diff --git a/include/like.php b/include/like.php
index 9a8b9b957..6b8c138b9 100644
--- a/include/like.php
+++ b/include/like.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use Friendica\Protocol\Diaspora;
 function do_like($item_id, $verb) {
 	$a = get_app();
 
-	if (! local_user() && ! remote_user()) {
+	if (!local_user() && !remote_user()) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
@@ -73,21 +73,21 @@ function do_like($item_id, $verb) {
 		dbesc($item_id)
 	);
 
-	if (! $item_id || ! DBM::is_result($items)) {
+	if (!$item_id || !DBM::is_result($items)) {
 		logger('like: unknown item ' . $item_id);
 		return false;
 	}
 
 	$item = $items[0];
 
-	if (! can_write_wall($a, $item['uid'])) {
+	if (!can_write_wall($a, $item['uid'])) {
 		logger('like: unable to write on wall ' . $item['uid']);
 		return false;
 	}
 
 	// Retrieves the local post owner
 	$owners = q("SELECT `contact`.* FROM `contact`
-		WHERE `contact`.`self` = 1
+		WHERE `contact`.`self`
 		AND `contact`.`uid` = %d",
 		intval($item['uid'])
 	);
diff --git a/mod/like.php b/mod/like.php
index 6918bd552..3c7e70cea 100644
--- a/mod/like.php
+++ b/mod/like.php
@@ -3,33 +3,35 @@
 use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 
-require_once('include/security.php');
-require_once('include/bbcode.php');
-require_once('include/items.php');
-require_once('include/like.php');
+require_once 'include/security.php';
+require_once 'include/bbcode.php';
+require_once 'include/items.php';
+require_once 'include/like.php';
 
 function like_content(App $a) {
-	if(! local_user() && ! remote_user()) {
+	if (!local_user() && !remote_user()) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
 
 	$verb = notags(trim($_GET['verb']));
 
-	if(! $verb)
+	if (!$verb) {
 		$verb = 'like';
+	}
 
 	$item_id = (($a->argc > 1) ? notags(trim($a->argv[1])) : 0);
 
 	$r = do_like($item_id, $verb);
-	if (!$r) return;
+	if (!$r) {
+		return;
+	}
 
 	// See if we've been passed a return path to redirect to
 	$return_path = ((x($_REQUEST,'return')) ? $_REQUEST['return'] : '');
 
 	like_content_return(System::baseUrl(), $return_path);
 	killme(); // NOTREACHED
-//	return; // NOTREACHED
 }
 
 
@@ -37,15 +39,16 @@ function like_content(App $a) {
 // then redirect back to the calling page. If not, just quietly end
 
 function like_content_return($baseurl, $return_path) {
-
-	if($return_path) {
+	if ($return_path) {
 		$rand = '_=' . time();
-		if(strpos($return_path, '?')) $rand = "&$rand";
-		else $rand = "?$rand";
+		if (strpos($return_path, '?')) {
+			$rand = "&$rand";
+		} else {
+			$rand = "?$rand";
+		}
 
 		goaway($baseurl . "/" . $return_path . $rand);
 	}
 
 	killme();
 }
-