diff --git a/htdocs/includes/geoip/geoipcity.inc b/htdocs/includes/geoip/geoipcity.inc
index 3c21c694cab..160757187c3 100644
--- a/htdocs/includes/geoip/geoipcity.inc
+++ b/htdocs/includes/geoip/geoipcity.inc
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ class geoipdnsrecord {
 
 function getrecordwithdnsservice($str){
   $record = new geoipdnsrecord;
-  $keyvalue = split(";",$str);
+  $keyvalue = explode(";",$str);
   foreach ($keyvalue as $keyvalue2){
-    list($key,$value) = split("=",$keyvalue2);
+    list($key,$value) = explode("=",$keyvalue2);
     if ($key == "co"){
       $record->country_code = $value;
     }
diff --git a/htdocs/includes/magpierss/rss_parse.inc b/htdocs/includes/magpierss/rss_parse.inc
index 56d420f0975..7a19b572f1f 100644
--- a/htdocs/includes/magpierss/rss_parse.inc
+++ b/htdocs/includes/magpierss/rss_parse.inc
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class MagpieRSS {
         // check for a namespace, and split if found
         $ns = false;
         if ( strpos( $element, ':' ) ) {
-            list($ns, $el) = split( ':', $element, 2); 
+            list($ns, $el) = explode( ':', $element, 2); 
         }
         if ( $ns and $ns != 'rdf' ) {
             $this->current_namespace = $ns;
diff --git a/htdocs/includes/smarty/libs/plugins/function.fetch.php b/htdocs/includes/smarty/libs/plugins/function.fetch.php
index 81b1bfc6b9a..c66ef3b01b7 100644
--- a/htdocs/includes/smarty/libs/plugins/function.fetch.php
+++ b/htdocs/includes/smarty/libs/plugins/function.fetch.php
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ function smarty_function_fetch($params, &$smarty)
                         $content .= fgets($fp,4096);
                     }
                     fclose($fp);
-                    $csplit = split("\r\n\r\n",$content,2);
+                    $csplit = explode("\r\n\r\n",$content,2);
 
                     $content = $csplit[1];