diff --git a/admin/inc/class.bocurrentsessions.inc.php b/admin/inc/class.bocurrentsessions.inc.php
index 814b7d4b34..eb50f49c6b 100644
--- a/admin/inc/class.bocurrentsessions.inc.php
+++ b/admin/inc/class.bocurrentsessions.inc.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 			while (list(,$value) = @each($values))
 			{
-				if (ereg('@',$value['session_lid']))
+				if (strpos($value['session_lid'],'@') !== false)
 				{
 					$t = explode('@',$value['session_lid']);
 					$session_lid = $t[0];
diff --git a/admin/inc/class.uiaccounts.inc.php b/admin/inc/class.uiaccounts.inc.php
index 920db39d35..8d36d71650 100755
--- a/admin/inc/class.uiaccounts.inc.php
+++ b/admin/inc/class.uiaccounts.inc.php
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 			if(isset($_REQUEST['query']))
 			{
 				// limit query to limit characters
-				//if(eregi('^[a-z_0-9]+$',$_REQUEST['query']))
+				//if(preg_match('/^[a-z_0-9]+$/i',$_REQUEST['query']))
 					$GLOBALS['query'] = $_REQUEST['query'];
 			}
 
diff --git a/calendar/csv_import.php b/calendar/csv_import.php
index bdb66695f4..7b0f0b9261 100644
--- a/calendar/csv_import.php
+++ b/calendar/csv_import.php
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ case 'import':
 					// convert german DD.MM.YYYY format into ISO YYYY-MM-DD format
 					$values[$date] = preg_replace('/([0-9]{1,2}).([0-9]{1,2}).([0-9]{4})/','\3-\2-\1',$values[$date]);
 					// remove fractures of seconds if present at the end of the string
-					if (ereg('(.*)\.[0-9]+',$values[$date],$parts)) $values[$date] = $parts[1];
+					if (preg_match('/(.*)\.[0-9]+/',$values[$date],$parts)) $values[$date] = $parts[1];
 					$values[$date] = strtotime($values[$date]);
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/calendar/sitemgr/class.module_calendar_list.inc.php b/calendar/sitemgr/class.module_calendar_list.inc.php
index 45e5abdfbb..8411a27cfb 100644
--- a/calendar/sitemgr/class.module_calendar_list.inc.php
+++ b/calendar/sitemgr/class.module_calendar_list.inc.php
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class module_calendar_list extends Module
 		{
 			$is_group = false;
 			$has_read_permissions = false;
-			$acl =& new acl($entry['account_id']);
+			$acl = new acl($entry['account_id']);
 			$acl->read_repository();
 			// get the rights for each account to check whether the anon user has read permissions.
 			$rights = $acl->get_rights($anon_user,'calendar');
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ class module_calendar_list extends Module
 	{
 		$html = "";
 		$GLOBALS['egw']->translation->add_app('calendar');
-		$this->bo =& new calendar_bo();
-		$this->ui =& new calendar_uiviews();
+		$this->bo = new calendar_bo();
+		$this->ui = new calendar_uiviews();
 		$this->ui->allowEdit = false;
 		$this->ui->use_time_grid = isset($arguments['grid']) ? $arguments['grid'] : false;
 
diff --git a/calendar/sitemgr/class.module_calendar_month.inc.php b/calendar/sitemgr/class.module_calendar_month.inc.php
index 273f558f7f..f1d168ebbc 100644
--- a/calendar/sitemgr/class.module_calendar_month.inc.php
+++ b/calendar/sitemgr/class.module_calendar_month.inc.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class module_calendar_month extends Module
 
 	function module_calendar_month()
 	{
-		$this->bo =& new calendar_bo();
+		$this->bo = new calendar_bo();
 		$this->arguments = array(
 			'category' => array(
 				'type' => 'select',
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class module_calendar_month extends Module
 		{
 			$is_group = false;
 			$has_read_permissions = false;
-			$acl =& new acl($entry['account_id']);
+			$acl = new acl($entry['account_id']);
 			$acl->read_repository();
 			// get the rights for each account to check whether the anon user has read permissions.
 			$rights = $acl->get_rights($anon_user,'calendar');
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class module_calendar_month extends Module
 	{
 		$html = "";
 		$GLOBALS['egw']->translation->add_app('calendar');
-		$this->ui =& new calendar_uiviews();
+		$this->ui = new calendar_uiviews();
 		$this->ui->allowEdit = false;
 		$this->ui->use_time_grid = isset($arguments['grid']) ? $arguments['grid'] : false;
 
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.ajax_captcha_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.ajax_captcha_widget.inc.php
index 732f071baa..aeb6b047a1 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.ajax_captcha_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.ajax_captcha_widget.inc.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class ajax_captcha_widget
 		//sets main etemplate cell with data created in etemplate.captcha_widget
 		$cell['type'] = 'template';
 		$cell['size'] = $cell['name'];
-		$widget =& new etemplate('etemplate.captcha_widget');
+		$widget = new etemplate('etemplate.captcha_widget');
 		$widget->no_onclick = True;
 		$cell['obj'] = &$widget;
 		
diff --git a/infolog/csv_import.php b/infolog/csv_import.php
index 64bce4dc8c..6e0990d85e 100644
--- a/infolog/csv_import.php
+++ b/infolog/csv_import.php
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ case 'import':
 		{
 			if (isset($values[$date]) && !is_numeric($date))
 			{
-				if (ereg('(.*)\.[0-9]+',$values[$date],$parts)) $values[$date] = $parts[1];
+				if (preg_match('/(.*)\.[0-9]+/',$values[$date],$parts)) $values[$date] = $parts[1];
 				$values[$date] = strtotime($values[$date]);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.phpmailer.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.phpmailer.inc.php
index 82abf5bd95..a531668865 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.phpmailer.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.phpmailer.inc.php
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ class PHPMailer {
     /* Retry while there is no connection */
     while($index < count($hosts) && $connection == false) {
       $hostinfo = array();
-      if(eregi('^(.+):([0-9]+)$', $hosts[$index], $hostinfo)) {
+      if(preg_match('/^(.+):([0-9]+)$/i', $hosts[$index], $hostinfo)) {
         $host = $hostinfo[1];
         $port = $hostinfo[2];
       } else {
diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.validator.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.validator.inc.php
index 2e250bf724..d9eb9e5c0b 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.validator.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.validator.inc.php
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 			if(@$uris[$url_elements['scheme']])
 			{
 				//echo ' is valid<br>host ' . $url_elements['host'];
-				if(eregi("[a-z]", $url_elements['host']))
+				if(preg_match('/[a-z]/i', $url_elements['host']))
 				{
 					//echo ' is name<br>';
 					return $this->is_hostname($url_elements['host']);
diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/fpdf/font/makefont/makefont.php b/phpgwapi/inc/fpdf/font/makefont/makefont.php
index 4db5a6c5bd..ae31a5f162 100755
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/fpdf/font/makefont/makefont.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/fpdf/font/makefont/makefont.php
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ function MakeFontDescriptor($fm,$symbolic)
 	//StemV
 	if(isset($fm['StdVW']))
 		$stemv=$fm['StdVW'];
-	elseif(isset($fm['Weight']) and eregi('(bold|black)',$fm['Weight']))
+	elseif(isset($fm['Weight']) and preg_match('/(bold|black)/i',$fm['Weight']))
 		$stemv=120;
 	else
 		$stemv=70;
diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/xml_functions.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/xml_functions.inc.php
index 2c109597d2..941951d3a6 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/xml_functions.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/xml_functions.inc.php
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
 					{
 						// we have a DOUBLE
 						// we must check that only 0123456789-.<space> are characters here
-						if (!ereg("^[+-]?[eE0123456789 \\t\\.]+$", $GLOBALS['_xh'][$parser]['ac']))
+						if (!preg_match('/^[+-]?[eE0123456789 \\t\\.]+$/', $GLOBALS['_xh'][$parser]['ac']))
 						{
 							// TODO: find a better way of throwing an error
 							// than this!
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
 					{
 						// we have an I4/INT
 						// we must check that only 0123456789-<space> are characters here
-						if (!ereg("^[+-]?[0123456789 \\t]+$", $GLOBALS['_xh'][$parser]['ac']))
+						if (!preg_match('/^[+-]?[0123456789 \\t]+$/', $GLOBALS['_xh'][$parser]['ac']))
 						{
 							// TODO: find a better way of throwing an error
 							// than this!
diff --git a/soap.php b/soap.php
index 6749866fff..2c3d0d59fd 100644
--- a/soap.php
+++ b/soap.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	}
 	$headers = getallheaders();
 
-	if(ereg('Basic',$headers['Authorization']))
+	if(strpos($headers['Authorization'],'Basic') !== false)
 	{
 		$tmp = $headers['Authorization'];
 		$tmp = str_replace(' ','',$tmp);