diff --git a/admin/history.php b/admin/history.php
index 40648e4f6..34ec64163 100644
--- a/admin/history.php
+++ b/admin/history.php
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ SELECT
     {
       $tags_string = preg_replace_callback(
         '/(\d+)/',
-        create_function('$m', 'global $name_of_tag; return isset($name_of_tag[$m[1]]) ? $name_of_tag[$m[1]] : $m[1];'),
+        function($m) use ($name_of_tag) { return isset($name_of_tag[$m[1]]) ? $name_of_tag[$m[1]] : $m[1];} ,
         str_replace(
           ',',
           ', ',
diff --git a/admin/include/functions_notification_by_mail.inc.php b/admin/include/functions_notification_by_mail.inc.php
index 204be5c33..523f1295d 100644
--- a/admin/include/functions_notification_by_mail.inc.php
+++ b/admin/include/functions_notification_by_mail.inc.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function check_sendmail_timeout()
  */
 function quote_check_key_list($check_key_list = array())
 {
-  return array_map(create_function('$s', 'return \'\\\'\'.$s.\'\\\'\';'), $check_key_list);
+  return array_map(function($s) { return  '\''.$s.'\'';   } , $check_key_list);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -543,4 +543,4 @@ function subscribe_notification_by_mail($is_admin_request, $check_key_list = arr
   return do_subscribe_unsubscribe_notification_by_mail($is_admin_request, true, $check_key_list);
 }
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/comments.php b/comments.php
index ebd89a987..bf68fc482 100644
--- a/comments.php
+++ b/comments.php
@@ -181,10 +181,7 @@ if (!empty($_GET['keyword']))
     '('.
     implode(' AND ',
             array_map(
-              create_function(
-                '$s',
-                'return "content LIKE \'%$s%\'";'
-                ),
+              function($s) {return "content LIKE \'%$s%\'"; } ,
               preg_split('/[\s,;]+/', $_GET['keyword'] )
               )
       ).
@@ -562,4 +559,4 @@ flush_page_messages();
 if (count($comments) > 0)  $template->assign_var_from_handle('COMMENT_LIST', 'comment_list');
 $template->pparse('comments');
 include(PHPWG_ROOT_PATH.'include/page_tail.php');
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/include/emogrifier.class.php b/include/emogrifier.class.php
index 587159e22..a6e3504d0 100644
--- a/include/emogrifier.class.php
+++ b/include/emogrifier.class.php
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class Emogrifier {
 
         $nodesWithStyleAttributes = $xpath->query('//*[@style]');
         if ($nodesWithStyleAttributes !== FALSE) {
-            $callback = create_function('$m', 'return strtolower($m[0]);');
+            $callback = function($m) { return strtolower($m[0]); };
 
             /** @var $nodeWithStyleAttribute \DOMNode */
             foreach ($nodesWithStyleAttributes as $node) {
diff --git a/include/ws_functions/pwg.tags.php b/include/ws_functions/pwg.tags.php
index abbdaa619..ae448cf69 100644
--- a/include/ws_functions/pwg.tags.php
+++ b/include/ws_functions/pwg.tags.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function ws_tags_getList($params, &$service)
   $tags = get_available_tags();
   if ($params['sort_by_counter'])
   {
-    usort($tags, create_function('$a,$b', 'return -$a["counter"]+$b["counter"];') );
+    usort($tags, function($a, $b) {  return -$a["counter"]+$b["counter"]; });
   }
   else
   {
@@ -245,4 +245,4 @@ function ws_tags_add($params, &$service)
   return $creation_output;
 }
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>