIPTION

The `"PPI::Statement::Unknown"` class is used primarily during the lexing process to hold elements that are known to be statement, but for which the exact `"type"` of statement is as yet unknown, and requires further tokens in order to resolve the correct type.

They should not exist in a fully parse **valid** document, and if any exists they indicate either a problem in Document, or possibly (by allowing it to get through unresolved) a bug in PPI::Lexer.

## METHODS

`"PPI::Statement::Unknown"` has no additional methods beyond the default ones provided by PPI::Statement, PPI::Node and PPI::Element.

## SUPPORT

See the support section in the main module.

## AUTHOR

Adam Kennedy \<adamk@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.