diff --git a/quiz/generic/returnfeed.php b/quiz/generic/returnfeed.php
index a1ee3b6ba..100279b62 100644
--- a/quiz/generic/returnfeed.php
+++ b/quiz/generic/returnfeed.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 require_login();
 
 $quiz_page_id = get_quiz_page_id_param($_REQUEST, 'quiz_page_id');
-$text = array_get($_POST, 'text_data', '');
+$text = $_POST['text_data'] ?? '';
 
 include "./quiz_page.inc"; // qp_*
 
diff --git a/quiz/start.php b/quiz/start.php
index b137fcf80..c8790d69a 100644
--- a/quiz/start.php
+++ b/quiz/start.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 $username = $pguser;
 if (user_is_a_sitemanager() || user_is_proj_facilitator()) {
-    $username = array_get($_GET, 'username', $pguser);
+    $username = $_GET['username'] ?? $pguser;
     if (!User::is_valid_user($username)) {
         die("Invalid username.");
     }
diff --git a/stats/members/mbr_list.php b/stats/members/mbr_list.php
index daa3da6bc..2b611dab1 100644
--- a/stats/members/mbr_list.php
+++ b/stats/members/mbr_list.php
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
     ['asc', 'desc']
 );
 $mstart = get_integer_param($_GET, 'mstart', 0, 0, null);
-$uname = normalize_whitespace(array_get($_GET, 'uname', array_get($_GET, 'username', '')));
-$uexact = array_get($_GET, 'uexact', '') == 'yes';
+$uname = normalize_whitespace($_GET['uname'] ?? ($_GET['username'] ?? ''));
+$uexact = ($_GET['uexact'] ?? '') == 'yes';
 
 if ($uname) {
     if ($uexact) {
diff --git a/stats/teams/new_team.php b/stats/teams/new_team.php
index 70c4f652d..ecd29d896 100644
--- a/stats/teams/new_team.php
+++ b/stats/teams/new_team.php
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 
 $theme_extra_args = ["js_data" => get_newHelpWin_javascript("$code_url/pophelp.php?category=teams&name=edit_")];
 
-$teamname = trim(array_get($_POST, "teamname", ""));
-$text_data = stripAllString(array_get($_POST, "text_data", ""));
-$teamwebpage = array_get($_POST, "teamwebpage", "");
-$tavatar = array_get($_POST, "tavatar", "");
-$ticon = array_get($_POST, "ticon", "");
+$teamname = trim($_POST["teamname"] ?? "");
+$text_data = stripAllString($_POST["text_data"] ?? "");
+$teamwebpage = $_POST["teamwebpage"] ?? "";
+$tavatar = $_POST["tavatar"] ?? "";
+$ticon = $_POST["ticon"] ?? "";
 
 
 if (isset($_POST['mkPreview'])) {
diff --git a/stats/teams/tedit.php b/stats/teams/tedit.php
index e779afb18..4c0870447 100644
--- a/stats/teams/tedit.php
+++ b/stats/teams/tedit.php
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 if (!isset($tid)) {
     $tid = get_integer_param($_GET, 'tid', null, 1, null);
 }
-$teamname = stripAllString(trim(array_get($_POST, "teamname", "")));
-$text_data = stripAllString(array_get($_POST, "text_data", ""));
-$teamwebpage = stripAllString(array_get($_POST, "teamwebpage", ""));
-$tavatar = array_get($_POST, "tavatar", "");
-$ticon = array_get($_POST, "ticon", "");
+$teamname = stripAllString(trim($_POST["teamname"] ?? ""));
+$text_data = stripAllString($_POST["text_data"] ?? "");
+$teamwebpage = stripAllString($_POST["teamwebpage"] ?? "");
+$tavatar = $_POST["tavatar"] ?? "";
+$ticon = $_POST["ticon"] ?? "";
 
 $result = select_from_teams("id = $tid");
 $curTeam = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result);
diff --git a/stats/teams/tlist.php b/stats/teams/tlist.php
index 82ea0faae..914c45c07 100644
--- a/stats/teams/tlist.php
+++ b/stats/teams/tlist.php
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
     ['asc', 'desc']
 );
 $tstart = get_integer_param($_GET, 'tstart', 0, 0, null);
-$tname = normalize_whitespace(array_get($_GET, 'tname', ''));
-$texact = array_get($_GET, 'texact', '') == 'yes';
+$tname = normalize_whitespace($_GET['tname'] ?? '');
+$texact = ($_GET['texact'] ?? '') == 'yes';
 
 if ($tname) {
     if ($texact) {