diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index 8b0d0c0d91..a5088756ae 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ function api_search($type)
 	$params = ['order' => ['id' => true], 'limit' => [$start, $count]];
 	$statuses = Item::selectForUser(api_user(), [], $condition, $params);
 
-	$data['status'] = api_format_items(dba::inArray($statuses), $user_info);
+	$data['status'] = api_format_items(Item::inArray($statuses), $user_info);
 
 	return api_format_data("statuses", $type, $data);
 }
@@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ function api_statuses_home_timeline($type)
 	$params = ['order' => ['id' => true], 'limit' => [$start, $count]];
 	$statuses = Item::selectForUser(api_user(), [], $condition, $params);
 
-	$items = dba::inArray($statuses);
+	$items = Item::inArray($statuses);
 
 	$ret = api_format_items($items, $user_info, false, $type);
 
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ function api_statuses_public_timeline($type)
 		$params = ['order' => ['iid' => true], 'limit' => [$start, $count]];
 		$statuses = Item::selectThreadForUser(api_user(), Item::DISPLAY_FIELDLIST, $condition, $params);
 
-		$r = dba::inArray($statuses);
+		$r = Item::inArray($statuses);
 	} else {
 		$condition = ["`verb` = ? AND `id` > ? AND NOT `private` AND `wall` AND NOT `user`.`hidewall` AND `item`.`origin`",
 			ACTIVITY_POST, $since_id];
@@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ function api_statuses_public_timeline($type)
 		$params = ['order' => ['id' => true], 'limit' => [$start, $count]];
 		$statuses = Item::selectForUser(api_user(), [], $condition, $params);
 
-		$r = dba::inArray($statuses);
+		$r = Item::inArray($statuses);
 	}
 
 	$ret = api_format_items($r, $user_info, false, $type);
@@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ function api_statuses_networkpublic_timeline($type)
 	$params = ['order' => ['iid' => true], 'limit' => [$start, $count]];
 	$statuses = Item::selectThreadForUser(api_user(), Item::DISPLAY_FIELDLIST, $condition, $params);
 
-	$ret = api_format_items(dba::inArray($statuses), $user_info, false, $type);
+	$ret = api_format_items(Item::inArray($statuses), $user_info, false, $type);
 
 	$data = ['status' => $ret];
 	switch ($type) {
@@ -1843,7 +1843,7 @@ function api_statuses_show($type)
 		throw new BadRequestException("There is no status with this id.");
 	}
 
-	$ret = api_format_items(dba::inArray($statuses), $user_info, false, $type);
+	$ret = api_format_items(Item::inArray($statuses), $user_info, false, $type);
 
 	if ($conversation) {
 		$data = ['status' => $ret];
@@ -1923,7 +1923,7 @@ function api_conversation_show($type)
 		throw new BadRequestException("There is no status with id $id.");
 	}
 
-	$ret = api_format_items(dba::inArray($statuses), $user_info, false, $type);
+	$ret = api_format_items(Item::inArray($statuses), $user_info, false, $type);
 
 	$data = ['status' => $ret];
 	return api_format_data("statuses", $type, $data);
@@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@ function api_statuses_mentions($type)
 	$params = ['order' => ['id' => true], 'limit' => [$start, $count]];
 	$statuses = Item::selectForUser(api_user(), [], $condition, $params);
 
-	$ret = api_format_items(dba::inArray($statuses), $user_info, false, $type);
+	$ret = api_format_items(Item::inArray($statuses), $user_info, false, $type);
 
 	$data = ['status' => $ret];
 	switch ($type) {
@@ -2169,7 +2169,7 @@ function api_statuses_user_timeline($type)
 	$params = ['order' => ['id' => true], 'limit' => [$start, $count]];
 	$statuses = Item::selectForUser(api_user(), [], $condition, $params);
 
-	$ret = api_format_items(dba::inArray($statuses), $user_info, true, $type);
+	$ret = api_format_items(Item::inArray($statuses), $user_info, true, $type);
 
 	$data = ['status' => $ret];
 	switch ($type) {
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ function api_favorites($type)
 
 		$statuses = Item::selectForUser(api_user(), [], $condition, $params);
 
-		$ret = api_format_items(dba::inArray($statuses), $user_info, false, $type);
+		$ret = api_format_items(Item::inArray($statuses), $user_info, false, $type);
 	}
 
 	$data = ['status' => $ret];
@@ -2728,7 +2728,7 @@ function api_format_items_activities(&$item, $type = "json")
 	$condition = ['uid' => $item['uid'], 'thr-parent' => $item['uri']];
 	$ret = Item::selectForUser($item['uid'], ['author-id', 'verb'], $condition);
 
-	while ($item = dba::fetch($ret)) {
+	while ($item = Item::fetch($ret)) {
 		// not used as result should be structured like other user data
 		//builtin_activity_puller($i, $activities);
 
@@ -3117,7 +3117,7 @@ function api_lists_statuses($type)
 	$params = ['order' => ['id' => true], 'limit' => [$start, $count]];
 	$statuses = Item::selectForUser(api_user(), [], $condition, $params);
 
-	$items = api_format_items(dba::inArray($statuses), $user_info, false, $type);
+	$items = api_format_items(Item::inArray($statuses), $user_info, false, $type);
 
 	$data = ['status' => $items];
 	switch ($type) {
@@ -4636,7 +4636,7 @@ function prepare_photo_data($type, $scale, $photo_id)
 	$statuses = Item::selectForUser(api_user(), [], $condition);
 
 	// prepare output of comments
-	$commentData = api_format_items(dba::inArray($statuses), $user_info, false, $type);
+	$commentData = api_format_items(Item::inArray($statuses), $user_info, false, $type);
 	$comments = [];
 	if ($type == "xml") {
 		$k = 0;
diff --git a/include/conversation.php b/include/conversation.php
index 5d013014b7..08220d4bb2 100644
--- a/include/conversation.php
+++ b/include/conversation.php
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ function conversation_add_children($parents, $block_authors, $order, $uid) {
 		}
 		$thread_items = Item::selectForUser(local_user(), [], $condition, $params);
 
-		$comments = dba::inArray($thread_items);
+		$comments = Item::inArray($thread_items);
 
 		if (count($comments) != 0) {
 			$items = array_merge($items, $comments);
diff --git a/mod/tagger.php b/mod/tagger.php
index 6267552636..717c094776 100644
--- a/mod/tagger.php
+++ b/mod/tagger.php
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ EOT;
 	}
 
 	// if the original post is on this site, update it.
-	$original_item = Item::selectFirst(['tag','id','uid'], ['origin' => true, 'uri' => $item['uri']]);
+	$original_item = Item::selectFirst(['tag', 'id', 'uid'], ['origin' => true, 'uri' => $item['uri']]);
 	if (DBM::is_result($original_item)) {
 		$x = q("SELECT `blocktags` FROM `user` WHERE `uid`=%d LIMIT 1",
 			intval($original_item['uid'])
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index f448c6ba7f..d4c5e81704 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -56,6 +56,40 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 			'author-id', 'author-link', 'owner-link', 'contact-uid',
 			'signed_text', 'signature', 'signer'];
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief Fetch a single item row
+	 *
+	 * @param mixed $stmt statement object
+	 * @return array current row
+	 */
+	public static function fetch($stmt)
+	{
+		$row = dba::fetch($stmt);
+
+		return $row;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Fills an array with data from an item query
+	 *
+	 * @param object $stmt statement object
+	 * @return array Data array
+	 */
+	public static function inArray($stmt, $do_close = true) {
+		if (is_bool($stmt)) {
+			return $stmt;
+		}
+
+		$data = [];
+		while ($row = self::fetch($stmt)) {
+			$data[] = $row;
+		}
+		if ($do_close) {
+			dba::close($stmt);
+		}
+		return $data;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Retrieve a single record from the item table for a given user and returns it in an associative array
 	 *
@@ -118,7 +152,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 		if (is_bool($result)) {
 			return $result;
 		} else {
-			$row = dba::fetch($result);
+			$row = self::fetch($result);
 			dba::close($result);
 			return $row;
 		}
@@ -225,7 +259,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 		if (is_bool($result)) {
 			return $result;
 		} else {
-			$row = dba::fetch($result);
+			$row = self::fetch($result);
 			dba::close($result);
 			return $row;
 		}
diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index 208eb112c6..1047ffdfe2 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class DFRN
 
 		if (!empty($ids)) {
 			$ret = Item::select(Item::DELIVER_FIELDLIST, ['id' => $ids]);
-			$items = dba::inArray($ret);
+			$items = Item::inArray($ret);
 		} else {
 			$items = [];
 		}
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class DFRN
 		}
 
 		$ret = Item::select(Item::DELIVER_FIELDLIST, $condition);
-		$items = dba::inArray($ret);
+		$items = Item::inArray($ret);
 		if (!DBM::is_result($items)) {
 			killme();
 		}
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ class DFRN
 
 		if (($item['parent'] != $item['id']) || ($item['parent-uri'] !== $item['uri']) || (($item['thr-parent'] !== '') && ($item['thr-parent'] !== $item['uri']))) {
 			$parent_item = (($item['thr-parent']) ? $item['thr-parent'] : $item['parent-uri']);
-			$parent = Item::selectFirst(['guid','plink'], ['uri' => $parent_item, 'uid' => $item['uid']]);
+			$parent = Item::selectFirst(['guid', 'plink'], ['uri' => $parent_item, 'uid' => $item['uid']]);
 			$attributes = ["ref" => $parent_item, "type" => "text/html",
 						"href" => $parent['plink'],
 						"dfrn:diaspora_guid" => $parent['guid']];
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
index c42e8c2484..29fb42a808 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
@@ -2218,7 +2218,7 @@ class Diaspora
 
 		// Send all existing comments and likes to the requesting server
 		$comments = Item::select(['id', 'verb', 'self'], ['parent' => $item['id']]);
-		while ($comment = dba::fetch($comments)) {
+		while ($comment = Item::fetch($comments)) {
 			if ($comment['id'] == $comment['parent']) {
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -2771,7 +2771,7 @@ class Diaspora
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		while ($item = dba::fetch($r)) {
+		while ($item = Item::fetch($r)) {
 			// Fetch the parent item
 			$parent = Item::selectFirst(['author-link'], ['id' => $item["parent"]]);
 
diff --git a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
index 957f60a2ce..2c826221e7 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
@@ -2152,7 +2152,7 @@ class OStatus
 			$ret = Item::select([], $condition, $params);
 		}
 
-		$items = dba::inArray($ret);
+		$items = Item::inArray($ret);
 
 		$doc = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'utf-8');
 		$doc->formatOutput = true;
diff --git a/src/Worker/Delivery.php b/src/Worker/Delivery.php
index 15273762ab..e505f4bd70 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Delivery.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Delivery.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Delivery extends BaseObject
 			$itemdata = Item::select([], $condition, $params);
 
 			$items = [];
-			while ($item = dba::fetch($itemdata)) {
+			while ($item = Item::fetch($itemdata)) {
 				if ($item['id'] == $parent_id) {
 					$parent = $item;
 				}
diff --git a/src/Worker/Notifier.php b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
index 61b296a265..fcf36bd55a 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Notifier.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class Notifier {
 				return;
 			}
 
-			$items = dba::inArray($ret);
+			$items = Item::inArray($ret);
 
 			// avoid race condition with deleting entries
 			if ($items[0]['deleted']) {