diff --git a/include/Core/Config.php b/include/Core/Config.php
index 5235728864..7b7045a9ee 100644
--- a/include/Core/Config.php
+++ b/include/Core/Config.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class Config {
 			dbesc($family),
 			dbesc($key)
 		);
-		if (dbm::is_result($ret)) {
+		if (count($ret)) {
 			// manage array value
 			$val = (preg_match("|^a:[0-9]+:{.*}$|s", $ret[0]['v'])?unserialize( $ret[0]['v']):$ret[0]['v']);
 			$a->config[$family][$key] = $val;
diff --git a/include/Core/PConfig.php b/include/Core/PConfig.php
index 49b69a1f7a..43735018e4 100644
--- a/include/Core/PConfig.php
+++ b/include/Core/PConfig.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class PConfig {
 			dbesc($key)
 		);
 
-		if (dbm::is_result($ret)) {
+		if (count($ret)) {
 			$val = (preg_match("|^a:[0-9]+:{.*}$|s", $ret[0]['v'])?unserialize( $ret[0]['v']):$ret[0]['v']);
 			$a->config[$uid][$family][$key] = $val;
 
diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index 00d11add52..4076059c7c 100644
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -1906,20 +1906,23 @@ class Diaspora {
 		$author = unxmlify($data->author);
 		$recipient = unxmlify($data->recipient);
 
-		if (!$author || !$recipient)
+		if (!$author || !$recipient) {
 			return false;
+		}
 
 		// the current protocol version doesn't know these fields
 		// That means that we will assume their existance
-		if (isset($data->following))
+		if (isset($data->following)) {
 			$following = (unxmlify($data->following) == "true");
-		else
+		} else {
 			$following = true;
+		}
 
-		if (isset($data->sharing))
+		if (isset($data->sharing)) {
 			$sharing = (unxmlify($data->sharing) == "true");
-		else
+		} else {
 			$sharing = true;
+		}
 
 		$contact = self::contact_by_handle($importer["uid"],$author);
 
@@ -1937,7 +1940,7 @@ class Diaspora {
 				// Normally we needn't to do so, but the first message could have been vanished.
 				if (in_array($contact["rel"], array(CONTACT_IS_FRIEND, CONTACT_IS_FOLLOWER))) {
 					$u = q("SELECT * FROM `user` WHERE `uid` = %d LIMIT 1", intval($importer["uid"]));
-					if($u) {
+					if ($u) {
 						logger("Sending share message to author ".$author." - Contact: ".$contact["id"]." - User: ".$importer["uid"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
 						$ret = self::send_share($u[0], $contact);
 					}
diff --git a/mod/crepair.php b/mod/crepair.php
index 2661deaeed..c141958e8b 100644
--- a/mod/crepair.php
+++ b/mod/crepair.php
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ function crepair_init(App &$a) {
 	}
 }
 
-
 function crepair_post(App &$a) {
 	if (! local_user()) {
 		return;
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_confirm.php b/mod/dfrn_confirm.php
index 34c1213c3f..dc54b912d7 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_confirm.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_confirm.php
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ function dfrn_confirm_post(&$a,$handsfree = null) {
 			dbesc($decrypted_source_url),
 			intval($local_uid)
 		);
-		if(! dbm::is_result($ret)) {
+		if(! count($ret)) {
 			if(strstr($decrypted_source_url,'http:'))
 				$newurl = str_replace('http:','https:',$decrypted_source_url);
 			else
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ function dfrn_confirm_post(&$a,$handsfree = null) {
 				dbesc($newurl),
 				intval($local_uid)
 			);
-			if(! dbm::is_result($ret)) {
+			if(! count($ret)) {
 				// this is either a bogus confirmation (?) or we deleted the original introduction.
 				$message = t('Contact record was not found for you on our site.');
 				xml_status(3,$message);
diff --git a/mod/install.php b/mod/install.php
index 80a4cb799e..9adeac604e 100755
--- a/mod/install.php
+++ b/mod/install.php
@@ -565,7 +565,6 @@ function check_imagik(&$checks) {
 	}
 }
 
-
 function manual_config(App &$a) {
 	$data = htmlentities($a->data['txt'],ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8');
 	$o = t('The database configuration file ".htconfig.php" could not be written. Please use the enclosed text to create a configuration file in your web server root.');
diff --git a/mod/network.php b/mod/network.php
index 6c9bf75799..f433277076 100644
--- a/mod/network.php
+++ b/mod/network.php
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ function network_init(App &$a) {
 	}
 
 	$is_a_date_query = false;
-	if(x($_GET['cid']) && intval($_GET['cid']) != 0)
+	if (x($_GET['cid']) && intval($_GET['cid']) != 0) {
 		$cid = $_GET['cid'];
+	}
 
-	if($a->argc > 1) {
-		for($x = 1; $x < $a->argc; $x ++) {
-			if(is_a_date_arg($a->argv[$x])) {
+	if ($a->argc > 1) {
+		for ($x = 1; $x < $a->argc; $x ++) {
+			if (is_a_date_arg($a->argv[$x])) {
 				$is_a_date_query = true;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ function network_init(App &$a) {
 
 
 	// fetch last used network view and redirect if needed
-	if(! $is_a_date_query) {
+	if (! $is_a_date_query) {
 		$sel_tabs = network_query_get_sel_tab($a);
 		$sel_nets = network_query_get_sel_net();
 		$sel_groups = network_query_get_sel_group($a);
diff --git a/mod/suggest.php b/mod/suggest.php
index 4c08db8b6c..6ded66286a 100644
--- a/mod/suggest.php
+++ b/mod/suggest.php
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ function suggest_init(App &$a) {
 			// so add any arguments as hidden inputs
 			$query = explode_querystring($a->query_string);
 			$inputs = array();
-			foreach($query['args'] as $arg) {
-				if(strpos($arg, 'confirm=') === false) {
+			foreach ($query['args'] as $arg) {
+				if (strpos($arg, 'confirm=') === false) {
 					$arg_parts = explode('=', $arg);
 					$inputs[] = array('name' => $arg_parts[0], 'value' => $arg_parts[1]);
 				}
diff --git a/mod/videos.php b/mod/videos.php
index 00c7c6dfa1..64838998f1 100644
--- a/mod/videos.php
+++ b/mod/videos.php
@@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ function videos_post(App &$a) {
 				$url = App::get_baseurl();
 				$drop_id = intval($i[0]['id']);
 
-				if($i[0]['visible'])
+				if ($i[0]['visible']) {
 					proc_run(PRIORITY_HIGH, "include/notifier.php", "drop", $drop_id);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/view/theme/duepuntozero/config.php b/view/theme/duepuntozero/config.php
index 485e4c233e..acea9947bf 100644
--- a/view/theme/duepuntozero/config.php
+++ b/view/theme/duepuntozero/config.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  */
 
 
-
 function theme_content(App &$a){
 	if (!local_user()) {
 		return;
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/config.php b/view/theme/quattro/config.php
index 1a5a9c0213..0c619569a0 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/config.php
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/config.php
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
  * Theme settings
  */
 
-
-
 function theme_content(App &$a){
 	if (!local_user()) {
 		return;
@@ -35,8 +33,8 @@ function theme_post(App &$a){
 function theme_admin(App &$a){
 	$align = get_config('quattro', 'align' );
 	$color = get_config('quattro', 'color' );
-    $tfs = get_config("quattro","tfs");
-    $pfs = get_config("quattro","pfs");    
+	$tfs = get_config("quattro","tfs");
+	$pfs = get_config("quattro","pfs");    
 
 	return quattro_form($a,$align, $color, $tfs, $pfs);
 }
@@ -45,31 +43,35 @@ function theme_admin_post(App &$a){
 	if (isset($_POST['quattro-settings-submit'])){
 		set_config('quattro', 'align', $_POST['quattro_align']);
 		set_config('quattro', 'color', $_POST['quattro_color']);
-        set_config('quattro', 'tfs', $_POST['quattro_tfs']);
+		set_config('quattro', 'tfs', $_POST['quattro_tfs']);
 		set_config('quattro', 'pfs', $_POST['quattro_pfs']);
 	}
 }
 
 /// @TODO $a is no longer used here
-function quattro_form(&$a, $align, $color, $tfs, $pfs){
+function quattro_form(App &$a, $align, $color, $tfs, $pfs){
 	$colors = array(
-		"dark"=>"Quattro", 
-		"lilac"=>"Lilac", 
-		"green"=>"Green"
+		"dark"  => "Quattro",
+		"lilac" => "Lilac",
+		"green" => "Green",
 	);
-    
-    if ($tfs===false) $tfs="20";
-    if ($pfs===false) $pfs="12";
-    
+
+	if ($tfs === false) {
+		$tfs = "20";
+	}
+	if ($pfs === false) {
+		$pfs = "12";
+	}
+
 	$t = get_markup_template("theme_settings.tpl" );
 	$o .= replace_macros($t, array(
-		'$submit' => t('Submit'),
+		'$submit'  => t('Submit'),
 		'$baseurl' => App::get_baseurl(),
-		'$title' => t("Theme settings"),
-		'$align' => array('quattro_align', t('Alignment'), $align, '', array('left'=>t('Left'), 'center'=>t('Center'))),
-		'$color' => array('quattro_color', t('Color scheme'), $color, '', $colors),
-        '$pfs' => array('quattro_pfs', t('Posts font size'), $pfs),
-        '$tfs' => array('quattro_tfs',t('Textareas font size'), $tfs),
+		'$title'   => t("Theme settings"),
+		'$align'   => array('quattro_align', t('Alignment'), $align, '', array('left'=>t('Left'), 'center'=>t('Center'))),
+		'$color'   => array('quattro_color', t('Color scheme'), $color, '', $colors),
+        '$pfs'     => array('quattro_pfs', t('Posts font size'), $pfs),
+        '$tfs'     => array('quattro_tfs',t('Textareas font size'), $tfs),
 	));
 	return $o;
 }