diff --git a/src/nusoap.php b/src/nusoap.php
index 8a7cc6f..69e6f18 100755
--- a/src/nusoap.php
+++ b/src/nusoap.php
@@ -2874,7 +2874,7 @@ function decodeChunked($buffer, $lb)
         // read chunk-size, chunk-extension (if any) and CRLF
         // get the position of the linebreak
         $chunkend = strpos($buffer, $lb);
-        if ($chunkend == false) {
+        if (!$chunkend) {
             $this->debug('no linebreak found in decodeChunked');
             return $new;
         }
@@ -2887,7 +2887,7 @@ function decodeChunked($buffer, $lb)
             $chunkend = strpos($buffer, $lb, $chunkstart + $chunk_size);
 
             // Just in case we got a broken connection
-            if ($chunkend == false) {
+            if (!$chunkend) {
                 $chunk = substr($buffer, $chunkstart);
                 // append chunk-data to entity-body
                 $new .= $chunk;
@@ -2905,7 +2905,7 @@ function decodeChunked($buffer, $lb)
             $chunkstart = $chunkend + strlen($lb);
 
             $chunkend = strpos($buffer, $lb, $chunkstart) + strlen($lb);
-            if ($chunkend == false) {
+            if (!$chunkend) {
                 break; //Just in case we got a broken connection
             }
             $temp = substr($buffer, $chunkstart, $chunkend - $chunkstart);
@@ -4596,9 +4596,9 @@ function register($name, $in = array(), $out = array(), $namespace = false, $soa
         if (!is_array($out)) {
             die('You must provide an array for operation outputs');
         }
-        if (false == $namespace) {
+        if (!$namespace) {
         }
-        if (false == $soapaction) {
+        if (!$soapaction) {
             if (isset($_SERVER)) {
                 $SERVER_NAME = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
                 $SCRIPT_NAME = isset($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) ? $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] : $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'];
@@ -4617,10 +4617,10 @@ function register($name, $in = array(), $out = array(), $namespace = false, $soa
             }
             $soapaction = "$SCHEME://$SERVER_NAME$SCRIPT_NAME/$name";
         }
-        if (false == $style) {
+        if (!$style) {
             $style = "rpc";
         }
-        if (false == $use) {
+        if (!$use) {
             $use = "encoded";
         }
         if ($use == 'encoded' && $encodingStyle == '') {
@@ -4702,11 +4702,11 @@ function configureWSDL($serviceName, $namespace = false, $endpoint = false, $sty
         } else {
             $SERVER_PORT = ':' . $SERVER_PORT;
         }
-        if (false == $namespace) {
+        if (!$namespace) {
             $namespace = "http://$SERVER_NAME/soap/$serviceName";
         }
 
-        if (false == $endpoint) {
+        if (!$endpoint) {
             if ($HTTPS == '1' || $HTTPS == 'on') {
                 $SCHEME = 'https';
             } else {
@@ -4715,7 +4715,7 @@ function configureWSDL($serviceName, $namespace = false, $endpoint = false, $sty
             $endpoint = "$SCHEME://$SERVER_NAME$SERVER_PORT$SCRIPT_NAME";
         }
 
-        if (false == $schemaTargetNamespace) {
+        if (!$schemaTargetNamespace) {
             $schemaTargetNamespace = $namespace;
         }
 
@@ -7886,7 +7886,7 @@ function send($msg, $soapaction = '', $timeout = 0, $response_timeout = 30)
             // http(s)
             case preg_match('/^http/', $this->endpoint):
                 $this->debug('transporting via HTTP');
-                if ($this->persistentConnection == true && is_object($this->persistentConnection)) {
+                if ($this->persistentConnection && is_object($this->persistentConnection)) {
                     $http =& $this->persistentConnection;
                 } else {
                     $http = new soap_transport_http($this->endpoint, $this->curl_options, $this->use_curl);