diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Driver/Mysql.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Driver/Mysql.php
index 20539d77bae..21dcf6b5b99 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Driver/Mysql.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Driver/Mysql.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Mysql extends \Cake\Model\Datasource\Database\Driver {
  *
  * @var array
  */
-	protected $_baseConfig = array(
+	protected $_baseConfig = [
 		'persistent' => true,
 		'host' => 'localhost',
 		'login' => 'root',
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Mysql extends \Cake\Model\Datasource\Database\Driver {
 		'port' => '3306',
 		'flags' => array(),
 		'encoding' => 'utf8'
-	);
+	];
 
 /**
  * Establishes a connection to the databse server
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ class Mysql extends \Cake\Model\Datasource\Database\Driver {
  **/
 	public function connect(array $config) {
 		$config += $this->_baseConfig;
-		$flags = array(
+		$flags = [
 			PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT => $config['persistent'],
 			PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY => true,
 			PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
 			PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => 'SET NAMES ' . $config['encoding']
-		) + $config['flags'];
+		] + $config['flags'];
 
 		if (empty($config['unix_socket'])) {
 			$dsn = "mysql:host={$config['host']};port={$config['port']};dbname={$config['database']}";
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Statement.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Statement.php
index 5f5a3d51338..d135f977915 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Statement.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Statement.php
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ class Statement implements \IteratorAggregate, \Countable {
  *
  * @var array
  **/
-	protected $_fetchMap = array(
+	protected $_fetchMap = [
 		'num' => PDO::FETCH_NUM,
 		'assoc' => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC
-	);
+	];
 
 /**
  * Constructor
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public function fetch($type = 'num') {
  * {{{
  *	$statement = $connection->prepare('SELECT id, title from articles');
  *	$statement->execute();
- *	print_r($statement->fetchAll('assoc')); // will show array(0 => array('id' => 1, 'title' => 'a title'))
+ *	print_r($statement->fetchAll('assoc')); // will show [0 => ['id' => 1, 'title' => 'a title']]
  * }}}
  *
  * @param string $type num for fetching columns as positional keys or assoc for column names as keys
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ protected function _cast($value, $type) {
 			$value = $type->toDatabase($value, $this->_driver);
 			$type = $type->toStatement($value, $this->_driver);
 		}
-		return array($value, $type);
+		return [$value, $type];
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Type.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Type.php
index 66003809206..59f2788f0f8 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Type.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Type.php
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ class Type {
  *
  * @var array
  **/
-	protected static $_types = array(
+	protected static $_types = [
 		'boolean' => '\Cake\Model\Datasource\Database\Type\BooleanType',
 		'binary' => '\Cake\Model\Datasource\Database\Type\BinaryType',
 		'date' => '\Cake\Model\Datasource\Database\Type\DateType',
 		'datetime' => '\Cake\Model\Datasource\Database\Type\DateTimeType',
 		'time' => '\Cake\Model\Datasource\Database\Type\TimeType'
-	);
+	];
 
 /**
  * List of basic type mappings, used to avoid having to instantiate a class
@@ -33,19 +33,19 @@ class Type {
  *
  * @var array
  **/
-	protected static $_basicTypes = array(
-		'float' => array('php' => 'floatval'),
-		'integer' => array('php' => 'intval', 'pdo' => PDO::PARAM_INT),
-		'string' => array('php' => 'strval'),
-		'text' => array('php' => 'strval'),
-	);
+	protected static $_basicTypes = [
+		'float' => ['php' => 'floatval'],
+		'integer' => ['php' => 'intval', 'pdo' => PDO::PARAM_INT],
+		'string' => ['php' => 'strval'],
+		'text' => ['php' => 'strval'],
+	];
 
 /**
  * Contains a map of type object instances to be reused if needed
  *
  * @var array
  **/
-	protected static $_builtTypes = array();
+	protected static $_builtTypes = [];
 
 /**
  * Identifier name for this type
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ public static function map($type = null, $className = null) {
  * @return void
  **/
 	public static function clear() {
-		self::$_types = array();
-		self::$_builtTypes = array();
+		self::$_types = [];
+		self::$_builtTypes = [];
 	}
 
 /**