diff --git a/php/src/AstNode.php b/php/src/AstNode.php
index 898b49656..03fa02c36 100644
--- a/php/src/AstNode.php
+++ b/php/src/AstNode.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public function getSingle(string $expectedType, RuleType $ruleType, ?object $def
     /** needed for non-object return */
     public function getSingleUntyped(RuleType $ruleType, mixed $defaultValue = null): mixed
     {
-        $items =$this->subItems[$ruleType->name] ?? [];
+        $items = $this->subItems[$ruleType->name] ?? [];
 
         /**
          * Force the type because we trust the parser, could be validated instead