diff --git a/src/Authhtpasswd.php b/src/Authhtpasswd.php
index c492ae9..3e5ed43 100644
--- a/src/Authhtpasswd.php
+++ b/src/Authhtpasswd.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Authhtpasswd extends Auth
     foreach ($lines as $line)
     {
       // Comment line : skip it
-      if (isset ($line{0}) && $line{0} === "#")
+      if (isset ($line[0]) && $line[0] === "#")
         continue;
       $line = trim ($line);
       $user = strstr ($line, ":", true);
diff --git a/src/Authzgroups.php b/src/Authzgroups.php
index 0ecb241..65b3556 100644
--- a/src/Authzgroups.php
+++ b/src/Authzgroups.php
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class Authzgroups
     if ($object === null || ! is_string ($object))
       throw new \Exception ("Object not provided to authzgroups\\accessRight",
                            500);
-    if ($object{0} !== "/")
+    if ($object[0] !== "/")
       $object = "/$object";
     $rc = $this->allow ($module, $user, "$object");
     if ($this->debug)
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class Authzgroups
     if ($object === null || ! is_string ($object))
       throw new \Exception ("Object not provided to authzgroups\\accessWrite",
                            500);
-    if ($object{0} !== "/")
+    if ($object[0] !== "/")
       $object = "/$object";
     $rc = $this->allow ($module, $user, $object);
     if ($this->debug)
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class Authzgroups
     if ($object === null || ! is_string ($object))
       throw new \Exception ("Object not provided to authzgroups\\accessReadOnly",
                            500);
-    if ($object{0} !== "/")
+    if ($object[0] !== "/")
       $object = "/$object";
     $rc = $this->allow ($module, $user, $object);
     if ($this->debug)
diff --git a/src/Authzgroupsoo.php b/src/Authzgroupsoo.php
index 57474be..e87ad8d 100644
--- a/src/Authzgroupsoo.php
+++ b/src/Authzgroupsoo.php
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class Authzgroupsoo
     if ($object === null || ! is_string ($object))
       throw new \Exception ("Object not provided to authzgroups\\accessRight",
                             500);
-    if ($object{0} !== "/")
+    if ($object[0] !== "/")
       $object = "/$object";
     $rc = $this->allow ($module, $user, "$object");
     if ($this->debug)
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class Authzgroupsoo
     if ($object === null || ! is_string ($object))
       throw new \Exception ("Object not provided to authzgroups\\accessWrite",
                             500);
-    if ($object{0} !== "/")
+    if ($object[0] !== "/")
       $object = "/$object";
     $rc = $this->allow ($module, $user, $object);
     if ($this->debug)
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class Authzgroupsoo
     if ($object === null || ! is_string ($object))
       throw new \Exception (
         "Object not provided to authzgroups\\accessReadOnly", 500);
-    if ($object{0} !== "/")
+    if ($object[0] !== "/")
       $object = "/$object";
     $rc = $this->allow ($module, $user, $object);
     if ($this->debug)
diff --git a/src/Console.php b/src/Console.php
index b578053..761ce21 100644
--- a/src/Console.php
+++ b/src/Console.php
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ class Console
         $this->moveCursor ($cursorPos);
       }
       // }}}
-      elseif (ord ($char{0}) === 27)
+      elseif (ord ($char[0]) === 27)
       {
         // ESC SEQUENCE
         $sequence = "";
@@ -1014,9 +1014,9 @@ class Console
     while ($token)
     {
       // find double quoted tokens
-      if ($token{0}=='"') { $token .= ' '.strtok('"').'"'; }
+      if ($token[0]=='"') { $token .= ' '.strtok('"').'"'; }
       // find single quoted tokens
-      if ($token{0}=="'") { $token .= ' '.strtok("'")."'"; }
+      if ($token[0]=="'") { $token .= ' '.strtok("'")."'"; }
       $tokens[] = $token;
       $token = strtok(' ');
     }
diff --git a/src/Httpclient.php b/src/Httpclient.php
index fc32e29..5898d2a 100644
--- a/src/Httpclient.php
+++ b/src/Httpclient.php
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ class Httpclient
         if ($i > 0)
           $path .= "&";
         $path .= rawurlencode ($key)."=";
-        if (isset ($val{0}) && $val{0} === "@")
+        if (isset ($val[0]) && $val[0] === "@")
         {
           $file = substr ($val, 1);
           if (! file_exists ($file))
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ class Httpclient
         if ($len > 0)
           $len++; // Add the &
         $len += strlen (rawurlencode ($key)) + 1;
-        if (isset ($val{0}) && $val{0} === "@")
+        if (isset ($val[0]) && $val[0] === "@")
         {
           $file = substr ($val, 1);
           if (! file_exists ($file))
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ class Httpclient
         }
         $this->tcpclient->send (rawurlencode ($key)."=");
         $this->log (3, rawurlencode ($key)."=");
-        if (isset ($val{0}) && $val{0} === "@")
+        if (isset ($val[0]) && $val[0] === "@")
         {
           $file = substr ($val, 1);
           if (! file_exists ($file))
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ class Httpclient
       $location = $this->headersReceived["Location"];
       $parseURLInit = parse_url ($url);
       $parseURLLocation = parse_url ($location);
-      if ($parseURLLocation["path"]{0} !== "/" &&
+      if ($parseURLLocation["path"][0] !== "/" &&
           key_exists ("path", $parseURLInit))
         $location = dirname ($parseURLInit["path"]).$location;
       if (! key_exists ("port", $parseURLLocation) &&
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ class Httpclient
       return array ();
     if (! key_exists ("path", $parseURL))
       $parseURL["path"] = "/";
-    if ($parseURL["path"]{0} !== "/")
+    if ($parseURL["path"][0] !== "/")
       $parseURL["path"] = "/".$parseURL["path"];
     $res = array ();
     foreach ($this->cookies as $storedCookie)
diff --git a/src/Mail.php b/src/Mail.php
index bd69140..a64bf26 100644
--- a/src/Mail.php
+++ b/src/Mail.php
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ class Mail
           $headersSplit[$i+1] = $headerBodySeparator;
         if ($h === "" || $h === "--")
           continue;
-        if ($h{0} === " " || $h{0} === "\t")
+        if ($h[0] === " " || $h[0] === "\t")
         {
           $prev .= $prevCR.$h;
           $prevCR = $headersSplit[$i+1];
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ class Mail
     $part = $this->sectionGet ($attachmentIDs[$number]);
     foreach ($part as $key=>$val)
     {
-      if ($key{0} === "_")
+      if ($key[0] === "_")
       {
         if ($key !== "_contentEML" && $key !== "_contentUTF" &&
             $key !== "_parentID" && $key !== "_headersArray" &&
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ class Mail
         $res["Content-Type"] = $key;
       else
       {
-        if ($val{0} === "'" || $val{0} === "\"")
+        if ($val[0] === "'" || $val[0] === "\"")
           $val = substr ($val, 1, -1);
         $res[trim ($key)] = $val;
       }
diff --git a/src/Markdown.php b/src/Markdown.php
index 4e8ed93..75b2da2 100644
--- a/src/Markdown.php
+++ b/src/Markdown.php
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ echo "$res\n";
     */
   private function lineType ($line)
   {
-    if (! isset ($line{0}))
+    if (! isset ($line[0]))
       return "NONE";
     if (preg_match ("/^[ \t]*[+*-] /", $line) === 1)
       return "ul";
diff --git a/src/Spfcheck.php b/src/Spfcheck.php
index 433cb48..35b2ded 100644
--- a/src/Spfcheck.php
+++ b/src/Spfcheck.php
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ class Spfcheck
           if ($ipaddresses->ipInNetwork ($ip, $ipToTest, $mask))
           {
             $this->matchRule = "$key/$part";
-            if ($part{0} === "-")
+            if ($part[0] === "-")
               return "FAIL";
-            if ($part{0} === "~")
+            if ($part[0] === "~")
               return "SOFTFAIL";
-            if ($part{0} === "?")
+            if ($part[0] === "?")
               return "NEUTRAL";
             return "PASS";
           }
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ class Spfcheck
         $ips[$domain][$part] = array ();
         // Manage the sign in front of part
         $sign = "";
-        if ($part{0} === "+" || $part{0} === "-" || $part{0} === "~" ||
-            $part{0} === "?")
+        if ($part[0] === "+" || $part[0] === "-" || $part[0] === "~" ||
+            $part[0] === "?")
         {
           $sign = $part[0];
           $part = substr ($part, 1);