diff --git a/admin/admin_rebuild_search.php b/admin/admin_rebuild_search.php
index 27c1f9d88..acb4126c1 100644
--- a/admin/admin_rebuild_search.php
+++ b/admin/admin_rebuild_search.php
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ if ($mode == 'submit' || $mode == 'refresh') {
     }
 
     // get the db sizes
-    list($search_data_size, $search_index_size, $search_tables_size) = get_db_sizes();
+    [$search_data_size, $search_index_size, $search_tables_size] = get_db_sizes();
 
     // get the post subject/text of each post
     $result = DB()->query("
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ if ($mode == 'submit' || $mode == 'refresh') {
     }
 
     // get the db sizes
-    list($search_data_size, $search_index_size, $search_tables_size) = get_db_sizes();
+    [$search_data_size, $search_index_size, $search_tables_size] = get_db_sizes();
 
     // calculate the final (estimated) values
     $final_search_tables_size = '';
diff --git a/common.php b/common.php
index bec97a86d..2781a551f 100644
--- a/common.php
+++ b/common.php
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ function file_write($str, $file, $max_size = LOG_MAX_SIZE, $lock = true, $replac
         $old_name = $file;
         $ext = '';
         if (preg_match('#^(.+)(\.[^\\\/]+)$#', $file, $matches)) {
-            list($old_name, $ext) = $matches;
+            [$old_name, $ext] = $matches;
         }
         $new_name = $old_name . '_[old]_' . date('Y-m-d_H-i-s_') . getmypid() . $ext;
         clearstatcache();
diff --git a/library/attach_mod/displaying.php b/library/attach_mod/displaying.php
index 10e0db8a2..f863a207f 100644
--- a/library/attach_mod/displaying.php
+++ b/library/attach_mod/displaying.php
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ function display_attachments($post_id)
 
             if (@(int)$display_categories[$attachments['_' . $post_id][$i]['extension']] == IMAGE_CAT && (int)$attach_config['img_display_inlined']) {
                 if ((int)$attach_config['img_link_width'] != 0 || (int)$attach_config['img_link_height'] != 0) {
-                    list($width, $height) = image_getdimension($filename);
+                    [$width, $height] = image_getdimension($filename);
 
                     if ($width == 0 && $height == 0) {
                         $image = true;
diff --git a/library/attach_mod/includes/functions_thumbs.php b/library/attach_mod/includes/functions_thumbs.php
index c5d612189..374e69dc3 100644
--- a/library/attach_mod/includes/functions_thumbs.php
+++ b/library/attach_mod/includes/functions_thumbs.php
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ function create_thumbnail($source, $new_file, $mimetype)
         return false;
     }
 
-    list($width, $height, $type, ) = getimagesize($source);
+    [$width, $height, $type,] = getimagesize($source);
 
     if (!$width || !$height) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    list($new_width, $new_height) = get_img_size_format($width, $height);
+    [$new_width, $new_height] = get_img_size_format($width, $height);
 
     $tmp_path = $old_file = '';
 
diff --git a/library/includes/functions.php b/library/includes/functions.php
index ae6c9b13b..acbd25626 100644
--- a/library/includes/functions.php
+++ b/library/includes/functions.php
@@ -689,13 +689,13 @@ function request_var($var_name, $default, $multibyte = false, $cookie = false)
     if (!is_array($default)) {
         $type = gettype($default);
     } else {
-        list($key_type, $type) = $default;
+        [$key_type, $type] = $default;
         $type = gettype($type);
         $key_type = gettype($key_type);
         if ($type == 'array') {
             reset($default);
             $default = current($default);
-            list($sub_key_type, $sub_type) = $default;
+            [$sub_key_type, $sub_type] = $default;
             $sub_type = gettype($sub_type);
             $sub_type = ($sub_type == 'array') ? 'NULL' : $sub_type;
             $sub_key_type = gettype($sub_key_type);
diff --git a/src/Legacy/Attach.php b/src/Legacy/Attach.php
index 693abdee9..4ad127aba 100644
--- a/src/Legacy/Attach.php
+++ b/src/Legacy/Attach.php
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ class Attach
 
             // Check Image Size, if it's an image
             if (!$error && !IS_ADMIN && $cat_id === IMAGE_CAT) {
-                list($width, $height) = image_getdimension($upload_dir . '/' . $this->attach_filename);
+                [$width, $height] = image_getdimension($upload_dir . '/' . $this->attach_filename);
 
                 if ($width && $height && (int)$attach_config['img_max_width'] && (int)$attach_config['img_max_height']) {
                     if ($width > (int)$attach_config['img_max_width'] || $height > (int)$attach_config['img_max_height']) {
diff --git a/src/Legacy/Common/Upload.php b/src/Legacy/Common/Upload.php
index 6f543284c..dfa66a0de 100644
--- a/src/Legacy/Common/Upload.php
+++ b/src/Legacy/Common/Upload.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Upload
         // img
         if ($this->cfg['max_width'] || $this->cfg['max_height']) {
             if ($img_info = getimagesize($this->file['tmp_name'])) {
-                list($width, $height, $type, $attr) = $img_info;
+                [$width, $height, $type, $attr] = $img_info;
 
                 // redefine ext
                 if (!$width || !$height || !$type || !isset($this->img_types[$type])) {