From 0ccb312ff5c2f2f345adc744ea3fa77311b243bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darko <dkrisan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 09:55:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Replace array() with shorthand.

---
 .../magpierss/extlib/Snoopy.class.inc         | 14 ++--
 misc/reqscraper/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc       |  2 +-
 misc/reqscraper/magpierss/rss_parse.inc       | 14 ++--
 misc/reqscraper/query.php                     |  2 +-
 misc/testing/nzb-import.php                   |  2 +-
 misc/testing/parsebooknames.php               |  2 +-
 misc/testing/queryamazon.php                  |  2 +-
 misc/testing/refreshMovie.php                 |  2 +-
 misc/testing/spotnab.php                      |  2 +-
 misc/testing/test_blacklist.php               | 12 ++--
 .../nix_scripts/tmux/bin/update_binaries.php  |  4 +-
 .../nix_scripts/tmux/lib/DB/patchDB.php       |  8 +--
 .../tmux/lib/testing/DB/populate_nzb_guid.php |  2 +-
 .../lib/testing/Dev/test_hash_algorithms.php  |  6 +-
 .../tmux/lib/testing/_run_once/tpg_fixes.php  |  2 +-
 .../lib/testing/predb_import_daily_batch.php  |  2 +-
 .../nix_scripts/tmux/scripts/mysqlreport      | 30 ++++----
 newznab/controllers/AniDB.php                 |  2 +-
 newznab/controllers/Categorize.php            |  2 +-
 newznab/controllers/Category.php              |  8 +--
 newznab/controllers/Console.php               | 10 +--
 newznab/controllers/ConsoleTools.php          |  2 +-
 newznab/controllers/Desura.php                |  6 +-
 newznab/controllers/Enzebe.php                |  6 +-
 newznab/controllers/Games.php                 | 18 ++---
 newznab/controllers/Genres.php                |  2 +-
 newznab/controllers/Greenlight.php            |  8 +--
 newznab/controllers/Groups.php                |  4 +-
 newznab/controllers/Hotmovies.php             |  8 +--
 newznab/controllers/IRCClient.php             |  4 +-
 newznab/controllers/IRCScraper.php            |  4 +-
 newznab/controllers/Movie.php                 | 18 ++---
 newznab/controllers/Music.php                 | 12 ++--
 newznab/controllers/NNTP.php                  |  2 +-
 newznab/controllers/NZBContents.php           |  2 +-
 newznab/controllers/NZBVortex.php             |  2 +-
 newznab/controllers/NameFixer.php             | 26 +++----
 newznab/controllers/Nfo.php                   | 26 +++----
 newznab/controllers/Parsing.php               |  4 +-
 newznab/controllers/Popporn.php               |  6 +-
 newznab/controllers/PostProcess.php           |  6 +-
 newznab/controllers/PowerProcess.php          |  2 +-
 newznab/controllers/PreHash.php               |  2 +-
 newznab/controllers/ReleaseCleaning.php       |  2 +-
 newznab/controllers/RequestID.php             |  4 +-
 newznab/controllers/RequestIDLocal.php        |  6 +-
 newznab/controllers/RequestIDWeb.php          |  4 +-
 newznab/controllers/Sharing.php               |  2 +-
 newznab/controllers/Sites.php                 |  4 +-
 newznab/controllers/Sphinx.php                | 72 +++++++++----------
 newznab/controllers/Steam.php                 |  8 +--
 newznab/controllers/TheTVDB.php               | 24 +++----
 newznab/controllers/Tmux.php                  |  6 +-
 newznab/controllers/TvRage.php                | 16 ++---
 newznab/controllers/zipfile.php               |  4 +-
 newznab/processing/post/AniDB.php             |  4 +-
 newznab/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php | 14 ++--
 www/admin/binaryblacklist-edit.php            |  2 +-
 www/admin/index.php                           |  2 +-
 www/admin/menu-edit.php                       |  2 +-
 www/admin/preview-list.php                    |  2 +-
 www/admin/regex-edit.php                      |  2 +-
 www/admin/regex-test.php                      |  2 +-
 www/admin/role-edit.php                       |  6 +-
 www/admin/site-edit.php                       |  4 +-
 www/admin/spotnab-edit.php                    |  2 +-
 www/admin/user-list.php                       |  2 +-
 www/pages/ajax_mymovies.php                   | 10 +--
 www/pages/anime.php                           |  8 +--
 www/pages/api.php                             |  8 +--
 www/pages/console.php                         |  8 +--
 www/pages/details.php                         |  2 +-
 www/pages/dlbrowse.php                        |  6 +-
 www/pages/games.php                           |  8 +--
 www/pages/mymoviesedit.php                    |  6 +-
 www/pages/newposterwall.php                   |  2 +-
 www/pages/series.php                          | 10 +--
 www/pages/xxx.php                             |  6 +-
 78 files changed, 285 insertions(+), 285 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc/reqscraper/magpierss/extlib/Snoopy.class.inc b/misc/reqscraper/magpierss/extlib/Snoopy.class.inc
index f860bc68b..20f8232cb 100644
--- a/misc/reqscraper/magpierss/extlib/Snoopy.class.inc
+++ b/misc/reqscraper/magpierss/extlib/Snoopy.class.inc
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ class Snoopy
 	var $proxy_port		=	"";					// proxy port to use
 	var $agent			=	"Snoopy v1.0";		// agent we masquerade as
 	var	$referer		=	"";					// referer info to pass
-	var $cookies		=	array();			// array of cookies to pass
+	var $cookies		=	[];			// array of cookies to pass
 												// $cookies["username"]="joe";
-	var	$rawheaders		=	array();			// array of raw headers to send
+	var	$rawheaders		=	[];			// array of raw headers to send
 												// $rawheaders["Content-type"]="text/html";
 
 	var $maxredirs		=	5;					// http redirection depth maximum. 0 = disallow
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Snoopy
 
 	var $error			=	"";					// error messages sent here
 	var	$response_code	=	"";					// response code returned from server
-	var	$headers		=	array();			// headers returned from server sent here
+	var	$headers		=	[];			// headers returned from server sent here
 	var	$maxlength		=	500000;				// max return data length (body)
 	var $read_timeout	=	0;					// timeout on read operations, in seconds
 												// supported only since PHP 4 Beta 4
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class Snoopy
 	var $_mime_boundary	=   "";					// MIME boundary for multipart/form-data submit type
 	var $_redirectaddr	=	false;				// will be set if page fetched is a redirect
 	var $_redirectdepth	=	0;					// increments on an http redirect
-	var $_frameurls		= 	array();			// frame src urls
+	var $_frameurls		= 	[];			// frame src urls
 	var $_framedepth	=	0;					// increments on frame depth
 
 	var $_isproxy		=	false;				// set if using a proxy server
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class Snoopy
 					if($this->_framedepth < $this->maxframes && count($this->_frameurls) > 0)
 					{
 						$frameurls = $this->_frameurls;
-						$this->_frameurls = array();
+						$this->_frameurls = [];
 
 						while(list(,$frameurl) = each($frameurls))
 						{
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class Snoopy
 				if($this->_framedepth < $this->maxframes && count($this->_frameurls) > 0)
 				{
 					$frameurls = $this->_frameurls;
-					$this->_frameurls = array();
+					$this->_frameurls = [];
 
 					while(list(,$frameurl) = each($frameurls))
 					{
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ class Snoopy
 		if($this->passcookies && $this->_redirectaddr)
 			$this->setcookies();
 
-		$headers = array();
+		$headers = [];
 
 		$URI_PARTS = parse_url($URI);
 		if(empty($url))
diff --git a/misc/reqscraper/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc b/misc/reqscraper/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc
index 75d18126c..3e0cd30c6 100644
--- a/misc/reqscraper/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc
+++ b/misc/reqscraper/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ function fetch_rss ($url) {
 
 
         $cache_status    = 0;       // response of check_cache
-        $request_headers = array(); // HTTP headers to send with fetch
+        $request_headers = []; // HTTP headers to send with fetch
         $rss             = 0;       // parsed RSS object
         $errormsg        = 0;       // errors, if any
 
diff --git a/misc/reqscraper/magpierss/rss_parse.inc b/misc/reqscraper/magpierss/rss_parse.inc
index 63b30a21f..68b9c5589 100644
--- a/misc/reqscraper/magpierss/rss_parse.inc
+++ b/misc/reqscraper/magpierss/rss_parse.inc
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ require_once (MAGPIE_DIR . 'rss_utils.inc');
 class MagpieRSS {
     var $parser;
 
-    var $current_item   = array();  // item currently being parsed
-    var $items          = array();  // collection of parsed items
-    var $channel        = array();  // hash of channel fields
-    var $textinput      = array();
-    var $image          = array();
+    var $current_item   = [];  // item currently being parsed
+    var $items          = [];  // collection of parsed items
+    var $channel        = [];  // hash of channel fields
+    var $textinput      = [];
+    var $image          = [];
     var $feed_type;
     var $feed_version;
     var $encoding       = '';       // output encoding of parsed rss
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class MagpieRSS {
     var $_KNOWN_ENCODINGS    = array('UTF-8', 'US-ASCII', 'ISO-8859-1');
 
     // parser variables, useless if you're not a parser, treat as private
-    var $stack              = array(); // parser stack
+    var $stack              = []; // parser stack
     var $inchannel          = false;
     var $initem             = false;
     var $incontent          = false; // if in Atom <content mode="xml"> field
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class MagpieRSS {
         if ( $el == 'item' or $el == 'entry' )
         {
             $this->items[] = $this->current_item;
-            $this->current_item = array();
+            $this->current_item = [];
             $this->initem = false;
         }
         elseif ($this->feed_type == RSS and $this->current_namespace == '' and $el == 'textinput' )
diff --git a/misc/reqscraper/query.php b/misc/reqscraper/query.php
index 1c19e2a6d..0cba23a77 100644
--- a/misc/reqscraper/query.php
+++ b/misc/reqscraper/query.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require_once('config.php');
 
 $type = isset($_GET["t"]) ? $_GET["t"] : "tv";
-$reqid = isset($_GET["reqid"]) ? explode(",",$_GET["reqid"]) : array();
+$reqid = isset($_GET["reqid"]) ? explode(",",$_GET["reqid"]) : [];
 $uid = isset($_GET["newznabID"]) ? $_GET["newznabID"] : "";
 
 //
diff --git a/misc/testing/nzb-import.php b/misc/testing/nzb-import.php
index 475c3e153..b874bdfa0 100644
--- a/misc/testing/nzb-import.php
+++ b/misc/testing/nzb-import.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ $files = new \RegexIterator(
 );
 
 $i = 1;
-$nzbFiles = array();
+$nzbFiles = [];
 foreach ($files as $file) {
 	$nzbFiles[] = $file[0];
 	if ($i++ >= $argv[5]) {
diff --git a/misc/testing/parsebooknames.php b/misc/testing/parsebooknames.php
index c1b469da5..474bb6910 100644
--- a/misc/testing/parsebooknames.php
+++ b/misc/testing/parsebooknames.php
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<?php
require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../www/config.php';

$titles = array();

$titles[] = 'Dack, Charles - Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District (epub)';
$b = new Book();

foreach ($titles as $t)
{
	$bookId = -2;
	$book = $b->parseAuthor($t);
	if ($book !== false)
	{
		echo 'Looking up: '.$book["author"].' - '.$book["title"].' ['.$t.']'."\n";

		//check for existing book entry
		$bookCheck = $b->getBookInfoByName($book["author"], $book["title"]);

		if ($bookCheck === false)
		{
			//
			// get from amazon
			//
			$ret = $b->updateBookInfo($book["author"], $book["title"]);
			if ($ret !== false)
			{
				$bookId = $ret;
			}
		}
		else
		{
			$bookId = $bookCheck["id"];
		}
	}

	echo $bookId;

}
\ No newline at end of file
+<?php
require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../www/config.php';

$titles = [];

$titles[] = 'Dack, Charles - Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District (epub)';
$b = new Book();

foreach ($titles as $t)
{
	$bookId = -2;
	$book = $b->parseAuthor($t);
	if ($book !== false)
	{
		echo 'Looking up: '.$book["author"].' - '.$book["title"].' ['.$t.']'."\n";

		//check for existing book entry
		$bookCheck = $b->getBookInfoByName($book["author"], $book["title"]);

		if ($bookCheck === false)
		{
			//
			// get from amazon
			//
			$ret = $b->updateBookInfo($book["author"], $book["title"]);
			if ($ret !== false)
			{
				$bookId = $ret;
			}
		}
		else
		{
			$bookId = $bookCheck["id"];
		}
	}

	echo $bookId;

}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/misc/testing/queryamazon.php b/misc/testing/queryamazon.php
index c7dad1b27..e4a6ffcd1 100644
--- a/misc/testing/queryamazon.php
+++ b/misc/testing/queryamazon.php
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<?php
require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../www/config.php';
require_once (NN_LIBS . 'AmazonProductAPI.php');

$b = new Book();


$s = new Sites();
$site = $s->get();

$title = "Long Arm, The - Franz Habl ";

$obj = new AmazonProductAPI($site->amazonpubkey, $site->amazonprivkey, $site->amazonassociatetag);

try
{
	$amaz = $obj->searchProducts($title, AmazonProductAPI::BOOKS, "TITLE");

	$item = array();
	$item["asin"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ASIN;
	$item["url"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->DetailPageURL;
	$item["cover"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->LargeImage->URL;
	$item["author"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->Author;
	$item["dewey"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->DeweyDecimalNumber;
	$item["ean"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->EAN;
	$item["isbn"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->ISBN;
	$item["publisher"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->Publisher;
	$item["publishdate"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->PublicationDate;
	$item["pages"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->NumberOfPages;
	$item["title"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->Title;

	$item["review"] = "";
	if (isset($amaz->Items->Item->EditorialReviews))
		$item["review"] = trim(strip_tags((string) $amaz->Items->Item->EditorialReviews->EditorialReview->Content));

	print_r($item);
}
catch(Exception $e)
{
	echo "failed";
}
\ No newline at end of file
+<?php
require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../www/config.php';
require_once (NN_LIBS . 'AmazonProductAPI.php');

$b = new Book();


$s = new Sites();
$site = $s->get();

$title = "Long Arm, The - Franz Habl ";

$obj = new AmazonProductAPI($site->amazonpubkey, $site->amazonprivkey, $site->amazonassociatetag);

try
{
	$amaz = $obj->searchProducts($title, AmazonProductAPI::BOOKS, "TITLE");

	$item = [];
	$item["asin"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ASIN;
	$item["url"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->DetailPageURL;
	$item["cover"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->LargeImage->URL;
	$item["author"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->Author;
	$item["dewey"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->DeweyDecimalNumber;
	$item["ean"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->EAN;
	$item["isbn"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->ISBN;
	$item["publisher"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->Publisher;
	$item["publishdate"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->PublicationDate;
	$item["pages"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->NumberOfPages;
	$item["title"] = (string) $amaz->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->Title;

	$item["review"] = "";
	if (isset($amaz->Items->Item->EditorialReviews))
		$item["review"] = trim(strip_tags((string) $amaz->Items->Item->EditorialReviews->EditorialReview->Content));

	print_r($item);
}
catch(Exception $e)
{
	echo "failed";
}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/misc/testing/refreshMovie.php b/misc/testing/refreshMovie.php
index 836f2f6c1..11cdbb351 100644
--- a/misc/testing/refreshMovie.php
+++ b/misc/testing/refreshMovie.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use newznab\db\Settings;
 
 $movie = new Movie(true);
 $db = new Settings();
-$movies = array();
+$movies = [];
 $counter = 1;
 $sleepsecsbetweenscrape = 1;
 
diff --git a/misc/testing/spotnab.php b/misc/testing/spotnab.php
index 36bef03c8..ea043f604 100644
--- a/misc/testing/spotnab.php
+++ b/misc/testing/spotnab.php
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ if(array_key_exists("t", $options) ||
 				'title' => 'l2g newznab'
 			),
 			'postdate_utc' => $spotnab->local2utc(),
-			'comments' => array()
+			'comments' => []
 		);
 		for($i=0;$i<3000;$i++){
 			// Build large post
diff --git a/misc/testing/test_blacklist.php b/misc/testing/test_blacklist.php
index a4f95ffce..ba9cef634 100644
--- a/misc/testing/test_blacklist.php
+++ b/misc/testing/test_blacklist.php
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ $total=0;
 $offset=0;
 
 # Dictionary
-$pspelldict=array();
+$pspelldict=[];
 
 # Completion Refernece Time in past
 $completionRef = strtotime("-$completionSec seconds");
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ while($res=get_block($offset, $batch)){
 		// if a white list is detected we now are required to
 		// only accept the entry if it matches at least 1 whitelist
 		// while a blacklist will over-ride all
-		$whitelist = array();
+		$whitelist = [];
 		$matches_whitelist = false;
 
 		foreach ($blacklist as $bl)
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ while($res=get_block($offset, $batch)){
 					}
 					# ensure whitelist flags are off to avoid extra processing
 					# at the end of this loop (Below)
-					$whitelist = array();
+					$whitelist = [];
 					break;
 				}
 
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ while($res=get_block($offset, $batch)){
 							}
 							# ensure whitelist flags are off to avoid extra processing
 							# at the end of this loop (Below)
-							$whitelist = array();
+							$whitelist = [];
 							break;
 						}
 					}
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ while($res=get_block($offset, $batch)){
 						}
 						# ensure whitelist flags are off to avoid extra processing
 						# at the end of this loop (Below)
-						$whitelist = array();
+						$whitelist = [];
 						break;
 					}
 				}
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ while($res=get_block($offset, $batch)){
 						}
 						# ensure whitelist flags are off to avoid extra processing
 						# at the end of this loop (Below)
-						$whitelist = array();
+						$whitelist = [];
 						break;
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/bin/update_binaries.php b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/bin/update_binaries.php
index b934f6006..04cb97d7c 100644
--- a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/bin/update_binaries.php
+++ b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/bin/update_binaries.php
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ if (isset($argv[1])) {
 
 function relativeTime($_time)
 {
-	$d = array();
+	$d = [];
 	$d[0] = array(1, "sec");
 	$d[1] = array(60, "min");
 	$d[2] = array(3600, "hr");
 	$d[3] = array(86400, "day");
 	$d[4] = array(31104000, "yr");
 
-	$w = array();
+	$w = [];
 
 	$return = "";
 	$now = TIME();
diff --git a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/DB/patchDB.php b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/DB/patchDB.php
index 58959f8fc..6d8ca899d 100644
--- a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/DB/patchDB.php
+++ b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/DB/patchDB.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function SplitSQL($file, $delimiter = ';')
 		$file = fopen($file, 'r');
 
 		if (is_resource($file) === true) {
-			$query = array();
+			$query = [];
 			$db = new DB();
 			$dbsys = DB_TYPE;
 			$c = new ColorCLI();
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function SplitSQL($file, $delimiter = ';')
 				}
 
 				if (is_string($query) === true) {
-					$query = array();
+					$query = [];
 				}
 			}
 			return fclose($file);
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ if (isset($os) && $os == "unix") {
 	$tmux = $t->get();
 	$currentversion = $tmux->sqlpatch;
 	$patched = 0;
-	$patches = array();
+	$patches = [];
 	$db = new DB();
 	$backedup = false;
 	$c = new ColorCLI();
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ if (isset($os) && $os == "unix") {
 	$tmux = $t->get();
 	$currentversion = $tmux->sqlpatch;
 	$patched = 0;
-	$patches = array();
+	$patches = [];
 
 	// Open the patch folder.
 	if (!isset($argv[1])) {
diff --git a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/DB/populate_nzb_guid.php b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/DB/populate_nzb_guid.php
index 2f25a9abd..3c9c8f875 100644
--- a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/DB/populate_nzb_guid.php
+++ b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/DB/populate_nzb_guid.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function create_guids($live, $delete = false)
 						}
 						continue;
 					}
-					$binary_names = array();
+					$binary_names = [];
 					foreach ($nzbfile->file as $file) {
 						$binary_names[] = $file["subject"];
 					}
diff --git a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/Dev/test_hash_algorithms.php b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/Dev/test_hash_algorithms.php
index cce85073c..e5ef0d4f5 100644
--- a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/Dev/test_hash_algorithms.php
+++ b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/Dev/test_hash_algorithms.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class HashAlgorithms
 
 		$firstArray = $this->_hashesToArray($this->_inputString);
 
-		$secondArray = array();
+		$secondArray = [];
 		foreach ($firstArray as $key => $value) {
 			if (!$this->_writeToFile) {
 				if (in_array($value, $this->_expectedString)) {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class HashAlgorithms
 			$secondArray[$key] = $this->_hashesToArray($value);
 		}
 
-		$thirdArray = array();
+		$thirdArray = [];
 		foreach ($secondArray as $key => $value) {
 			foreach ($value as $key2 => $value2) {
 				if (!$this->_writeToFile) {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class HashAlgorithms
 		);
 
 		$hashTypes = array('md5', 'md4', 'sha1', 'sha256', 'sha512');
-		$tmpArray = array();
+		$tmpArray = [];
 		foreach ($hashTypes as $hash) {
 			foreach ($strings as $key => $value) {
 				$tmpArray[$hash . '_' . $key] = hash($hash, $value, false);
diff --git a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/_run_once/tpg_fixes.php b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/_run_once/tpg_fixes.php
index 57fd322bb..62f91f5ca 100644
--- a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/_run_once/tpg_fixes.php
+++ b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/_run_once/tpg_fixes.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if ($groups === false) {
 	echo "No active groups. Fix not needed.\n";
 } else {
 
-	$queries = array();
+	$queries = [];
 
 	switch ($argv[1]) {
 		case 1:
diff --git a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/predb_import_daily_batch.php b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/predb_import_daily_batch.php
index f07708631..d06921863 100644
--- a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/predb_import_daily_batch.php
+++ b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/lib/testing/predb_import_daily_batch.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if (!is_writable(NN_RES)) {
 	exit('The (' . NN_RES . ') folder must be writable.' . PHP_EOL);
 }
 
-$progress = rw_progress(settings_array());
+$progress = rw_progress(settings_[]);
 
 if (!isset($argv[1]) || !is_numeric($argv[1]) && $argv[1] != 'progress' || !isset($argv[2]) ||
 	!in_array($argv[2], ['local', 'remote']) || !isset($argv[3]) ||
diff --git a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/scripts/mysqlreport b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/scripts/mysqlreport
index 40bb7d3d1..1fe437cdc 100644
--- a/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/scripts/mysqlreport
+++ b/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/tmux/scripts/mysqlreport
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ my ($ib_bp_used, $ib_bp_total, $ib_bp_read_ratio);
 my ($relative_live, $relative_infiles);
 my $real_uptime;
 my (%stats_present, %stats_past); # For relative reports
-      
+
 GetOptions (
    \%op,
    "user=s",
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ get_user_mycnf() unless $op{'no-mycnf'};
 # Command line options override ~/.my.cnf
 $mycnf{'host'}   = $op{'host'}   if have_op 'host';
 $mycnf{'port'}   = $op{'port'}   if have_op 'port';
-$mycnf{'socket'} = $op{'socket'} if have_op 'socket'; 
+$mycnf{'socket'} = $op{'socket'} if have_op 'socket';
 $mycnf{'user'}   = $op{'user'}   if have_op 'user';
 
 $mycnf{'user'} ||= $ENV{'USER'};
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ $have_innodb_vals = 1; # This might be set to 0 later in get_MySQL_version()
 if(defined $op{'r'})
 {
    if($relative_live)
-   { 
-      print STDERR "mysqlreport is writing relative reports to '$tmpfile'.\n" unless $op{'detach'}; 
+   {
+      print STDERR "mysqlreport is writing relative reports to '$tmpfile'.\n" unless $op{'detach'};
       get_MySQL_version();
       collect_reports();
    }
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ sub get_vals
       $query = $dbh->prepare("SHOW STATUS;");
    }
    $query->execute();
-   while(@row = $query->fetchrow_array()) { $stats{$row[0]} = $row[1]; }
+   while(@row = $query->fetchrow_[]) { $stats{$row[0]} = $row[1]; }
 
    $real_uptime = $stats{'Uptime'};
 }
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ sub get_vars
    # Get server system variables
    $query = $dbh->prepare("SHOW VARIABLES;");
    $query->execute();
-   while(@row = $query->fetchrow_array()) { $vars{$row[0]} = $row[1]; }
+   while(@row = $query->fetchrow_[]) { $vars{$row[0]} = $row[1]; }
 
    # table_cache was renamed to table_open_cache in MySQL 5.1.3
    if($MySQL_version >= 50103)
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ sub read_infile
    $vars{'table_cache'} = 64          if !exists $vars{'table_cache'};
    $vars{'max_connections'} = 100     if !exists $vars{'max_connections'};
    $vars{'key_buffer_size'} = 8388600 if !exists $vars{'key_buffer_size'}; # 8M
-   $vars{'thread_cache_size'} = 0     if !exists $vars{'thread_cache_size'}; 
+   $vars{'thread_cache_size'} = 0     if !exists $vars{'thread_cache_size'};
    $vars{'tmp_table_size'} = 0        if !exists $vars{'tmp_table_size'};
    $vars{'long_query_time'} = '?'     if !exists $vars{'long_query_time'};
    $vars{'log_slow_queries'} = '?'    if !exists $vars{'log_slow_queries'};
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ sub read_infile
    {
       last if !defined $_;
 
-      next if /^\+/;  # skip divider lines 
+      next if /^\+/;  # skip divider lines
       next if /^$/;   # skip blank lines
 
       next until /(Aborted_clients|back_log|=)/;
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ sub get_MySQL_version
 
       $query = $dbh->prepare("SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'version';");
       $query->execute();
-      @row = $query->fetchrow_array();
+      @row = $query->fetchrow_[];
       ($major, $minor, $patch) = ($row[1] =~ /(\d{1,2})\.(\d{1,2})\.(\d{1,2})/);
    }
 
@@ -731,8 +731,8 @@ sub write_report
    $~ = 'SLOW_DMS', write;
    write_DMS();
    write_Com();
-   $~ = 'SAS', write; 
-   write_qcache(); 
+   $~ = 'SAS', write;
+   write_qcache();
    $~ = 'REPORT_END', write;
    $~ = 'TAB', write;
 
@@ -757,10 +757,10 @@ sub sec_to_dhms # Seconds to days hours:minutes:seconds
      $h = int $s / 3600;
      $s -= $h * 3600;
    }
-   
+
    $m = int $s / 60;
    $s -= $m * 60;
-   
+
    return "$d $h:$m:$s";
 }
 
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ $stat_name, make_short($stat_val), t($stat_val), $stat_label, perc($stat_val, $q
 .
 
 format SLOW_DMS =
-Slow @<<<<<<< @>>>>>>  @>>>>>/s          @>>>>>  %DMS: @>>>>>  Log: @>> 
+Slow @<<<<<<< @>>>>>>  @>>>>>/s          @>>>>>  %DMS: @>>>>>  Log: @>>
 $slow_query_t, make_short($stats{'Slow_queries'}), t($stats{'Slow_queries'}), perc($stats{'Slow_queries'}, $questions), perc($stats{'Slow_queries'}, $dms), $vars{'log_slow_queries'}
 DMS         @>>>>>>>>  @>>>>>/s          @>>>>>
 make_short($dms), t($dms), perc($dms, $questions)
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ make_short($stats{'Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_data'}), perc($stats{'Innodb_buffer_
   $stats{'Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_misc'}, perc($stats{'Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_misc'}, $stats{'Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_total'})
   Latched   @>>>>>>>>                    @>>>>>
 $stats{'Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_latched'}, perc($stats{'Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_latched'}, $stats{'Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_total'})
-Reads       @>>>>>>>>  @>>>>>/s  
+Reads       @>>>>>>>>  @>>>>>/s
 make_short($stats{'Innodb_buffer_pool_read_requests'}), t($stats{'Innodb_buffer_pool_read_requests'})
   From file @>>>>>>>>  @>>>>>/s          @>>>>>
 make_short($stats{'Innodb_buffer_pool_reads'}), t($stats{'Innodb_buffer_pool_reads'}), perc($stats{'Innodb_buffer_pool_reads'}, $stats{'Innodb_buffer_pool_read_requests'})
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/AniDB.php b/newznab/controllers/AniDB.php
index 1380fcf85..79c120281 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/AniDB.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/AniDB.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class AniDB
 	/**
 	 * @param array $options Class instances / Echo to cli.
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $options = array())
+	public function __construct(array $options = [])
 	{
 		$defaults = [
 			'Echo'     => false,
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Categorize.php b/newznab/controllers/Categorize.php
index d6caa0cd7..59de1cca5 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Categorize.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Categorize.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Categorize extends Category
 	 *
 	 * @param array $options Class instances.
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $options = array())
+	public function __construct(array $options = [])
 	{
 		//parent::__construct($options);
 		$this->pdo = new newznab\db\Settings();
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Category.php b/newznab/controllers/Category.php
index f1229bee1..ab196f53d 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Category.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Category.php
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Category
 	 *
 	 * @param array $options Class instances.
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $options = array())
+	public function __construct(array $options = [])
 	{
 		$defaults = [
 			'Settings' => null,
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class Category
 	 *
 	 * @return string $catsrch
 	 */
-	public function getCategorySearch($cat = array())
+	public function getCategorySearch($cat = [])
 	{
 		$catsrch = ' (';
 
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class Category
 	public function getForSelect($blnIncludeNoneSelected = true)
 	{
 		$categories = $this->get();
-		$temp_array = array();
+		$temp_array = [];
 
 		if ($blnIncludeNoneSelected) {
 			$temp_array[-1] = "--Please Select--";
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ class Category
 	/**
 	 * Get a list of categories.
 	 */
-	public function get($activeonly = false, $excludedcats = array())
+	public function get($activeonly = false, $excludedcats = [])
 	{
 		$db = new newznab\db\Settings();
 
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Console.php b/newznab/controllers/Console.php
index 01c99fc95..1bc38f0f8 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Console.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Console.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Console
 	/**
 	 * Get count of all consoleinfo rows for browse list.
 	 */
-	public function getConsoleCount($cat, $maxage=-1, $excludedcats=array())
+	public function getConsoleCount($cat, $maxage=-1, $excludedcats=[])
 	{
 
 		$browseby = $this->getBrowseBy();
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Console
 	/**
 	 * Get range of consoleinfo rows for browse list.
 	 */
-	public function getConsoleRange($cat, $start, $num, $orderby, $maxage=-1, $excludedcats=array())
+	public function getConsoleRange($cat, $start, $num, $orderby, $maxage=-1, $excludedcats=[])
 	{
 
 		$browseby = $this->getBrowseBy();
@@ -268,14 +268,14 @@ class Console
 		$gen = new Genres();
 		$ri = new ReleaseImage();
 
-		$con = array();
+		$con = [];
 		$amaz = $this->fetchAmazonProperties($gameInfo['title'], $gameInfo['node']);
 		if (!$amaz)
 			return false;
 
 		//load genres
 		$defaultGenres = $gen->getGenres(Genres::CONSOLE_TYPE);
-		$genreassoc = array();
+		$genreassoc = [];
 		foreach($defaultGenres as $dg) {
 			$genreassoc[$dg['id']] = strtolower($dg['title']);
 		}
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ class Console
 	 */
 	function parseTitle($releasename)
 	{
-		$result = array();
+		$result = [];
 
 		//get name of the game from name of release
 		preg_match('/^(?P<title>.*?)[\.\-_ ](v\.?\d\.\d|PAL|NTSC|EUR|USA|JP|ASIA|JAP|JPN|AUS|MULTI\.?5|MULTI\.?4|MULTI\.?3|PATCHED|FULLDVD|DVD5|DVD9|DVDRIP|PROPER|REPACK|RETAIL|DEMO|DISTRIBUTION|REGIONFREE|READ\.?NFO|NFOFIX|PS2|PS3|PSP|WII|X\-?BOX|XBLA|X360|NDS|N64|NGC)/i', $releasename, $matches);
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/ConsoleTools.php b/newznab/controllers/ConsoleTools.php
index 27c7515eb..a5f7a8ebf 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/ConsoleTools.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/ConsoleTools.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class ConsoleTools
 	/**
 	 * Construct.
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $options = array())
+	public function __construct(array $options = [])
 	{
 		$defaults = [
 			'ColorCLI' => null
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Desura.php b/newznab/controllers/Desura.php
index 10803a6fb..dc097ccbf 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Desura.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Desura.php
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ class Desura
 	/**
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected $_postParams = array();
+	protected $_postParams = [];
 
 	/**
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected $_res = array();
+	protected $_res = [];
 
 	/**
 	 * @var
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class Desura
 	 */
 	public function getAll()
 	{
-		$results = array();
+		$results = [];
 		if (isset($this->_directURL)) {
 			$results['desuragameid'] = $this->_desuraGameID;
 			$results['directurl'] = $this->_directURL;
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Enzebe.php b/newznab/controllers/Enzebe.php
index e62fdf2c4..2d01d762b 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Enzebe.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Enzebe.php
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ class Enzebe
 	public function nzbFileList($nzb)
 	{
 		$num_pars = $i = 0;
-		$result = array();
+		$result = [];
 
 		if (!$nzb) {
 			return $result;
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class Enzebe
 
 			// Parts.
 			if (!isset($result[$i]['segments'])) {
-				$result[$i]['segments'] = array();
+				$result[$i]['segments'] = [];
 			}
 
 			// File size.
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class Enzebe
 
 			// Groups.
 			if (!isset($result[$i]['groups'])) {
-				$result[$i]['groups'] = array();
+				$result[$i]['groups'] = [];
 			}
 			foreach ($file->groups->group as $g) {
 				array_push($result[$i]['groups'], (string) $g);
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Games.php b/newznab/controllers/Games.php
index 3ab612d6b..1a2142129 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Games.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Games.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class Games
 	/**
 	 * @param array $options Class instances / Echo to cli.
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $options = array())
+	public function __construct(array $options = [])
 	{
 		$defaults = [
 			'Echo'     => false,
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class Games
 		return ($res === false ? 0 : $res["num"]);
 	}
 
-	public function getGamesCount($cat, $maxage = -1, $excludedcats = array())
+	public function getGamesCount($cat, $maxage = -1, $excludedcats = [])
 	{
 		$catsrch = '';
 		if (count($cat) > 0 && $cat[0] != -1) {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class Games
 		return ($res === false ? 0 : $res["num"]);
 	}
 
-	public function getGamesRange($cat, $start, $num, $orderby, $maxage = -1, $excludedcats = array())
+	public function getGamesRange($cat, $start, $num, $orderby, $maxage = -1, $excludedcats = [])
 	{
 		$browseby = $this->getBrowseBy();
 
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ class Games
 	public function makeFieldLinks($data, $field)
 	{
 		$tmpArr = explode(', ', $data[$field]);
-		$newArr = array();
+		$newArr = [];
 		$i = 0;
 		foreach ($tmpArr as $ta) {
 			if (trim($ta) == '') {
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ class Games
 		$gen = new \Genres(['Settings' => $this->pdo]);
 		$ri = new \ReleaseImage($this->pdo);
 
-		$con = array();
+		$con = [];
 
 		// Process Steam first before giantbomb
 		// Steam has more details
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ class Games
 		}
 		// Load genres.
 		$defaultGenres = $gen->getGenres(\Genres::GAME_TYPE);
-		$genreassoc = array();
+		$genreassoc = [];
 		foreach ($defaultGenres as $dg) {
 			$genreassoc[$dg['id']] = strtolower($dg['title']);
 		}
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ class Games
 							$result = $result['results'][$i];
 							preg_match('/\/\d+\-(?<asin>\d+)\//', $result['api_detail_url'], $matches);
 							$this->_gameID = (string)$matches['asin'];
-							$result = $this->fetchGiantBombArray();
+							$result = $this->fetchGiantBomb[];
 							$this->_classUsed = "gb";
 							break;
 						}
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ class Games
 	 *
 	 * @return bool|mixed
 	 */
-	public function fetchGiantBombArray()
+	public function fetchGiantBomb[]
 	{
 		$obj = new \GiantBomb($this->publicKey);
 		try {
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ class Games
 			preg_replace('/\sMulti\d?\s/i', '', $releasename), $matches)) {
 
 			// Replace dots, underscores, colons, or brackets with spaces.
-			$result = array();
+			$result = [];
 			$result['title'] = str_replace(' RF ', ' ', preg_replace('/(\-|\:|\.|_|\%20|\[|\])/', ' ', $matches['title']));
 			// Replace any foreign words at the end of the release
 			$result['title'] = preg_replace('/(brazilian|chinese|croatian|danish|deutsch|dutch|english|estonian|flemish|finnish|french|german|greek|hebrew|icelandic|italian|latin|nordic|norwegian|polish|portuguese|japenese|japanese|russian|serbian|slovenian|spanish|spanisch|swedish|thai|turkish)$/i', '', $result['title']);
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Genres.php b/newznab/controllers/Genres.php
index cf9a0d426..63f02d63b 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Genres.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Genres.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Genres
 	/**
 	 * @param array $options Class instances.
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $options = array())
+	public function __construct(array $options = [])
 	{
 		$defaults = [
 			'Settings' => null
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Greenlight.php b/newznab/controllers/Greenlight.php
index 1552cfdc5..f76fcf91b 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Greenlight.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Greenlight.php
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ class Greenlight
 	/**
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected $_postParams = array();
+	protected $_postParams = [];
 
 	/**
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected $_res = array();
+	protected $_res = [];
 
 	/**
 	 * @var
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class Greenlight
 					$ret = rtrim(trim($ret), ":");
 					if ($ret != "Languages") {
 						if (count($detail->find("a")) > 1) {
-							$ret3 = array();
+							$ret3 = [];
 							foreach ($detail->find("a") as $a) {
 								$ret3[] = trim($a->innertext);
 							}
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class Greenlight
 	 */
 	public function getAll()
 	{
-		$results = array();
+		$results = [];
 		if (!empty($this->_directURL)) {
 			$results['greenlightgameid'] = $this->_greenlightGameID;
 			$results['directurl'] = $this->_directURL;
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Groups.php b/newznab/controllers/Groups.php
index f2d606025..7e07a891b 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Groups.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Groups.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Groups
 		$categories = $this->pdo->query("SELECT * FROM groups WHERE active = 1 ORDER BY name",
 			true, NN_CACHE_EXPIRY_LONG
 		);
-		$temp_array = array();
+		$temp_array = [];
 
 		$temp_array[-1] = "--Please Select--";
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ class Groups
 	function addBulk($groupList, $active = 1, $backfill = 1)
 	{
 
-		$ret = array();
+		$ret = [];
 
 		if ($groupList == "") {
 			$ret[] = "No group list provided.";
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Hotmovies.php b/newznab/controllers/Hotmovies.php
index 800d17069..025da63ee 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Hotmovies.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Hotmovies.php
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ class Hotmovies
 	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected $_postParams = array();
+	protected $_postParams = [];
 
 	/**
 	 * Results return from some methods
 	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected $_res = array();
+	protected $_res = [];
 
 	/**
 	 * Raw Html from Curl
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class Hotmovies
 	 */
 	public function getAll()
 	{
-		$results = array();
+		$results = [];
 		if (isset($this->_directUrl)) {
 			$results['title'] = $this->_title;
 			$results['directurl'] = $this->_directUrl;
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class Hotmovies
 	 */
 	public function genres()
 	{
-		$genres = array();
+		$genres = [];
 		if ($ret = $this->_html->find('div.categories',0)) {
 			foreach ($ret->find('a') as $e) {
 				if (stristr($e->title, "->")) {
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/IRCClient.php b/newznab/controllers/IRCClient.php
index 535680a0d..817233b88 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/IRCClient.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/IRCClient.php
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class IRCClient
 	 * @var array
 	 * @access protected
 	 */
-	protected $_channelData = array();
+	protected $_channelData = [];
 
 	/**
 	 * Nick name when we log in.
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ class IRCClient
 	 *
 	 * @access public
 	 */
-	public function joinChannels($channels = array())
+	public function joinChannels($channels = [])
 	{
 		$this->_channels = $channels;
 
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/IRCScraper.php b/newznab/controllers/IRCScraper.php
index d8526e43a..9470cd120 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/IRCScraper.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/IRCScraper.php
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class IRCScraper extends IRCClient
 		}
 
 		$this->_pdo = new Settings();
-		$this->_groupList = array();
+		$this->_groupList = [];
 		$this->_silent = $silent;
 		$this->_debug = $debug;
 		$this->_resetPreVariables();
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ class IRCScraper extends IRCClient
 	protected function _resetPreVariables()
 	{
 		$this->_nuked = false;
-		$this->_oldPre = array();
+		$this->_oldPre = [];
 		$this->_curPre =
 			array(
 				'title'    => '',
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Movie.php b/newznab/controllers/Movie.php
index 6198d7dd0..121461a7c 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Movie.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Movie.php
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class Movie
 	/**
 	 * Get count of all movieinfo rows filter by category.
 	 */
-	public function getMovieCount($cat, $maxage=-1, $excludedcats=array())
+	public function getMovieCount($cat, $maxage=-1, $excludedcats=[])
 	{
 
 		$browseby = $this->getBrowseBy();
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class Movie
 	/**
 	 * Get movieinfo rows for browse list by limit.
 	 */
-	public function getMovieRange($cat, $start, $num, $orderby, $maxage=-1, $excludedcats=array())
+	public function getMovieRange($cat, $start, $num, $orderby, $maxage=-1, $excludedcats=[])
 	{
 
 		$browseby = $this->getBrowseBy();
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class Movie
 			//
 			$sql = sprintf("select r.*, releasenfo.id as nfoid, groups.name as grpname, concat(cp.title, ' > ', c.title) as categoryname from releases r left outer join category c on c.id = r.categoryid left outer join category cp on cp.id = c.parentid left outer join releasenfo on releasenfo.releaseid = r.id left outer join groups on groups.id = r.groupid where imdbid in (%s) and %s %s %s order by r.postdate desc", $imdbds, $catsrch, $maxagesql, $exccatlist);
 			$allrows = $this->pdo->query($sql, true);
-			$arr = array();
+			$arr = [];
 
 			//
 			// build array indexed by imdbid
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ class Movie
 			return "";
 
 		$tmpArr = explode(', ',$data[$field]);
-		$newArr = array();
+		$newArr = [];
 		$i = 0;
 		foreach($tmpArr as $ta) {
 			if (trim($ta) == '') {
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ class Movie
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$mov = array();
+		$mov = [];
 		$mov['imdb_id'] = $imdbId;
 		$mov['tmdb_id'] = (!isset($tmdb['tmdb_id']) || $tmdb['tmdb_id'] == '') ? "NULL" : $tmdb['tmdb_id'];
 
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ class Movie
 		if (!$movie || !is_array($movie)) { return false; }
 		if (isset($movie['status_code']) && $movie['status_code'] > 1) { return false; }
 
-		$ret = array();
+		$ret = [];
 		$ret['title'] = $movie['title'];
 		$ret['tmdb_id'] = $movie['id'];
 		$ret['imdb_id'] = str_replace('tt', '', $movie['imdb_id']);
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ class Movie
 			$ret['year'] = date("Y", strtotime($movie['release_date']));
 		if (isset($movie['genres']) && sizeof($movie['genres']) > 0)
 		{
-			$genres = array();
+			$genres = [];
 			foreach($movie['genres'] as $genre)
 			{
 				$genres[] = $genre['name'];
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ class Movie
 		}
 		if (!$movies || !isset($movies['results'])) { return false; }
 
-		$ret = array();
+		$ret = [];
 		$c=0;
 		foreach($movies['results'] as $movie)
 		{
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ class Movie
         // make sure we got some data
         if ($buffer !== false && strlen($buffer))
         {
-        	$ret = array();
+        	$ret = [];
             foreach ($imdb_regex as $field => $regex)
             {
                 if (preg_match($regex, $buffer, $matches))
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Music.php b/newznab/controllers/Music.php
index 4b68d0b87..49da94fff 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Music.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Music.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Music
 	/**
 	 * Get count of all musicinfo rows by filter.
 	 */
-	public function getMusicCount($cat, $maxage=-1, $excludedcats=array())
+	public function getMusicCount($cat, $maxage=-1, $excludedcats=[])
 	{
 
 		$browseby = $this->getBrowseBy();
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Music
 	/**
 	 * Get musicinfo rows for browse list by filters and limit.
 	 */
-	public function getMusicRange($cat, $start, $num, $orderby, $maxage=-1, $excludedcats=array())
+	public function getMusicRange($cat, $start, $num, $orderby, $maxage=-1, $excludedcats=[])
 	{
 
 		$browseby = $this->getBrowseBy();
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class Music
 		$gen = new Genres();
 		$ri = new ReleaseImage();
 
-		$mus = array();
+		$mus = [];
 		$amaz = $this->fetchAmazonProperties($artist." ".$album);
 		if (!$amaz)
 			return false;
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ class Music
 
 		//load genres
 		$defaultGenres = $gen->getGenres(Genres::MUSIC_TYPE);
-		$genreassoc = array();
+		$genreassoc = [];
 		foreach($defaultGenres as $dg) {
 			$genreassoc[$dg['id']] = strtolower($dg['title']);
 		}
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ class Music
 	 */
 	public function parseArtist($releasename)
 	{
-		$result = array();
+		$result = [];
 		/*TODO: FIX VA lookups
 		if (substr($releasename, 0, 3) == 'VA-') {
 				$releasename = trim(str_replace('VA-', '', $releasename));
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ class Music
 			//load genres
 			$gen = new Genres();
 			$defaultGenres = $gen->getGenres(Genres::MUSIC_TYPE);
-			$genreassoc = array();
+			$genreassoc = [];
 			foreach($defaultGenres as $dg)
 				$genreassoc[$dg['id']] = strtolower($dg['title']);
 
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/NNTP.php b/newznab/controllers/NNTP.php
index 540fbdcf5..008f3003c 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/NNTP.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/NNTP.php
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ class NNTP extends Net_NNTP_Client
 	 */
 	function decodeYenc2($yencodedvar)
 	{
-		$input = array();
+		$input = [];
 		preg_match("/^(=ybegin.*=yend[^$]*)$/ims", $yencodedvar, $input);
 		if (isset($input[1])) {
 			$ret = "";
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/NZBContents.php b/newznab/controllers/NZBContents.php
index a2b880eed..1bffba94a 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/NZBContents.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/NZBContents.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Class NZBContents
 	 *
 	 * @access public
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $options = array())
+	public function __construct(array $options = [])
 	{
 		$defaults = [
 			'Echo'        => false,
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/NZBVortex.php b/newznab/controllers/NZBVortex.php
index 0ac815752..707d9cbf7 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/NZBVortex.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/NZBVortex.php
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ final class NZBVortex
      * sendRequest()
      * @return array
      */
-    protected function sendRequest($path, $params = array())
+    protected function sendRequest($path, $params = [])
     {
         $user = new Users;
         $data = $user->getById($user->currentUserId());
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/NameFixer.php b/newznab/controllers/NameFixer.php
index fb3529322..449fd1805 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/NameFixer.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/NameFixer.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class NameFixer
 	/**
 	 * @param array $options Class instances / Echo to cli.
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $options = array())
+	public function __construct(array $options = [])
 	{
 		$defaults = [
 			'Echo'         => true,
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ class NameFixer
 		return $join;
 	}
 
-	public function getPreFileNames($args = array())
+	public function getPreFileNames($args = [])
 	{
 		$timestart = time();
 		$counter = $counted = 0;
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ class NameFixer
 	//  Look for a TV name.
 	public function tvCheck($release, $echo, $type, $namestatus, $show)
 	{
-		$result = array();
+		$result = [];
 
 		if ($this->done === false && $this->relid !== $release["releaseid"]) {
 
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ class NameFixer
 	//  Look for a movie name.
 	public function movieCheck($release, $echo, $type, $namestatus, $show)
 	{
-		$result = array();
+		$result = [];
 
 		if ($this->done === false && $this->relid !== $release["releaseid"]) {
 
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ class NameFixer
 	//  Look for a game name.
 	public function gameCheck($release, $echo, $type, $namestatus, $show)
 	{
-		$result = array();
+		$result = [];
 
 		if ($this->done === false && $this->relid !== $release["releaseid"]) {
 
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ class NameFixer
 	//  Look for a app name.
 	public function appCheck($release, $echo, $type, $namestatus, $show)
 	{
-		$result = array();
+		$result = [];
 
 		if ($this->done === false && $this->relid !== $release["releaseid"]) {
 
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ class NameFixer
 	//  TV.
 	public function nfoCheckTV($release, $echo, $type, $namestatus, $show)
 	{
-		$result = array();
+		$result = [];
 
 		if ($this->done === false && $this->relid !== $release["releaseid"]) {
 
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ class NameFixer
 	//  Movies.
 	public function nfoCheckMov($release, $echo, $type, $namestatus, $show)
 	{
-		$result = array();
+		$result = [];
 
 		if ($this->done === false && $this->relid !== $release["releaseid"]) {
 
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ class NameFixer
 	//  Music.
 	public function nfoCheckMus($release, $echo, $type, $namestatus, $show)
 	{
-		$result = array();
+		$result = [];
 
 		if ($this->done === false && $this->relid !== $release["releaseid"]) {
 
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ class NameFixer
 	//  Title (year)
 	public function nfoCheckTY($release, $echo, $type, $namestatus, $show)
 	{
-		$result = array();
+		$result = [];
 
 		if ($this->done === false && $this->relid !== $release["releaseid"]) {
 			if (preg_match('/(\w[-\w`~!@#$%^&*()_+={}|"<>?\[\]\\;\',.\/ ]+\s?\((19|20)\d\d\))/i', $release["textstring"], $result) && !preg_match('/\.pdf|Audio ?Book/i', $release["textstring"])) {
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ class NameFixer
 	//  Games.
 	public function nfoCheckG($release, $echo, $type, $namestatus, $show)
 	{
-		$result = array();
+		$result = [];
 
 		if ($this->done === false && $this->relid !== $release["releaseid"]) {
 
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ class NameFixer
 
 			if (preg_match('/Supplier.+?IGUANA/i', $release["textstring"])) {
 				$releasename = '';
-				$result = array();
+				$result = [];
 				if (preg_match('/\w[-\w`~!@#$%^&*()+={}|:"<>?\[\]\\;\',.\/ ]+\s\((19|20)\d\d\)/i', $release["textstring"], $result)) {
 					$releasename = $result[0];
 				} else if (preg_match('/\s\[\*\] (English|Dutch|French|German|Spanish)\b/i', $release["textstring"], $result)) {
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ class NameFixer
 
 	public function fileCheck($release, $echo, $type, $namestatus, $show)
 	{
-		$result = array();
+		$result = [];
 
 		if ($this->done === false && $this->relid !== $release["releaseid"]) {
 
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Nfo.php b/newznab/controllers/Nfo.php
index ccb14f6bb..55f3da4c6 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Nfo.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Nfo.php
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ class Nfo
 		//
 
 		// Array of all possible matches to return
-		$nfo_idx = array();
+		$nfo_idx = [];
 
 		// Search for all entries that have a single segment
 		if (empty($nzbInfo->segmentfiles))
 			// Nothing to Return
-			return array();
+			return [];
 
 		// Fetch Meta Information
 		if (isset($nzbInfo->metadata['name']))
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Nfo
 		else
 			$name = "";
 
-		$unordered_list=array();
+		$unordered_list=[];
 		foreach($nzbInfo->segmentfiles as $segment){
 			if ($segment['filesize'] > Nfo::NFO_MAX_FILESIZE)
 				continue;
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ class Nfo
 		// The function strips indexes that appear invalid
 		// and stores the most ideal match per release
 
-		$parsed_blob = array();
-		$parsed_meta = array();
+		$parsed_blob = [];
+		$parsed_meta = [];
 
 		foreach($nfometa as $uid => $info){
 			$ideal = Null;
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ class Nfo
 	}
 
 	private function _nfo_grab($nfometa, &$blobhash){
-		// nfometa should be an array() of segments from nzb file
+		// nfometa should be an [] of segments from nzb file
 		// it will then populate the blobhash which uses the segments
 		// as hash entries for the blob data.
 		// nfometa is an array of arrays simiar to the following
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ class Nfo
 		// no error handling is needed here
 		$nntp->doConnect(1, true);
 		foreach($nfometa as $uid => $matches){
-			$blobhash[$uid] = array();
+			$blobhash[$uid] = [];
 			foreach($matches as $idx => $match){
 				$fetched = false;
 				foreach($match["groups"] as $group){
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ class Nfo
 		// in a try catch block with a silent exception catcher
 		$retries = nfo::USENET_RETRY_COUNT;
 		set_error_handler('nfoHandleError');
-		$_blobhash = array();
+		$_blobhash = [];
 		while($retries >0){
 			try{
 				$this->_nfo_grab($nfometa, $_blobhash);
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ class Nfo
 				// Decrement retry count
 				$retries--;
 				// Reset blobhash
-				$_blobhash = array();
+				$_blobhash = [];
 				continue;
 			}
 		}
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ class Nfo
 		$batch=Nfo::NNTP_BATCH_COUNT;
 
 		// Build NFO List
-		$nfometa = array();
+		$nfometa = [];
 
 		// Missing NFO Query (oldest first so they don't expire on us)
 		$mnfo = "SELECT id,guid, name FROM releases r ".
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ class Nfo
 
 				if(!($processed%$batch))
 				{
-					$nfoblob = array();
+					$nfoblob = [];
 					if($this->verbose) echo "NfoProc : Retrieval ...";
 					if($this->nfo_grab($nfometa, $nfoblob)){
 						$before = array_keys($nfoblob);
@@ -563,11 +563,11 @@ class Nfo
 					if($this->verbose) echo "\n";
 
 					// Reset nfo list array
-					$nfometa = array();
+					$nfometa = [];
 				}
 			}
 			if(($processed%$batch)){
-				$nfoblob = array();
+				$nfoblob = [];
 				if($this->verbose) echo "NfoProc : Retrieval ...";
 				if($this->nfo_grab($nfometa, $nfoblob)){
 					$before = array_keys($nfoblob);
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Parsing.php b/newznab/controllers/Parsing.php
index d238e7d09..39648c03e 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Parsing.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Parsing.php
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ class Parsing
 
 				//The Big One
 				if (preg_match_all('/([a-z0-9\ ]+)\.{1,}(\:|\[)(?P<name>.*)(\s{2}|\s{1})/i', $nfo, $matches) && $foundName == "") {
-					$lut = array();
+					$lut = [];
 					foreach ($matches[1] as $key => $k) {
 						$lut[str_replace(' ', '', strtolower(trim($k)))] = trim($matches[3][$key]);
 					}
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ class Parsing
 			}
 		}
 
-		$this->cleanup = array('nuke' => array(), 'misc' => array());
+		$this->cleanup = array('nuke' => [], 'misc' => []);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Popporn.php b/newznab/controllers/Popporn.php
index 583391f96..7484fe1e2 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Popporn.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Popporn.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Popporn
 	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected $_res = array();
+	protected $_res = [];
 
 	/**
 	 * This is set in the getAll method
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class Popporn
 	{
 		$cast = false;
 		$director = false;
-		$er = array();
+		$er = [];
 		if ($ret = $this->_html->find('div#lside', 0)) {
 			foreach ($ret->find("text") as $e) {
 				$e = trim($e->innertext);
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class Popporn
 	 */
 	public function genres()
 	{
-		$genres = array();
+		$genres = [];
 		if ($ret = $this->_html->find('div[id=thekeywords], p[class=keywords]', 1)) {
 			foreach ($ret->find('a') as $e) {
 				$genres[] = trim($e->plaintext);
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/PostProcess.php b/newznab/controllers/PostProcess.php
index bd6a7fc66..8b6894410 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/PostProcess.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/PostProcess.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class PostProcess
 		//
 		if($this->pdo->getSetting('removespam') != 0)
 		{
-			$spamIDs = array();
+			$spamIDs = [];
 
 			//
 			// all releases where the only file inside the rars is *.exe and they are not in the PC category
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ class PostProcess
 	 */
 	public function processReleaseFiles($fetchedBinary, $relid)
 	{
-		$retval = array();
+		$retval = [];
         $rar = new \ArchiveInfo();
 		$rf = new ReleaseFiles;
 
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ class PostProcess
 		// returns 1 if encrypted rar
 		// returns 2 if passworded rar
 		// returns array of files in the rar if normal rar
-        $filelist = array();
+        $filelist = [];
 		$rar = new ArchiveInfo;
 		if ($rar->open($rarfile))
 		{
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/PowerProcess.php b/newznab/controllers/PowerProcess.php
index 880d4862f..86f23e6a7 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/PowerProcess.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/PowerProcess.php
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class PowerProcess {
 			$this->InstallSignalHandler();
 
 			// Init the Thread Queue
-			$this->myThreads = array();
+			$this->myThreads = [];
 
 			// Log completion of startup
 			$this->Log("Startup process complete",true);
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/PreHash.php b/newznab/controllers/PreHash.php
index 3f3992221..3e7df9f0e 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/PreHash.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/PreHash.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Class PreHash
 	/**
 	 * @param array $options
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $options = array())
+	public function __construct(array $options = [])
 	{
 		$defaults = [
 			'Echo'     => false,
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/ReleaseCleaning.php b/newznab/controllers/ReleaseCleaning.php
index 329bf452a..48d7bde98 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/ReleaseCleaning.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/ReleaseCleaning.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class ReleaseCleaning
 
 	public function releaseCleaner($subject, $fromName, $size, $groupName, $usepre = false)
 	{
-		$match           = $matches = array();
+		$match           = $matches = [];
 		$this->groupName = $groupName;
 		$this->subject   = $subject;
 		$this->fromName  = $fromName;
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/RequestID.php b/newznab/controllers/RequestID.php
index a28b91d3e..587885459 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/RequestID.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/RequestID.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ abstract class RequestID
 	 *
 	 * @return int Quantity of releases matched to a request id.
 	 */
-	public function lookupRequestIDs(array $options = array())
+	public function lookupRequestIDs(array $options = [])
 	{
 		$curOptions = [
 			'charGUID'      => '',
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ abstract class RequestID
 	 */
 	protected function _siftReqId()
 	{
-		$requestID = array();
+		$requestID = [];
 		switch (true) {
 			case preg_match('/\[\s*#?scnzb@?efnet\s*\]\[(\d+)\]/', $this->_release['name'], $requestID):
 			case preg_match('/\[\s*(\d+)\s*\]/', $this->_release['name'], $requestID):
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/RequestIDLocal.php b/newznab/controllers/RequestIDLocal.php
index 555bd6098..6b2e134f5 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/RequestIDLocal.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/RequestIDLocal.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class RequestIDLocal extends RequestID
 	/**
 	 * @param array $options Class instances / Echo to cli?
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $options = array())
+	public function __construct(array $options = [])
 	{
 		parent::__construct($options);
 	}
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class RequestIDLocal extends RequestID
 				'(avi|jpg|nzb|m3u|mkv|par2|part\d+|nfo|sample|sfv|rar|r?\d{1,3}|\d+|zip)*)\s*\".*/i'
 		;
 
-		$matches = array();
+		$matches = [];
 		switch (true) {
 			case preg_match($regex1, $this->_release['name'], $matches):
 			case preg_match($regex2, $this->_release['name'], $matches):
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class RequestIDLocal extends RequestID
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	private $groupIDCache = array();
+	private $groupIDCache = [];
 
 	/**
 	 * Attempts to remap the release groupid by extracting the new group name from the release usenet name.
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/RequestIDWeb.php b/newznab/controllers/RequestIDWeb.php
index be5be3b96..0574beb20 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/RequestIDWeb.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/RequestIDWeb.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class RequestIDWeb extends RequestID
 	 *
 	 * @param array $options Class instances / Echo to cli?
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $options = array())
+	public function __construct(array $options = [])
 	{
 		parent::__construct($options);
 		$this->_request_hours = ($this->pdo->getSetting('request_hours') != '') ? (int)$this->pdo->getSetting('request_hours') : 1;
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class RequestIDWeb extends RequestID
 	protected function _processReleases()
 	{
 		// Array to store results.
-		$requestArray = array();
+		$requestArray = [];
 
 		if ($this->_releases instanceof \Traversable) {
 			// Loop all the results.
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Sharing.php b/newznab/controllers/Sharing.php
index da71a788f..b63daf7b6 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Sharing.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Sharing.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Class Sharing
 	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected $siteSettings = array();
+	protected $siteSettings = [];
 
 	/**
 	 * Group to work in.
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Sites.php b/newznab/controllers/Sites.php
index f6940858b..8109c860d 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Sites.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Sites.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Sites
 		if ($site->sabcompletedir != "" && !file_exists($site->sabcompletedir))
 			return Sites::ERR_SABCOMPLETEPATH;
 
-		$sql = $sqlKeys = array();
+		$sql = $sqlKeys = [];
 		foreach ($form as $settingK => $settingV) {
 			$sql[] = sprintf("WHEN %s THEN %s", $db->escapeString($settingK), $db->escapeString(trim($settingV)));
 			$sqlKeys[] = $db->escapeString($settingK);
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class Sites
 
 		$patchpath = WWW_DIR . "../db/patch/0.2.3/";
 		$patchfiles = glob($patchpath . "*.sql");
-		$missingpatch = array();
+		$missingpatch = [];
 		foreach ($patchfiles as $file) {
 			$filecontents = file_get_contents($file);
 			if (preg_match("/Rev\: (\d+)/", $filecontents, $matches)) {
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Sphinx.php b/newznab/controllers/Sphinx.php
index 9ef63f681..47a51685e 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Sphinx.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Sphinx.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Sphinx
      */
     public function runCmd($cmd, $stdout=true)
     {
-        $output = array();
+        $output = [];
         $handle = popen($cmd, "r");
         while ($line = fgets($handle)) {
             if (\newznab\utility\Utility::startsWith($line, "Sphinx") ||
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ class Sphinx
     public function indexDetails($index, $main=False) {
         $details = array(
             "enabled"     => false,
-            "field_list"  => array(),
-            "attr_list"   => array()
+            "field_list"  => [],
+            "attr_list"   => []
         );
 
         if ($this->isIndexEnabled($index)) {
@@ -428,9 +428,9 @@ class Sphinx
      * @param   boolean Whether or not to include the delta indexes as well.
      * @return  array   An array of string of the enabled indexes.
      */
-    public function getAllEnabledIndexes($deltas=false, $exclude=array())
+    public function getAllEnabledIndexes($deltas=false, $exclude=[])
     {
-        $enabled = array();
+        $enabled = [];
         foreach($this->indexes as $index) {
             if ($this->isIndexEnabled($index) && !in_array($index, $exclude)) {
                 $enabled[] = $index;
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ class Sphinx
         }
 
         // Get the query metadata.
-        $meta = array();
+        $meta = [];
         $mresult = mysqli_query($sdb,"SHOW META");
         if (!$mresult) {
             return false;
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ class Sphinx
             $meta[$row[0]] = $row[1];
         }
 
-        $results = array();
+        $results = [];
 		if ($result)
 		{
 			while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ class Sphinx
             $result = $ndb->queryDirect($sql);
 			if ($result)
 			{
-				$results = array();
+				$results = [];
 				while ($row = $ndb->getAssocArray($result)) {
 					$results[] = $row;
 				}
@@ -714,10 +714,10 @@ class Sphinx
      * @param   string  $lookupQuery
      *
      */
-    public function buildQuery($search, $cat=array(), $offset=0, $limit=100,
+    public function buildQuery($search, $cat=[], $offset=0, $limit=100,
                            $order=array("postdate", "desc"), $maxage=-1,
-                           $excludedcats=array(), $grp=array(),
-                           $indexes=array(), $lookup=true, $where=array(),
+                           $excludedcats=[], $grp=[],
+                           $indexes=[], $lookup=true, $where=[],
                            &$lookupQuery="")
     {
         $ndb = new newznab\db\Settings;
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ class Sphinx
 
         // Create a comma separated string of indexes, but only of enabled
         // indexes
-        $searchIndexes = array();
+        $searchIndexes = [];
         foreach($indexes as $index) {
             if ($this->isIndexEnabled($index)) {
                 $searchIndexes[] = $index;
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ class Sphinx
 
         // Build the category query.  If any of the categories are a "parent"
         // then we need to explicitly include their children as well.
-        $categoryIDs = array();
+        $categoryIDs = [];
         if (count($cat) > 0 && $cat[0] != -1) {
             foreach ($cat as $category) {
                 if ($category != -1) {
@@ -908,10 +908,10 @@ class Sphinx
      * @param   boolean         $lookup         Retrieve latest data from database.
      * @return  array|false
      */
-    public function search($search, $cat=array(), $offset=0, $limit=1000,
+    public function search($search, $cat=[], $offset=0, $limit=1000,
                            $order=array("postdate", "desc"), $maxage=-1,
-                           $excludedcats=array(), $grp=array(),
-                           $indexes=array(), $lookup=true, $minsize=-1, $maxsize=-1)
+                           $excludedcats=[], $grp=[],
+                           $indexes=[], $lookup=true, $minsize=-1, $maxsize=-1)
     {
         if (count($indexes) == 0) {
             // Remove predb from the default list of indexes to search
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ class Sphinx
                           . "AND releases.id IN (%s)";
         }
 
-		$where = array();
+		$where = [];
 		if ($minsize != -1) {
 			$where[] = sprintf("size > %d ", $minsize);
 		}
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ class Sphinx
      */
     public function searchbyRageId($rageId, $series="", $episode="", $offset=0,
                                    $limit=100, $name="", $cat=array(-1),
-                                   $maxage=-1, $indexes=array(), $lookup=true)
+                                   $maxage=-1, $indexes=[], $lookup=true)
     {
         $db = new newznab\db\Settings();
         $order = array("postdate", "desc");
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ class Sphinx
 			$search[] = sprintf("@episode %s", $db->escapeString($episode));
 		}
 
-		$where = array();
+		$where = [];
 		if ($rageId != "-1") {
 		    $where[] = "rageid = ".$rageId;
 		}
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ class Sphinx
                           . "AND releases.id IN (%s)";
         }
         $sphinxQuery = $this->buildQuery($search, $cat, $offset, $limit, $order,
-                                         $maxage, array(), array(), $indexes,
+                                         $maxage, [], [], $indexes,
                                          $lookup, $where, $lookupQuery);
         return $this->searchDirect($sphinxQuery, $lookupQuery, 180);
     }
@@ -1033,12 +1033,12 @@ class Sphinx
      */
     public function searchbyImdbId($imdbId, $offset=0, $limit=100, $name="",
                                    $cat=array(-1), $genre="", $maxage=-1,
-                                   $indexes=array(), $lookup=true)
+                                   $indexes=[], $lookup=true)
     {
         $db = new newznab\db\Settings();
-        $search = array();
+        $search = [];
         $order = array("postdate", "desc");
-        $where = array();
+        $where = [];
         if ($imdbId != "-1" && is_numeric($imdbId)) {
 			// Pad id with zeros just in case.
 			$imdbId = str_pad($imdbId, 7, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT);
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ class Sphinx
                           . "AND releases.id IN (%s)";
         }
         $sphinxQuery = $this->buildQuery($search, $cat, $offset, $limit, $order,
-                                         $maxage, array(), array(), $indexes,
+                                         $maxage, [], [], $indexes,
                                          $lookup, $where, $lookupQuery);
         return $this->searchDirect($sphinxQuery, $lookupQuery, 180);
     }
@@ -1099,12 +1099,12 @@ class Sphinx
      */
     public function searchAudio($artist, $album, $label, $track, $year,
                                 $genre=array(-1), $offset=0, $limit=100,
-                                $cat=array(-1), $maxage=-1, $indexes=array(),
+                                $cat=array(-1), $maxage=-1, $indexes=[],
                                 $lookup=true)
     {
         $db = new newznab\db\Settings();
-        $search = array();
-        $where = array();
+        $search = [];
+        $where = [];
         $order = array("postdate", "desc");
         if ($artist != "") {
             $search[] = sprintf("@musicinfo_artist %s", $db->escapeString($artist));
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ class Sphinx
                           . "AND releases.id IN (%s)";
         }
         $sphinxQuery = $this->buildQuery($search, $cat, $offset, $limit, $order,
-                                         $maxage, array(), array(), $indexes,
+                                         $maxage, [], [], $indexes,
                                          $lookup, $where, $lookupQuery);
         return $this->searchDirect($sphinxQuery, $lookupQuery, 180);
     }
@@ -1176,11 +1176,11 @@ class Sphinx
      * presents the same interface as :php:meth:`Releases::searchBook`.
      */
     public function searchBook($author, $title, $offset=0, $limit=100,
-                               $maxage=-1, $indexes=array(), $lookup=true)
+                               $maxage=-1, $indexes=[], $lookup=true)
     {
         $db = new newznab\db\Settings();
         $order = array("postdate", "desc");
-        $search = array();
+        $search = [];
         if ($author != "") {
             $search[] = sprintf("@bookinfo_author %s", $db->escapeString($author));
         }
@@ -1228,8 +1228,8 @@ class Sphinx
 		}
 
 		$sphinxQuery = $this->buildQuery($search, array(-1), $offset, $limit,
-		                                 $order, $maxage, array(), array(),
-		                                 $indexes, $lookup, array(), $lookupQuery);
+		                                 $order, $maxage, [], [],
+		                                 $indexes, $lookup, [], $lookupQuery);
 		return $this->searchDirect($sphinxQuery, $lookupQuery, 180);
     }
 
@@ -1238,12 +1238,12 @@ class Sphinx
      * presents the same interface as :php:meth:`Releases::searchbyAnidbId`.
      */
     public function searchbyAnidbId($anidbID, $epno='', $offset=0, $limit=100,
-                                    $name='', $maxage=-1, $indexes=array(),
+                                    $name='', $maxage=-1, $indexes=[],
                                     $lookup=true)
     {
         $db = new newznab\db\Settings();
-        $where = array();
-        $search = array();
+        $where = [];
+        $search = [];
         $order = array("postdate", "desc");
         if ($anidbID > -1) {
             $where[] = sprintf("anidbid = %d", $anidbID);
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ class Sphinx
 			              . "AND releases.id IN (%s)";
 		}
 		$sphinxQuery = $this->buildQuery($search, array(-1), $offset, $limit,
-		                                 $order, $maxage, array(), array(),
+		                                 $order, $maxage, [], [],
 		                                 $indexes, $lookup, $where, $lookupQuery);
 		return $this->searchDirect($sphinxQuery, $lookupQuery, 180);
     }
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Steam.php b/newznab/controllers/Steam.php
index ba72bae16..c71c31f08 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Steam.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Steam.php
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ class Steam
 	/**
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected $_postParams = array();
+	protected $_postParams = [];
 
 	/**
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected $_res = array();
+	protected $_res = [];
 
 	/**
 	 * @var
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class Steam
 	public function details()
 	{
 		if ($this->_ret = $this->_html->find("div.details_block", 0)) {
-			$textarr = array();
+			$textarr = [];
 			foreach ($this->_ret->find('text') as $text) {
 				$text = trim($text->plaintext);
 				if (!empty($text)) {
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class Steam
 	 */
 	public function getAll()
 	{
-		$results = array();
+		$results = [];
 		if (isset($this->_directURL)) {
 			$results['steamgameid'] = $this->_steamGameID;
 			$results['directurl'] = $this->_directURL;
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/TheTVDB.php b/newznab/controllers/TheTVDB.php
index 24ec1c7a0..537dcac8b 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/TheTVDB.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/TheTVDB.php
@@ -416,18 +416,18 @@ class TheTVDB
 			//'seriesname' => ((string) $TheTVDBAPIXML->Series->SeriesName != '') ? (string) $TheTVDBAPIXML->Series->SeriesName : $seriesName,
 			'seriesname' => $seriesName,
 			'status' => (string) $TheTVDBAPIXML->Series->Status,
-			'episodetvdbID' => isset($episodetvdbIDArray) ? $episodetvdbIDArray : array(),
-			'episodenumber' => isset($episodenumberArray) ? $episodenumberArray : array(),
-			'episodeseason' => isset($episodeseasonArray) ? $episodeseasonArray : array(),
-			'episodedirector' => isset($episodedirectorArray) ? $episodedirectorArray : array(),
-			'episodename' => isset($episodenameArray) ? $episodenameArray : array(),
-			'episodefirstaired' => isset($episodefirstairedArray) ? $episodefirstairedArray : array(),
-			'episodegueststars' => isset($episodegueststarsArray) ? $episodegueststarsArray : array(),
-			'episodeimdbID' => isset($episodeimdbID) ? $episodeimdbID : array(),
-			'episodeoverview' => isset($episodeoverviewArray) ? $episodeoverviewArray : array(),
-			'episoderating' => isset($episoderatingArray) ? $episoderatingArray : array(),
-			'episodewriter' => isset($episodewriterArray) ? $episodewriterArray : array(),
-			'episodeabsolutenumber' => isset($episodeabsolutenumberArray) ? $episodeabsolutenumberArray : array(),
+			'episodetvdbID' => isset($episodetvdbIDArray) ? $episodetvdbIDArray : [],
+			'episodenumber' => isset($episodenumberArray) ? $episodenumberArray : [],
+			'episodeseason' => isset($episodeseasonArray) ? $episodeseasonArray : [],
+			'episodedirector' => isset($episodedirectorArray) ? $episodedirectorArray : [],
+			'episodename' => isset($episodenameArray) ? $episodenameArray : [],
+			'episodefirstaired' => isset($episodefirstairedArray) ? $episodefirstairedArray : [],
+			'episodegueststars' => isset($episodegueststarsArray) ? $episodegueststarsArray : [],
+			'episodeimdbID' => isset($episodeimdbID) ? $episodeimdbID : [],
+			'episodeoverview' => isset($episodeoverviewArray) ? $episodeoverviewArray : [],
+			'episoderating' => isset($episoderatingArray) ? $episoderatingArray : [],
+			'episodewriter' => isset($episodewriterArray) ? $episodewriterArray : [],
+			'episodeabsolutenumber' => isset($episodeabsolutenumberArray) ? $episodeabsolutenumberArray : [],
 		);
 
 		return $TheTVDBAPIArray;
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/Tmux.php b/newznab/controllers/Tmux.php
index acaf384af..29979d47e 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/Tmux.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/Tmux.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class Tmux
 
 	public function getConnectionsInfo($constants)
 	{
-		$runVar = array();
+		$runVar = [];
 		$runVar['connections']['port_a'] = $runVar['connections']['host_a'] = $runVar['connections']['ip_a'] = false;
 
 		if ($constants['nntpproxy'] == 0) {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class Tmux
 				$port = 'port';
 				break;
 		}
-		$runVar = array();
+		$runVar = [];
 
 		$runVar['conncounts'][$which]['active'] = $runVar['conncounts'][$which]['total'] = 0;
 
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class Tmux
 
 	public function relativeTime($_time)
 	{
-		$d = array();
+		$d = [];
 		$d[0] = [1, "sec"];
 		$d[1] = [60, "min"];
 		$d[2] = [3600, "hr"];
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/TvRage.php b/newznab/controllers/TvRage.php
index 4f81abf9f..158ce4418 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/TvRage.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/TvRage.php
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class TvRage
 
 		$countries = $this->pdo->query("select distinct(country) as country from tvrage where country != ''");
 		$showsindb = $this->pdo->query("select distinct(rageid) as rageid from tvrage");
-		$showarray = array();
+		$showarray = [];
 		foreach($showsindb as $show)
 		{
 			$showarray[] = $show['rageid'];
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class TvRage
 			{
 				$tzOffset = 60*60*6;
 				$yesterday = strtotime("-1 day") - $tzOffset;
-				$xmlSchedule = array();
+				$xmlSchedule = [];
 
 				foreach ($sched as $dayObj)
 				{
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class TvRage
 						foreach ($res as $arr)
 						{
 							$prev_ep = $next_ep = "";
-							$query = array();
+							$query = [];
 
 							// previous episode
 							if (isset($epInfo['prev']) && $epInfo['prev']['episode'] != '')
@@ -635,14 +635,14 @@ class TvRage
 			if (isset($arrXml['show']) && is_array($arrXml['show']))
 			{
 				// we got a valid xml response
-				$titleMatches = array();
-				$urlMatches = array();
-				$akaMatches = array();
+				$titleMatches = [];
+				$urlMatches = [];
+				$akaMatches = [];
 
 				if (isset($arrXml['show']['showid']))
 				{
 					// we got exactly 1 match so lets convert it to an array so we can use it in the logic below
-					$newArr = array();
+					$newArr = [];
 					$newArr[] = $arrXml['show'];
 					unset($arrXml);
 					$arrXml['show'] = $newArr;
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ class TvRage
 				$showInfo['season'] = sprintf('S%02d', $showInfo['season']);
 				//check for multi episode release
 				if (is_array($showInfo['episode'])) {
-					$tmpArr = array();
+					$tmpArr = [];
 					foreach ($showInfo['episode'] as $ep) {
 						$tmpArr[] = sprintf('E%02d', $ep);
 					}
diff --git a/newznab/controllers/zipfile.php b/newznab/controllers/zipfile.php
index 769e47435..9b71db786 100644
--- a/newznab/controllers/zipfile.php
+++ b/newznab/controllers/zipfile.php
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ class zipfile
      *
      * @var  array    $datasec
      */
-    var $datasec      = array();
+    var $datasec      = [];
 
     /**
      * Central directory
      *
      * @var  array    $ctrl_dir
      */
-    var $ctrl_dir     = array();
+    var $ctrl_dir     = [];
 
     /**
      * End of central directory record
diff --git a/newznab/processing/post/AniDB.php b/newznab/processing/post/AniDB.php
index a2faa6c05..50a7af039 100644
--- a/newznab/processing/post/AniDB.php
+++ b/newznab/processing/post/AniDB.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class AniDB
 	/**
 	 * @param array $options Class instances / Echo to cli.
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $options = array())
+	public function __construct(array $options = [])
 	{
 		$defaults = [
 			'Echo'     => false,
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class AniDB
 	 *
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
-	private function matchAnimeRelease($release = array())
+	private function matchAnimeRelease($release = [])
 	{
 		$matched = false;
 		$type    = 'Local';
diff --git a/newznab/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php b/newznab/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php
index 64859acb9..bea0f8b0c 100644
--- a/newznab/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php
+++ b/newznab/processing/post/ProcessAdditional.php
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class ProcessAdditional
 		$this->_unrarPath = false;
 
 		// Pass the binary extractors to ArchiveInfo.
-		$clients = array();
+		$clients = [];
 		if ($this->pdo->getSetting('unrarpath') != '') {
 			$clients += array(\ArchiveInfo::TYPE_RAR => $this->pdo->getSetting('unrarpath'));
 			$this->_unrarPath = $this->pdo->getSetting('unrarpath');
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ class ProcessAdditional
 		if (is_array($this->_releases)) {
 			$this->_totalReleases = count($this->_releases);
 		} else {
-			$this->_releases = array();
+			$this->_releases = [];
 			$this->_totalReleases = 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ class ProcessAdditional
 	 * @void
 	 * @access protected
 	 */
-	protected function _recursivePathDelete($path, $ignoredFolders = array())
+	protected function _recursivePathDelete($path, $ignoredFolders = [])
 	{
 		if (is_dir($path)) {
 
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ class ProcessAdditional
 					break;
 				}
 
-				$fileName = array();
+				$fileName = [];
 				if (preg_match('/[^\/\\\\]*\.[a-zA-Z0-9]*$/', $file['name'], $fileName)) {
 					$fileName = $fileName[0];
 				} else {
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ class ProcessAdditional
 			$nestedLevels++;
 		}
 
-		$fileType = array();
+		$fileType = [];
 
 		// Get all the remaining files in the temp dir.
 		$files = $this->_getTempDirectoryContents();
@@ -2535,8 +2535,8 @@ class ProcessAdditional
 
 		$this->_NZBHasCompressedFile = false;
 
-		$this->_sampleMessageIDs = $this->_JPGMessageIDs = $this->_MediaInfoMessageIDs = array();
-		$this->_AudioInfoMessageIDs = $this->_RARFileMessageIDs = array();
+		$this->_sampleMessageIDs = $this->_JPGMessageIDs = $this->_MediaInfoMessageIDs = [];
+		$this->_AudioInfoMessageIDs = $this->_RARFileMessageIDs = [];
 		$this->_AudioInfoExtension = '';
 
 		$this->_addedFileInfo = 0;
diff --git a/www/admin/binaryblacklist-edit.php b/www/admin/binaryblacklist-edit.php
index 2edf52103..c543b1dd9 100644
--- a/www/admin/binaryblacklist-edit.php
+++ b/www/admin/binaryblacklist-edit.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ switch($action)
 			else
 			{
 				$page->title = "Binary Black/Whitelist Add";
-				$r = array();
+				$r = [];
 				$r["status"] = 1;
 				$r["optype"] = 1;
 				$r["msgcol"] = 1;
diff --git a/www/admin/index.php b/www/admin/index.php
index 2f1c379c8..2317accb8 100644
--- a/www/admin/index.php
+++ b/www/admin/index.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $page = new AdminPage();
 
 $page->title = "Admin Hangout";
 
-$statusmsgs = array();
+$statusmsgs = [];
 
 //
 // status messages
diff --git a/www/admin/menu-edit.php b/www/admin/menu-edit.php
index 216e54e33..293e52891 100644
--- a/www/admin/menu-edit.php
+++ b/www/admin/menu-edit.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $id = 0;
 
 //get the user roles
 $userroles = $users->getRoles();
-$roles = array();
+$roles = [];
 foreach ($userroles as $r) {
 	$roles[$r['ID']] = $r['name'];
 }
diff --git a/www/admin/preview-list.php b/www/admin/preview-list.php
index b818a53e0..e2fab6650 100644
--- a/www/admin/preview-list.php
+++ b/www/admin/preview-list.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ $previewcat="-1";
 if (isset($_REQUEST["previewcat"]))
     $previewcat = $_REQUEST["previewcat"];
 
-$catarray = array();
+$catarray = [];
 $catarray[] = $previewcat;
 
 $releasecount = $releases->getPreviewCount($previewtype, $catarray);
diff --git a/www/admin/regex-edit.php b/www/admin/regex-edit.php
index 7826558e1..084377c4a 100644
--- a/www/admin/regex-edit.php
+++ b/www/admin/regex-edit.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ switch($action)
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				$r = array();
+				$r = [];
 				$r["status"] = 1;
 			}
 			$page->smarty->assign('regex', $r);
diff --git a/www/admin/regex-test.php b/www/admin/regex-test.php
index 03266dd23..b7dc126bb 100644
--- a/www/admin/regex-test.php
+++ b/www/admin/regex-test.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $numarticlesdefault = 20000;
 $groupList = $groups->getAll();
 array_unshift($groupList, array('ID'=>0, 'name'=>'All Groups'));
 
-$gid = $gnames = array();
+$gid = $gnames = [];
 $groupname = (isset($_REQUEST['groupname']) && !empty($_REQUEST['groupname'])) ? $_REQUEST['groupname'] : '';
 $groupID = isset($_REQUEST['groupID']) ? $_REQUEST['groupID'] : '0';
 $regex = (isset($_REQUEST['regex']) && !empty($_REQUEST['regex'])) ? $_REQUEST['regex'] : '/^(?P<name>.*)$/i';
diff --git a/www/admin/role-edit.php b/www/admin/role-edit.php
index 49cb02fe8..1f85ec6c7 100644
--- a/www/admin/role-edit.php
+++ b/www/admin/role-edit.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $action = isset($_REQUEST['action']) ? $_REQUEST['action'] : 'view';
 
 //get the user roles
 $userroles = $users->getRoles();
-$roles = array();
+$roles = [];
 foreach ($userroles as $r) {
 	$roles[$r['ID']] = $r['name'];
 }
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ switch($action)
 {
     case 'add':
     		$page->title = "User Roles Add";
-				$role = array();
+				$role = [];
 				$role["name"] = '';
 				$role["apirequests"] = '';
 				$role["downloadrequests"] = '';
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ switch($action)
 					$ret = $users->updateRole($_POST['id'], $_POST['name'], $_POST['apirequests'], $_POST['downloadrequests'], $_POST['defaultinvites'], $_POST['isdefault'], $_POST['canpreview'], $_POST['canpre'], $_POST['hidetads']);
 					header("Location:".WWW_TOP."/role-list.php");
 
-					$_POST['exccat'] = (!isset($_POST['exccat']) || !is_array($_POST['exccat'])) ? array() : $_POST['exccat'];
+					$_POST['exccat'] = (!isset($_POST['exccat']) || !is_array($_POST['exccat'])) ? [] : $_POST['exccat'];
 					$users->addRoleCategoryExclusions($_POST['id'], $_POST['exccat']);
 				}
 
diff --git a/www/admin/site-edit.php b/www/admin/site-edit.php
index aca42b65b..1f1eb6cb1 100644
--- a/www/admin/site-edit.php
+++ b/www/admin/site-edit.php
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ $page->smarty->assign('coversPath', NN_COVERS);
 $result = $page->settings->query("SELECT id, title FROM category WHERE id in (3030, 7010, 7020, 7040, 7060)");
 
 // setup the display lists for these categories, this could have been static, but then if names changed they would be wrong
-$book_reqids_ids = array();
-$book_reqids_names = array();
+$book_reqids_ids = [];
+$book_reqids_names = [];
 foreach ($result as $bookcategory)
 {
 	$book_reqids_ids[]   = $bookcategory["id"];
diff --git a/www/admin/spotnab-edit.php b/www/admin/spotnab-edit.php
index 601bc9c6e..542987552 100644
--- a/www/admin/spotnab-edit.php
+++ b/www/admin/spotnab-edit.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ switch($action)
 {
     case 'add':
     		$page->title = "Spotnab Source Add";
-				$source = array();
+				$source = [];
 				$source["description"] = '';
 				$row = $spotnab->getDefaultValue('spotnabsources','username');
 				$source["username"] = $row[0]["Default"];
diff --git a/www/admin/user-list.php b/www/admin/user-list.php
index 7e4b1d331..42de55676 100644
--- a/www/admin/user-list.php
+++ b/www/admin/user-list.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $page->title = "User List";
 
 $usercount = $users->getCount();
 $userroles = $users->getRoles();
-$roles = array();
+$roles = [];
 foreach ($userroles as $r) {
 	$roles[$r['id']] = $r['name'];
 }
diff --git a/www/pages/ajax_mymovies.php b/www/pages/ajax_mymovies.php
index be4bcb74e..e9e03938a 100644
--- a/www/pages/ajax_mymovies.php
+++ b/www/pages/ajax_mymovies.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST['del'])) {
 	$usermovies = $um->delMovie($page->users->currentUserId(), $_REQUEST['del']);
 } else if (isset($_REQUEST['add'])) {
 	// Derive cats from user preferences.
-	$cats = array();
+	$cats = [];
 	$cats[] = '2030';
 	$cats[] = '2040';
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST['del'])) {
 		$searchm = $tmdb->searchMovie($_REQUEST['id']);
 		if ($searchm !== false) {
 			if (isset($searchm['results'])) {
-				$obj = array();
+				$obj = [];
 				$limit = 0;
 				foreach ($searchm['results'] as $movie) {
 					$limit++;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST['del'])) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	$imdbids = array();
+	$imdbids = [];
 
 	if (isset($obj) && count($obj) > 0) {
 		foreach ($obj as $movie) {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST['del'])) {
 		if (count($imdbids) == 0) {
 			print "<h3 style='padding-top:30px;'>No results found</h3>";
 		} else {
-			$ourmovieimdbs = array();
+			$ourmovieimdbs = [];
 			if (count($imdbids) > 0) {
 				$m = new Film(['Settings' => $page->settings, 'TMDb' => $tmdb]);
 				$allmovies = $m->getMovieInfoMultiImdb($imdbids);
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST['del'])) {
 				}
 			}
 
-			$userimdbs = array();
+			$userimdbs = [];
 			$usermovies = $um->getMovies($page->users->currentUserId());
 			foreach ($usermovies as $umovie) {
 				$userimdbs[$umovie['imdbid']] = $umovie['imdbid'];
diff --git a/www/pages/anime.php b/www/pages/anime.php
index a79f5f915..7da5c437a 100644
--- a/www/pages/anime.php
+++ b/www/pages/anime.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if (isset($_GET['id']) && ctype_digit($_GET['id'])) {
 		$page->smarty->assign('nodata', 'No releases for this series.');
 	} else {
 		// Sort releases by season, episode, date posted.
-		$season = $episode = $posted = array();
+		$season = $episode = $posted = [];
 
 		foreach ($releases as $rlk => $rlv) {
 			$season[$rlk] = $rlv['season'];
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if (isset($_GET['id']) && ctype_digit($_GET['id'])) {
 
 		array_multisort($episode, SORT_DESC, $posted, SORT_DESC, $releases);
 
-		$seasons = array();
+		$seasons = [];
 		foreach ($releases as $r) {
 			$seasons[$r['season']][$r['episode']][] = $r;
 		}
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if (isset($_GET['id']) && ctype_digit($_GET['id'])) {
 		$page->smarty->assign('seasons', $seasons);
 		$page->smarty->assign('anidb', $anidb);
 
-		$animeEpisodeTitles = array();
+		$animeEpisodeTitles = [];
 		foreach ($releases as $r) {
 			$animeEpisodeTitles[$r['tvtitle']][] = $r;
 		}
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if (isset($_GET['id']) && ctype_digit($_GET['id'])) {
 	$page->meta_keywords = 'view,anime,series,description,details';
 	$page->meta_description = 'View Anime List';
 
-	$animelist = array();
+	$animelist = [];
 	if ($masterserieslist instanceof \Traversable) {
 		foreach ($masterserieslist as $s) {
 			if (preg_match('/^[0-9]/', $s['title'])) {
diff --git a/www/pages/api.php b/www/pages/api.php
index 77cc7a14e..d708d7011 100644
--- a/www/pages/api.php
+++ b/www/pages/api.php
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ switch ($function) {
 		if ($data)
 			$reldata = $data;
 		else
-			$reldata = array();
+			$reldata = [];
 
 		$page->smarty->assign('comments',$reldata);
 		$page->smarty->assign('rsstitle',"API Comments");
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ switch ($function) {
 	case "mu":
 		if (isset($_GET["artist"]) && $_GET["artist"]=="" && isset($_GET["album"]) && $_GET["album"]=="")
 			showApiError(200);
-		$categoryId = array();
+		$categoryId = [];
 		if (isset($_GET["cat"]))
 			$categoryId = explode(",",$_GET["cat"]);
 		else
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ switch ($function) {
 				$maxage = $_GET["maxage"];
 		}
 
-		$genreId = array();
+		$genreId = [];
 		if (isset($_GET["genre"]))
 			$genreId = explode(",",$_GET["genre"]);
 		else
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ function maxAge()
  */
 function categoryid()
 {
-	$categoryID = array();
+	$categoryID = [];
 	$categoryID[] = -1;
 	if (isset($_GET['cat'])) {
 		$categoryIDs = $_GET['cat'];
diff --git a/www/pages/console.php b/www/pages/console.php
index 617b5b92f..f51d33e05 100644
--- a/www/pages/console.php
+++ b/www/pages/console.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ $cat = new Category(['Settings' => $page->settings]);
 $gen = new Genres(['Settings' => $page->settings]);
 
 $concats = $cat->getChildren(Category::CAT_PARENT_GAME);
-$ctmp = array();
+$ctmp = [];
 foreach ($concats as $ccat) {
 	$ctmp[$ccat['id']] = $ccat;
 }
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST["t"]) && array_key_exists($_REQUEST['t'], $ctmp)) {
 	$category = $_REQUEST["t"] + 0;
 }
 
-$catarray = array();
+$catarray = [];
 $catarray[] = $category;
 
 $page->smarty->assign('catlist', $ctmp);
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ $offset = (isset($_REQUEST["offset"]) && ctype_digit($_REQUEST['offset'])) ? $_R
 $ordering = $console->getConsoleOrdering();
 $orderby = isset($_REQUEST["ob"]) && in_array($_REQUEST['ob'], $ordering) ? $_REQUEST["ob"] : '';
 
-$results = $consoles = array();
+$results = $consoles = [];
 $results = $console->getConsoleRange($catarray, $offset, ITEMS_PER_COVER_PAGE, $orderby, $page->userdata["categoryexclusions"]);
 
 $maxwords = 50;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ $title = (isset($_REQUEST['title']) && !empty($_REQUEST['title'])) ? stripslashe
 $page->smarty->assign('title', $title);
 
 $genres = $gen->getGenres(Genres::CONSOLE_TYPE, true);
-$tmpgnr = array();
+$tmpgnr = [];
 foreach ($genres as $gn) {
 	$tmpgnr[$gn['id']] = $gn['title'];
 }
diff --git a/www/pages/details.php b/www/pages/details.php
index f4cdfb729..2be14428c 100644
--- a/www/pages/details.php
+++ b/www/pages/details.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if (isset($_GET["id"]))
 		$rageinfo = $tvrage->getByRageID($data["rageid"]);
 		if (count($rageinfo) > 0)
 		{
-			$seriesnames = $seriesdescription = $seriescountry = $seriesgenre = $seriesimg = $seriesid = array();
+			$seriesnames = $seriesdescription = $seriescountry = $seriesgenre = $seriesimg = $seriesid = [];
 			foreach($rageinfo as $r)
 			{
 				$seriesnames[] = $r['releasetitle'];
diff --git a/www/pages/dlbrowse.php b/www/pages/dlbrowse.php
index 859b7f973..c91e04e42 100644
--- a/www/pages/dlbrowse.php
+++ b/www/pages/dlbrowse.php
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ if (!Utility::startsWith(realpath($path), realpath($basepath)))
 
 $files = glob(preg_replace('/(\*|\?|\[)/', '[$1]', $path)."/*");
 
-$items = array();
-$dirs = array();
+$items = [];
+$dirs = [];
 foreach($files as $f)
 {
-	$i = array();
+	$i = [];
 	$i["name"] = basename($f);
 	$i["isdir"] = (is_dir($f)?1:0);
 	$i["fullname"] = $f;
diff --git a/www/pages/games.php b/www/pages/games.php
index 26c0108fa..bc37fbfb9 100644
--- a/www/pages/games.php
+++ b/www/pages/games.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ $cat = new Category(['Settings' => $page->settings]);
 $gen = new Genres(['Settings' => $page->settings]);
 
 $concats = $cat->getChildren(Category::CAT_PARENT_PC);
-$ctmp = array();
+$ctmp = [];
 foreach ($concats as $ccat) {
 	$ctmp[$ccat['id']] = $ccat;
 }
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST["t"]) && array_key_exists($_REQUEST['t'], $ctmp)) {
 	$category = $_REQUEST["t"] + 0;
 }
 
-$catarray = array();
+$catarray = [];
 $catarray[] = $category;
 
 $page->smarty->assign('catlist', $ctmp);
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ $ordering = $games->getGamesOrdering();
 
 $orderby = isset($_REQUEST["ob"]) && in_array($_REQUEST['ob'], $ordering) ? $_REQUEST["ob"] : '';
 
-$results = $games2 = array();
+$results = $games2 = [];
 $results = $games->getGamesRange($catarray, $offset, ITEMS_PER_COVER_PAGE, $orderby, -1, $page->userdata["categoryexclusions"]);
 $maxwords = 50;
 foreach ($results as $result) {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ $title = (isset($_REQUEST['title']) && !empty($_REQUEST['title'])) ? stripslashe
 $page->smarty->assign('title', $title);
 
 $genres = $gen->getGenres(Genres::GAME_TYPE, true);
-$tmpgnr = array();
+$tmpgnr = [];
 foreach ($genres as $gn) {
 	$tmpgnr[$gn['id']] = $gn['title'];
 }
diff --git a/www/pages/mymoviesedit.php b/www/pages/mymoviesedit.php
index 2d2c30a6d..4a386d2ed 100644
--- a/www/pages/mymoviesedit.php
+++ b/www/pages/mymoviesedit.php
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST["del"])) {
 
 $cat = new Category(['Settings' => $page->settings]);
 $tmpcats = $cat->getChildren(Category::CAT_PARENT_MOVIE);
-$categories = array();
+$categories = [];
 foreach ($tmpcats as $c) {
 	$categories[$c['id']] = $c['title'];
 }
 
 $movies = $um->getMovies($page->users->currentUserId());
-$results = array();
+$results = [];
 foreach ($movies as $mov => $m) {
 	$movcats = explode('|', $m['categoryid']);
 	if (is_array($movcats) && sizeof($movcats) > 0) {
-		$catarr = array();
+		$catarr = [];
 		foreach ($movcats as $movcat) {
 			if (!empty($movcat)) {
 				$catarr[] = $categories[$movcat];
diff --git a/www/pages/newposterwall.php b/www/pages/newposterwall.php
index 1c327325f..ccd634e6c 100644
--- a/www/pages/newposterwall.php
+++ b/www/pages/newposterwall.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $error = false;
 // Array with all the possible poster wall types.
 $startTypes = array('Books', 'Console', 'Movies', 'XXX', 'Audio', 'PC', 'TV'/*, 'Recent'*/);
 // Array that will contain the poster wall types (the above array minus whatever they have disabled in admin).
-$types = array();
+$types = [];
 // Get the names of all enabled parent categories.
 $categories = $category->getEnabledParentNames();
 // Loop through our possible ones and check if they are in the enabled categories.
diff --git a/www/pages/series.php b/www/pages/series.php
index 35f57b4f8..3ca7924ed 100644
--- a/www/pages/series.php
+++ b/www/pages/series.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if (isset($_GET["id"]) && ctype_digit($_GET['id'])) {
 		$category = $_REQUEST["t"];
 	}
 
-	$catarray = array();
+	$catarray = [];
 	$catarray[] = $category;
 
 	$rel = $releases->searchbyRageId($_GET["id"], '', '', 0, 1000, "", $catarray, -1);
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if (isset($_GET["id"]) && ctype_digit($_GET['id'])) {
 		$myshows = $us->getShow($page->users->currentUserId(), $rage[0]['rageid']);
 
 		// Sort releases by season, episode, date posted.
-		$season = $episode = $posted = array();
+		$season = $episode = $posted = [];
 		foreach ($rel as $rlk => $rlv) {
 			$season[$rlk] = $rlv['season'];
 			$episode[$rlk] = $rlv['episode'];
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if (isset($_GET["id"]) && ctype_digit($_GET['id'])) {
 		}
 		array_multisort($season, SORT_DESC, $episode, SORT_DESC, $posted, SORT_DESC, $rel);
 
-		$seasons = array();
+		$seasons = [];
 		foreach ($rel as $r) {
 			$seasons[$r['season']][$r['episode']][] = $r;
 		}
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if (isset($_GET["id"]) && ctype_digit($_GET['id'])) {
 		$page->smarty->assign('myshows', $myshows);
 
 		//get series name(s), description, country and genre
-		$seriesnames = $seriesdescription = $seriescountry = $seriesgenre = array();
+		$seriesnames = $seriesdescription = $seriescountry = $seriesgenre = [];
 		foreach ($rage as $r) {
 			$seriesnames[] = $r['releasetitle'];
 			if (!empty($r['description'])) {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ if (isset($_GET["id"]) && ctype_digit($_GET['id'])) {
 	$page->meta_keywords = "view,series,tv,show,description,details";
 	$page->meta_description = "View Series List";
 
-	$serieslist = array();
+	$serieslist = [];
 	foreach ($masterserieslist as $s) {
 		if (preg_match('/^[0-9]/', $s['releasetitle'])) {
 			$thisrange = '0-9';
diff --git a/www/pages/xxx.php b/www/pages/xxx.php
index db171324f..ef6458e70 100644
--- a/www/pages/xxx.php
+++ b/www/pages/xxx.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $movie = new XXX();
 $cat = new Category();
 
 $moviecats = $cat->getChildren(Category::CAT_PARENT_XXX);
-$mtmp = array();
+$mtmp = [];
 foreach ($moviecats as $mcat) {
 	$mtmp[$mcat['id']] = $mcat;
 }
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $category = Category::CAT_PARENT_XXX;
 if (isset($_REQUEST['t']) && array_key_exists($_REQUEST['t'], $mtmp)) {
 	$category = $_REQUEST['t'] + 0;
 }
-$catarray = array();
+$catarray = [];
 $catarray[] = $category;
 
 $page->smarty->assign('catlist', $mtmp);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ $offset = (isset($_REQUEST['offset']) && ctype_digit($_REQUEST['offset'])) ? $_R
 $ordering = $movie->getXXXOrdering();
 $orderby = isset($_REQUEST['ob']) && in_array($_REQUEST['ob'], $ordering) ? $_REQUEST['ob'] : '';
 
-$results = $movies = array();
+$results = $movies = [];
 $results = $movie->getXXXRange($catarray, $offset, ITEMS_PER_COVER_PAGE, $orderby, -1, $page->userdata['categoryexclusions']);
 foreach ($results as $result) {
 	$result['genre'] = $movie->makeFieldLinks($result, 'genre');