diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4d02b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+code/log/app.log
diff --git a/code/.htaccess b/code/.htaccess
index a9de8afb..436f9b31 100644
--- a/code/.htaccess
+++ b/code/.htaccess
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
-php_flag zend.ze1_compatibility_mode On
-php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
-php_flag magic_quotes_runtime Off
-php_flag allow_call_time_pass_reference On
-php_value error_reporting "E_ALL ^ E_DEPRECATED"
+php_value error_reporting "E_ALL"
 
 DirectoryIndex index.php
 Options -Indexes
 
-<FilesMatch "^(\.svn|entries)$">
-    Deny from all
-</FilesMatch>
-
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteRule ^(it|en)\/?$ index.php?_current_lang=$1 [L,QSA]
diff --git a/code/config/app.cfg b/code/config/app.cfg
index c3e1b0c9..031cbfbd 100644
--- a/code/config/app.cfg
+++ b/code/config/app.cfg
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ newsletter_files_max_total_size = 104857600
 
 # Debug
 ########
-log.debug_level = DL_ERROR
+log.debug_level = DL_INFO
 log.max_filesize = 1048576
 log.truncate_always = 0
 
diff --git a/code/include/__sample_app.php b/code/include/__sample_app.php
index 1364c756..0d1f5fcc 100644
--- a/code/include/__sample_app.php
+++ b/code/include/__sample_app.php
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 class SampleApp extends CustomApp {
 
-    function SampleApp() {
-        parent::CustomApp("SampleApp", "_sample_app");
+    function __construct() {
+        parent::__construct("SampleApp", "_sample_app");
 
         $e = array("roles" => array("guest"));
 
diff --git a/code/include/custom_app.php b/code/include/custom_app.php
index 9e07fdd4..561510ad 100644
--- a/code/include/custom_app.php
+++ b/code/include/custom_app.php
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 class CustomApp extends App {
 
-    function CustomApp($app_class_name, $app_name) {
-        parent::App($app_class_name, $app_name);
+    function __construct($app_class_name, $app_name) {
+        parent::__construct($app_class_name, $app_name);
     }
 //
     function action_get_security_image() {
diff --git a/code/include/lib/app.php b/code/include/lib/app.php
index 8ee004b3..8fbc0b00 100644
--- a/code/include/lib/app.php
+++ b/code/include/lib/app.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class App extends AppObject {
     var $action_params;
 
     function App($app_class_name, $app_name) {
-        parent::AppObject();
+        parent::__construct();
 
         $this->set_class_name($app_class_name); 
         $this->app_name = $app_name;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function create_core_objects() {
     }
 
     function create_config() {
-        $this->config =& new Config();
+        $this->config = new Config();
         $this->config->read("config/app.cfg");
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function create_session() {
     }
 
     function create_db() {
-        $sql_config =& new Config();
+        $sql_config = new Config();
         $sql_config->read("config/sql.cfg");
 
         $this->db =& $this->create_object(
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ function init_lang_vars() {
         // Sentry redirect
         if ($this->use_cur_lang_from_cgi) {
             if (is_null($this->get_current_lang_from_cgi())) {
-                $redirect_response =& new RedirectResponse(
+                $redirect_response = new RedirectResponse(
                     create_self_full_url(
                         array(),
                         $this->lang
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ function &_create_object(
             }
         }
         
-        $obj =& new $class_name();
-        if (is_subclass_of($obj, "Object")) {
+        $obj = new $class_name();
+        if (is_subclass_of($obj, "BaseAppObject")) {
             $obj->set_class_name($class_name_without_suffix, $class_name_suffix);
             $init_obj_params = get_param_value($class_info, "params", null);
             if (!is_null($init_obj_params)) {
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ function run() {
         $this->create_current_user();
 
         // Read action name
-        $this->action = trim(param("action"));
+        $this->action = trim((string) param("action"));
         if ($this->action == "") {
             $this->action = $this->get_default_action_name();
         }
diff --git a/code/include/lib/app_object.php b/code/include/lib/app_object.php
index 5ecb333f..79bfd105 100644
--- a/code/include/lib/app_object.php
+++ b/code/include/lib/app_object.php
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?php
 
-class Object {
+class BaseAppObject {
     
     var $_class_name;
     var $_class_name_without_suffix;
 
-    function Object() {
+    function __construct() {
     }
 
     function _init($params) {
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ function get_class_name_without_suffix() {
 
 }
 
-class AppObject extends Object {
+class AppObject extends BaseAppObject {
     
     var $app;
 
-    function AppObject() {
-        parent::Object();
+    function __construct() {
+        parent::__construct();
     }
 
     function _init($params) {
diff --git a/code/include/lib/components/xml.php b/code/include/lib/components/xml.php
index 2bf69f07..043cd02d 100644
--- a/code/include/lib/components/xml.php
+++ b/code/include/lib/components/xml.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function parse($xml_data_str) {
 
         // Create parser
         $parser = xml_parser_create($this->charset);
-        xml_set_object($parser, &$this);
+        xml_set_object($parser, $this);
         xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, false);
         xml_set_element_handler($parser, "tag_open", "tag_close");
         xml_set_character_data_handler($parser, "cdata");
diff --git a/code/include/lib/global.php b/code/include/lib/global.php
index 73203a8f..6998c990 100644
--- a/code/include/lib/global.php
+++ b/code/include/lib/global.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function v($var, $dump_all = false) {
                 $var_to_dump = array();
                 foreach ($var->_fields as $field_name => $field_info) {
                     if ($field_info["create"]) {
-                        $var_to_dump[$field_name] = $var->{$field_name};
+                        $var_to_dump[$field_name] = $var->$field_name;
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ function parse_date_by_format($format, $value) {
         $p = 1;
         $format_len = strlen($format);
         for ($i = 0; $i < $format_len; $i++) {
-            $format_char = $format{$i};
+            $format_char = $format[$i];
             switch ($format_char) {
             case "Y":
                 $date_parts["year"] = (int) $date_parts_unordered[$p++];
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ function create_date_regexp_by_format($format) {
     $res = "/";
     $format_len = strlen($format);
     for ($i = 0; $i < $format_len; $i++) {
-        $format_char = $format{$i};
+        $format_char = $format[$i];
         switch ($format_char) {
         case "Y":
             $res .= '(\d{1,4})';
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ function create_date_by_format($format, $date_parts, $date_if_unknown) {
     $res = "";
     $format_len = strlen($format);
     for ($i = 0; $i < $format_len; $i++) {
-        $format_char = $format{$i};
+        $format_char = $format[$i];
         switch ($format_char) {
         case "Y":
             $res .= sprintf("%04d", $date_parts["year"]);
diff --git a/code/include/lib/http_response.php b/code/include/lib/http_response.php
index 1ca3dbcd..f8976a67 100644
--- a/code/include/lib/http_response.php
+++ b/code/include/lib/http_response.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class HttpResponse {
     var $headers;
     var $cookies;
 
-    function HttpResponse() {
+    function __construct() {
         $this->headers = array();
         $this->cookies = array();
     }
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function push_header($header) {
     }
 
     function push_headers($headers) {
-        $this->headers = array_merge($headers, $this->headers);
+        $this->headers = array_merge($headers, (array) $this->headers);
     }
 
     function add_no_cache_headers() {
diff --git a/code/include/setup_app.php b/code/include/setup_app.php
index 4e2bed6b..fff9dfcc 100644
--- a/code/include/setup_app.php
+++ b/code/include/setup_app.php
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 class SetupApp extends CustomApp {
 
-    function SetupApp() {
-        parent::CustomApp("SetupApp", "setup_app");
+    function __construct() {
+        parent::__construct("SetupApp", "setup_app");
 
         $a = array("roles" => array("admin"));
 
diff --git a/code/include/user_app.php b/code/include/user_app.php
index 69d80081..5c627133 100644
--- a/code/include/user_app.php
+++ b/code/include/user_app.php
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ class UserApp extends CustomApp {
     // Current logged in user
     var $user;
 
-    function UserApp() {
-        parent::CustomApp("UserApp", "user_app");
+    function __construct() {
+        parent::__construct("UserApp", "user_app");
 
         $this->use_cur_lang_from_cgi = true;
 
diff --git a/code/index.php b/code/index.php
index a07f67b1..52d7943b 100644
--- a/code/index.php
+++ b/code/index.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require_once("include/_init.php");
 require_once("include/user_app.php");
 
-$app =& new UserApp();
+$app = new UserApp();
 $app->init();
 $app->run();
 
diff --git a/code/log/make_log.sh b/code/log/make_log.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/code/sample.php b/code/sample.php
index cf43e77c..f4454d1f 100644
--- a/code/sample.php
+++ b/code/sample.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require_once("include/_init.php");
 require_once("include/__sample_app.php");
 
-$app =& new SampleApp();
+$app = new SampleApp();
 $app->init();
 $app->run();
 
diff --git a/code/setup.php b/code/setup.php
index 2873d6d5..983ebf6a 100644
--- a/code/setup.php
+++ b/code/setup.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require_once("include/_init.php");
 require_once("include/setup_app.php");
 
-$app =& new SetupApp();
+$app = new SetupApp();
 $app->init();
 $app->run();