diff --git a/src/Parsing/ParserState.php b/src/Parsing/ParserState.php
index e17c3f3a..df825377 100644
--- a/src/Parsing/ParserState.php
+++ b/src/Parsing/ParserState.php
@@ -279,6 +279,27 @@ public function consume($value = 1): string
         return $result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * If the possibly-expected next content is next, consume it.
+     *
+     * @param non-empty-string $nextContent
+     *
+     * @return bool whether the possibly-expected content was found and consumed
+     */
+    public function consumeIfComes(string $nextContent): bool
+    {
+        $length = $this->strlen($nextContent);
+        if (!$this->streql($this->substr($this->currentPosition, $length), $nextContent)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $numberOfLines = \substr_count($nextContent, "\n");
+        $this->lineNumber += $numberOfLines;
+        $this->currentPosition += $this->strlen($nextContent);
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param string $expression
      * @param int<1, max>|null $maximumLength
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Parsing/ParserStateTest.php b/tests/Unit/Parsing/ParserStateTest.php
index 245b083f..bd22508a 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Parsing/ParserStateTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Parsing/ParserStateTest.php
@@ -97,4 +97,64 @@ static function (Comment $comment): string {
         );
         self::assertSame($expectedComments, $commentsAsText);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function consumeIfComesComsumesMatchingContent(): void
+    {
+        $subject = new ParserState('abc', Settings::create());
+
+        $subject->consumeIfComes('ab');
+
+        self::assertSame('c', $subject->peek());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function consumeIfComesDoesNotComsumeNonMatchingContent(): void
+    {
+        $subject = new ParserState('a', Settings::create());
+
+        $subject->consumeIfComes('x');
+
+        self::assertSame('a', $subject->peek());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function consumeIfComesReturnsTrueIfContentConsumed(): void
+    {
+        $subject = new ParserState('abc', Settings::create());
+
+        $result = $subject->consumeIfComes('ab');
+
+        self::assertTrue($result);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function consumeIfComesReturnsFalseIfContentNotConsumed(): void
+    {
+        $subject = new ParserState('a', Settings::create());
+
+        $result = $subject->consumeIfComes('x');
+
+        self::assertFalse($result);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function consumeIfComesUpdatesLineNumber(): void
+    {
+        $subject = new ParserState("\n", Settings::create());
+
+        $subject->consumeIfComes("\n");
+
+        self::assertSame(2, $subject->currentLine());
+    }
 }