diff --git a/admin/include/functions.php b/admin/include/functions.php
index a2d9a485f..ea147b0e5 100644
--- a/admin/include/functions.php
+++ b/admin/include/functions.php
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ SELECT id, id_uppercat, uppercats, rank, global_rank
 
   $datas = array();
 
-  $cat_map_callback = create_function('$m', 'global $cat_map; return $cat_map[$m[1]]["rank"];');
+	$cat_map_callback = function($m) use ($cat_map) {  return $cat_map[$m[1]]["rank"]; };
 
   foreach( $cat_map as $id=>$cat )
   {
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ SELECT id, uppercats, site_id
   $categories = query2array($query);
 
   // filling $cat_fulldirs
-  $cat_dirs_callback = create_function('$m', 'global $cat_dirs; return $cat_dirs[$m[1]];');
+	$cat_dirs_callback = function($m) use ($cat_dirs) { return $cat_dirs[$m[1]]; };
 
   $cat_fulldirs = array();
   foreach ($categories as $category)
diff --git a/include/dblayer/functions_mysqli.inc.php b/include/dblayer/functions_mysqli.inc.php
index 4b28678a0..cd8c3d4be 100644
--- a/include/dblayer/functions_mysqli.inc.php
+++ b/include/dblayer/functions_mysqli.inc.php
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ CREATE TABLE '.$temporary_tablename.'
     if ($flags & MASS_UPDATES_SKIP_EMPTY)
       $func_set = create_function('$s', 'return "t1.$s = IFNULL(t2.$s, t1.$s)";');
     else
-      $func_set = create_function('$s', 'return "t1.$s = t2.$s";');
+      $func_set = function($s) { return "t1.$s = t2.$s"; };
 
     // update of table by joining with temporary table
     $query = '
diff --git a/include/functions.inc.php b/include/functions.inc.php
index 3d46d1a52..8048f6f85 100644
--- a/include/functions.inc.php
+++ b/include/functions.inc.php
@@ -1399,11 +1399,13 @@ function safe_json_decode($value)
  */
 function prepend_append_array_items($array, $prepend_str, $append_str)
 {
-  array_walk(
+/*   array_walk(
     $array,
     create_function('&$s', '$s = "'.$prepend_str.'".$s."'.$append_str.'";')
     );
-
+ */
+	//New PHP 7.2 code
+	array_walk($array, function(&$value, $key) use($prepend_str,$append_str) { $value = "$prepend_str$value$append_str"; } );
   return $array;
 }
 
@@ -2162,7 +2164,7 @@ SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(com.id))
  */
 function safe_version_compare($a, $b, $op=null)
 {
-  $replace_chars = create_function('$m', 'return ord(strtolower($m[1]));');
+  $replace_chars   = function($m)  { return ord(strtolower($m[1])); };
 
   // add dot before groups of letters (version_compare does the same thing)
   $a = preg_replace('#([0-9]+)([a-z]+)#i', '$1.$2', $a);
diff --git a/include/template.class.php b/include/template.class.php
index b8846a561..d53c0f225 100644
--- a/include/template.class.php
+++ b/include/template.class.php
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class Template
       return false;
     }
     reset($filename_array);
-    while(list($handle, $filename) = each($filename_array))
+    foreach ($filename_array as $handle => $filename) 
     {
       if (is_null($filename))
       {
diff --git a/include/ws_core.inc.php b/include/ws_core.inc.php
index d06fc67d1..e38d4bc55 100644
--- a/include/ws_core.inc.php
+++ b/include/ws_core.inc.php
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ Request format: ".@$this->_requestFormat." Response format: ".@$this->_responseF
   static function ws_getMethodList($params, &$service)
   {
     $methods = array_filter($service->_methods,
-            create_function('$m', 'return empty($m["options"]["hidden"]) || !$m["options"]["hidden"];'));
+            function($m) { return empty($m["options"]["hidden"]) || !$m["options"]["hidden"];} );
     return array('methods' => new PwgNamedArray( array_keys($methods),'method' ) );
   }