diff --git a/classes/phing/filters/TranslateGettext.php b/classes/phing/filters/TranslateGettext.php
index 953fabbb40..764bfb2383 100644
--- a/classes/phing/filters/TranslateGettext.php
+++ b/classes/phing/filters/TranslateGettext.php
@@ -234,12 +234,12 @@ public function read($len = null)
         // also match gettext() -- same as above
 
         $buffer = preg_replace_callback(
-            '/([^\w]|^)_\("((\\\"|[^"])*)"\)/',
+            '/(\W|^)_\("((\\\"|[^"])*)"\)/',
             [$this, 'xlateStringCallback'],
             $buffer
         );
         $buffer = preg_replace_callback(
-            '/([^\w]|^)gettext\("((\\\"|[^"])*)"\)/',
+            '/(\W|^)gettext\("((\\\"|[^"])*)"\)/',
             [$this, 'xlateStringCallback'],
             $buffer
         );
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ public function read($len = null)
         // Check to see if there are any unmatched gettext() calls -- and flag an error
 
         $matches = [];
-        if (preg_match('/([^\w]|^)(gettext\([^\)]+\))/', $buffer, $matches)) {
+        if (preg_match('/(\W|^)(gettext\([^\)]+\))/', $buffer, $matches)) {
             $this->log("Unable to perform translation on: " . $matches[2], Project::MSG_WARN);
         }
 
diff --git a/classes/phing/listener/NoBannerLogger.php b/classes/phing/listener/NoBannerLogger.php
index 36918bca21..006651df06 100644
--- a/classes/phing/listener/NoBannerLogger.php
+++ b/classes/phing/listener/NoBannerLogger.php
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ public function targetFinished(BuildEvent $event)
      */
     public function messageLogged(BuildEvent $event)
     {
-        if ($event->getPriority() > $this->msgOutputLevel || null === $event->getMessage() || trim(
-                $event->getMessage() === ""
-            )
+        if ($event->getPriority() > $this->msgOutputLevel || null === $event->getMessage() ||
+            trim($event->getMessage()) === ''
         ) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/ComposerTask.php b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/ComposerTask.php
index be79ded318..5cf548efe5 100644
--- a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/ComposerTask.php
+++ b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/ComposerTask.php
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ private function prepareCommandLine()
         //We are un-shifting arguments to the beginning of the command line because arguments should be at the end
         $this->commandLine->createArgument(true)->setValue($this->getCommand());
         $this->commandLine->createArgument(true)->setValue($this->getComposer());
-        $commandLine = strval($this->commandLine);
+        $commandLine = (string)$this->commandLine;
         //Creating new Commandline instance. It allows to handle subsequent calls correctly
         $this->commandLine = new Commandline();
 
diff --git a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/coverage/CoverageSetupTask.php b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/coverage/CoverageSetupTask.php
index 692107e880..6a3f3f9075 100644
--- a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/coverage/CoverageSetupTask.php
+++ b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/coverage/CoverageSetupTask.php
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ private function getFilenames()
             try {
                 $list = $fl->getFiles($this->project);
                 foreach ($list as $file) {
-                    $fs = new PhingFile(strval($fl->getDir($this->project)), $file);
+                    $fs = new PhingFile((string)$fl->getDir($this->project), $file);
                     $files[] = ['key' => strtolower($fs->getAbsolutePath()), 'fullname' => $fs->getAbsolutePath()];
                 }
             } catch (BuildException $be) {
diff --git a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/dbdeploy/DbDeployTask.php b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/dbdeploy/DbDeployTask.php
index 5dab17e250..146e7cf8c2 100644
--- a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/dbdeploy/DbDeployTask.php
+++ b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/dbdeploy/DbDeployTask.php
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ protected function getDeltasFilesArray()
         $fileChangeNumberPrefix = '';
         while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
             if (preg_match('[\d+]', $file, $fileChangeNumberPrefix)) {
-                $files[intval($fileChangeNumberPrefix[0])] = $file;
+                $files[(int)$fileChangeNumberPrefix[0]] = $file;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/inifile/IniFileTask.php b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/inifile/IniFileTask.php
index d8b6c3df53..10a66eef45 100644
--- a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/inifile/IniFileTask.php
+++ b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/inifile/IniFileTask.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * @license  LGPL (see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)
  * @link     InifileTask.php
  */
-class InifileTask extends Task
+class IniFileTask extends Task
 {
     /**
      * Source file
diff --git a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/liquibase/LiquibaseRollbackTask.php b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/liquibase/LiquibaseRollbackTask.php
index 1915fb3b50..46ee8138bc 100644
--- a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/liquibase/LiquibaseRollbackTask.php
+++ b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/liquibase/LiquibaseRollbackTask.php
@@ -48,12 +48,7 @@ protected function checkParams()
         parent::checkParams();
 
         if (null === $this->rollbackTag) {
-            throw new BuildException(
-                sprintf(
-                    'Please specify the tag to rollback to!',
-                    $this->rollbackTag
-                )
-            );
+            throw new BuildException('Please specify the tag to rollback to!');
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/liquibase/LiquibaseTagTask.php b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/liquibase/LiquibaseTagTask.php
index 1a967314c7..32fb7db587 100644
--- a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/liquibase/LiquibaseTagTask.php
+++ b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/liquibase/LiquibaseTagTask.php
@@ -51,12 +51,7 @@ protected function checkParams()
         parent::checkParams();
 
         if (null === $this->tag) {
-            throw new BuildException(
-                sprintf(
-                    'Please specify the tag!',
-                    $this->tag
-                )
-            );
+            throw new BuildException('Please specify the tag!');
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/property/PropertySelector.php b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/property/PropertySelector.php
index 34fa776431..47823c1b87 100644
--- a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/property/PropertySelector.php
+++ b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/property/PropertySelector.php
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ public function main()
                 for ($i = 0; $i < $sz; $i++) {
                     $s = $groups[$i];
 
-                    $result = null;
                     $result = new RegularExpression();
                     $result->setPattern("\\\\" . $i);
                     $sregex = $result->getRegexp($this->project);
diff --git a/classes/phing/tasks/system/ApplyTask.php b/classes/phing/tasks/system/ApplyTask.php
index 76596f6878..feca365973 100644
--- a/classes/phing/tasks/system/ApplyTask.php
+++ b/classes/phing/tasks/system/ApplyTask.php
@@ -829,10 +829,6 @@ private function cleanup()
      */
     public function getFilePath($filename, $basedir, $relative)
     {
-
-        // Var(s)
-        $files = [];
-
         // Validating the 'file' information
         $files = (is_array($filename)) ? $filename : [$filename];
 
diff --git a/classes/phing/tasks/system/AttribTask.php b/classes/phing/tasks/system/AttribTask.php
index bbfb4d2b58..01615d7e36 100644
--- a/classes/phing/tasks/system/AttribTask.php
+++ b/classes/phing/tasks/system/AttribTask.php
@@ -195,9 +195,7 @@ public function setParallel($parallel)
 
     protected function validateOS()
     {
-        return $this->os === null && $this->osvariant === null
-            ? $this->os === null && $this->osvariant === null
-            : parent::validateOS();
+        return $this->os === null && $this->osvariant === null ?: parent::validateOS();
     }
 
     private static function getSignString($attr)
diff --git a/classes/phing/types/AbstractFileSet.php b/classes/phing/types/AbstractFileSet.php
index 805af79948..a21569369e 100644
--- a/classes/phing/types/AbstractFileSet.php
+++ b/classes/phing/types/AbstractFileSet.php
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ public function __construct($fileset = null)
     {
         if ($fileset !== null && ($fileset instanceof FileSet)) {
             $this->dir = $fileset->dir;
-            $this->defaultPatterns = $fileset->defaultPatterns;
             $this->additionalPatterns = $fileset->additionalPatterns;
             $this->useDefaultExcludes = $fileset->useDefaultExcludes;
             $this->isCaseSensitive = $fileset->isCaseSensitive;
diff --git a/classes/phing/util/DirectoryScanner.php b/classes/phing/util/DirectoryScanner.php
index 4f7d36d4b3..d24902b9be 100644
--- a/classes/phing/util/DirectoryScanner.php
+++ b/classes/phing/util/DirectoryScanner.php
@@ -333,7 +333,6 @@ public function setIncludes($_includes = [])
             $this->includes = null;
         } else {
             for ($i = 0; $i < count($_includes); $i++) {
-                $pattern = null;
                 $pattern = str_replace('\\', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $_includes[$i]);
                 $pattern = str_replace('/', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $pattern);
                 if (StringHelper::endsWith(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $pattern)) {
@@ -359,7 +358,6 @@ public function setExcludes($_excludes = [])
             $this->excludes = null;
         } else {
             for ($i = 0; $i < count($_excludes); $i++) {
-                $pattern = null;
                 $pattern = str_replace('\\', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $_excludes[$i]);
                 $pattern = str_replace('/', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $pattern);
                 if (StringHelper::endsWith(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $pattern)) {
diff --git a/classes/phing/util/SourceFileScanner.php b/classes/phing/util/SourceFileScanner.php
index 244712d8f2..7d622fee1e 100644
--- a/classes/phing/util/SourceFileScanner.php
+++ b/classes/phing/util/SourceFileScanner.php
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public function restrict(&$files, $srcDir, $destDir, $mapper, $force = false)
 
                 if (!$dest->exists()) {
                     $this->task->log(
-                        ($files[$i] ? $files[$i] : ".") . " added as " . $dest->__toString() . " doesn't exist.",
+                        ($files[$i] ?: ".") . " added as " . $dest->__toString() . " doesn't exist.",
                         Project::MSG_VERBOSE
                     );
                     $v[] = $files[$i];
@@ -156,10 +156,8 @@ public function restrict(&$files, $srcDir, $destDir, $mapper, $force = false)
                 );
             }
         }
-        $result = [];
-        $result = $v;
 
-        return $result;
+        return $v;
     }
 
     /**