diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f221283b..88f2ba1c6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
+- Used new-style [] array constructions in some cases [\#1111](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier/pull/1111) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
 - Use http_response_code() functions instead of old header() functions [\#1110](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier/pull/1110) ([belomaxorka](https://github.com/belomaxorka))
 - Fix bypassing cache if IP changed while using cache [\#1109](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier/pull/1109) ([kovalensky](https://github.com/kovalensky))
 - Use one variable to determine update status for hybrids [\#1108](https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier/pull/1108) ([kovalensky](https://github.com/kovalensky))
diff --git a/admin/admin_forumauth.php b/admin/admin_forumauth.php
index 0bec210a4..0e11dbd29 100644
--- a/admin/admin_forumauth.php
+++ b/admin/admin_forumauth.php
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ $forum_rows = DB()->fetch_rowset('SELECT * FROM ' . BB_FORUMS . " $forum_sql");
 
 if (empty($forum_id)) {
     // Output the selection table if no forum id was specified
-    $template->assign_vars(array(
+    $template->assign_vars([
         'TPL_AUTH_SELECT_FORUM' => true,
         'S_AUTH_ACTION' => 'admin_forumauth.php',
         'S_AUTH_SELECT' => get_forum_select('admin', 'f', null, 80),
-    ));
+    ]);
 } else {
     // Output the authorisation details if an id was specified
     $forum_name = reset($forum_rows)['forum_name'];
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ if (empty($forum_id)) {
 
         $simple_auth .= '</select>';
 
-        $template->assign_block_vars('forum_auth', array(
+        $template->assign_block_vars('forum_auth', [
             'CELL_TITLE' => $lang['SIMPLE_MODE'],
             'S_AUTH_LEVELS_SELECT' => $simple_auth,
-        ));
+        ]);
 
         $s_column_span++;
     } else {
@@ -190,10 +190,10 @@ if (empty($forum_id)) {
 
             $cell_title = $field_names[$forum_auth_fields[$j]];
 
-            $template->assign_block_vars('forum_auth', array(
+            $template->assign_block_vars('forum_auth', [
                 'CELL_TITLE' => $cell_title,
                 'S_AUTH_LEVELS_SELECT' => $custom_auth[$j],
-            ));
+            ]);
 
             $s_column_span++;
         }
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ if (empty($forum_id)) {
 
     $s_hidden_fields = '<input type="hidden" name="' . POST_FORUM_URL . '" value="' . $forum_id . '">';
 
-    $template->assign_vars(array(
+    $template->assign_vars([
         'TPL_EDIT_FORUM_AUTH' => true,
         'FORUM_NAME' => htmlCHR($forum_name),
         'U_VIEWFORUM' => BB_ROOT . FORUM_URL . $forum_id,
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ if (empty($forum_id)) {
         'S_FORUMAUTH_ACTION' => 'admin_forumauth.php',
         'S_COLUMN_SPAN' => $s_column_span,
         'S_HIDDEN_FIELDS' => $s_hidden_fields,
-    ));
+    ]);
 }
 
 print_page('admin_forumauth.tpl', 'admin');
diff --git a/admin/index.php b/admin/index.php
index 1c12c5454..9c116086c 100644
--- a/admin/index.php
+++ b/admin/index.php
@@ -32,20 +32,20 @@ if (isset($_GET['pane']) && $_GET['pane'] == 'left') {
     // Get modules from cache
     $module = CACHE('bb_cache')->get('admin_module_' . $user->id);
 
-    $template->assign_vars(array(
+    $template->assign_vars([
         'TPL_ADMIN_NAVIGATE' => true,
         'U_FORUM_INDEX' => '../index.php',
         'U_ADMIN_INDEX' => 'index.php?pane=right',
-    ));
+    ]);
 
     ksort($module);
 
     foreach ($module as $cat => $action_array) {
         $cat = (!empty($lang[$cat])) ? $lang[$cat] : str_replace("_", ' ', $cat);
 
-        $template->assign_block_vars('catrow', array(
+        $template->assign_block_vars('catrow', [
             'ADMIN_CATEGORY' => $cat,
-        ));
+        ]);
 
         ksort($action_array);
 
@@ -55,20 +55,20 @@ if (isset($_GET['pane']) && $_GET['pane'] == 'left') {
 
             $action = (!empty($lang[$action])) ? $lang[$action] : str_replace("_", ' ', $action);
 
-            $template->assign_block_vars('catrow.modulerow', array(
+            $template->assign_block_vars('catrow.modulerow', [
                 'ROW_CLASS' => $row_class,
                 'ADMIN_MODULE' => $action,
                 'U_ADMIN_MODULE' => $file,
-            ));
+            ]);
             $row_count++;
         }
     }
 } elseif (isset($_GET['pane']) && $_GET['pane'] == 'right') {
-    $template->assign_vars(array(
+    $template->assign_vars([
         'TPL_ADMIN_MAIN' => true,
         'ADMIN_LOCK' => (bool)$bb_cfg['board_disable'],
         'ADMIN_LOCK_CRON' => file_exists(BB_DISABLED),
-    ));
+    ]);
 
     // Get forum statistics
     $total_posts = get_db_stat('postcount');
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ if (isset($_GET['pane']) && $_GET['pane'] == 'left') {
         $users_per_day = $total_users;
     }
 
-    $template->assign_vars(array(
+    $template->assign_vars([
         'NUMBER_OF_POSTS' => $total_posts,
         'NUMBER_OF_TOPICS' => $total_topics,
         'NUMBER_OF_USERS' => $total_users,
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ if (isset($_GET['pane']) && $_GET['pane'] == 'left') {
         'TOPICS_PER_DAY' => $topics_per_day,
         'USERS_PER_DAY' => $users_per_day,
         'AVATAR_DIR_SIZE' => $avatar_dir_size,
-    ));
+    ]);
 
     if (isset($_GET['users_online'])) {
-        $template->assign_vars(array(
+        $template->assign_vars([
             'SHOW_USERS_ONLINE' => true,
-        ));
+        ]);
 
         // Get users online information.
         $sql = 'SELECT u.user_id, u.username, u.user_rank, s.session_time AS user_session_time, u.user_opt, s.session_logged_in, s.session_ip, s.session_start
@@ -157,14 +157,14 @@ if (isset($_GET['pane']) && $_GET['pane'] == 'left') {
                 $row_class = 'row1';
                 $reg_ip = \TorrentPier\Helpers\IPHelper::long2ip_extended($onlinerow_reg[$i]['session_ip']);
 
-                $template->assign_block_vars('reg_user_row', array(
+                $template->assign_block_vars('reg_user_row', [
                     'ROW_CLASS' => $row_class,
                     'USER' => profile_url($onlinerow_reg[$i]),
                     'STARTED' => bb_date($onlinerow_reg[$i]['session_start'], 'H:i', false),
                     'LASTUPDATE' => bb_date($onlinerow_reg[$i]['user_session_time'], 'H:i', false),
                     'IP_ADDRESS' => $reg_ip,
                     'U_WHOIS_IP' => $bb_cfg['whois_info'] . $reg_ip,
-                ));
+                ]);
             }
         }
 
@@ -177,26 +177,26 @@ if (isset($_GET['pane']) && $_GET['pane'] == 'left') {
                 $row_class = 'row2';
                 $guest_ip = \TorrentPier\Helpers\IPHelper::long2ip_extended($onlinerow_guest[$i]['session_ip']);
 
-                $template->assign_block_vars('guest_user_row', array(
+                $template->assign_block_vars('guest_user_row', [
                     'ROW_CLASS' => $row_class,
                     'STARTED' => bb_date($onlinerow_guest[$i]['session_start'], 'H:i', false),
                     'LASTUPDATE' => bb_date($onlinerow_guest[$i]['session_time'], 'H:i', false),
                     'IP_ADDRESS' => $guest_ip,
                     'U_WHOIS_IP' => $bb_cfg['whois_info'] . $guest_ip,
-                ));
+                ]);
             }
         }
     } else {
-        $template->assign_vars(array(
+        $template->assign_vars([
             'USERS_ONLINE_HREF' => 'index.php?pane=right&users_online=1',
-        ));
+        ]);
     }
 } else {
     // Generate frameset
-    $template->assign_vars(array(
+    $template->assign_vars([
         'CONTENT_ENCODING' => $bb_cfg['charset'],
         'TPL_ADMIN_FRAMESET' => true,
-    ));
+    ]);
     send_no_cache_headers();
     print_page('index.tpl', 'admin', 'no_header');
 }
diff --git a/viewforum.php b/viewforum.php
index f4ff396bc..d274c5afa 100644
--- a/viewforum.php
+++ b/viewforum.php
@@ -366,12 +366,12 @@ if ($forum_data['allow_reg_tracker']) {
 }
 
 // Post URL generation for templating vars
-$template->assign_vars(array(
+$template->assign_vars([
     'U_POST_NEW_TOPIC' => $post_new_topic_url,
     'S_SELECT_TOPIC_DAYS' => build_select('topicdays', array_flip($sel_previous_days), $topic_days),
     'S_POST_DAYS_ACTION' => FORUM_URL . "$forum_id&amp;start=$start",
     'S_DISPLAY_ORDER' => $s_display_order,
-));
+]);
 
 // User authorisation levels output
 $u_auth = [];
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ $u_auth[] = ($is_auth['auth_download']) ? $lang['RULES_DOWNLOAD_CAN'] : $lang['R
 $u_auth[] = ($is_auth['auth_mod']) ? $lang['RULES_MODERATE'] : '';
 $u_auth = implode("<br />\n", $u_auth);
 
-$template->assign_vars(array(
+$template->assign_vars([
     'PAGE_TITLE' => htmlCHR($forum_data['forum_name']),
     'FORUM_ID' => $forum_id,
     'FORUM_NAME' => htmlCHR($forum_data['forum_name']),
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ $template->assign_vars(array(
     'U_VIEW_FORUM' => FORUM_URL . $forum_id,
     'U_MARK_READ' => FORUM_URL . $forum_id . "&amp;mark=topics",
     'U_SEARCH_SELF' => "search.php?uid={$userdata['user_id']}&f=$forum_id",
-));
+]);
 
 // Okay, lets dump out the page ...
 $found_topics = 0;
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ foreach ($topic_rowset as $topic) {
         }
     }
 
-    $template->assign_block_vars('t', array(
+    $template->assign_block_vars('t', [
         'FORUM_ID' => $forum_id,
         'TOPIC_ID' => $topic_id,
         'HREF_TOPIC_ID' => ($moved) ? $topic['topic_moved_id'] : $topic['topic_id'],
@@ -462,23 +462,23 @@ foreach ($topic_rowset as $topic) {
         'POLL' => $topic['topic_vote'],
         'DL_CLASS' => isset($topic['dl_status']) ? $dl_link_css[$topic['dl_status']] : '',
 
-        'TOPIC_AUTHOR' => profile_url(array('username' => str_short($topic['first_username'], 15), 'user_id' => $topic['first_user_id'], 'user_rank' => $topic['first_user_rank'])),
-        'LAST_POSTER' => profile_url(array('username' => str_short($topic['last_username'], 15), 'user_id' => $topic['last_user_id'], 'user_rank' => $topic['last_user_rank'])),
+        'TOPIC_AUTHOR' => profile_url(['username' => str_short($topic['first_username'], 15), 'user_id' => $topic['first_user_id'], 'user_rank' => $topic['first_user_rank']]),
+        'LAST_POSTER' => profile_url(['username' => str_short($topic['last_username'], 15), 'user_id' => $topic['last_user_id'], 'user_rank' => $topic['last_user_rank']]),
         'LAST_POST_TIME' => bb_date($topic['topic_last_post_time']),
         'LAST_POST_ID' => $topic['topic_last_post_id'],
-    ));
+    ]);
 
     if (isset($topic['tor_size'])) {
         $tor_magnet = create_magnet($topic['info_hash'], $topic['info_hash_v2'], $topic['auth_key'], html_ent_decode($topic['topic_title']));
 
-        $template->assign_block_vars('t.tor', array(
+        $template->assign_block_vars('t.tor', [
             'SEEDERS' => (int)$topic['seeders'],
             'LEECHERS' => (int)$topic['leechers'],
             'TOR_SIZE' => humn_size($topic['tor_size']),
             'COMPL_CNT' => (int)$topic['complete_count'],
             'ATTACH_ID' => $topic['attach_id'],
             'MAGNET' => $tor_magnet,
-        ));
+        ]);
     }
     $found_topics++;
 }
@@ -503,12 +503,12 @@ if ($found_topics) {
     } else {
         $no_topics_msg = ($topic_days || $title_match) ? $lang['NO_SEARCH_MATCH'] : ($forum_data['allow_reg_tracker'] ? $lang['NO_RELEASES_POST_ONE'] : $lang['NO_TOPICS_POST_ONE']);
     }
-    $template->assign_vars(array(
+    $template->assign_vars([
         'NO_TOPICS' => $no_topics_msg,
-    ));
+    ]);
 }
 
-$template->assign_vars(array(
+$template->assign_vars([
     'PAGE_URL' => $pg_url,
     'PAGE_URL_TPP' => url_arg($pg_url, 'tpp', null),
     'FOUND_TOPICS' => $found_topics,
@@ -524,6 +524,6 @@ $template->assign_vars(array(
     'U_VIEWCAT' => CAT_URL . $forum_data['cat_id'],
     'PARENT_FORUM_HREF' => ($parent_id = $forum_data['forum_parent']) ? FORUM_URL . $forum_data['forum_parent'] : '',
     'PARENT_FORUM_NAME' => ($parent_id = $forum_data['forum_parent']) ? $forums['forum_name_html'][$parent_id] : '',
-));
+]);
 
 print_page('viewforum.tpl');