diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/php/import-target.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/php/import-target.ts
index 25d3e5309..543d493e1 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/php/import-target.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/php/import-target.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * `linkStatus: 'unresolved'`.
  */
 
-import type { ParsedImport, WorkspaceIndex } from 'gitnexus-shared';
+import type { ParsedFile, ParsedImport, WorkspaceIndex } from 'gitnexus-shared';
 import type { ImportResolutionContext } from '../../scope-resolution/contract/scope-resolver.js';
 import { resolvePhpImportInternal } from '../../import-resolvers/php.js';
 import type { ComposerConfig } from '../../language-config.js';
@@ -72,13 +72,42 @@ function namespaceDirectories(
   return [...directories];
 }
 
-function isDirectChild(filePath: string, directory: string): boolean {
+// A scope-resolution pass shares one stable parsedFiles array across imports.
+const phpDirectoryIndexCache = new WeakMap<
+  readonly ParsedFile[],
+  ReadonlyMap<string, readonly ParsedFile[]>
+>();
+
+function directoryAliases(filePath: string): string[] {
   const normalizedPath = normalizePhpPath(filePath);
   const separator = normalizedPath.lastIndexOf('/');
-  if (separator < 0) return directory === '';
+  if (separator < 0) return [''];
+
   const parent = normalizedPath.slice(0, separator);
-  const normalizedDirectory = normalizePhpPath(directory);
-  return parent === normalizedDirectory || parent.endsWith(`/${normalizedDirectory}`);
+  const aliases = new Set([parent]);
+  const segments = parent.split('/').filter(Boolean);
+  for (let index = 0; index < segments.length; index++) {
+    aliases.add(segments.slice(index).join('/'));
+  }
+  return [...aliases];
+}
+
+function filesByDirectory(
+  parsedFiles: readonly ParsedFile[],
+): ReadonlyMap<string, readonly ParsedFile[]> {
+  const cached = phpDirectoryIndexCache.get(parsedFiles);
+  if (cached) return cached;
+
+  const mutable = new Map<string, ParsedFile[]>();
+  for (const parsed of parsedFiles) {
+    for (const directory of directoryAliases(parsed.filePath)) {
+      const files = mutable.get(directory) ?? [];
+      files.push(parsed);
+      mutable.set(directory, files);
+    }
+  }
+  phpDirectoryIndexCache.set(parsedFiles, mutable);
+  return mutable;
 }
 
 // ─── loadResolutionConfig ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -211,9 +240,12 @@ export function resolvePhpImportTargetInternal(
   if (importedName === undefined) return resolved;
 
   const directories = namespaceDirectories(targetRaw, composerConfig, resolved);
-  const candidateFiles = context.parsedFiles.filter((parsed) =>
-    directories.some((directory) => isDirectChild(parsed.filePath, directory)),
-  );
+  const directoryIndex = filesByDirectory(context.parsedFiles);
+  const candidateFiles = [
+    ...new Set(
+      directories.flatMap((directory) => directoryIndex.get(normalizePhpPath(directory)) ?? []),
+    ),
+  ];
   const expectedType = symbolKind === 'function' ? 'Function' : 'Variable';
   const declaringFiles = candidateFiles.filter((parsed) =>
     parsed.localDefs.some((def) => {
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/php/php-import-target.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/php/php-import-target.test.ts
index b3a739364..194b393af 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/php/php-import-target.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/unit/scope-resolution/php/php-import-target.test.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,33 @@ describe('resolvePhpImportTargetInternal declaration selection', () => {
     ).toBe(factory);
   });
 
+  it('reuses directory selection without leaking candidates across namespaces', () => {
+    const models = '/repo/app/Models/functions.php';
+    const services = '/repo/app/Services/functions.php';
+    const parsedFiles = [
+      parsedFile(models, [definition(models, 'Function', 'getUser')]),
+      parsedFile(services, [definition(services, 'Function', 'getUser')]),
+    ];
+
+    const first = resolvePhpImportTargetInternal(
+      functionImport.targetRaw,
+      '/repo/app/Main.php',
+      new Set(parsedFiles.map((parsed) => parsed.filePath)),
+      composerConfig,
+      { parsedFiles, parsedImport: functionImport },
+    );
+    const second = resolvePhpImportTargetInternal(
+      functionImport.targetRaw,
+      '/repo/app/Main.php',
+      new Set(parsedFiles.map((parsed) => parsed.filePath)),
+      composerConfig,
+      { parsedFiles, parsedImport: functionImport },
+    );
+
+    expect(first).toBe(models);
+    expect(second).toBe(models);
+  });
+
   it('fails closed when the namespace has duplicate function declarations', () => {
     const first = '/repo/app/Models/First.php';
     const second = '/repo/app/Models/Second.php';