diff --git a/WordPress/AbstractFunctionRestrictionsSniff.php b/WordPress/AbstractFunctionRestrictionsSniff.php
index 5b11af4dad..4553e3f472 100644
--- a/WordPress/AbstractFunctionRestrictionsSniff.php
+++ b/WordPress/AbstractFunctionRestrictionsSniff.php
@@ -213,7 +213,15 @@ public function process_token( $stackPtr ) {
 	public function is_targetted_token( $stackPtr ) {
 
 		// Exclude function definitions, class methods, and namespaced calls.
-		if ( \T_STRING === $this->tokens[ $stackPtr ]['code'] && isset( $this->tokens[ ( $stackPtr - 1 ) ] ) ) {
+		if ( \T_STRING === $this->tokens[ $stackPtr ]['code'] ) {
+			if ( $this->is_class_object_call( $stackPtr ) === true ) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			if ( $this->is_token_namespaced( $stackPtr ) === true ) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
 			$prev = $this->phpcsFile->findPrevious( Tokens::$emptyTokens, ( $stackPtr - 1 ), null, true );
 
 			if ( false !== $prev ) {
@@ -222,21 +230,11 @@ public function is_targetted_token( $stackPtr ) {
 					\T_FUNCTION        => \T_FUNCTION,
 					\T_CLASS           => \T_CLASS,
 					\T_AS              => \T_AS, // Use declaration alias.
-					\T_DOUBLE_COLON    => \T_DOUBLE_COLON,
-					\T_OBJECT_OPERATOR => \T_OBJECT_OPERATOR,
 				);
 
 				if ( isset( $skipped[ $this->tokens[ $prev ]['code'] ] ) ) {
 					return false;
 				}
-
-				// Skip namespaced functions, ie: \foo\bar() not \bar().
-				if ( \T_NS_SEPARATOR === $this->tokens[ $prev ]['code'] ) {
-					$pprev = $this->phpcsFile->findPrevious( Tokens::$emptyTokens, ( $prev - 1 ), null, true );
-					if ( false !== $pprev && \T_STRING === $this->tokens[ $pprev ]['code'] ) {
-						return false;
-					}
-				}
 			}
 
 			return true;
diff --git a/WordPress/Sniff.php b/WordPress/Sniff.php
index caf12632b2..7359f145df 100644
--- a/WordPress/Sniff.php
+++ b/WordPress/Sniff.php
@@ -1461,23 +1461,12 @@ protected function is_in_isset_or_empty( $stackPtr ) {
 		}
 
 		if ( \T_STRING === $previous_code && 'array_key_exists' === $this->tokens[ $previous_non_empty ]['content'] ) {
-			$before_function = $this->phpcsFile->findPrevious( Tokens::$emptyTokens, ( $previous_non_empty - 1 ), null, true, null, true );
-
-			if ( false !== $before_function ) {
-				if ( \T_OBJECT_OPERATOR === $this->tokens[ $before_function ]['code']
-					|| \T_DOUBLE_COLON === $this->tokens[ $before_function ]['code']
-				) {
-					// Method call.
-					return false;
-				}
+			if ( $this->is_class_object_call( $previous_non_empty ) === true ) {
+				return false;
+			}
 
-				if ( \T_NS_SEPARATOR === $this->tokens[ $before_function ]['code'] ) {
-					$before_before = $this->phpcsFile->findPrevious( Tokens::$emptyTokens, ( $before_function - 1 ), null, true, null, true );
-					if ( false !== $before_before && \T_STRING === $this->tokens[ $before_before ]['code'] ) {
-						// Namespaced function call.
-						return false;
-					}
-				}
+			if ( $this->is_token_namespaced( $previous_non_empty ) === true ) {
+				return false;
 			}
 
 			$second_param = $this->get_function_call_parameter( $previous_non_empty, 2 );
@@ -1489,6 +1478,71 @@ protected function is_in_isset_or_empty( $stackPtr ) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Check if a particular token is a (static or non-static) call to a class method or property.
+	 *
+	 * @internal Note: this may still mistake a namespaced function imported via a `use` statement for
+	 * a global function!
+	 *
+	 * @since 2.1.0
+	 *
+	 * @param int $stackPtr The index of the token in the stack.
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	protected function is_class_object_call( $stackPtr ) {
+		$before = $this->phpcsFile->findPrevious( Tokens::$emptyTokens, ( $stackPtr - 1 ), null, true, null, true );
+
+		if ( false === $before ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if ( \T_OBJECT_OPERATOR !== $this->tokens[ $before ]['code']
+			&& \T_DOUBLE_COLON !== $this->tokens[ $before ]['code']
+		) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if a particular token is prefixed with a namespace.
+	 *
+	 * @internal This will give a false positive if the file is not namespaced and the token is prefixed
+	 * with `namespace\`.
+	 *
+	 * @since 2.1.0
+	 *
+	 * @param int $stackPtr The index of the token in the stack.
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	protected function is_token_namespaced( $stackPtr ) {
+		$prev = $this->phpcsFile->findPrevious( Tokens::$emptyTokens, ( $stackPtr - 1 ), null, true, null, true );
+
+		if ( false === $prev ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if ( \T_NS_SEPARATOR !== $this->tokens[ $prev ]['code'] ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$before_prev = $this->phpcsFile->findPrevious( Tokens::$emptyTokens, ( $prev - 1 ), null, true, null, true );
+		if ( false === $before_prev ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if ( \T_STRING !== $this->tokens[ $before_prev ]['code']
+			&& \T_NAMESPACE !== $this->tokens[ $before_prev ]['code']
+		) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Check if something is only being sanitized.
 	 *
@@ -1853,22 +1907,14 @@ protected function is_validated( $stackPtr, $array_key = null, $in_condition_onl
 						continue 2;
 					}
 
-					$previous_non_empty = $this->phpcsFile->findPrevious( Tokens::$emptyTokens, ( $i - 1 ), null, true, null, true );
-					if ( false !== $previous_non_empty ) {
-						if ( \T_OBJECT_OPERATOR === $this->tokens[ $previous_non_empty ]['code']
-							|| \T_DOUBLE_COLON === $this->tokens[ $previous_non_empty ]['code']
-						) {
-							// Method call.
-							continue 2;
-						}
+					if ( $this->is_class_object_call( $i ) === true ) {
+						// Method call.
+						continue 2;
+					}
 
-						if ( \T_NS_SEPARATOR === $this->tokens[ $previous_non_empty ]['code'] ) {
-							$pprev = $this->phpcsFile->findPrevious( Tokens::$emptyTokens, ( $previous_non_empty - 1 ), null, true, null, true );
-							if ( false !== $pprev && \T_STRING === $this->tokens[ $pprev ]['code'] ) {
-								// Namespaced function call.
-								continue 2;
-							}
-						}
+					if ( $this->is_token_namespaced( $i ) === true ) {
+						// Namespaced function call.
+						continue 2;
 					}
 
 					$params = $this->get_function_call_parameters( $i );
@@ -2680,10 +2726,7 @@ public function is_use_of_global_constant( $stackPtr ) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		if ( false !== $prev
-			&& \T_NS_SEPARATOR === $this->tokens[ $prev ]['code']
-			&& \T_STRING === $this->tokens[ ( $prev - 1 ) ]['code']
-		) {
+		if ( $this->is_token_namespaced( $stackPtr ) === true ) {
 			// Namespaced constant of the same name.
 			return false;
 		}
diff --git a/WordPress/Sniffs/WP/DiscouragedConstantsSniff.php b/WordPress/Sniffs/WP/DiscouragedConstantsSniff.php
index 00e1e8efa8..6539b49cc5 100644
--- a/WordPress/Sniffs/WP/DiscouragedConstantsSniff.php
+++ b/WordPress/Sniffs/WP/DiscouragedConstantsSniff.php
@@ -124,10 +124,7 @@ public function process_arbitrary_tstring( $stackPtr ) {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		if ( false !== $prev
-			&& \T_NS_SEPARATOR === $this->tokens[ $prev ]['code']
-			&& \T_STRING === $this->tokens[ ( $prev - 1 ) ]['code']
-		) {
+		if ( $this->is_token_namespaced( $stackPtr ) === true ) {
 			// Namespaced constant of the same name.
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/WordPress/Sniffs/WP/GlobalVariablesOverrideSniff.php b/WordPress/Sniffs/WP/GlobalVariablesOverrideSniff.php
index 6a23ab6370..57b64d07a5 100644
--- a/WordPress/Sniffs/WP/GlobalVariablesOverrideSniff.php
+++ b/WordPress/Sniffs/WP/GlobalVariablesOverrideSniff.php
@@ -310,8 +310,7 @@ protected function process_global_statement( $stackPtr, $in_function_scope ) {
 			}
 
 			// Don't throw false positives for static class properties.
-			$previous = $this->phpcsFile->findPrevious( Tokens::$emptyTokens, ( $ptr - 1 ), null, true, null, true );
-			if ( false !== $previous && \T_DOUBLE_COLON === $this->tokens[ $previous ]['code'] ) {
+			if ( $this->is_class_object_call( $ptr ) === true ) {
 				continue;
 			}
 
diff --git a/WordPress/Tests/PHP/DevelopmentFunctionsUnitTest.inc b/WordPress/Tests/PHP/DevelopmentFunctionsUnitTest.inc
index 5039be590e..b07e7a8ce6 100644
--- a/WordPress/Tests/PHP/DevelopmentFunctionsUnitTest.inc
+++ b/WordPress/Tests/PHP/DevelopmentFunctionsUnitTest.inc
@@ -32,3 +32,8 @@ phpinfo(); // Ok - within excluded group.
 // phpcs:set WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions exclude[]
 trigger_error(); // Error.
 phpinfo(); // Error.
+
+Wrapper_Class::var_dump(); // OK, not the native PHP function.
+$wrapper ->var_dump(); // OK, not the native PHP function.
+namespace\var_dump(); // OK as long as the file is namespaced.
+MyNamespace\var_dump(); // OK, namespaced function.
diff --git a/WordPress/Tests/WP/DiscouragedConstantsUnitTest.inc b/WordPress/Tests/WP/DiscouragedConstantsUnitTest.inc
index d5e5f3a689..4949a9557a 100644
--- a/WordPress/Tests/WP/DiscouragedConstantsUnitTest.inc
+++ b/WordPress/Tests/WP/DiscouragedConstantsUnitTest.inc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ define( 'My\STYLESHEETPATH', 'something' );
 if ( defined( 'STYLESHEETPATH' ) ) { // Ok.
 	// Do something unrelated.
 }
-
+echo namespace\STYLESHEETPATH; // "Magic" namespace operator.
 
 /*
  * These are all bad.