Index: wp-admin/includes/media.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/includes/media.php	(revision 15259)
+++ wp-admin/includes/media.php	(working copy)
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@
 	$hidden_fields = array();
 
 	foreach ( $form_fields as $id => $field ) {
-		if ( $id{0} == '_' )
+		if ( $id[0] == '_' )
 			continue;
 
 		if ( !empty( $field['tr'] ) ) {
Index: wp-admin/includes/misc.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/includes/misc.php	(revision 15259)
+++ wp-admin/includes/misc.php	(working copy)
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
 	 * see http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=30931
 	 */
 
-    if ( $path{strlen($path)-1} == '/' ) // recursively return a temporary file path
+    if ( $path[strlen($path)-1] == '/' ) // recursively return a temporary file path
         return win_is_writable($path . uniqid(mt_rand()) . '.tmp');
     else if ( is_dir($path) )
         return win_is_writable($path . '/' . uniqid(mt_rand()) . '.tmp');
Index: wp-admin/import.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/import.php	(revision 15259)
+++ wp-admin/import.php	(working copy)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 $imports_dir = @ opendir($import_root);
 if ($imports_dir) {
 	while (($file = readdir($imports_dir)) !== false) {
-		if ($file{0} == '.') {
+		if ($file[0] == '.') {
 			continue;
 		} elseif (substr($file, -4) == '.php') {
 			require_once($import_root . '/' . $file);
Index: wp-includes/class-json.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/class-json.php	(revision 15259)
+++ wp-includes/class-json.php	(working copy)
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 			return mb_convert_encoding($utf16, 'UTF-8', 'UTF-16');
 		}
 
-		$bytes = (ord($utf16{0}) << 8) | ord($utf16{1});
+		$bytes = (ord($utf16[0]) << 8) | ord($utf16[1]);
 
 		switch(true) {
 			case ((0x7F & $bytes) == $bytes):
@@ -206,17 +206,17 @@
 			case 2:
 				// return a UTF-16 character from a 2-byte UTF-8 char
 				// see: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#utf-8
-				return chr(0x07 & (ord($utf8{0}) >> 2))
-					. chr((0xC0 & (ord($utf8{0}) << 6))
-						| (0x3F & ord($utf8{1})));
+				return chr(0x07 & (ord($utf8[0]) >> 2))
+					. chr((0xC0 & (ord($utf8[0]) << 6))
+						| (0x3F & ord($utf8[1])));
 
 			case 3:
 				// return a UTF-16 character from a 3-byte UTF-8 char
 				// see: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#utf-8
-				return chr((0xF0 & (ord($utf8{0}) << 4))
-						| (0x0F & (ord($utf8{1}) >> 2)))
-					. chr((0xC0 & (ord($utf8{1}) << 6))
-						| (0x7F & ord($utf8{2})));
+				return chr((0xF0 & (ord($utf8[0]) << 4))
+						| (0x0F & (ord($utf8[1]) >> 2)))
+					. chr((0xC0 & (ord($utf8[1]) << 6))
+						| (0x7F & ord($utf8[2])));
 		}
 
 		// ignoring UTF-32 for now, sorry
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
 				*/
 				for ($c = 0; $c < $strlen_var; ++$c) {
 
-					$ord_var_c = ord($var{$c});
+					$ord_var_c = ord($var[$c]);
 
 					switch (true) {
 						case $ord_var_c == 0x08:
@@ -316,12 +316,12 @@
 						case $ord_var_c == 0x2F:
 						case $ord_var_c == 0x5C:
 							// double quote, slash, slosh
-							$ascii .= '\\'.$var{$c};
+							$ascii .= '\\'.$var[$c];
 							break;
 
 						case (($ord_var_c >= 0x20) && ($ord_var_c <= 0x7F)):
 							// characters U-00000000 - U-0000007F (same as ASCII)
-							$ascii .= $var{$c};
+							$ascii .= $var[$c];
 							break;
 
 						case (($ord_var_c & 0xE0) == 0xC0):
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
 								break;
 							}
 
-							$char = pack('C*', $ord_var_c, ord($var{$c + 1}));
+							$char = pack('C*', $ord_var_c, ord($var[$c + 1]));
 							$c += 1;
 							$utf16 = $this->utf82utf16($char);
 							$ascii .= sprintf('\u%04s', bin2hex($utf16));
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@
 							// characters U-00000800 - U-0000FFFF, mask 1110XXXX
 							// see http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#utf-8
 							$char = pack('C*', $ord_var_c,
-										@ord($var{$c + 1}),
-										@ord($var{$c + 2}));
+										@ord($var[$c + 1]),
+										@ord($var[$c + 2]));
 							$c += 2;
 							$utf16 = $this->utf82utf16($char);
 							$ascii .= sprintf('\u%04s', bin2hex($utf16));
@@ -364,9 +364,9 @@
 							// characters U-00010000 - U-001FFFFF, mask 11110XXX
 							// see http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#utf-8
 							$char = pack('C*', $ord_var_c,
-										ord($var{$c + 1}),
-										ord($var{$c + 2}),
-										ord($var{$c + 3}));
+										ord($var[$c + 1]),
+										ord($var[$c + 2]),
+										ord($var[$c + 3]));
 							$c += 3;
 							$utf16 = $this->utf82utf16($char);
 							$ascii .= sprintf('\u%04s', bin2hex($utf16));
@@ -381,10 +381,10 @@
 								break;
 							}
 							$char = pack('C*', $ord_var_c,
-										ord($var{$c + 1}),
-										ord($var{$c + 2}),
-										ord($var{$c + 3}),
-										ord($var{$c + 4}));
+										ord($var[$c + 1]),
+										ord($var[$c + 2]),
+										ord($var[$c + 3]),
+										ord($var[$c + 4]));
 							$c += 4;
 							$utf16 = $this->utf82utf16($char);
 							$ascii .= sprintf('\u%04s', bin2hex($utf16));
@@ -399,11 +399,11 @@
 							// characters U-04000000 - U-7FFFFFFF, mask 1111110X
 							// see http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#utf-8
 							$char = pack('C*', $ord_var_c,
-										ord($var{$c + 1}),
-										ord($var{$c + 2}),
-										ord($var{$c + 3}),
-										ord($var{$c + 4}),
-										ord($var{$c + 5}));
+										ord($var[$c + 1]),
+										ord($var[$c + 2]),
+										ord($var[$c + 3]),
+										ord($var[$c + 4]),
+										ord($var[$c + 5]));
 							$c += 5;
 							$utf16 = $this->utf82utf16($char);
 							$ascii .= sprintf('\u%04s', bin2hex($utf16));
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
 					for ($c = 0; $c < $strlen_chrs; ++$c) {
 
 						$substr_chrs_c_2 = substr($chrs, $c, 2);
-						$ord_chrs_c = ord($chrs{$c});
+						$ord_chrs_c = ord($chrs[$c]);
 
 						switch (true) {
 							case $substr_chrs_c_2 == '\b':
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@
 							case $substr_chrs_c_2 == '\\/':
 								if (($delim == '"' && $substr_chrs_c_2 != '\\\'') ||
 								($delim == "'" && $substr_chrs_c_2 != '\\"')) {
-									$utf8 .= $chrs{++$c};
+									$utf8 .= $chrs[++$c];
 								}
 								break;
 
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@
 								break;
 
 							case ($ord_chrs_c >= 0x20) && ($ord_chrs_c <= 0x7F):
-								$utf8 .= $chrs{$c};
+								$utf8 .= $chrs[$c];
 								break;
 
 							case ($ord_chrs_c & 0xE0) == 0xC0:
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@
 				} elseif (preg_match('/^\[.*\]$/s', $str) || preg_match('/^\{.*\}$/s', $str)) {
 					// array, or object notation
 
-					if ($str{0} == '[') {
+					if ($str[0] == '[') {
 						$stk = array(SERVICES_JSON_IN_ARR);
 						$arr = array();
 					} else {
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@
 						$top = end($stk);
 						$substr_chrs_c_2 = substr($chrs, $c, 2);
 
-						if (($c == $strlen_chrs) || (($chrs{$c} == ',') && ($top['what'] == SERVICES_JSON_SLICE))) {
+						if (($c == $strlen_chrs) || (($chrs[$c] == ',') && ($top['what'] == SERVICES_JSON_SLICE))) {
 							// found a comma that is not inside a string, array, etc.,
 							// OR we've reached the end of the character list
 							$slice = substr($chrs, $top['where'], ($c - $top['where']));
@@ -748,12 +748,12 @@
 
 							}
 
-						} elseif ((($chrs{$c} == '"') || ($chrs{$c} == "'")) && ($top['what'] != SERVICES_JSON_IN_STR)) {
+						} elseif ((($chrs[$c] == '"') || ($chrs[$c] == "'")) && ($top['what'] != SERVICES_JSON_IN_STR)) {
 							// found a quote, and we are not inside a string
-							array_push($stk, array('what' => SERVICES_JSON_IN_STR, 'where' => $c, 'delim' => $chrs{$c}));
+							array_push($stk, array('what' => SERVICES_JSON_IN_STR, 'where' => $c, 'delim' => $chrs[$c]));
 							//print("Found start of string at {$c}\n");
 
-						} elseif (($chrs{$c} == $top['delim']) &&
+						} elseif (($chrs[$c] == $top['delim']) &&
 								($top['what'] == SERVICES_JSON_IN_STR) &&
 								((strlen(substr($chrs, 0, $c)) - strlen(rtrim(substr($chrs, 0, $c), '\\'))) % 2 != 1)) {
 							// found a quote, we're in a string, and it's not escaped
@@ -762,24 +762,24 @@
 							array_pop($stk);
 							//print("Found end of string at {$c}: ".substr($chrs, $top['where'], (1 + 1 + $c - $top['where']))."\n");
 
-						} elseif (($chrs{$c} == '[') &&
+						} elseif (($chrs[$c] == '[') &&
 								in_array($top['what'], array(SERVICES_JSON_SLICE, SERVICES_JSON_IN_ARR, SERVICES_JSON_IN_OBJ))) {
 							// found a left-bracket, and we are in an array, object, or slice
 							array_push($stk, array('what' => SERVICES_JSON_IN_ARR, 'where' => $c, 'delim' => false));
 							//print("Found start of array at {$c}\n");
 
-						} elseif (($chrs{$c} == ']') && ($top['what'] == SERVICES_JSON_IN_ARR)) {
+						} elseif (($chrs[$c] == ']') && ($top['what'] == SERVICES_JSON_IN_ARR)) {
 							// found a right-bracket, and we're in an array
 							array_pop($stk);
 							//print("Found end of array at {$c}: ".substr($chrs, $top['where'], (1 + $c - $top['where']))."\n");
 
-						} elseif (($chrs{$c} == '{') &&
+						} elseif (($chrs[$c] == '{') &&
 								in_array($top['what'], array(SERVICES_JSON_SLICE, SERVICES_JSON_IN_ARR, SERVICES_JSON_IN_OBJ))) {
 							// found a left-brace, and we are in an array, object, or slice
 							array_push($stk, array('what' => SERVICES_JSON_IN_OBJ, 'where' => $c, 'delim' => false));
 							//print("Found start of object at {$c}\n");
 
-						} elseif (($chrs{$c} == '}') && ($top['what'] == SERVICES_JSON_IN_OBJ)) {
+						} elseif (($chrs[$c] == '}') && ($top['what'] == SERVICES_JSON_IN_OBJ)) {
 							// found a right-brace, and we're in an object
 							array_pop($stk);
 							//print("Found end of object at {$c}: ".substr($chrs, $top['where'], (1 + $c - $top['where']))."\n");
Index: wp-includes/class-pop3.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/class-pop3.php	(revision 15259)
+++ wp-includes/class-pop3.php	(working copy)
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
         $line = fgets($fp,$buffer);
         while ( !ereg("^\.\r\n",$line))
         {
-            if ( $line{0} == '.' ) { $line = substr($line,1); }
+            if ( $line[0] == '.' ) { $line = substr($line,1); }
             $MsgArray[$count] = $line;
             $count++;
             $line = fgets($fp,$buffer);
Index: wp-includes/formatting.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/formatting.php	(revision 15259)
+++ wp-includes/formatting.php	(working copy)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 	for ( $i = 0; $i < $stop; $i++ ) {
 		$curl = $textarr[$i];
 
-		if ( !empty($curl) && '<' != $curl{0} && '[' != $curl{0}
+		if ( !empty($curl) && '<' != $curl[0] && '[' != $curl[0]
 				&& empty($no_texturize_shortcodes_stack) && empty($no_texturize_tags_stack)) {
 			// This is not a tag, nor is the texturization disabled
 			// static strings
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@
 			 * Only call _wptexturize_pushpop_element if first char is correct
 			 * tag opening
 			 */
-			if ('<' == $curl{0})
+			if ('<' == $curl[0])
 				_wptexturize_pushpop_element($curl, $no_texturize_tags_stack, $no_texturize_tags, '<', '>');
-			elseif ('[' == $curl{0})
+			elseif ('[' == $curl[0])
 				_wptexturize_pushpop_element($curl, $no_texturize_shortcodes_stack, $no_texturize_shortcodes, '[', ']');
 		}
 
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@
 		$stop = count($textarr);// loop stuff
 		for ($i = 0; $i < $stop; $i++) {
 			$content = $textarr[$i];
-			if ((strlen($content) > 0) && ('<' != $content{0})) { // If it's not a tag
+			if ((strlen($content) > 0) && ('<' != $content[0])) { // If it's not a tag
 				$content = preg_replace_callback($wp_smiliessearch, 'translate_smiley', $content);
 			}
 			$output .= $content;
@@ -2579,7 +2579,7 @@
 		$fragment = substr($pattern, $start, $end - $start);
 
 		// Fragment has a specifier
-		if ( $pattern{$start} == '%' ) {
+		if ( $pattern[$start] == '%' ) {
 			// Find numbered arguments or take the next one in order
 			if ( preg_match('/^%(\d+)\$/', $fragment, $matches) ) {
 				$arg = isset($args[$matches[1]]) ? $args[$matches[1]] : '';
Index: wp-includes/functions.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/functions.php	(revision 15259)
+++ wp-includes/functions.php	(working copy)
@@ -2058,7 +2058,7 @@
 	if ( realpath($path) == $path )
 		return true;
 
-	if ( strlen($path) == 0 || $path{0} == '.' )
+	if ( strlen($path) == 0 || $path[0] == '.' )
 		return false;
 
 	// windows allows absolute paths like this
Index: wp-includes/pluggable.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/pluggable.php	(revision 15259)
+++ wp-includes/pluggable.php	(working copy)
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@
 		$host = 'https://secure.gravatar.com';
 	} else {
 		if ( !empty($email) )
-			$host = sprintf( "http://%d.gravatar.com", ( hexdec( $email_hash{0} ) % 2 ) );
+			$host = sprintf( "http://%d.gravatar.com", ( hexdec( $email_hash[0] ) % 2 ) );
 		else
 			$host = 'http://0.gravatar.com';
 	}
Index: wp-includes/post-template.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/post-template.php	(revision 15259)
+++ wp-includes/post-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@
 		echo "<ul class='post-meta'>\n";
 		foreach ( (array) $keys as $key ) {
 			$keyt = trim($key);
-			if ( '_' == $keyt{0} )
+			if ( '_' == $keyt[0] )
 				continue;
 			$values = array_map('trim', get_post_custom_values($key));
 			$value = implode($values,', ');
Index: wp-includes/rewrite.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/rewrite.php	(revision 15259)
+++ wp-includes/rewrite.php	(working copy)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  */
 function add_rewrite_tag($tagname, $regex) {
 	//validation
-	if ( strlen($tagname) < 3 || $tagname{0} != '%' || $tagname{strlen($tagname)-1} != '%' )
+	if ( strlen($tagname) < 3 || $tagname[0] != '%' || $tagname[strlen($tagname)-1] != '%' )
 		return;
 
 	$qv = trim($tagname, '%');
Index: wp-includes/taxonomy.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/taxonomy.php	(revision 15259)
+++ wp-includes/taxonomy.php	(working copy)
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@
  * @param int|string $term The term to check
  * @param string $taxonomy The taxonomy name to use
  * @param int $parent ID of parent term under which to confine the exists search.
- * @return mixed Get the term id or Term Object, if exists.
+ * @return mixed Get the term id or Term Object, if exists
  */
 function term_exists($term, $taxonomy = '', $parent = 0) {
 	global $wpdb;
Index: wp-includes/theme.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/theme.php	(revision 15259)
+++ wp-includes/theme.php	(working copy)
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
 
 		while ( ($theme_dir = readdir($themes_dir)) !== false ) {
 			if ( is_dir($theme_root . '/' . $theme_dir) && is_readable($theme_root . '/' . $theme_dir) ) {
-				if ( $theme_dir{0} == '.' || $theme_dir == 'CVS' )
+				if ( $theme_dir[0] == '.' || $theme_dir == 'CVS' )
 					continue;
 
 				$stylish_dir = @opendir($theme_root . '/' . $theme_dir);
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@
 					$found_subdir_themes = false;
 					while ( ($theme_subdir = readdir($theme_subdirs)) !== false ) {
 						if ( is_dir( $subdir . '/' . $theme_subdir) && is_readable($subdir . '/' . $theme_subdir) ) {
-							if ( $theme_subdir{0} == '.' || $theme_subdir == 'CVS' )
+							if ( $theme_subdir[0] == '.' || $theme_subdir == 'CVS' )
 								continue;
 
 							$stylish_dir = @opendir($subdir . '/' . $theme_subdir);