diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 47e0c3e2fa..0d9052bf4e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 language: php
 php:
+  - 7.4
   - 7.3
-  - 7.2
-  - 7.1
-  - 7.0
-  - 5.6
 
 before_script:
     - composer install --dev
diff --git a/lib/cache/sfFileCache.class.php b/lib/cache/sfFileCache.class.php
index b02957955a..a01c15e79d 100644
--- a/lib/cache/sfFileCache.class.php
+++ b/lib/cache/sfFileCache.class.php
@@ -215,8 +215,7 @@ protected function read($path, $type = self::READ_DATA)
     @flock($fp, LOCK_SH);
     clearstatcache(); // because the filesize can be cached by PHP itself...
     $length = @filesize($path);
-    $mqr = get_magic_quotes_runtime();
-    set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);
+
     switch ($type)
     {
       case self::READ_TIMEOUT:
@@ -240,7 +239,6 @@ protected function read($path, $type = self::READ_DATA)
       default:
         throw new sfConfigurationException(sprintf('Unknown type "%s".', $type));
     }
-    set_magic_quotes_runtime($mqr);
     @flock($fp, LOCK_UN);
     @fclose($fp);
 
diff --git a/lib/helper/UrlHelper.php b/lib/helper/UrlHelper.php
index 7fe60822d9..c0d40c351f 100644
--- a/lib/helper/UrlHelper.php
+++ b/lib/helper/UrlHelper.php
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ function _encodeText($text)
 
   for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($text); $i++)
   {
-    $char = $text{$i};
+    $char = $text[$i];
     $r = rand(0, 100);
 
     # roughly 10% raw, 45% hex, 45% dec
diff --git a/lib/i18n/sfDateFormat.class.php b/lib/i18n/sfDateFormat.class.php
index 4cf145cb08..e0ddc5c638 100644
--- a/lib/i18n/sfDateFormat.class.php
+++ b/lib/i18n/sfDateFormat.class.php
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public function format($time, $pattern = 'F', $inputPattern = null, $charset = '
     for ($i = 0, $max = count($tokens); $i < $max; $i++)
     {
       $pattern = $tokens[$i];
-      if ($pattern{0} == "'" && $pattern{strlen($pattern) - 1} == "'")
+      if ($pattern[0] == "'" && $pattern[strlen($pattern) - 1] == "'")
       {
         $tokens[$i] = str_replace('``````', '\'', preg_replace('/(^\')|(\'$)/', '', $pattern));
       }
@@ -258,9 +258,9 @@ public function format($time, $pattern = 'F', $inputPattern = null, $charset = '
    */
   protected function getFunctionName($token)
   {
-    if (isset($this->tokens[$token{0}]))
+    if (isset($this->tokens[$token[0]]))
     {
-      return $this->tokens[$token{0}];
+      return $this->tokens[$token[0]];
     }
   }
 
@@ -389,30 +389,30 @@ protected function getTokens($pattern)
 
     for ($i = 0, $max = strlen($pattern); $i < $max; $i++)
     {
-      if ($char == null || $pattern{$i} == $char || $text)
+      if ($char == null || $pattern[$i] == $char || $text)
       {
-        $token .= $pattern{$i};
+        $token .= $pattern[$i];
       }
       else
       {
         $tokens[] = str_replace("''", "'", $token);
-        $token = $pattern{$i};
+        $token = $pattern[$i];
       }
 
-      if ($pattern{$i} == "'" && $text == false)
+      if ($pattern[$i] == "'" && $text == false)
       {
         $text = true;
       }
-      else if ($text && $pattern{$i} == "'" && $char == "'")
+      else if ($text && $pattern[$i] == "'" && $char == "'")
       {
         $text = true;
       }
-      else if ($text && $char != "'" && $pattern{$i} == "'")
+      else if ($text && $char != "'" && $pattern[$i] == "'")
       {
         $text = false;
       }
 
-      $char = $pattern{$i};
+      $char = $pattern[$i];
 
     }
     $tokens[] = $token;
diff --git a/lib/i18n/sfNumberFormat.class.php b/lib/i18n/sfNumberFormat.class.php
index f23b6d27ef..10df7aaf06 100644
--- a/lib/i18n/sfNumberFormat.class.php
+++ b/lib/i18n/sfNumberFormat.class.php
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ protected function formatInteger($string)
       // now for the integer groupings
       for ($i = 0; $i < $len; $i++)
       {
-        $char = $string{$len - $i - 1};
+        $char = $string[$len - $i - 1];
 
         if ($multiGroup && $count == 0)
         {
diff --git a/lib/i18n/sfNumberFormatInfo.class.php b/lib/i18n/sfNumberFormatInfo.class.php
index 54de9b0745..b85c8b54d8 100644
--- a/lib/i18n/sfNumberFormatInfo.class.php
+++ b/lib/i18n/sfNumberFormatInfo.class.php
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ protected function parsePattern($pattern)
         // to find the groupsize 1.
         for ($i = strlen($pattern) - 1; $i >= 0; $i--)
         {
-          if ($pattern{$i} == $digit || $pattern{$i} == $hash)
+          if ($pattern[$i] == $digit || $pattern[$i] == $hash)
           {
             $groupSize1 = $i - $groupPos1;
             break;
@@ -330,11 +330,11 @@ protected function parsePattern($pattern)
     {
       for ($i = strlen($pattern) - 1; $i >= 0; $i--)
       {
-        if ($pattern{$i} == $dot)
+        if ($pattern[$i] == $dot)
         {
           break;
         }
-        if ($pattern{$i} == $digit)
+        if ($pattern[$i] == $digit)
         {
           $decimalPoints = $i - $decimalPos;
           break;
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/creole/drivers/pgsql/PgSQLResultSet.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/creole/drivers/pgsql/PgSQLResultSet.php
index 77c400f4f9..3ef66968ec 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/creole/drivers/pgsql/PgSQLResultSet.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/creole/drivers/pgsql/PgSQLResultSet.php
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ private function strToArray($str)
 					$res[] = $this->strToArray(implode(',', $subarr[$in_subarr]));
 					$in_subarr--;
 				}
-			} elseif ($tok{0} === '{') { // we're inside a new sub-array							   
+			} elseif ($tok[0] === '{') { // we're inside a new sub-array
 				if ('}' !== substr($tok, -1, 1)) {
 					$in_subarr++;
 					// if sub-array has more than one element
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/creole/util/sql/SQLStatementExtractor.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/creole/util/sql/SQLStatementExtractor.php
index f4c79a4e83..ca14b51ee4 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/creole/util/sql/SQLStatementExtractor.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/creole/util/sql/SQLStatementExtractor.php
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ protected static function substring($string, $startpos, $endpos = -1) {
             trigger_error("substring(), Endindex out of bounds must be $startpos<n<".($len-1), E_USER_ERROR);
         }
         if ($startpos === $endpos) {
-            return (string) $string{$startpos};
+            return (string) $string[$startpos];
         } else {
             $len = $endpos-$startpos;
         }
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/Phing.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/Phing.php
index fea80fc755..862f84edde 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/Phing.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/Phing.php
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ public static function getResourcePath($path) {
         // This is a bit of a hack, but works better than previous solution of assuming
         // data_dir is on the include_path.
         $data_dir = '@DATA-DIR@';
-        if ($data_dir{0} != '@') { // if we're using PEAR then the @ DATA-DIR @ token will have been substituted.
+        if ($data_dir[0] != '@') { // if we're using PEAR then the @ DATA-DIR @ token will have been substituted.
             $data_path = $data_dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $path;
             if (file_exists($data_path)) {
                    return $data_path;
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/lib/Capsule.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/lib/Capsule.php
index bab05486a3..c8eeeadbc7 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/lib/Capsule.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/lib/Capsule.php
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ function parse($template, $outputFile = null, $append = false) {
      * @return string "Best guess" path for this file.
      */
     protected function resolvePath($file, $basepath) {
-        if ( !($file{0} == DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR || $file{0} == '/') 
+        if ( !($file[0] == DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR || $file[0] == '/')
             // also account for C:\ style path
-                && !($file{1} == ':' && ($file{2} ==  DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR || $file{2} == '/'))) { 
+                && !($file[1] == ':' && ($file[2] ==  DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR || $file[2] == '/'))) {
             if ($basepath != null) {
                 $file = $basepath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $file;
             }
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/system/io/UnixFileSystem.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/system/io/UnixFileSystem.php
index 449b4e6eb9..85e3f09cbc 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/system/io/UnixFileSystem.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/system/io/UnixFileSystem.php
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ function normalize($strPathname) {
         // Resolve home directories. We assume /home is where all home
         // directories reside, b/c there is no other way to do this with
         // PHP AFAIK.
-        if ($strPathname{0} === "~") {
-            if ($strPathname{1} === "/") { // like ~/foo => /home/user/foo
+        if ($strPathname[0] === "~") {
+            if ($strPathname[1] === "/") { // like ~/foo => /home/user/foo
                 $strPathname = "/home/" . get_current_user() . substr($strPathname, 1);
             } else { // like ~foo => /home/foo
                 $pos = strpos($strPathname, "/");
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function normalize($strPathname) {
         $n = strlen($strPathname);
         $prevChar = 0;
         for ($i=0; $i < $n; $i++) {
-            $c = $strPathname{$i};
+            $c = $strPathname[$i];
             if (($prevChar === '/') && ($c === '/')) {
                 return self::normalizer($strPathname, $n, $i - 1);
             }
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ protected function normalizer($pathname, $len, $offset) {
             return $pathname;
         }
         $n = (int) $len;
-        while (($n > 0) && ($pathname{$n-1} === '/')) {
+        while (($n > 0) && ($pathname[$n-1] === '/')) {
             $n--;
         }
         if ($n === 0) {
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ protected function normalizer($pathname, $len, $offset) {
         }
         $prevChar = 0;
         for ($i = $offset; $i < $n; $i++) {
-            $c = $pathname{$i};
+            $c = $pathname[$i];
             if (($prevChar === '/') && ($c === '/')) {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function prefixLength($pathname) {
         if (strlen($pathname === 0)) {
             return 0;
         }
-        return (($pathname{0} === '/') ? 1 : 0);
+        return (($pathname[0] === '/') ? 1 : 0);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function resolve($parent, $child) {
             return $parent;
         }
 
-        if ($child{0} === '/') {
+        if ($child[0] === '/') {
             if ($parent === '/') {
                 return $child;
             }
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function resolveFile(PhingFile $f) {
     function getBooleanAttributes(&$f) {
         //$rv = getBooleanAttributes0($f);
         $name = $f->getName();
-        $hidden = (strlen($name) > 0) && ($name{0} == '.');
+        $hidden = (strlen($name) > 0) && ($name[0] == '.');
         return ($hidden ? $this->BA_HIDDEN : 0);
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/system/io/Win32FileSystem.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/system/io/Win32FileSystem.php
index 3af4b9ed5c..1f51ef8912 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/system/io/Win32FileSystem.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/system/io/Win32FileSystem.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function isLetter($c) {
     }
 
     function slashify($p) {
-        if ((strlen($p) > 0) && ($p{0} != $this->slash)) {
+        if ((strlen($p) > 0) && ($p[0] != $this->slash)) {
             return $this->slash.$p;
         }
         else {
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ function getPathSeparator() {
      */
     function normalizePrefix($strPath, $len, $sb) {
         $src = 0;
-        while (($src < $len) && $this->isSlash($strPath{$src})) {
+        while (($src < $len) && $this->isSlash($strPath[$src])) {
             $src++;
         }
         $c = "";
         if (($len - $src >= 2)
-                && $this->isLetter($c = $strPath{$src})
-                && $strPath{$src + 1} === ':') {
+                && $this->isLetter($c = $strPath[$src])
+                && $strPath[$src + 1] === ':') {
             /* Remove leading slashes if followed by drive specifier.
              * This hack is necessary to support file URLs containing drive
              * specifiers (e.g., "file://c:/path").  As a side effect,
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ function normalizePrefix($strPath, $len, $sb) {
         else {
             $src = 0;
             if (($len >= 2)
-                    && $this->isSlash($strPath{0})
-                    && $this->isSlash($strPath{1})) {
+                    && $this->isSlash($strPath[0])
+                    && $this->isSlash($strPath[1])) {
                 /* UNC pathname: Retain first slash; leave src pointed at
                  * second slash so that further slashes will be collapsed
                  * into the second slash.  The result will be a pathname
@@ -138,15 +138,15 @@ protected function normalizer($strPath, $len, $offset) {
         // Remove redundant slashes from the remainder of the path, forcing all
         // slashes into the preferred slash
         while ($src < $len) {
-            $c = $strPath{$src++};
+            $c = $strPath[$src++];
             if ($this->isSlash($c)) {
-                while (($src < $len) && $this->isSlash($strPath{$src})) {
+                while (($src < $len) && $this->isSlash($strPath[$src])) {
                     $src++;
                 }
                 if ($src === $len) {
                     /* Check for trailing separator */
                     $sn = (int) strlen($sb);
-                    if (($sn == 2) && ($sb{1} === ':')) {
+                    if (($sn == 2) && ($sb[1] === ':')) {
                         // "z:\\"
                         $sb .= $slash;
                         break;
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ protected function normalizer($strPath, $len, $offset) {
                         $sb .= $slash;
                         break;
                     }
-                    if (($sn === 1) && ($this->isSlash($sb{0}))) {
+                    if (($sn === 1) && ($this->isSlash($sb[0]))) {
                         /* "\\\\" is not collapsed to "\\" because "\\\\" marks
                         the beginning of a UNC pathname.  Even though it is
                         not, by itself, a valid UNC pathname, we leave it as
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function normalize($strPath) {
         $altSlash = $this->altSlash;
         $prev = 0;
         for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++) {
-            $c = $strPath{$i};
+            $c = $strPath[$i];
             if ($c === $altSlash) {
                 return $this->normalizer($strPath, $n, ($prev === $slash) ? $i - 1 : $i);
             }
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ function prefixLength($strPath) {
         if ($n === 0) {
             return 0;
         }
-        $c0 = $path{0};
-        $c1 = ($n > 1) ? $path{1} :
+        $c0 = $path[0];
+        $c1 = ($n > 1) ? $path[1] :
               0;
         if ($c0 === $slash) {
             if ($c1 === $slash) {
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ function prefixLength($strPath) {
         }
 
         if ($this->isLetter($c0) && ($c1 === ':')) {
-            if (($n > 2) && ($path{2}) === $slash) {
+            if (($n > 2) && ($path[2]) === $slash) {
                 return 3;            // Absolute local pathname "z:\\foo" */
             }
             return 2;                // Directory-relative "z:foo"
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ function resolve($parent, $child) {
         }
 
         $c = $child;
-        if (($cn > 1) && ($c{0} === $slash)) {
-            if ($c{1} === $slash) {
+        if (($cn > 1) && ($c[0] === $slash)) {
+            if ($c[1] === $slash) {
                 // drop prefix when child is a UNC pathname
                 $c = substr($c, 2);
             }
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ function resolve($parent, $child) {
         }
 
         $p = $parent;
-        if ($p{$pn - 1} === $slash) {
+        if ($p[$pn - 1] === $slash) {
             $p = substr($p, 0, $pn - 1);
         }
         return $p.$this->slashify($c);
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ function getDefaultParent() {
 
     function fromURIPath($strPath) {
         $p = (string) $strPath;
-        if ((strlen($p) > 2) && ($p{2} === ':')) {
+        if ((strlen($p) > 2) && ($p[2] === ':')) {
 
             // "/c:/foo" --> "c:/foo"
             $p = substr($p,1);
@@ -299,12 +299,12 @@ function fromURIPath($strPath) {
     function isAbsolute(PhingFile $f) {
         $pl = (int) $f->getPrefixLength();
         $p  = (string) $f->getPath();
-        return ((($pl === 2) && ($p{0} === $this->slash)) || ($pl === 3) || ($pl === 1 && $p{0} === $this->slash));
+        return ((($pl === 2) && ($p[0] === $this->slash)) || ($pl === 3) || ($pl === 1 && $p[0] === $this->slash));
     }
 
     /** private */
     function _driveIndex($d) {
-        $d = (string) $d{0};
+        $d = (string) $d[0];
         if ((ord($d) >= ord('a')) && (ord($d) <= ord('z'))) {
             return ord($d) - ord('a');
         }
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ function _driveIndex($d) {
 
     /** private */
     function _getDriveDirectory($drive) {
-        $drive = (string) $drive{0};
+        $drive = (string) $drive[0];
         $i = (int) $this->_driveIndex($drive);
         if ($i < 0) {
             return null;
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ function resolveFile(PhingFile $f) {
         $path = $f->getPath();
         $pl   = (int) $f->getPrefixLength();
 
-        if (($pl === 2) && ($path{0} === $this->slash)) {
+        if (($pl === 2) && ($path[0] === $this->slash)) {
             return path;            // UNC
         }
 
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ function resolveFile(PhingFile $f) {
             if (($ud !== null) && StringHelper::startsWith($ud, $path)) {
                 return (string) ($up . $this->slashify(substr($path,2)));
             }
-            $drive = (string) $path{0};
+            $drive = (string) $path[0];
             $dir   = (string) $this->_getDriveDirectory($drive);
 
             $np = (string) "";
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/system/util/Properties.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/system/util/Properties.php
index 1bbaf86484..4527a66c91 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/system/util/Properties.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/system/util/Properties.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ protected function parse($filePath) {
             if($line == "")
                 continue;
                     
-            if ($line{0} == '#' or $line{0} == ';') {
+            if ($line[0] == '#' or $line[0] == ';') {
                 // it's a comment, so continue to next line
                 continue;
             } else {
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/tasks/system/CvsPassTask.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/tasks/system/CvsPassTask.php
index 16d03393cf..f85dc5693d 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/tasks/system/CvsPassTask.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/tasks/system/CvsPassTask.php
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public final function main() {
     private final function mangle($password){
         $buf = "";
         for ($i = 0, $plen = strlen($password); $i < $plen; $i++) {
-            $buf .= chr(self::$shifts[ord($password{$i})]);
+            $buf .= chr(self::$shifts[ord($password[$i])]);
         }
         return $buf;
     }
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/tasks/system/PropertyTask.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/tasks/system/PropertyTask.php
index 522907a13d..f44603a5ce 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/tasks/system/PropertyTask.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/tasks/system/PropertyTask.php
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ protected function parsePropertyString($value, &$fragments, &$propertyRefs) {
             if ($pos === (strlen($value) - 1)) {
                 array_push($fragments, '$');
                 $prev = $pos + 1;
-            } elseif ($value{$pos+1} !== '{' ) {
+            } elseif ($value[$pos+1] !== '{' ) {
 
                 // the string positions were changed to value-1 to correct
                 // a fatal error coming from function substring()
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/types/Path.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/types/Path.php
index 2205d92e58..1540535d1f 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/types/Path.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/types/Path.php
@@ -355,8 +355,8 @@ public static function translateFile($source) {
      * replacements.  
      */
     protected static function translateFileSep(&$buffer, $pos) {
-        if ($buffer{$pos} == '/' || $buffer{$pos} == '\\') {
-            $buffer{$pos} = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+        if ($buffer[$pos] == '/' || $buffer[$pos] == '\\') {
+            $buffer[$pos] = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
             return true;
         }
         return false;
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/util/FileUtils.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/util/FileUtils.php
index 2618831e78..f9af9aa5b4 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/util/FileUtils.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/util/FileUtils.php
@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ function resolveFile($file, $filename) {
 
         // deal with absolute files
         if (StringHelper::startsWith($fs->getSeparator(), $filename) ||
-                (strlen($filename) >= 2 && Character::isLetter($filename{0}) && $filename{1} === ':')) {
+                (strlen($filename) >= 2 && Character::isLetter($filename[0]) && $filename[1] === ':')) {
             return new PhingFile($this->normalize($filename));
         }
 
-        if (strlen($filename) >= 2 && Character::isLetter($filename{0}) && $filename{1} === ':') {
+        if (strlen($filename) >= 2 && Character::isLetter($filename[0]) && $filename[1] === ':') {
             return new PhingFile($this->normalize($filename));
         }
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ function normalize($path) {
 
         // make sure we are dealing with an absolute path
         if (!StringHelper::startsWith(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $path)
-                && !(strlen($path) >= 2 && Character::isLetter($path{0}) && $path{1} === ':')) {
+                && !(strlen($path) >= 2 && Character::isLetter($path[0]) && $path[1] === ':')) {
             throw new IOException("$path is not an absolute path");
         }
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ function normalize($path) {
 
         // Eliminate consecutive slashes after the drive spec
 
-        if (strlen($path) >= 2 && Character::isLetter($path{0}) && $path{1} === ':') {
+        if (strlen($path) >= 2 && Character::isLetter($path[0]) && $path[1] === ':') {
             $dosWithDrive = true;
 
             $ca = str_replace('/', '\\', $path);
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ function normalize($path) {
             if (strlen($path) == 1) {
                 $root = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
                 $path = "";
-            } else if ($path{1} == DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
+            } else if ($path[1] == DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) {
                 // UNC drive
                 $root = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
                 $path = substr($path, 2);
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/util/PathTokenizer.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/util/PathTokenizer.php
index 1e24c98d92..4f0f3e3ded 100755
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/util/PathTokenizer.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/util/PathTokenizer.php
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public function nextToken() {
 
 
 
-        if (strlen($token) === 1 && Character::isLetter($token{0})
+        if (strlen($token) === 1 && Character::isLetter($token[0])
 
                                 && $this->dosStyleFilesystem
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/util/StringHelper.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/util/StringHelper.php
index 5d4bfd7a31..4d25d37555 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/util/StringHelper.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/phing/util/StringHelper.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public static function toCharArray($str) {
         $ret=array();
         $len=strlen($str);
         for ($i=0; $i < $len; $i++) {
-            $ret[] = $str{$i};
+            $ret[] = $str[$i];
         }
         return $ret;
     }
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public static function substring($string, $startpos, $endpos = -1) {
             trigger_error("substring(), Endindex out of bounds must be $startpos<n<".($len-1), E_USER_ERROR);
         }
         if ($startpos === $endpos) {
-            return (string) $string{$startpos};
+            return (string) $string[$startpos];
         } else {
             $len = $endpos-$startpos;
         }
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/engine/builder/DataModelBuilder.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/engine/builder/DataModelBuilder.php
index 41305c50df..6b14914764 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/engine/builder/DataModelBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/engine/builder/DataModelBuilder.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public static function getBuilderClass($type)
 		// This is a slight hack to workaround camel case inconsistencies for the DDL classes.
 		// Basically, we want to turn ?.?.?.sqliteDDLBuilder into ?.?.?.SqliteDDLBuilder
 		$lastdotpos = strrpos($classpath, '.');
-		if ($lastdotpos) $classpath{$lastdotpos+1} = strtoupper($classpath{$lastdotpos+1});
+		if ($lastdotpos) $classpath[$lastdotpos+1] = strtoupper($classpath[$lastdotpos+1]);
 		else ucfirst($classpath);
 
 		return Phing::import($classpath);
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/engine/builder/om/php5/PHP5BasicPeerBuilder.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/engine/builder/om/php5/PHP5BasicPeerBuilder.php
index c03c847355..ee5ec5b142 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/engine/builder/om/php5/PHP5BasicPeerBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/engine/builder/om/php5/PHP5BasicPeerBuilder.php
@@ -1388,11 +1388,11 @@ public static function ".$this->getRetrieveMethodName()."s(\$pks, \$con = null)
 			$i = 0;
 			foreach($table->getPrimaryKey() as $col) {
 				$script .= "
-				\$c{$i} = \$criteria->getNewCriterion(".$this->getPeerClassname($col).", \$pk[$i], Criteria::EQUAL);";
+				\$c[$i] = \$criteria->getNewCriterion(".$this->getPeerClassname($col).", \$pk[$i], Criteria::EQUAL);";
 				$j = $i - 1;
 				if ($i > 0) {
 					$script .= "
-				\$c{$j}->addAnd(\$c{$i});";
+				\$c[$j]->addAnd(\$c[$i]);";
 				} /* if $i > 0 */
 				$i++;
 			} /* foreach */
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/engine/database/transform/XmlToAppData.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/engine/database/transform/XmlToAppData.php
index 7bc7739d13..e7e24ae957 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/engine/database/transform/XmlToAppData.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/engine/database/transform/XmlToAppData.php
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public function startElement($name, $attributes) {
 							$this->isForReferenceOnly = ($isForRefOnly !== null ? (strtolower($isForRefOnly) === "true") : true); // defaults to TRUE
 						}
 
-						if ($xmlFile{0} != '/') {
+						if ($xmlFile[0] != '/') {
 							$f = new PhingFile($this->currentXmlFile);
 							$xf = new PhingFile($f->getParent(), $xmlFile);
 							$xmlFile = $xf->getPath();
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/phing/AbstractPropelDataModelTask.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/phing/AbstractPropelDataModelTask.php
index 1760a72c3a..e75cb5eace 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/phing/AbstractPropelDataModelTask.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel-generator/classes/propel/phing/AbstractPropelDataModelTask.php
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ protected function getPlatformForTargetDatabase()
 		// This is a slight hack to workaround camel case inconsistencies for the DDL classes.
 		// Basically, we want to turn ?.?.?.sqliteDDLBuilder into ?.?.?.SqliteDDLBuilder
 		$lastdotpos = strrpos($classpath, '.');
-		if ($lastdotpos) $classpath{$lastdotpos+1} = strtoupper($classpath{$lastdotpos+1});
+		if ($lastdotpos) $classpath[$lastdotpos+1] = strtoupper($classpath[$lastdotpos+1]);
 		else ucfirst($classpath);
 
 		if (empty($classpath)) {
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel/validator/MatchValidator.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel/validator/MatchValidator.php
index 810cccb45d..05b1fbfff6 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel/validator/MatchValidator.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel/validator/MatchValidator.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class MatchValidator implements BasicValidator
 	private function prepareRegexp($exp)
 	{
 		// remove surrounding '/' marks so that they don't get escaped in next step
-		if ($exp{0} !== '/' || $exp{strlen($exp)-1} !== '/' ) {
+		if ($exp[0] !== '/' || $exp[strlen($exp)-1] !== '/' ) {
 			$exp = '/' . $exp . '/';
 		}
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel/validator/NotMatchValidator.php b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel/validator/NotMatchValidator.php
index 352da65af8..ad91370667 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel/validator/NotMatchValidator.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/sfPropelPlugin/lib/vendor/propel/validator/NotMatchValidator.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class NotMatchValidator implements BasicValidator
 	private function prepareRegexp($exp)
 	{
 		// remove surrounding '/' marks so that they don't get escaped in next step
-		if ($exp{0} !== '/' || $exp{strlen($exp)-1} !== '/' ) {
+		if ($exp[0] !== '/' || $exp[strlen($exp)-1] !== '/' ) {
 			$exp = '/' . $exp . '/';
 		}
 
diff --git a/lib/request/sfWebRequest.class.php b/lib/request/sfWebRequest.class.php
index d3d666178a..2a257daaac 100644
--- a/lib/request/sfWebRequest.class.php
+++ b/lib/request/sfWebRequest.class.php
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ public function getCookie($name, $defaultValue = null)
 
     if (isset($_COOKIE[$name]))
     {
-      $retval = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? sfToolkit::stripslashesDeep($_COOKIE[$name]) : $_COOKIE[$name];
+      $retval = $_COOKIE[$name];
     }
 
     return $retval;
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ protected function parseRequestParameters()
   protected function loadParameters()
   {
     // GET parameters
-    $this->getParameters = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? sfToolkit::stripslashesDeep($_GET) : $_GET;
+    $this->getParameters = $_GET;
     $this->parameterHolder->add($this->getParameters);
 
     // additional parameters
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ protected function loadParameters()
     $this->parameterHolder->add($this->requestParameters);
 
     // POST parameters
-    $this->postParameters = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? sfToolkit::stripslashesDeep($_POST) : $_POST;
+    $this->postParameters = $_POST;
     $this->parameterHolder->add($this->postParameters);
 
     // move symfony parameters to attributes (parameters prefixed with _sf_)
diff --git a/lib/util/sfFinder.class.php b/lib/util/sfFinder.class.php
index 6fb1b030a9..f46839838c 100644
--- a/lib/util/sfFinder.class.php
+++ b/lib/util/sfFinder.class.php
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public function setType($name)
    */
   protected function to_regex($str)
   {
-    if ($str{0} == '/' && $str{strlen($str) - 1} == '/')
+    if ($str[0] == '/' && $str[strlen($str) - 1] == '/')
     {
       return $str;
     }
@@ -585,10 +585,10 @@ protected function exec_ok($dir, $entry)
 
   public static function isPathAbsolute($path)
   {
-    if ($path{0} == '/' || $path{0} == '\\' ||
-        (strlen($path) > 3 && ctype_alpha($path{0}) &&
-         $path{1} == ':' &&
-         ($path{2} == '\\' || $path{2} == '/')
+    if ($path[0] == '/' || $path[0] == '\\' ||
+        (strlen($path) > 3 && ctype_alpha($path[0]) &&
+         $path[1] == ':' &&
+         ($path[2] == '\\' || $path[2] == '/')
         )
        )
     {