import { PhpAttributes, PhpNode } from './base';
import { PhpExpr } from './expressions';
import { PhpIdentifier } from './identifier';
/**
 * Represents a PHP declare item (e.g., `encoding='UTF-8'` in `declare(encoding='UTF-8');`).
 *
 * @category PHP AST
 */
export interface PhpDeclareItem extends PhpNode {
    readonly nodeType: 'DeclareItem';
    readonly key: PhpIdentifier;
    readonly value: PhpExpr;
}
/**
 * Builds a PHP declare item node.
 *
 * @category PHP AST
 * @param    key        - The key of the declare item, either a string or a `PhpIdentifier`.
 * @param    value      - The expression representing the value of the declare item.
 * @param    attributes - Optional attributes for the node.
 * @returns A `PhpDeclareItem` node.
 */
export declare function buildDeclareItem(key: string | PhpIdentifier, value: PhpExpr, attributes?: PhpAttributes): PhpDeclareItem;