diff --git a/include/auth_ejabberd.php b/include/auth_ejabberd.php
index 1307d5783..998c6fe3d 100755
--- a/include/auth_ejabberd.php
+++ b/include/auth_ejabberd.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class exAuth {
 		$this->writeLog(LOG_NOTICE, "start");
 
 		// We are connected to the SQL server.
-		do {
+		while (!feof(STDIN)) {
 			// Quit if the database connection went down
 			if (!dba::connected()) {
 				$this->writeLog(LOG_ERR, "the database connection went down");
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class exAuth {
 				$this->writeLog(LOG_NOTICE, "invalid command string ".$sData);
 				fwrite(STDOUT, pack("nn", 2, 0));
 			}
-		} while (true);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/mod/admin.php b/mod/admin.php
index 4f156a0c3..08c732c6e 100644
--- a/mod/admin.php
+++ b/mod/admin.php
@@ -2273,10 +2273,7 @@ function admin_page_features(App $a) {
 			$arr[$fname][0] = $fdata[0];
 			foreach (array_slice($fdata,1) as $f) {
 
-				$set = Config::get('feature',$f[0]);
-				if ($set === false) {
-					$set = $f[3];
-				}
+				$set = Config::get('feature',$f[0], $f[3]);
 				$arr[$fname][1][] = array(
 					array('feature_' .$f[0],$f[1],$set,$f[2],array(t('Off'), t('On'))),
 					array('featurelock_' .$f[0],sprintf(t('Lock feature %s'),$f[1]),(($f[4] !== false) ? "1" : ''),'',array(t('Off'), t('On')))
diff --git a/mod/cal.php b/mod/cal.php
index db5b00879..4f5bde5d5 100644
--- a/mod/cal.php
+++ b/mod/cal.php
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ function cal_content(App $a) {
 	nav_set_selected('events');
 
 	// First day of the week (0 = Sunday)
-	$firstDay = PConfig::get(local_user(),'system','first_day_of_week');
-	if ($firstDay === false) $firstDay=0;
+	$firstDay = PConfig::get(local_user(),'system','first_day_of_week', 0);
 
 	// get the translation strings for the callendar
 	$i18n = get_event_strings();
diff --git a/mod/settings.php b/mod/settings.php
index 6c160a21f..37daa359c 100644
--- a/mod/settings.php
+++ b/mod/settings.php
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ function settings_content(App $a) {
 				$is_experimental = file_exists('view/theme/' . $th . '/experimental');
 				$unsupported = file_exists('view/theme/' . $th . '/unsupported');
 				$is_mobile = file_exists('view/theme/' . $th . '/mobile');
-				if (!$is_experimental || ($is_experimental && (Config::get('experimentals', 'exp_themes')==1 || Config::get('experimentals', 'exp_themes')===false))) {
+				if (!$is_experimental || ($is_experimental && (Config::get('experimentals', 'exp_themes')==1 || is_null(Config::get('experimentals', 'exp_themes'))))) {
 					$theme_name = (($is_experimental) ?  sprintf("%s - \x28Experimental\x29", $f) : $f);
 					if ($is_mobile) {
 						$mobile_themes[$f]=$theme_name;
@@ -978,24 +978,14 @@ function settings_content(App $a) {
 		$itemspage_mobile_network = intval(PConfig::get(local_user(), 'system', 'itemspage_mobile_network'));
 		$itemspage_mobile_network = (($itemspage_mobile_network > 0 && $itemspage_mobile_network < 101) ? $itemspage_mobile_network : 20); // default if not set: 20 items
 
-		$nosmile = PConfig::get(local_user(), 'system', 'no_smilies');
-		$nosmile = (($nosmile===false)? '0': $nosmile); // default if not set: 0
-
-		$first_day_of_week = PConfig::get(local_user(), 'system', 'first_day_of_week');
-		$first_day_of_week = (($first_day_of_week===false)? '0': $first_day_of_week); // default if not set: 0
+		$nosmile = PConfig::get(local_user(), 'system', 'no_smilies', 0);
+		$first_day_of_week = PConfig::get(local_user(), 'system', 'first_day_of_week', 0);
 		$weekdays = array(0 => t("Sunday"), 1 => t("Monday"));
 
-		$noinfo = PConfig::get(local_user(), 'system', 'ignore_info');
-		$noinfo = (($noinfo===false)? '0': $noinfo); // default if not set: 0
-
-		$infinite_scroll = PConfig::get(local_user(), 'system', 'infinite_scroll');
-		$infinite_scroll = (($infinite_scroll===false)? '0': $infinite_scroll); // default if not set: 0
-
-		$no_auto_update = PConfig::get(local_user(), 'system', 'no_auto_update');
-		$no_auto_update = (($no_auto_update===false)? '0': $no_auto_update); // default if not set: 0
-
-		$bandwidth_saver = PConfig::get(local_user(), 'system', 'bandwidth_saver');
-		$bandwidth_saver = (($bandwidth_saver === false) ? '0' : $bandwidth_saver); // default if not set: 0
+		$noinfo = PConfig::get(local_user(), 'system', 'ignore_info', 0);
+		$infinite_scroll = PConfig::get(local_user(), 'system', 'infinite_scroll', 0);
+		$no_auto_update = PConfig::get(local_user(), 'system', 'no_auto_update', 0);
+		$bandwidth_saver = PConfig::get(local_user(), 'system', 'bandwidth_saver', 0);
 
 		$theme_config = "";
 		if (($themeconfigfile = get_theme_config_file($theme_selected)) != null) {
diff --git a/src/ParseUrl.php b/src/ParseUrl.php
index 81c5671c9..d6b6b6027 100644
--- a/src/ParseUrl.php
+++ b/src/ParseUrl.php
@@ -161,13 +161,13 @@ class ParseUrl {
 
 			$oembed_data = oembed_fetch_url($url);
 
-			if (!in_array($oembed_data->type, array("error", "rich"))) {
+			if (!in_array($oembed_data->type, array("error", "rich", ""))) {
 				$siteinfo["type"] = $oembed_data->type;
 			}
 
 			if (($oembed_data->type == "link") && ($siteinfo["type"] != "photo")) {
 				if (isset($oembed_data->title)) {
-					$siteinfo["title"] = $oembed_data->title;
+					$siteinfo["title"] = trim($oembed_data->title);
 				}
 				if (isset($oembed_data->description)) {
 					$siteinfo["text"] = trim($oembed_data->description);
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class ParseUrl {
 
 		$list = $xpath->query("//title");
 		if ($list->length > 0) {
-			$siteinfo["title"] = $list->item(0)->nodeValue;
+			$siteinfo["title"] = trim($list->item(0)->nodeValue);
 		}
 
 		//$list = $xpath->query("head/meta[@name]");
@@ -258,10 +258,10 @@ class ParseUrl {
 			if ($attr["content"] != "") {
 				switch (strtolower($attr["name"])) {
 					case "fulltitle":
-						$siteinfo["title"] = $attr["content"];
+						$siteinfo["title"] = trim($attr["content"]);
 						break;
 					case "description":
-						$siteinfo["text"] = $attr["content"];
+						$siteinfo["text"] = trim($attr["content"]);
 						break;
 					case "thumbnail":
 						$siteinfo["image"] = $attr["content"];
@@ -278,16 +278,16 @@ class ParseUrl {
 						}
 						break;
 					case "twitter:description":
-						$siteinfo["text"] = $attr["content"];
+						$siteinfo["text"] = trim($attr["content"]);
 						break;
 					case "twitter:title":
-						$siteinfo["title"] = $attr["content"];
+						$siteinfo["title"] = trim($attr["content"]);
 						break;
 					case "dc.title":
-						$siteinfo["title"] = $attr["content"];
+						$siteinfo["title"] = trim($attr["content"]);
 						break;
 					case "dc.description":
-						$siteinfo["text"] = $attr["content"];
+						$siteinfo["text"] = trim($attr["content"]);
 						break;
 					case "keywords":
 						$keywords = explode(",", $attr["content"]);
@@ -329,10 +329,10 @@ class ParseUrl {
 						$siteinfo["image"] = $attr["content"];
 						break;
 					case "og:title":
-						$siteinfo["title"] = $attr["content"];
+						$siteinfo["title"] = trim($attr["content"]);
 						break;
 					case "og:description":
-						$siteinfo["text"] = $attr["content"];
+						$siteinfo["text"] = trim($attr["content"]);
 						break;
 				}
 			}