diff --git a/internal/php5/parser_test.go b/internal/php5/parser_test.go
index f4b35d8..889fb3c 100644
--- a/internal/php5/parser_test.go
+++ b/internal/php5/parser_test.go
@@ -16726,90 +16726,82 @@ func TestStmtGlobal_Vars(t *testing.T) {
 								},
 							},
 						},
-						VarName: &ast.ParserBrackets{
+						OpenCurlyBracketTkn: &token.Token{
+							ID:    token.ID(123),
+							Value: []byte("{"),
 							Position: &position.Position{
 								StartLine: 1,
 								EndLine:   1,
 								StartPos:  24,
-								EndPos:    31,
+								EndPos:    25,
 							},
-							OpenBracketTkn: &token.Token{
-								ID:    token.ID(123),
-								Value: []byte("{"),
-								Position: &position.Position{
-									StartLine: 1,
-									EndLine:   1,
-									StartPos:  24,
-									EndPos:    25,
-								},
+						},
+						VarName: &ast.ExprFunctionCall{
+							Position: &position.Position{
+								StartLine: 1,
+								EndLine:   1,
+								StartPos:  25,
+								EndPos:    30,
 							},
-							Child: &ast.ExprFunctionCall{
+							Function: &ast.NameName{
 								Position: &position.Position{
 									StartLine: 1,
 									EndLine:   1,
 									StartPos:  25,
-									EndPos:    30,
+									EndPos:    28,
 								},
-								Function: &ast.NameName{
-									Position: &position.Position{
-										StartLine: 1,
-										EndLine:   1,
-										StartPos:  25,
-										EndPos:    28,
-									},
-									Parts: []ast.Vertex{
-										&ast.NameNamePart{
+								Parts: []ast.Vertex{
+									&ast.NameNamePart{
+										Position: &position.Position{
+											StartLine: 1,
+											EndLine:   1,
+											StartPos:  25,
+											EndPos:    28,
+										},
+										StringTkn: &token.Token{
+											ID:    token.T_STRING,
+											Value: []byte("foo"),
 											Position: &position.Position{
 												StartLine: 1,
 												EndLine:   1,
 												StartPos:  25,
 												EndPos:    28,
 											},
-											StringTkn: &token.Token{
-												ID:    token.T_STRING,
-												Value: []byte("foo"),
-												Position: &position.Position{
-													StartLine: 1,
-													EndLine:   1,
-													StartPos:  25,
-													EndPos:    28,
-												},
-											},
-											Value: []byte("foo"),
 										},
-									},
-								},
-								OpenParenthesisTkn: &token.Token{
-									ID:    token.ID(40),
-									Value: []byte("("),
-									Position: &position.Position{
-										StartLine: 1,
-										EndLine:   1,
-										StartPos:  28,
-										EndPos:    29,
-									},
-								},
-								CloseParenthesisTkn: &token.Token{
-									ID:    token.ID(41),
-									Value: []byte(")"),
-									Position: &position.Position{
-										StartLine: 1,
-										EndLine:   1,
-										StartPos:  29,
-										EndPos:    30,
+										Value: []byte("foo"),
 									},
 								},
 							},
-							CloseBracketTkn: &token.Token{
-								ID:    token.ID(125),
-								Value: []byte("}"),
+							OpenParenthesisTkn: &token.Token{
+								ID:    token.ID(40),
+								Value: []byte("("),
 								Position: &position.Position{
 									StartLine: 1,
 									EndLine:   1,
-									StartPos:  30,
-									EndPos:    31,
+									StartPos:  28,
+									EndPos:    29,
 								},
 							},
+							CloseParenthesisTkn: &token.Token{
+								ID:    token.ID(41),
+								Value: []byte(")"),
+								Position: &position.Position{
+									StartLine: 1,
+									EndLine:   1,
+									StartPos:  29,
+									EndPos:    30,
+								},
+							},
+						},
+						CloseCurlyBracketTkn: &token.Token{
+							ID:    token.ID(125),
+							Value: []byte("}"),
+							Position: &position.Position{
+								StartLine: 1,
+								EndLine:   1,
+								StartPos:  30,
+								EndPos:    31,
+							},
 						},
 					},
 				},
diff --git a/internal/php5/php5.go b/internal/php5/php5.go
index 09a1930..9cc409a 100644
Binary files a/internal/php5/php5.go and b/internal/php5/php5.go differ
diff --git a/internal/php5/php5.y b/internal/php5/php5.y
index f08fbff..ac247f2 100644
--- a/internal/php5/php5.y
+++ b/internal/php5/php5.y
@@ -2022,14 +2022,11 @@ global_var:
     |   '$' '{' expr '}'
             {
                 $$ = &ast.ExprVariable{
-                    Position: yylex.(*Parser).builder.NewTokensPosition($1, $4),
-                    DollarTkn: $1,
-                    VarName: &ast.ParserBrackets{
-                        Position: yylex.(*Parser).builder.NewTokensPosition($2, $4),
-                        OpenBracketTkn:  $2,
-                        Child:           $3,
-                        CloseBracketTkn: $4,
-                    },
+                    Position:             yylex.(*Parser).builder.NewTokensPosition($1, $4),
+                    DollarTkn:            $1,
+                    OpenCurlyBracketTkn:  $2,
+                    VarName:              $3,
+                    CloseCurlyBracketTkn: $4,
                 }
             }
 ;
@@ -5017,14 +5014,11 @@ compound_variable:
     |   '$' '{' expr '}'
             {
                 $$ = &ast.ExprVariable{
-                    Position: yylex.(*Parser).builder.NewTokensPosition($1, $4),
-                    DollarTkn: $1,
-                    VarName: &ast.ParserBrackets{
-                        Position: yylex.(*Parser).builder.NewTokensPosition($2, $4),
-                        OpenBracketTkn:  $2,
-                        Child:           $3,
-                        CloseBracketTkn: $4,
-                    },
+                    Position:             yylex.(*Parser).builder.NewTokensPosition($1, $4),
+                    DollarTkn:            $1,
+                    OpenCurlyBracketTkn:  $2,
+                    VarName:              $3,
+                    CloseCurlyBracketTkn: $4,
                 }
             }
 ;
diff --git a/internal/php7/parser_test.go b/internal/php7/parser_test.go
index 2854d9a..b2bf948 100644
--- a/internal/php7/parser_test.go
+++ b/internal/php7/parser_test.go
@@ -18412,90 +18412,82 @@ func TestStmtGlobal_Vars(t *testing.T) {
 								},
 							},
 						},
-						VarName: &ast.ParserBrackets{
+						OpenCurlyBracketTkn: &token.Token{
+							ID:    token.ID(123),
+							Value: []byte("{"),
 							Position: &position.Position{
 								StartLine: 1,
 								EndLine:   1,
 								StartPos:  24,
-								EndPos:    31,
+								EndPos:    25,
 							},
-							OpenBracketTkn: &token.Token{
-								ID:    token.ID(123),
-								Value: []byte("{"),
-								Position: &position.Position{
-									StartLine: 1,
-									EndLine:   1,
-									StartPos:  24,
-									EndPos:    25,
-								},
+						},
+						VarName: &ast.ExprFunctionCall{
+							Position: &position.Position{
+								StartLine: 1,
+								EndLine:   1,
+								StartPos:  25,
+								EndPos:    30,
 							},
-							Child: &ast.ExprFunctionCall{
+							Function: &ast.NameName{
 								Position: &position.Position{
 									StartLine: 1,
 									EndLine:   1,
 									StartPos:  25,
-									EndPos:    30,
+									EndPos:    28,
 								},
-								Function: &ast.NameName{
-									Position: &position.Position{
-										StartLine: 1,
-										EndLine:   1,
-										StartPos:  25,
-										EndPos:    28,
-									},
-									Parts: []ast.Vertex{
-										&ast.NameNamePart{
+								Parts: []ast.Vertex{
+									&ast.NameNamePart{
+										Position: &position.Position{
+											StartLine: 1,
+											EndLine:   1,
+											StartPos:  25,
+											EndPos:    28,
+										},
+										StringTkn: &token.Token{
+											ID:    token.T_STRING,
+											Value: []byte("foo"),
 											Position: &position.Position{
 												StartLine: 1,
 												EndLine:   1,
 												StartPos:  25,
 												EndPos:    28,
 											},
-											StringTkn: &token.Token{
-												ID:    token.T_STRING,
-												Value: []byte("foo"),
-												Position: &position.Position{
-													StartLine: 1,
-													EndLine:   1,
-													StartPos:  25,
-													EndPos:    28,
-												},
-											},
-											Value: []byte("foo"),
 										},
-									},
-								},
-								OpenParenthesisTkn: &token.Token{
-									ID:    token.ID(40),
-									Value: []byte("("),
-									Position: &position.Position{
-										StartLine: 1,
-										EndLine:   1,
-										StartPos:  28,
-										EndPos:    29,
-									},
-								},
-								CloseParenthesisTkn: &token.Token{
-									ID:    token.ID(41),
-									Value: []byte(")"),
-									Position: &position.Position{
-										StartLine: 1,
-										EndLine:   1,
-										StartPos:  29,
-										EndPos:    30,
+										Value: []byte("foo"),
 									},
 								},
 							},
-							CloseBracketTkn: &token.Token{
-								ID:    token.ID(125),
-								Value: []byte("}"),
+							OpenParenthesisTkn: &token.Token{
+								ID:    token.ID(40),
+								Value: []byte("("),
 								Position: &position.Position{
 									StartLine: 1,
 									EndLine:   1,
-									StartPos:  30,
-									EndPos:    31,
+									StartPos:  28,
+									EndPos:    29,
 								},
 							},
+							CloseParenthesisTkn: &token.Token{
+								ID:    token.ID(41),
+								Value: []byte(")"),
+								Position: &position.Position{
+									StartLine: 1,
+									EndLine:   1,
+									StartPos:  29,
+									EndPos:    30,
+								},
+							},
+						},
+						CloseCurlyBracketTkn: &token.Token{
+							ID:    token.ID(125),
+							Value: []byte("}"),
+							Position: &position.Position{
+								StartLine: 1,
+								EndLine:   1,
+								StartPos:  30,
+								EndPos:    31,
+							},
 						},
 					},
 				},
diff --git a/internal/php7/php7.go b/internal/php7/php7.go
index 2c5e9d0..da378e5 100644
Binary files a/internal/php7/php7.go and b/internal/php7/php7.go differ
diff --git a/internal/php7/php7.y b/internal/php7/php7.y
index 4e44911..ae5f176 100644
--- a/internal/php7/php7.y
+++ b/internal/php7/php7.y
@@ -3790,14 +3790,11 @@ simple_variable:
     |   '$' '{' expr '}'
             {
                 $$ = &ast.ExprVariable{
-                    Position: yylex.(*Parser).builder.NewTokensPosition($1, $4),
-                    DollarTkn: $1,
-                    VarName: &ast.ParserBrackets{
-                        Position: yylex.(*Parser).builder.NewTokensPosition($2, $4),
-                        OpenBracketTkn:  $2,
-                        Child:           $3,
-                        CloseBracketTkn: $4,
-                    },
+                    Position:             yylex.(*Parser).builder.NewTokensPosition($1, $4),
+                    DollarTkn:            $1,
+                    OpenCurlyBracketTkn:  $2,
+                    VarName:              $3,
+                    CloseCurlyBracketTkn: $4,
                 }
             }
     |   '$' simple_variable
diff --git a/pkg/ast/node.go b/pkg/ast/node.go
index e85fde6..400537f 100644
--- a/pkg/ast/node.go
+++ b/pkg/ast/node.go
@@ -1761,9 +1761,11 @@ func (n *ExprUnaryPlus) GetPosition() *position.Position {
 
 // ExprVariable node
 type ExprVariable struct {
-	Position  *position.Position
-	DollarTkn *token.Token
-	VarName   Vertex
+	Position             *position.Position
+	DollarTkn            *token.Token
+	OpenCurlyBracketTkn  *token.Token
+	VarName              Vertex
+	CloseCurlyBracketTkn *token.Token
 }
 
 func (n *ExprVariable) Accept(v NodeVisitor) {
diff --git a/pkg/ast/visitor/dumper.go b/pkg/ast/visitor/dumper.go
index dc5536d..9778215 100644
--- a/pkg/ast/visitor/dumper.go
+++ b/pkg/ast/visitor/dumper.go
@@ -1537,7 +1537,9 @@ func (v *Dumper) ExprVariable(n *ast.ExprVariable) {
 
 	v.dumpPosition(n.Position)
 	v.dumpToken("DollarTkn", n.DollarTkn)
+	v.dumpToken("OpenCurlyBracketTkn", n.OpenCurlyBracketTkn)
 	v.dumpVertex("VarName", n.VarName)
+	v.dumpToken("CloseCurlyBracketTkn", n.CloseCurlyBracketTkn)
 
 	v.indent--
 	v.print(v.indent, "},\n")
diff --git a/pkg/ast/visitor/formatter.go b/pkg/ast/visitor/formatter.go
index f66c766..7fde3cb 100644
--- a/pkg/ast/visitor/formatter.go
+++ b/pkg/ast/visitor/formatter.go
@@ -1417,6 +1417,16 @@ func (f *formatter) ExprVariable(n *ast.ExprVariable) {
 		n.DollarTkn = f.newToken('$', []byte("$"))
 	}
 
+	n.OpenCurlyBracketTkn = nil
+	n.CloseCurlyBracketTkn = nil
+	switch n.VarName.(type) {
+	case *ast.Identifier:
+	case *ast.ExprVariable:
+	default:
+		n.OpenCurlyBracketTkn = f.newToken('{', []byte("{"))
+		n.CloseCurlyBracketTkn = f.newToken('}', []byte("}"))
+	}
+
 	n.VarName.Accept(f)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/ast/visitor/formatter_test.go b/pkg/ast/visitor/formatter_test.go
index 6a72c6b..62580e7 100644
--- a/pkg/ast/visitor/formatter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ast/visitor/formatter_test.go
@@ -4877,6 +4877,29 @@ func TestFormatter_ExprVariable_Variable(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestFormatter_ExprVariable_Expression(t *testing.T) {
+	o := bytes.NewBufferString("")
+
+	n := &ast.ExprVariable{
+		VarName: &ast.ScalarString{
+			Value: []byte("'foo'"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	f := visitor.NewFormatter().WithState(visitor.FormatterStatePHP).WithIndent(1)
+	n.Accept(f)
+
+	p := visitor.NewPrinter(o).WithState(visitor.PrinterStatePHP)
+	n.Accept(p)
+
+	expected := `${'foo'}`
+	actual := o.String()
+
+	if expected != actual {
+		t.Errorf("\nexpected: %s\ngot: %s\n", expected, actual)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestFormatter_ExprYield(t *testing.T) {
 	o := bytes.NewBufferString("")
 
diff --git a/pkg/ast/visitor/printer.go b/pkg/ast/visitor/printer.go
index 7fba6a1..99db93a 100644
--- a/pkg/ast/visitor/printer.go
+++ b/pkg/ast/visitor/printer.go
@@ -868,7 +868,9 @@ func (p *printer) ExprUnaryPlus(n *ast.ExprUnaryPlus) {
 
 func (p *printer) ExprVariable(n *ast.ExprVariable) {
 	p.printToken(n.DollarTkn, nil)
+	p.printToken(n.OpenCurlyBracketTkn, nil)
 	p.printNode(n.VarName)
+	p.printToken(n.CloseCurlyBracketTkn, nil)
 }
 
 func (p *printer) ExprYield(n *ast.ExprYield) {
diff --git a/pkg/ast/visitor/printer_test.go b/pkg/ast/visitor/printer_test.go
index 3f75246..621ea27 100644
--- a/pkg/ast/visitor/printer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ast/visitor/printer_test.go
@@ -2609,13 +2609,19 @@ func TestPrinterPrintVariable(t *testing.T) {
 		DollarTkn: &token.Token{
 			Value: []byte("$"),
 		},
+		OpenCurlyBracketTkn: &token.Token{
+			Value: []byte("{"),
+		},
 		VarName: &ast.ExprVariable{
 			VarName: &ast.Identifier{Value: []byte("$var")},
 		},
+		CloseCurlyBracketTkn: &token.Token{
+			Value: []byte("}"),
+		},
 	}
 	n.Accept(p)
 
-	expected := `$$var`
+	expected := `${$var}`
 	actual := o.String()
 
 	if expected != actual {