diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 7628e40741..6f036d846e 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -449,9 +449,9 @@ define ('NULL_DATE', '0001-01-01 00:00:00');
 
 
 // Normally this constant is defined - but not if "pcntl" isn't installed
-if (!defined("SIGTERM"))
+if (!defined("SIGTERM")) {
 	define("SIGTERM", 15);
-
+}
 /**
  *
  * Reverse the effect of magic_quotes_gpc if it is enabled.
diff --git a/include/cron.php b/include/cron.php
index 7b261aabff..93ea167c38 100644
--- a/include/cron.php
+++ b/include/cron.php
@@ -214,11 +214,13 @@ function cron_poll_contacts($argc, $argv) {
 
 			$xml = false;
 
-			if($manual_id)
+			if ($manual_id) {
 				$contact['last-update'] = NULL_DATE;
+			}
 
-			if(in_array($contact['network'], array(NETWORK_DFRN, NETWORK_ZOT, NETWORK_OSTATUS)))
+			if (in_array($contact['network'], array(NETWORK_DFRN, NETWORK_ZOT, NETWORK_OSTATUS))) {
 				$contact['priority'] = 2;
+			}
 
 			if($contact['subhub'] AND in_array($contact['network'], array(NETWORK_DFRN, NETWORK_ZOT, NETWORK_OSTATUS))) {
 				// We should be getting everything via a hub. But just to be sure, let's check once a day.
diff --git a/include/poller.php b/include/poller.php
index 487c86ab30..3124c40a7a 100644
--- a/include/poller.php
+++ b/include/poller.php
@@ -364,11 +364,11 @@ function poller_kill_stale_workers() {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	foreach($r AS $pid)
-		if (!posix_kill($pid["pid"], 0))
+	foreach ($r AS $pid) {
+		if (!posix_kill($pid["pid"], 0)) {
 			q("UPDATE `workerqueue` SET `executed` = '%s', `pid` = 0 WHERE `pid` = %d",
 				dbesc(NULL_DATE), intval($pid["pid"]));
-		else {
+		} else {
 			// Kill long running processes
 
 			// Check if the priority is in a valid range
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ function poller_kill_stale_workers() {
 			} else
 				logger("Worker process ".$pid["pid"]." (".implode(" ", $argv).") now runs for ".round($duration)." of ".$max_duration." allowed minutes. That's okay.", LOGGER_DEBUG);
 		}
+	}
 }
 
 /**
@@ -558,9 +559,9 @@ function poller_worker_process() {
 				ORDER BY `priority`, `created` LIMIT 1",
 				dbesc(NULL_DATE),
 				intval($highest_priority));
-		if (dbm::is_result($r))
+		if (dbm::is_result($r)) {
 			return $r;
-
+		}
 		// Give slower processes some processing time
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `workerqueue`
 				WHERE `executed` <= '%s' AND `priority` > %d
@@ -570,9 +571,9 @@ function poller_worker_process() {
 	}
 
 	// If there is no result (or we shouldn't pass lower processes) we check without priority limit
-	if (($highest_priority == 0) OR !dbm::is_result($r))
+	if (($highest_priority == 0) OR !dbm::is_result($r)) {
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `workerqueue` WHERE `executed` <= '%s' ORDER BY `priority`, `created` LIMIT 1", dbesc(NULL_DATE));
-
+	}
 	return $r;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/socgraph.php b/include/socgraph.php
index e0d6b156a3..d9fd6f8be8 100644
--- a/include/socgraph.php
+++ b/include/socgraph.php
@@ -239,12 +239,12 @@ function poco_check($profile_url, $name, $network, $profile_photo, $about, $loca
 	);
 
 	if (count($x)) {
-		if (($network == "") AND ($x[0]["network"] != NETWORK_STATUSNET))
+		if (($network == "") AND ($x[0]["network"] != NETWORK_STATUSNET)) {
 			$network = $x[0]["network"];
-
-		if ($updated <= NULL_DATE)
+		}
+		if ($updated <= NULL_DATE) {
 			$updated = $x[0]["updated"];
-
+		}
 		$created = $x[0]["created"];
 		$server_url = $x[0]["server_url"];
 		$nick = $x[0]["nick"];
@@ -465,10 +465,10 @@ function poco_last_updated($profile, $force = false) {
 	$gcontacts = q("SELECT * FROM `gcontact` WHERE `nurl` = '%s'",
 			dbesc(normalise_link($profile)));
 
-	if ($gcontacts[0]["created"] <= NULL_DATE)
+	if ($gcontacts[0]["created"] <= NULL_DATE) {
 		q("UPDATE `gcontact` SET `created` = '%s' WHERE `nurl` = '%s'",
 			dbesc(datetime_convert()), dbesc(normalise_link($profile)));
-
+	}
 	if ($gcontacts[0]["server_url"] != "") {
 		$server_url = $gcontacts[0]["server_url"];
 	}
@@ -664,10 +664,11 @@ function poco_last_updated($profile, $force = false) {
 	}
 
 	// Maybe there aren't any entries. Then check if it is a valid feed
-	if ($last_updated == "")
-		if ($xpath->query('/atom:feed')->length > 0)
+	if ($last_updated == "") {
+		if ($xpath->query('/atom:feed')->length > 0) {
 			$last_updated = NULL_DATE;
-
+		}
+	}
 	q("UPDATE `gcontact` SET `updated` = '%s', `last_contact` = '%s' WHERE `nurl` = '%s'",
 		dbesc(dbm::date($last_updated)), dbesc(dbm::date()), dbesc(normalise_link($profile)));
 
@@ -946,10 +947,10 @@ function poco_check_server($server_url, $network = "", $force = false) {
 	$servers = q("SELECT * FROM `gserver` WHERE `nurl` = '%s'", dbesc(normalise_link($server_url)));
 	if (dbm::is_result($servers)) {
 
-		if ($servers[0]["created"] <= NULL_DATE)
+		if ($servers[0]["created"] <= NULL_DATE) {
 			q("UPDATE `gserver` SET `created` = '%s' WHERE `nurl` = '%s'",
 				dbesc(datetime_convert()), dbesc(normalise_link($server_url)));
-
+		}
 		$poco = $servers[0]["poco"];
 		$noscrape = $servers[0]["noscrape"];
 
diff --git a/mod/contacts.php b/mod/contacts.php
index 0569c8ca4e..f2500099c3 100644
--- a/mod/contacts.php
+++ b/mod/contacts.php
@@ -538,9 +538,9 @@ function contacts_content(App $a) {
 				? t('Never')
 				: datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),$contact['last-update'],'D, j M Y, g:i A'));
 
-		if ($contact['last-update'] > NULL_DATE)
+		if ($contact['last-update'] > NULL_DATE) {
 			$last_update .= ' ' . (($contact['last-update'] <= $contact['success_update']) ? t("\x28Update was successful\x29") : t("\x28Update was not successful\x29"));
-
+		}
 		$lblsuggest = (($contact['network'] === NETWORK_DFRN) ? t('Suggest friends') : '');
 
 		$poll_enabled = in_array($contact['network'], array(NETWORK_DFRN, NETWORK_OSTATUS, NETWORK_FEED, NETWORK_MAIL, NETWORK_MAIL2));
@@ -560,10 +560,10 @@ function contacts_content(App $a) {
 
 		$lost_contact = (($contact['archive'] && $contact['term-date'] > NULL_DATE && $contact['term-date'] < datetime_convert('','','now')) ? t('Communications lost with this contact!') : '');
 
-		if ($contact['network'] == NETWORK_FEED)
+		if ($contact['network'] == NETWORK_FEED) {
 			$fetch_further_information = array('fetch_further_information', t('Fetch further information for feeds'), $contact['fetch_further_information'], t('Fetch further information for feeds'),
 									array('0'=>t('Disabled'), '1'=>t('Fetch information'), '2'=>t('Fetch information and keywords')));
-
+		}
 		if (in_array($contact['network'], array(NETWORK_FEED, NETWORK_MAIL, NETWORK_MAIL2)))
 			$poll_interval = contact_poll_interval($contact['priority'],(! $poll_enabled));
 
diff --git a/mod/profiles.php b/mod/profiles.php
index bf6e828b61..4e82ceaacd 100644
--- a/mod/profiles.php
+++ b/mod/profiles.php
@@ -233,11 +233,11 @@ function profiles_post(App $a) {
 
 		$with = ((x($_POST,'with')) ? notags(trim($_POST['with'])) : '');
 
-		if(! strlen($howlong))
+		if(! strlen($howlong)) {
 			$howlong = NULL_DATE;
-		else
+		} else {
 			$howlong = datetime_convert(date_default_timezone_get(),'UTC',$howlong);
-
+		}
 		// linkify the relationship target if applicable
 
 		$withchanged = false;