diff --git a/admin/js/plugins/ckeditor/samples/assets/posteddata.php b/admin/js/plugins/ckeditor/samples/assets/posteddata.php
index 4fc5d2a..0a6e79a 100644
--- a/admin/js/plugins/ckeditor/samples/assets/posteddata.php
+++ b/admin/js/plugins/ckeditor/samples/assets/posteddata.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ For licensing, see LICENSE.md or http://ckeditor.com/license
             $value = htmlspecialchars((string)$value);
             ?>
             <tr>
-                <th style="vertical-align: top"><?php echo htmlspecialchars((string)$key); ?></th>
+                <th style="vertical-align: top"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($key); ?></th>
                 <td>
                     <pre class="samples"><?php echo $value; ?></pre>
                 </td>
diff --git a/includes/DatabaseHandle.class.php b/includes/DatabaseHandle.class.php
index a25d7b8..39c2acb 100644
--- a/includes/DatabaseHandle.class.php
+++ b/includes/DatabaseHandle.class.php
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 class DatabaseHandle {
-    private static DatabaseHandle $instance;
     private PDO $conn;
 
     public function __construct(string $conString, string $username, string $password) {
diff --git a/includes/captcha.php b/includes/captcha.php
index fe61c1d..7d88ef5 100644
--- a/includes/captcha.php
+++ b/includes/captcha.php
@@ -8,16 +8,6 @@ function captcha($color, $mode, $mul, $allowed) : array {
     $bg_path = dirname(__FILE__) . '/captchabg/';
     $font_path = dirname(__FILE__) . '/fonts/';
 
-    if ($mode == "Easy") {
-        $fonr_name = 'PonyvilleMedium0.4.ttf';
-    } elseif ($mode == "Normal") {
-        $fonr_name = 'times_new_yorker.ttf';
-    } elseif ($mode == "Tough") {
-        $fonr_name = 'captcha_code.otf';
-    } else {
-        $fonr_name = 'times_new_yorker.ttf';
-    }
-
     if ($mul == "on") {
         $captcha_config = array(
             'code' => '',
diff --git a/includes/functions.php b/includes/functions.php
index e9d9518..ae701bc 100644
--- a/includes/functions.php
+++ b/includes/functions.php
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ function doDownload($paste_id, $p_title, $p_member, $p_conntent, $p_code) {
     $stats = false;
     if ($p_code) {
         // Figure out extensions.
-        $ext = "txt";
         $ext = match ($p_code) {
             default => 'txt',
         };
diff --git a/theme/bulma/user_profile.php b/theme/bulma/user_profile.php
index fea881e..623efa7 100644
--- a/theme/bulma/user_profile.php
+++ b/theme/bulma/user_profile.php
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ $protocol = paste_protocol();
                     } elseif (strtotime($profile_join_date) <= 1609459200) {
                         echo '<img src = "/img/badges/strag.png" title="[EarlyStraggeler] Joined after the Second wave " style="margin:5px">';
                     }
-                    if (strpos($profile_badge, '0') !== false) {
-                    } else {
+                    if (!str_contains($profile_badge, '0')) {
                         echo $profile_badge;
                     }