From 13e0151cd2569832588cc9a973bcf40d850edd53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Klaus Weidenbach <Klaus.Weidenbach@gmx.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:17:10 +0100
Subject: Correct and extend Doxygen comments.

Correct some documentation errors for Doxygen and add
more comments.
Document some undefined variables with @FIXME.
---
 Zotlabs/Lib/Libzot.php       | 228 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 Zotlabs/Lib/PConfig.php      |   9 +-
 Zotlabs/Module/Cards.php     |  16 +--
 Zotlabs/Zot6/Zot6Handler.php |  36 +++----
 include/attach.php           |  60 ++++++++----
 include/feedutils.php        |  20 ++--
 include/help.php             |  30 +++---
 include/import.php           |   9 +-
 include/items.php            |  30 +++---
 include/plugin.php           |  17 ++--
 include/text.php             | 147 +++++++++++++++++++---------
 include/zot.php              |  22 ++---
 12 files changed, 351 insertions(+), 273 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Zotlabs/Lib/Libzot.php b/Zotlabs/Lib/Libzot.php
index a0f6e077a..167e2d67d 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Lib/Libzot.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Lib/Libzot.php
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace Zotlabs\Lib;
 
-/**
- * @brief lowlevel implementation of Zot6 protocol.
- *
- */
-
 use Zotlabs\Zot6\HTTPSig;
 use Zotlabs\Access\Permissions;
 use Zotlabs\Access\PermissionLimits;
@@ -14,14 +9,17 @@ use Zotlabs\Daemon\Master;
 
 require_once('include/crypto.php');
 
-
+/**
+ * @brief Lowlevel implementation of Zot6 protocol.
+ *
+ */
 class Libzot {
 
 	/**
 	 * @brief Generates a unique string for use as a zot guid.
 	 *
-	 * Generates a unique string for use as a zot guid using our DNS-based url, the
-	 * channel nickname and some entropy.
+	 * Generates a unique string for use as a zot guid using our DNS-based url,
+	 * the channel nickname and some entropy.
 	 * The entropy ensures uniqueness against re-installs where the same URL and
 	 * nickname are chosen.
 	 *
@@ -32,9 +30,8 @@ class Libzot {
 	 * immediate universe.
 	 *
 	 * @param string $channel_nick a unique nickname of controlling entity
-	 * @returns string
+	 * @return string
 	 */
-
 	static function new_uid($channel_nick) {
 		$rawstr = z_root() . '/' . $channel_nick . '.' . mt_rand();
 		return(base64url_encode(hash('whirlpool', $rawstr, true), true));
@@ -52,8 +49,8 @@ class Libzot {
 	 *
 	 * @param string $guid
 	 * @param string $pubkey
+	 * @return string
 	 */
-
 	static function make_xchan_hash($guid, $pubkey) {
 		return base64url_encode(hash('whirlpool', $guid . $pubkey, true));
 	}
@@ -65,10 +62,8 @@ class Libzot {
 	 * should only be used by channels which are defined on this hub.
 	 *
 	 * @param string $hash - xchan_hash
-	 * @returns array of hubloc (hub location structures)
-	 *
+	 * @return array of hubloc (hub location structures)
 	 */
-
 	static function get_hublocs($hash) {
 
 		/* Only search for active hublocs - e.g. those that haven't been marked deleted */
@@ -92,16 +87,17 @@ class Libzot {
 	 *   packet type: one of 'ping', 'pickup', 'purge', 'refresh', 'keychange', 'force_refresh', 'notify', 'auth_check'
 	 * @param array $recipients
 	 *   envelope recipients, array of portable_id's; empty for public posts
-	 * @param string msg
+	 * @param string $msg
 	 *   optional message
+	 * @param string $encoding
+	 *   optional encoding, default 'activitystreams'
 	 * @param string $remote_key
 	 *   optional public site key of target hub used to encrypt entire packet
 	 *   NOTE: remote_key and encrypted packets are required for 'auth_check' packets, optional for all others
 	 * @param string $methods
-	 *   optional comma separated list of encryption methods @ref self::best_algorithm()
+	 *   optional comma separated list of encryption methods @ref best_algorithm()
 	 * @returns string json encoded zot packet
 	 */
-
 	static function build_packet($channel, $type = 'activity', $recipients = null, $msg = '', $encoding = 'activitystreams', $remote_key = null, $methods = '') {
 
 		$sig_method = get_config('system','signature_algorithm','sha256');
@@ -146,11 +142,10 @@ class Libzot {
 	 * @brief Choose best encryption function from those available on both sites.
 	 *
 	 * @param string $methods
-	 *   comma separated list of encryption methods
+	 *   Comma separated list of encryption methods
 	 * @return string first match from our site method preferences crypto_methods() array
-	 * of a method which is common to both sites; or 'aes256cbc' if no matches are found.
+	 *   of a method which is common to both sites; or 'aes256cbc' if no matches are found.
 	 */
-
 	static function best_algorithm($methods) {
 
 		$x = [
@@ -164,7 +159,6 @@ class Libzot {
 		 *   * \e string \b methods - comma separated list of encryption methods
 		 *   * \e string \b result - the algorithm to return
 		 */
-	
 		call_hooks('zot_best_algorithm', $x);
 
 		if($x['result'])
@@ -190,7 +184,7 @@ class Libzot {
 
 
 	/**
-	 * @brief send a zot message
+	 * @brief Send a zot message.
 	 *
 	 * @see z_post_url()
 	 *
@@ -200,18 +194,17 @@ class Libzot {
 	 * @param array $crypto (required if encrypted httpsig, requires hubloc_sitekey and site_crypto elements)
 	 * @return array see z_post_url() for returned data format
 	 */
-
 	static function zot($url, $data, $channel = null,$crypto = null) {
 
 		if($channel) {
-			$headers = [ 
-				'X-Zot-Token'      => random_string(), 
-				'Digest'           => HTTPSig::generate_digest_header($data), 
+			$headers = [
+				'X-Zot-Token'      => random_string(),
+				'Digest'           => HTTPSig::generate_digest_header($data),
 				'Content-type'     => 'application/x-zot+json',
 				'(request-target)' => 'post ' . get_request_string($url)
 			];
 
-			$h = HTTPSig::create_sig($headers,$channel['channel_prvkey'],channel_url($channel),false,'sha512', 
+			$h = HTTPSig::create_sig($headers,$channel['channel_prvkey'],channel_url($channel),false,'sha512',
 				(($crypto) ? [ 'key' => $crypto['hubloc_sitekey'], 'algorithm' => self::best_algorithm($crypto['site_crypto']) ] : false));
 		}
 		else {
@@ -227,7 +220,6 @@ class Libzot {
 	/**
 	 * @brief Refreshes after permission changed or friending, etc.
 	 *
-	 *
 	 * refresh is typically invoked when somebody has changed permissions of a channel and they are notified
 	 * to fetch new permissions via a finger/discovery operation. This may result in a new connection
 	 * (abook entry) being added to a local channel and it may result in auto-permissions being granted.
@@ -251,7 +243,6 @@ class Libzot {
 	 *   * \b true if successful
 	 *   * otherwise \b false
 	 */
-
 	static function refresh($them, $channel = null, $force = false) {
 
 		logger('them: ' . print_r($them,true), LOGGER_DATA, LOG_DEBUG);
@@ -265,7 +256,7 @@ class Libzot {
 		}
 		else {
 			$r = null;
-	
+
 			// if they re-installed the server we could end up with the wrong record - pointing to the old install.
 			// We'll order by reverse id to try and pick off the newest one first and hopefully end up with the
 			// correct hubloc. If this doesn't work we may have to re-write this section to try them all.
@@ -317,6 +308,7 @@ class Libzot {
 
 		if(! $hsig_valid) {
 			logger('http signature not valid: ' . print_r($hsig,true));
+			/// @FIXME $result is undefined
 			return $result;
 		}
 
@@ -416,7 +408,7 @@ class Libzot {
 				if($y) {
 					logger("New introduction received for {$channel['channel_name']}");
 					$new_perms = get_all_perms($channel['channel_id'],$x['hash'],false);
-	
+
 					// Send a clone sync packet and a permissions update if permissions have changed
 
 					$new_connection = q("select * from abook left join xchan on abook_xchan = xchan_hash where abook_xchan = '%s' and abook_channel = %d and abook_self = 0 order by abook_created desc limit 1",
@@ -524,10 +516,14 @@ class Libzot {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-
-
-
-	static function valid_hub($sender,$site_id) {
+	/**
+	 * @brief
+	 *
+	 * @param string $sender
+	 * @param string $site_id
+	 * @return null|array
+	 */
+	static function valid_hub($sender, $site_id) {
 
 		$r = q("select hubloc.*, site.site_crypto from hubloc left join site on hubloc_url = site_url where hubloc_hash = '%s' and hubloc_site_id = '%s' limit 1",
 			dbesc($sender),
@@ -548,7 +544,6 @@ class Libzot {
 		}
 
 		return $r[0];
-
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -559,21 +554,14 @@ class Libzot {
 	 * origination address. This will fetch the discovery packet of the sender,
 	 * which contains the public key we need to verify our guid and url signatures.
 	 *
-	 * @param array $arr an associative array which must contain:
-	 *  * \e string \b guid => guid of conversant
-	 *  * \e string \b guid_sig => guid signed with conversant's private key
-	 *  * \e string \b url => URL of the origination hub of this communication
-	 *  * \e string \b url_sig => URL signed with conversant's private key
+	 * @param string $id
 	 *
 	 * @return array An associative array with
-	 *  * \b success boolean true or false
-	 *  * \b message (optional) error string only if success is false
+	 *  * \e boolean \b success
+	 *  * \e string \b message (optional, unused) error string only if success is false
 	 */
-
 	static function register_hub($id) {
 
-		$id_hash = false;
-		$valid   = false;
 		$hsig_valid = false;
 
 		$result  = [ 'success' => false ];
@@ -807,7 +795,7 @@ class Libzot {
 
 						// If setting for the default profile, unset the profile photo flag from any other photos I own
 						if($is_default_profile) {
-							q("UPDATE photo SET photo_usage = %d WHERE photo_usage = %d AND resource_id != '%s' AND aid = %d AND uid = %d",	
+							q("UPDATE photo SET photo_usage = %d WHERE photo_usage = %d AND resource_id != '%s' AND aid = %d AND uid = %d",
 								intval(PHOTO_NORMAL),
 								intval(PHOTO_PROFILE),
 								dbesc($hash),
@@ -954,8 +942,8 @@ class Libzot {
 	 * @param string $hub - url of site we just contacted
 	 * @param array $arr - output of z_post_url()
 	 * @param array $outq - The queue structure attached to this request
+	 * @return void
 	 */
-
 	static function process_response($hub, $arr, $outq) {
 
 		logger('remote: ' . print_r($arr,true),LOGGER_DATA);
@@ -986,7 +974,7 @@ class Libzot {
 			if(! $x['success']) {
 
 				// handle remote validation issues
-	
+
 				$b = q("update dreport set dreport_result = '%s', dreport_time = '%s' where dreport_queue = '%s'",
 					dbesc(($x['message']) ? $x['message'] : 'unknown delivery error'),
 					dbesc(datetime_convert()),
@@ -994,7 +982,7 @@ class Libzot {
 				);
 			}
 
-			if(is_array($x) && array_key_exists('delivery_report',$x) && is_array($x['delivery_report'])) { 
+			if(is_array($x) && array_key_exists('delivery_report',$x) && is_array($x['delivery_report'])) {
 
 				foreach($x['delivery_report'] as $xx) {
 					call_hooks('dreport_process',$xx);
@@ -1083,11 +1071,6 @@ class Libzot {
 	 *
 	 * @param array $arr
 	 *  'pickup' structure returned from remote site
-	 * @param string $sender_url
-	 *  the url specified by the sender in the initial communication.
-	 *  We will verify the sender and url in each returned message structure and
-	 *  also verify that all the messages returned match the site url that we are
-	 *  currently processing.
 	 *
 	 * @returns array
 	 *   Suitable for logging remotely, enumerating the processing results of each message/recipient combination
@@ -1095,7 +1078,6 @@ class Libzot {
 	 *   * [1] => \e string $delivery_status
 	 *   * [2] => \e string $address
 	 */
-
 	static function import($arr) {
 
 		$env = $arr;
@@ -1117,7 +1099,7 @@ class Libzot {
 		$has_data = array_key_exists('data',$env) && $env['data'];
 		$data = (($has_data) ? $env['data'] : false);
 
-		$AS = null;		
+		$AS = null;
 
 		if($env['encoding'] === 'activitystreams') {
 
@@ -1175,7 +1157,6 @@ class Libzot {
 
 			$deliveries = self::public_recips($env,$AS);
 
-
 		}
 
 		$deliveries = array_unique($deliveries);
@@ -1196,7 +1177,7 @@ class Libzot {
 
 				$r = q("select hubloc_hash from hubloc where hubloc_id_url = '%s' and hubloc_network = 'zot6' limit 1",
 					dbesc($AS->actor['id'])
-				); 
+				);
 
 				if($r) {
 					$arr['author_xchan'] = $r[0]['hubloc_hash'];
@@ -1205,20 +1186,20 @@ class Libzot {
 
 				$s = q("select hubloc_hash from hubloc where hubloc_id_url = '%s' and hubloc_network = 'zot6' limit 1",
 					dbesc($env['sender'])
-				); 
+				);
 
 				// in individual delivery, change owner if needed
 				if($s) {
 					$arr['owner_xchan'] = $s[0]['hubloc_hash'];
 				}
 				else {
-					$arr['owner_xchan'] = $env['sender'];						
+					$arr['owner_xchan'] = $env['sender'];
 				}
 
 				if($private) {
 					$arr['item_private'] = true;
 				}
-				// @fixme - spoofable
+				/// @FIXME - spoofable
 				if($AS->data['hubloc']) {
 					$arr['item_verified'] = true;
 				}
@@ -1247,12 +1228,19 @@ class Libzot {
 		}
 		if ($result) {
 			$return = array_merge($return, $result);
-		}		
+		}
 		return $return;
 	}
 
 
-	static function is_top_level($env,$act) {
+	/**
+	 * @brief
+	 *
+	 * @param array $env
+	 * @param object $act
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	static function is_top_level($env, $act) {
 		if($env['encoding'] === 'zot' && array_key_exists('flags',$env) && in_array('thread_parent', $env['flags'])) {
 			return true;
 		}
@@ -1295,9 +1283,9 @@ class Libzot {
 	 * Some of these will be rejected, but this gives us a place to start.
 	 *
 	 * @param array $msg
-	 * @return NULL|array
+	 * @param object $act
+	 * @return array
 	 */
-
 	static function public_recips($msg, $act) {
 
 		require_once('include/channel.php');
@@ -1442,7 +1430,7 @@ class Libzot {
 			 * will normally arrive first via sync delivery, but this isn't guaranteed.
 			 * There's a chance the current delivery could take place before the cloned copy arrives
 			 * hence the item could have the wrong ACL and *could* be used in subsequent deliveries or
-			 * access checks. 
+			 * access checks.
 			 */
 
 			if($sender === $channel['channel_portable_id'] && $arr['author_xchan'] === $channel['channel_portable_id'] && $arr['mid'] === $arr['parent_mid']) {
@@ -1504,7 +1492,7 @@ class Libzot {
 					$allowed = true;
 					$friendofriend = true;
 				}
-        
+
 				if (! $allowed) {
 					logger("permission denied for delivery to channel {$channel['channel_id']} {$channel['channel_address']}");
 					$DR->update('permission denied');
@@ -1524,7 +1512,7 @@ class Libzot {
 				// this is so that permissions mismatches between senders apply to the entire conversation
 				// As a side effect we will also do a preliminary check that we have the top-level-post, otherwise
 				// processing it is pointless.
-	
+
 				$r = q("select route, id, owner_xchan, item_private from item where mid = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
 					dbesc($arr['parent_mid']),
 					intval($channel['channel_id'])
@@ -1553,14 +1541,14 @@ class Libzot {
 					}
 					continue;
 				}
-				
+
 				if($relay || $friendofriend || (intval($r[0]['item_private']) === 0 && intval($arr['item_private']) === 0)) {
 					// reset the route in case it travelled a great distance upstream
 					// use our parent's route so when we go back downstream we'll match
 					// with whatever route our parent has.
 					// Also friend-of-friend conversations may have been imported without a route,
 					// but we are now getting comments via listener delivery
-					// and if there is no privacy on this or the parent, we don't care about the route, 
+					// and if there is no privacy on this or the parent, we don't care about the route,
 					// so just set the owner and route accordingly.
 					$arr['route'] = $r[0]['route'];
 					$arr['owner_xchan'] = $r[0]['owner_xchan'];
@@ -1614,13 +1602,13 @@ class Libzot {
 
 				// remove_community_tag is a no-op if this isn't a community tag activity
 				self::remove_community_tag($sender,$arr,$channel['channel_id']);
-	
+
 				// set these just in case we need to store a fresh copy of the deleted post.
 				// This could happen if the delete got here before the original post did.
 
 				$arr['aid'] = $channel['channel_account_id'];
 				$arr['uid'] = $channel['channel_id'];
-	
+
 				$item_id = self::delete_imported_item($sender,$arr,$channel['channel_id'],$relay);
 				$DR->update(($item_id) ? 'deleted' : 'delete_failed');
 				$result[] = $DR->get();
@@ -1716,7 +1704,7 @@ class Libzot {
 						 *   * \e array \b item
 						 *   * \e array \b sender
 						 *   * \e array \b channel
-						 */	
+						 */
 						call_hooks('activity_received', $parr);
 						// don't add a source route if it's a relay or later recipients will get a route mismatch
 						if(! $relay)
@@ -1783,7 +1771,7 @@ class Libzot {
 
 			$r = q("select hubloc_hash from hubloc where hubloc_id_url = '%s' and hubloc_network = 'zot6' limit 1",
 				dbesc($AS->actor['id'])
-			); 
+			);
 
 			if(! $r) {
 				$y = import_author_xchan([ 'url' => $AS->actor['id'] ]);
@@ -1791,7 +1779,7 @@ class Libzot {
 					$r = q("select hubloc_hash from hubloc where hubloc_id_url = '%s' and hubloc_network = 'zot6' limit 1",
 						dbesc($AS->actor['id'])
 					);
-				} 
+				}
 				if(! $r) {
 					logger('FOF Activity: no actor');
 					continue;
@@ -1813,7 +1801,7 @@ class Libzot {
 
 			$s = q("select hubloc_hash from hubloc where hubloc_id_url = '%s' and hubloc_network = 'zot6' limit 1",
 				dbesc($a['signature']['signer'])
-			); 
+			);
 
 			if($s) {
 				$arr['owner_xchan'] = $s[0]['hubloc_hash'];
@@ -1822,7 +1810,7 @@ class Libzot {
 				$arr['owner_xchan'] = $a['signature']['signer'];
 			}
 
-			// @fixme - spoofable
+			/// @FIXME - spoofable
 			if($AS->data['hubloc']) {
 				$arr['item_verified'] = true;
 			}
@@ -1836,7 +1824,7 @@ class Libzot {
 			$result = self::process_delivery($arr['owner_xchan'],$arr, [ $channel['channel_portable_id'] ],false,false,true);
 			if ($result) {
 				$ret = array_merge($ret, $result);
-			}		
+			}
 		}
 
 		return $ret;
@@ -1853,8 +1841,8 @@ class Libzot {
 	 *   * \e int \b obj_type
 	 *   * \e int \b mid
 	 * @param int $uid
+	 * @return void
 	 */
-
 	static function remove_community_tag($sender, $arr, $uid) {
 
 		if(! (activity_match($arr['verb'], ACTIVITY_TAG) && ($arr['obj_type'] == ACTIVITY_OBJ_TAGTERM)))
@@ -1882,7 +1870,7 @@ class Libzot {
 		}
 
 		$i = $r[0];
-	
+
 		if($i['target'])
 			$i['target'] = json_decode($i['target'],true);
 		if($i['object'])
@@ -1925,8 +1913,8 @@ class Libzot {
 	 * @param array $orig
 	 * @param int $uid
 	 * @param boolean $tag_delivery
+	 * @return void|array
 	 */
-	
 	static function update_imported_item($sender, $item, $orig, $uid, $tag_delivery) {
 
 		// If this is a comment being updated, remove any privacy information
@@ -2066,7 +2054,7 @@ class Libzot {
 		}
 
 		foreach($deliveries as $d) {
-	
+
 			$DR = new DReport(z_root(),$sender,$d,$arr['mid']);
 
 			$r = q("select * from channel where channel_portable_id = '%s' limit 1",
@@ -2085,7 +2073,7 @@ class Libzot {
 
 			if(! perm_is_allowed($channel['channel_id'],$sender,'post_mail')) {
 
-				/* 
+				/*
 				 * Always allow somebody to reply if you initiated the conversation. It's anti-social
 				 * and a bit rude to send a private message to somebody and block their ability to respond.
 				 * If you are being harrassed and want to put an end to it, delete the conversation.
@@ -2145,12 +2133,13 @@ class Libzot {
 	 * @brief Processes delivery of profile.
 	 *
 	 * @see import_directory_profile()
+	 *
 	 * @param array $sender an associative array
 	 *   * \e string \b hash a xchan_hash
 	 * @param array $arr
 	 * @param array $deliveries (unused)
+	 * @return void
 	 */
-
 	static function process_profile_delivery($sender, $arr, $deliveries) {
 
 		logger('process_profile_delivery', LOGGER_DEBUG);
@@ -2171,6 +2160,7 @@ class Libzot {
 	 *   * \e string \b hash a xchan_hash
 	 * @param array $arr
 	 * @param array $deliveries (unused) deliveries is irrelevant
+	 * @return void
 	 */
 	static function process_location_delivery($sender, $arr, $deliveries) {
 
@@ -2188,7 +2178,7 @@ class Libzot {
 			$x = Libsync::sync_locations($xchan,$arr,true);
 			logger('results: ' . print_r($x,true), LOGGER_DEBUG);
 			if($x['changed']) {
-				$guid = random_string() . '@' . App::get_hostname();
+				//$guid = random_string() . '@' . App::get_hostname();
 				Libzotdir::update_modtime($sender,$r[0]['xchan_guid'],$arr['locations'][0]['address'],UPDATE_FLAGS_UPDATED);
 			}
 		}
@@ -2212,8 +2202,8 @@ class Libzot {
 	 *
 	 * @param string $sender_hash A channel hash
 	 * @param array $locations
+	 * @return void
 	 */
-
 	static function check_location_move($sender_hash, $locations) {
 
 		if(! $locations)
@@ -2255,7 +2245,6 @@ class Libzot {
 	}
 
 
-
 	/**
 	 * @brief Returns an array with all known distinct hubs for this channel.
 	 *
@@ -2264,7 +2253,6 @@ class Libzot {
 	 *  * \e string \b channel_hash the hash of the channel
 	 * @return array an array with associative arrays
 	 */
-
 	static function encode_locations($channel) {
 		$ret = [];
 
@@ -2305,7 +2293,7 @@ class Libzot {
 				if(! $z['site_id']) {
 					$z['site_id'] = Libzot::make_xchan_hash($z['url'],$z['sitekey']);
 				}
-					 
+
 				$ret[] = $z;
 			}
 		}
@@ -2318,10 +2306,8 @@ class Libzot {
 	 * @brief
 	 *
 	 * @param array $arr
-	 * @param string $pubkey
 	 * @return boolean true if updated or inserted
 	 */
-	
 	static function import_site($arr) {
 
 		if( (! is_array($arr)) || (! $arr['url']) || (! $arr['site_sig']))
@@ -2600,16 +2586,16 @@ class Libzot {
 				dbesc($ztarget)
 			);
 			if($t) {
-	
+
 				$ztarget_hash = $t[0]['hubloc_hash'];
 
 			}
 			else {
-			
+
 				// should probably perform discovery of the requestor (target) but if they actually had
-				// permissions we would know about them and we only want to know who they are to 
+				// permissions we would know about them and we only want to know who they are to
 				// enumerate their specific permissions
-		
+
 				$ztarget_hash = EMPTY_STR;
 			}
 		}
@@ -2756,7 +2742,7 @@ class Libzot {
 		$ret['id']             = $e['xchan_guid'];
 		$ret['id_sig']         = self::sign($e['xchan_guid'], $e['channel_prvkey']);
 
-		$ret['primary_location'] = [ 
+		$ret['primary_location'] = [
 			'address'            =>  $e['xchan_addr'],
 			'url'                =>  $e['xchan_url'],
 			'connections_url'    =>  $e['xchan_connurl'],
@@ -2778,7 +2764,7 @@ class Libzot {
 		$ret['searchable']     = $searchable;
 		$ret['adult_content']  = $adult_channel;
 		$ret['public_forum']   = $public_forum;
-		
+
 		$ret['comments']       = map_scope(PermissionLimits::Get($e['channel_id'],'post_comments'));
 		$ret['mail']           = map_scope(PermissionLimits::Get($e['channel_id'],'post_mail'));
 
@@ -2836,14 +2822,20 @@ class Libzot {
 			$ret['locations'] = $x;
 
 		$ret['site'] = self::site_info();
+		/**
+		 * @hooks zotinfo
+		 *   Hook to manipulate the zotinfo array before it is returned.
+		 */
+		call_hooks('zotinfo', $ret);
 
-		call_hooks('zotinfo',$ret);
-
-		return($ret);
-
+		return $ret;
 	}
 
-
+	/**
+	 * @brief Get siteinfo.
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
 	static function site_info() {
 
 		$signing_key = get_config('system','prvkey');
@@ -2880,7 +2872,7 @@ class Libzot {
 		if($dirmode != DIRECTORY_MODE_STANDALONE) {
 
 			$register_policy = intval(get_config('system','register_policy'));
-	
+
 			if($register_policy == REGISTER_CLOSED)
 				$ret['site']['register_policy'] = 'closed';
 			if($register_policy == REGISTER_APPROVE)
@@ -2927,18 +2919,16 @@ class Libzot {
 		}
 
 		return $ret['site'];
-
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @brief
 	 *
 	 * @param array $hub
-	 * @param string $sitekey (optional, default empty)
+	 * @param string $site_id (optional, default empty)
 	 *
 	 * @return string hubloc_url
 	 */
-
 	static function update_hub_connected($hub, $site_id = '') {
 
 		if ($site_id) {
@@ -2997,12 +2987,21 @@ class Libzot {
 		return $hub['hubloc_url'];
 	}
 
-
+	/**
+	 * @brief
+	 *
+	 * @param string $data
+	 * @param string $key
+	 * @param string $alg (optional) default 'sha256'
+	 * @return string
+	 */
 	static function sign($data,$key,$alg = 'sha256') {
 		if(! $key)
 			return 'no key';
+
 		$sig = '';
 		openssl_sign($data,$sig,$key,$alg);
+
 		return $alg . '.' . base64url_encode($sig);
 	}
 
@@ -3015,24 +3014,27 @@ class Libzot {
 		if ($key && count($x) === 2) {
 			$alg = $x[0];
 			$signature = base64url_decode($x[1]);
-	
+
 			$verify = @openssl_verify($data,$signature,$key,$alg);
 
 			if ($verify === (-1)) {
 				while ($msg = openssl_error_string()) {
 					logger('openssl_verify: ' . $msg,LOGGER_NORMAL,LOG_ERR);
 				}
-				btlogger('openssl_verify: key: ' . $key, LOGGER_DEBUG, LOG_ERR); 
+				btlogger('openssl_verify: key: ' . $key, LOGGER_DEBUG, LOG_ERR);
 			}
 		}
 		return(($verify > 0) ? true : false);
 	}
 
-
-
+	/**
+	 * @brief
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
 	static function is_zot_request() {
-
 		$x = getBestSupportedMimeType([ 'application/x-zot+json' ]);
+
 		return(($x) ? true : false);
 	}
 
diff --git a/Zotlabs/Lib/PConfig.php b/Zotlabs/Lib/PConfig.php
index 69f4de2db..95f07d580 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Lib/PConfig.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Lib/PConfig.php
@@ -112,9 +112,11 @@ class PConfig {
 	 *  The configuration key to set
 	 * @param string $value
 	 *  The value to store
+	 * @param string $updated (optional)
+	 *  The datetime to store
 	 * @return mixed Stored $value or false
 	 */
-	static public function Set($uid, $family, $key, $value, $updated=NULL) {
+	static public function Set($uid, $family, $key, $value, $updated = NULL) {
 
 		// this catches subtle errors where this function has been called
 		// with local_channel() when not logged in (which returns false)
@@ -239,7 +241,9 @@ class PConfig {
 	 *  The category of the configuration value
 	 * @param string $key
 	 *  The configuration key to delete
-	 * @return mixed
+	 * @param string $updated (optional)
+	 *  The datetime to store
+	 * @return boolean
 	 */
 	static public function Delete($uid, $family, $key, $updated = NULL) {
 
@@ -283,6 +287,7 @@ class PConfig {
 		if(! array_key_exists($family, \App::$config[$uid]['transient']))
 			\App::$config[$uid]['transient'][$family] = array();
 
+		/// @FIXME $new is undefined, so dead code
 		if ($new) {
 			\App::$config[$uid]['transient'][$family]['pcfgdel:'.$key] = $updated;
 		}
diff --git a/Zotlabs/Module/Cards.php b/Zotlabs/Module/Cards.php
index b66de158b..3f0e93de5 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Module/Cards.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Module/Cards.php
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ require_once('include/channel.php');
 require_once('include/conversation.php');
 require_once('include/acl_selectors.php');
 
+/**
+ * @brief Provides the Cards module.
+ *
+ */
 class Cards extends Controller {
 
-	function init() {
+	public function init() {
 
 		if(argc() > 1)
 			$which = argv(1);
@@ -20,14 +24,15 @@ class Cards extends Controller {
 			return;
 
 		profile_load($which);
-
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * {@inheritDoc}
-	 * @see \Zotlabs\Web\Controller::get()
+	 * @see \\Zotlabs\\Web\\Controller::get()
+	 *
+	 * @return string Parsed HTML from template 'cards.tpl'
 	 */
-	function get($update = 0, $load = false) {
+	public function get($update = 0, $load = false) {
 
 		if(observer_prohibited(true)) {
 			return login();
@@ -99,7 +104,6 @@ class Cards extends Controller {
 		}
 
 
-
 		if(perm_is_allowed($owner, $ob_hash, 'write_pages')) {
 
 			$x = [
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ class Cards extends Controller {
 				'nickname'          => $channel['channel_address'],
 				'lockstate'         => (($channel['channel_allow_cid'] || $channel['channel_allow_gid']
 					|| $channel['channel_deny_cid'] || $channel['channel_deny_gid']) ? 'lock' : 'unlock'),
-				'acl'               => (($is_owner) ? populate_acl($channel_acl, false, 
+				'acl'               => (($is_owner) ? populate_acl($channel_acl, false,
 					PermissionDescription::fromGlobalPermission('view_pages')) : ''),
 				'permissions'       => $channel_acl,
 				'showacl'           => (($is_owner) ? true : false),
diff --git a/Zotlabs/Zot6/Zot6Handler.php b/Zotlabs/Zot6/Zot6Handler.php
index e320e7825..8f8957037 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Zot6/Zot6Handler.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Zot6/Zot6Handler.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Zot6Handler implements IHandler {
 
 
 	// Implementation of specific methods follows;
-	// These generally do a small amout of validation and call Libzot 
+	// These generally do a small amout of validation and call Libzot
 	// to do any heavy lifting
 
 	static function reply_notify($data,$hub) {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Zot6Handler implements IHandler {
 
 		$x = Libzot::fetch($data);
 		$ret['delivery_report'] = $x;
-	
+
 
 		$ret['success'] = true;
 		return $ret;
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ class Zot6Handler implements IHandler {
 	 *
 	 * @param array $sender
 	 * @param array $recipients
+	 * @param array $hub
 	 *
-	 * @return json_return_and_die()
+	 * @return array
 	 */
-
-	static function reply_refresh($sender, $recipients,$hub) {
+	static function reply_refresh($sender, $recipients, $hub) {
 		$ret = array('success' => false);
 
 		if($recipients) {
@@ -70,19 +70,18 @@ class Zot6Handler implements IHandler {
 			// This would be a permissions update, typically for one connection
 
 			foreach ($recipients as $recip) {
-
 				$r = q("select channel.*,xchan.* from channel
 					left join xchan on channel_portable_id = xchan_hash
 					where xchan_hash ='%s' limit 1",
 					dbesc($recip)
 				);
-
+				/// @FIXME $msgtype is undefined
 				$x = Libzot::refresh( [ 'hubloc_id_url' => $hub['hubloc_id_url'] ], $r[0], (($msgtype === 'force_refresh') ? true : false));
 			}
 		}
 		else {
 			// system wide refresh
-
+			/// @FIXME $msgtype is undefined
 			$x = Libzot::refresh( [ 'hubloc_id_url' => $hub['hubloc_id_url'] ], null, (($msgtype === 'force_refresh') ? true : false));
 		}
 
@@ -100,17 +99,16 @@ class Zot6Handler implements IHandler {
 	 * for that packet. We will create a message_list array of the entire conversation starting with
 	 * the missing parent and invoke delivery to the sender of the packet.
 	 *
-	 * Zotlabs/Daemon/Deliver.php (for local delivery) and 
+	 * Zotlabs/Daemon/Deliver.php (for local delivery) and
 	 * mod/post.php???? @fixme (for web delivery) detect the existence of
 	 * this 'message_list' at the destination and split it into individual messages which are
 	 * processed/delivered in order.
 	 *
-	 *
 	 * @param array $data
+	 * @param array $hub
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	
-	static function reply_message_request($data,$hub) {
+	static function reply_message_request($data, $hub) {
 		$ret = [ 'success' => false ];
 
 		$message_id = EMPTY_STR;
@@ -153,11 +151,10 @@ class Zot6Handler implements IHandler {
 		/*
 		 * fetch the requested conversation
 		 */
-
+		/// @FIXME $sender_hash is undefined
 		$messages = zot_feed($c[0]['channel_id'],$sender_hash, [ 'message_id' => $data['message_id'], 'encoding' => 'activitystreams' ]);
 
 		return (($messages) ? : [] );
-
 	}
 
 	static function rekey_request($sender,$data,$hub) {
@@ -183,7 +180,7 @@ class Zot6Handler implements IHandler {
 				dbesc($oldhash)
 			);
 		}
-		else 
+		else
 			return $ret;
 
 
@@ -219,10 +216,10 @@ class Zot6Handler implements IHandler {
 	 *
 	 * @param array $sender
 	 * @param array $recipients
+	 * @param array $hub
 	 *
-	 * return json_return_and_die()
+	 * @return array
 	 */
-
 	static function reply_purge($sender, $recipients, $hub) {
 
 		$ret = array('success' => false);
@@ -259,9 +256,4 @@ class Zot6Handler implements IHandler {
 		return $ret;
 	}
 
-
-
-
-
-
 }
diff --git a/include/attach.php b/include/attach.php
index dd718aa14..17a47d9ac 100644
--- a/include/attach.php
+++ b/include/attach.php
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function z_mime_content_type($filename) {
  * @param string $hash (optional)
  * @param string $filename (optional)
  * @param string $filetype (optional)
- * @return associative array with:
+ * @return array Associative array with:
  *  * \e boolean \b success
  *  * \e int|boolean \b results amount of found results, or false
  *  * \e string \b message with error messages if any
@@ -176,15 +176,17 @@ function attach_count_files($channel_id, $observer, $hash = '', $filename = '',
 /**
  * @brief Returns a list of files/attachments.
  *
- * @param $channel_id
- * @param $observer
- * @param $hash (optional)
- * @param $filename (optional)
- * @param $filetype (optional)
- * @param $orderby
- * @param $start
- * @param $entries
- * @return associative array with:
+ * @param int $channel_id
+ * @param string $observer
+ * @param string $hash (optional)
+ * @param string $filename (optional)
+ * @param string $filetype (optional)
+ * @param string $orderby (optional)
+ * @param int $start (optional)
+ * @param int $entries (optional)
+ * @param string $since (optional)
+ * @param string $until (optional)
+ * @return array an associative array with:
  *  * \e boolean \b success
  *  * \e array|boolean \b results array with results, or false
  *  * \e string \b message with error messages if any
@@ -1428,8 +1430,17 @@ function attach_delete($channel_id, $resource, $is_photo = 0) {
 
 	if(! $r) {
 		attach_drop_photo($channel_id,$resource);
-                $arr = ['channel_id' => $channel_id, 'resource' => $resource, 'is_photo'=>$is_photo];
-                call_hooks("attach_delete",$arr);
+		$arr = ['channel_id' => $channel_id, 'resource' => $resource, 'is_photo' => $is_photo];
+
+		/**
+		 * @hooks attach_delete
+		 *   Called when deleting an attachment from channel.
+		 *   * \e int \b channel_id - the channel_id
+		 *   * \e string \b resource
+		 *   * \e int \b is_photo
+		 */
+		call_hooks('attach_delete', $arr);
+
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1488,8 +1499,15 @@ function attach_delete($channel_id, $resource, $is_photo = 0) {
 		intval($channel_id)
 	);
 
-        $arr = ['channel_id' => $channel_id, 'resource' => $resource, 'is_photo'=>$is_photo];
-        call_hooks("attach_delete",$arr);
+	$arr = ['channel_id' => $channel_id, 'resource' => $resource, 'is_photo' => $is_photo];
+	/**
+	 * @hooks attach_delete
+	 *   Called when deleting an attachment from channel.
+	 *   * \e int \b channel_id - the channel_id
+	 *   * \e string \b resource
+	 *   * \e int \b is_photo
+	 */
+	call_hooks('attach_delete', $arr);
 
 	file_activity($channel_id, $object, $object['allow_cid'], $object['allow_gid'], $object['deny_cid'], $object['deny_gid'], 'update', true);
 
@@ -1868,7 +1886,7 @@ function file_activity($channel_id, $object, $allow_cid, $allow_gid, $deny_cid,
  * @param int $channel_id
  * @param string $hash
  * @param string $url
- * @return array An associative array for the specified file.
+ * @return array Associative array for the specified file.
  */
 function get_file_activity_object($channel_id, $hash, $url) {
 
@@ -2110,7 +2128,7 @@ function attach_export_data($channel, $resource_id, $deleted = false) {
 
 	if($attach_ptr['is_photo']) {
 
-		// This query could potentially result in a few megabytes of data use.  
+		// This query could potentially result in a few megabytes of data use.
 
 		$r = q("select * from photo where resource_id = '%s' and uid = %d order by imgscale asc",
 			dbesc($resource_id),
@@ -2352,7 +2370,7 @@ function attach_move($channel_id, $resource_id, $new_folder_hash) {
 
 	$filename = $r[0]['filename'];
 
-	// don't do duplicate check unless our parent folder has changed. 
+	// don't do duplicate check unless our parent folder has changed.
 
 	if($r[0]['folder'] !== $new_folder_hash) {
 
@@ -2468,7 +2486,7 @@ function attach_move($channel_id, $resource_id, $new_folder_hash) {
 
 
 /**
- * Used to generate a select input box of all your folders 
+ * Used to generate a select input box of all your folders
  */
 
 
@@ -2551,10 +2569,10 @@ function attach_syspaths($channel_id,$attach_hash) {
 
 /**
  * in earlier releases we did not fill in os_path and display_path in the attach DB structure.
- * (It was not needed or used). Going forward we intend to make use of these fields. 
+ * (It was not needed or used). Going forward we intend to make use of these fields.
  * A cron task checks for empty values (as older attachments may have arrived at our site
- * in a clone operation) and executes attach_syspaths() to generate these field values and correct 
- * the attach table entry. The operation is limited to 100 DB entries at a time so as not to 
+ * in a clone operation) and executes attach_syspaths() to generate these field values and correct
+ * the attach table entry. The operation is limited to 100 DB entries at a time so as not to
  * overload the system in any cron run. Eventually it will catch up with old attach structures
  * and switch into maintenance mode to correct any that might arrive in clone packets from older
  * sites.
diff --git a/include/feedutils.php b/include/feedutils.php
index afbe4229e..5e52828c3 100644
--- a/include/feedutils.php
+++ b/include/feedutils.php
@@ -261,13 +261,13 @@ function construct_activity_target($item) {
  * @param SimplePie $item
  * @return array $author
  */
-
 function get_atom_author($feed, $item) {
 
 	$author = [];
 
 	$found_author = $item->get_author();
 	if($found_author) {
+		/// @FIXME $rawauthor is undefined here
 		if($rawauthor) {
 			if($rawauthor[0]['child'][NAMESPACE_POCO]['displayName'][0]['data'])
 				$author['full_name'] = unxmlify($rawauthor[0]['child'][NAMESPACE_POCO]['displayName'][0]['data']);
@@ -398,10 +398,10 @@ function get_atom_author($feed, $item) {
 			'author' => $author
 	];
 	/**
-	 * @hooks parse_atom
+	 * @hooks parse_atom_author
 	 *    * \e SimplePie \b feed - The original SimplePie feed
 	 *    * \e SimplePie \b item
-	 *    * \e array \b result - the result array that will also get returned
+	 *    * \e array \b author - the result array that will also get returned
 	 */
 	call_hooks('parse_atom_author', $arr);
 
@@ -416,10 +416,8 @@ function get_atom_author($feed, $item) {
  *
  * @param SimplePie $feed
  * @param SimplePie $item
- * @param[out] array $author
  * @return array Associative array with the parsed item data
  */
-
 function get_atom_elements($feed, $item) {
 
 	require_once('include/html2bbcode.php');
@@ -669,10 +667,10 @@ function get_atom_elements($feed, $item) {
 			$termterm = notags(trim(unxmlify($term)));
 
 			// Mastodon auto generates an nsfw category tag for any 'content-warning' message.
-			// Most people use CW and use both summary/content as a spoiler and we honour that 
-			// construct so the post will already be collapsed. The generated tag is almost 
+			// Most people use CW and use both summary/content as a spoiler and we honour that
+			// construct so the post will already be collapsed. The generated tag is almost
 			// always wrong and even if it isn't we would already be doing the right thing.
-	
+
 			if($mastodon && $termterm === 'nsfw' && $summary && $res['body'])
 				continue;
 
@@ -1336,7 +1334,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml, $importer, &$contact, $pass = 0) {
 						if( ! \Zotlabs\Lib\MessageFilter::evaluate($datarray,get_config('system','pubstream_incl'),get_config('system','pubstream_excl'))) {
 							continue;
 						}
-					}	
+					}
 
 					if(! post_is_importable($datarray, $contact))
 						continue;
@@ -1492,7 +1490,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml, $importer, &$contact, $pass = 0) {
 					if( ! \Zotlabs\Lib\MessageFilter::evaluate($datarray,get_config('system','pubstream_incl'),get_config('system','pubstream_excl'))) {
 						continue;
 					}
-				}	
+				}
 
 				if(! post_is_importable($datarray, $contact))
 					continue;
@@ -1900,7 +1898,7 @@ function atom_entry($item, $type, $author, $owner, $comment = false, $cid = 0, $
 
 	$body = $item['body'];
 
-	if($summary) 
+	if($summary)
 		$body = preg_replace('|^(.*?)\[summary\](.*?)\[/summary\](.*?)$|ism','$1$3',$item['body']);
 
 	if($compat)
diff --git a/include/help.php b/include/help.php
index 61dbc7bb3..e82fa96da 100644
--- a/include/help.php
+++ b/include/help.php
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ use \Michelf\MarkdownExtra;
  * @brief
  *
  * @param string $path
- * @return string|unknown
+ * @param string  $suffix (optional) default null
+ * @return string
  */
-function get_help_fullpath($path,$suffix=null) {
+function get_help_fullpath($path, $suffix = null) {
 
         $docroot = (\App::$override_helproot) ? \App::$override_helproot : 'doc/';
         $docroot = (substr($docroot,-1)!='/') ? $docroot .= '/' : $docroot;
@@ -49,8 +50,8 @@ function get_help_fullpath($path,$suffix=null) {
 /**
  * @brief
  *
- * @param string $tocpath
- * @return string|unknown
+ * @param string $tocpath (optional) default false
+ * @return string
  */
 function get_help_content($tocpath = false) {
 
@@ -171,16 +172,20 @@ function preg_callback_help_include($matches) {
 }
 
 /**
- * @brief
+ * @brief Determines help language.
+ *
+ * If the language was specified in the URL, override the language preference
+ * of the browser. Default to English if both of these are absent.
  *
- * @return boolean|array
+ * @return array Associative array with:
+ *  * \e string \b language -  2-letter ISO 639-1 code ("en")
+ *  * \e boolean \b from_url - true if language from URL overrides browser default
  */
 function determine_help_language() {
 	$lang_detect = new Text_LanguageDetect();
 	// Set this mode to recognize language by the short code like "en", "ru", etc.
 	$lang_detect->setNameMode(2);
-	// If the language was specified in the URL, override the language preference
-	// of the browser. Default to English if both of these are absent.
+
 	if($lang_detect->languageExists(argv(1))) {
 		$lang = argv(1);
 		$from_url = true;
@@ -211,10 +216,10 @@ function find_doc_file($s) {
 }
 
 /**
- * @brief
+ * @brief Search in doc files.
  *
- * @param string $s
- * @return number|mixed|unknown|boolean
+ * @param string $s The search string to search for
+ * @return array
  */
 function search_doc_files($s) {
 
@@ -275,7 +280,6 @@ function doc_rank_sort($s1, $s2) {
  *
  * @return string
  */
-
 function load_context_help() {
 
 	$path = App::$cmd;
@@ -305,7 +309,7 @@ function load_context_help() {
  * @brief
  *
  * @param string $s
- * @return void|boolean[]|number[]|string[]|unknown[]
+ * @return void|array
  */
 function store_doc_file($s) {
 
diff --git a/include/import.php b/include/import.php
index 3bd8b4105..f391400bd 100644
--- a/include/import.php
+++ b/include/import.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ require_once('include/perm_upgrade.php');
  * @param array $channel
  * @param int $account_id
  * @param int $seize
+ * @param string $newname (optional)
  * @return boolean|array
  */
 function import_channel($channel, $account_id, $seize, $newname = '') {
@@ -650,7 +651,7 @@ function import_items($channel, $items, $sync = false, $relocate = null) {
 			// preserve conversations you've been involved in from being expired
 
 			$stored = $item_result['item'];
-			if((is_array($stored)) && ($stored['id'] != $stored['parent']) 
+			if((is_array($stored)) && ($stored['id'] != $stored['parent'])
 				&& ($stored['author_xchan'] === $channel['channel_hash'])) {
 				retain_item($stored['item']['parent']);
 			}
@@ -672,7 +673,7 @@ function import_items($channel, $items, $sync = false, $relocate = null) {
 /**
  * @brief Sync items to channel.
  *
- * @see import_items
+ * @see import_items()
  *
  * @param array $channel where to import to
  * @param array $items
@@ -1049,7 +1050,7 @@ function import_mail($channel, $mails, $sync = false) {
 /**
  * @brief Synchronise mails.
  *
- * @see import_mail
+ * @see import_mail()
  * @param array $channel
  * @param array $mails
  */
@@ -1337,7 +1338,7 @@ function sync_files($channel, $files) {
 
 							if($str)
 								$str .= ",";
-							
+
 							$str .= " " . TQUOT . $k . TQUOT . " = '" . (($k === 'content') ? dbescbin($v) : dbesc($v)) . "' ";
 						}
 						$r = dbq("update photo set " . $str . " where id = " . intval($exists[0]['id']) );
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index e5f2be003..ed6fee597 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require_once('include/permissions.php');
  *
  * @param array $item
  * @param[out] boolean $private_envelope
- * @param boolean $include_groups 
+ * @param boolean $include_groups
  * @return array containing the recipients
  */
 function collect_recipients($item, &$private_envelope,$include_groups = true) {
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ function collect_recipients($item, &$private_envelope,$include_groups = true) {
 		if(array_key_exists('public_policy',$item) && $item['public_policy'] !== 'self') {
 
 			$hookinfo = [
-				'recipients' => [], 
-				'item' => $item, 
-				'private_envelope' => $private_envelope, 
+				'recipients' => [],
+				'item' => $item,
+				'private_envelope' => $private_envelope,
 				'include_groups' => $include_groups
 			];
 
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ function post_activity_item($arr, $allow_code = false, $deliver = true) {
 
 
 	if(! $arr['mid']) {
-		$arr['uuid']         = ((x($arr,'uuid')) ? $arr['uuid'] : item_message_id()); 
+		$arr['uuid']         = ((x($arr,'uuid')) ? $arr['uuid'] : item_message_id());
 	}
 	$arr['mid']          = ((x($arr,'mid')) ? $arr['mid'] : z_root() . '/item/' . $arr['uuid']);
 	$arr['parent_mid']   = ((x($arr,'parent_mid')) ? $arr['parent_mid'] : $arr['mid']);
@@ -2400,15 +2400,15 @@ function item_update_parent_commented($item) {
 
 	$update_parent = true;
 
-	// update the commented timestamp on the parent 
+	// update the commented timestamp on the parent
 	// - unless this is a moderated comment or a potential clone of an older item
-	// which we don't wish to bring to the surface. As the queue only holds deliveries 
-	// for 3 days, it's suspected of being an older cloned item if the creation time 
+	// which we don't wish to bring to the surface. As the queue only holds deliveries
+	// for 3 days, it's suspected of being an older cloned item if the creation time
 	//is older than that.
 
 	if(intval($item['item_blocked']) === ITEM_MODERATED)
 		$update_parent = false;
- 
+
 	if($item['created'] < datetime_convert('','','now - 4 days'))
 		$update_parent = false;
 
@@ -3004,7 +3004,9 @@ function tgroup_check($uid, $item) {
  * @param array $channel
  * @param array $item
  * @param int $item_id
- * @param boolean $parent
+ * @param array $parent
+ * @param boolean $edit (optional) default false
+ * @return void
  */
 function start_delivery_chain($channel, $item, $item_id, $parent, $edit = false) {
 
@@ -3039,7 +3041,7 @@ function start_delivery_chain($channel, $item, $item_id, $parent, $edit = false)
 		}
 
 		// This will change the author to the post owner. Useful for RSS feeds which are to be syndicated
-		// to federated platforms which can't verify the identity of the author. 
+		// to federated platforms which can't verify the identity of the author.
 		// This MAY cause you to run afoul of copyright law.
 
 		$rewrite_author = intval(get_abconfig($channel['channel_id'],$item['owner_xchan'],'system','rself'));
@@ -3552,7 +3554,7 @@ function item_expire($uid,$days,$comment_days = 7) {
 
 	if(! $comment_days)
 		$comment_days = 7;
-	
+
 	// $expire_network_only = save your own wall posts
 	// and just expire conversations started by others
 	// do not enable this until we can pass bulk delete messages through zot
@@ -4892,7 +4894,7 @@ function copy_of_pubitem($channel,$mid) {
 		dbesc($mid),
 		intval($syschan['channel_id'])
 	);
-		
+
 	if($r) {
 		$items = fetch_post_tags($r,true);
 		foreach($items as $rv) {
@@ -4918,5 +4920,5 @@ function copy_of_pubitem($channel,$mid) {
 
 		}
 	}
-	return $result;		
+	return $result;
 }
diff --git a/include/plugin.php b/include/plugin.php
index ec14fd945..c789ad522 100755
--- a/include/plugin.php
+++ b/include/plugin.php
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
 
 
 /**
- * @brief Handle errors in plugin calls
+ * @brief Handle errors in plugin calls.
  *
  * @param string $plugin name of the addon
- * @param string $error_text text of error
- * @param bool $uninstall uninstall plugin
+ * @param string $notice UI visible text of error
+ * @param string $log technical error message for logging
+ * @param bool $uninstall (optional) default false
+ *   uninstall plugin on error
  */
-function handleerrors_plugin($plugin,$notice,$log,$uninstall=false){
+function handleerrors_plugin($plugin, $notice, $log, $uninstall = false){
 	logger("Addons: [" . $plugin . "] Error: ".$log, LOGGER_ERROR);
 	if ($notice != '') {
 			notice("[" . $plugin . "] Error: ".$notice, LOGGER_ERROR);
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ function handleerrors_plugin($plugin,$notice,$log,$uninstall=false){
 		$idx = array_search($plugin, \App::$plugins);
 		unset(\App::$plugins[$idx]);
 		uninstall_plugin($plugin);
-		set_config("system","addon", implode(", ",\App::$plugins));
+		set_config("system", "addon", implode(", ", \App::$plugins));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -381,8 +383,6 @@ function unregister_hook($hook, $file, $function) {
  * array in their theme_init() and use this to customise the app behaviour.
  * use insert_hook($hookname,$function_name) to do this.
  */
-
-
 function load_hooks() {
 
 	App::$hooks = [];
@@ -1085,10 +1085,11 @@ function get_markup_template($s, $root = '') {
 }
 
 /**
- * @brief
+ * @brief Test if a folder exists.
  *
  * @param string $folder
  * @return boolean|string
+ *   False if folder does not exist, or canonicalized absolute pathname
  */
 function folder_exists($folder) {
 	// Get canonicalized absolute pathname
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 6ac04f435..925c8e997 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ function replace_macros($s, $r) {
 
 	$t = App::template_engine();
 
-        try {
-	        $output = $t->replace_macros($arr['template'], $arr['params']);
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
-                logger("Unable to render template: ".$e->getMessage());
-                $output = "<h3>ERROR: there was an error creating the output.</h3>";
-        }
+	try {
+		$output = $t->replace_macros($arr['template'], $arr['params']);
+	} catch (Exception $e) {
+		logger('Unable to render template: ' . $e->getMessage());
+		$output = '<h3>ERROR: there was an error creating the output.</h3>';
+	}
 
 	return $output;
 }
@@ -539,7 +539,14 @@ function paginate(&$a) {
 	return $o;
 }
 
-
+/**
+ * @brief
+ *
+ * @param int $i
+ * @param string $more
+ * @param string $less
+ * @return string Parsed HTML from template 'alt_pager.tpl'
+ */
 function alt_pager($i, $more = '', $less = '') {
 
 	if(! $more)
@@ -810,7 +817,7 @@ function activity_match($haystack,$needle) {
  * and strip the period from any tags which end with one.
  *
  * @param string $s
- * @return Returns array of tags found, or empty array.
+ * @return array Returns an array of tags found, or empty array.
  */
 function get_tags($s) {
 	$ret = array();
@@ -825,7 +832,7 @@ function get_tags($s) {
 
 	// ignore anything in [color= ], because it may contain color codes which are mistaken for tags
 	$s = preg_replace('/\[color=(.*?)\]/sm','',$s);
-	
+
 	// skip anchors in URL
 	$s = preg_replace('/\[url=(.*?)\]/sm','',$s);
 
@@ -900,6 +907,7 @@ function tag_sort_length($a,$b) {
 function total_sort($a,$b) {
 	if($a['total'] == $b['total'])
 		return 0;
+
 	return(($b['total'] > $a['total']) ? 1 : (-1));
 }
 
@@ -1004,9 +1012,15 @@ function contact_block() {
 		'$micropro' => $micropro,
 	));
 
-	$arr = array('contacts' => $r, 'output' => $o);
-
+	$arr = ['contacts' => $r, 'output' => $o];
+	/**
+	 * @hooks contact_block_end
+	 *   Called at the end of contact_block(), but can not manipulate the output.
+	 *   * \e array \b contacts - Result array from database
+	 *   * \e string \b output - the generated output
+	 */
 	call_hooks('contact_block_end', $arr);
+
 	return $o;
 }
 
@@ -1108,16 +1122,20 @@ function linkify($s, $me = false) {
  * to a local redirector which uses https and which redirects to the selected content
  *
  * @param string $s
- * @param int $uid
  * @returns string
  */
 function sslify($s) {
 
 	// Local photo cache
-	$str = array(
+	$str = [
 		'body' => $s,
 		'uid' => local_channel()
-	);
+	];
+	/**
+	 * @hooks cache_body_hook
+	 *   * \e string \b body The content to parse and also the return value
+	 *   * \e int|bool \b uid
+	 */
 	call_hooks('cache_body_hook', $str);
 
 	$s = $str['body'];
@@ -1222,7 +1240,11 @@ function get_mood_verbs() {
 /**
  * @brief Function to list all smilies, both internal and from addons.
  *
- * @return Returns array with keys 'texts' and 'icons'
+ * @param boolean $default_only (optional) default false
+ *   true will prevent that plugins can add smilies
+ * @return array Returns an associative array with:
+ *   * \e array \b texts
+ *   * \e array \b icons
  */
 function list_smilies($default_only = false) {
 
@@ -1300,6 +1322,11 @@ function list_smilies($default_only = false) {
 	if($default_only)
 		return $params;
 
+	/**
+	 * @hooks smile
+	 *   * \e array \b texts - default values and also return value
+	 *   * \e array \b icons - default values and also return value
+	 */
 	call_hooks('smilie', $params);
 
 	return $params;
@@ -1625,6 +1652,10 @@ function generate_named_map($location) {
 
 function prepare_body(&$item,$attach = false,$opts = false) {
 
+	/**
+	 * @hooks prepare_body_init
+	 *   * \e array \b item
+	 */
 	call_hooks('prepare_body_init', $item);
 
 	$s = '';
@@ -1656,13 +1687,19 @@ function prepare_body(&$item,$attach = false,$opts = false) {
 
 	$event = (($item['obj_type'] === ACTIVITY_OBJ_EVENT) ? format_event_obj($item['obj']) : false);
 
-	$prep_arr = array(
+	$prep_arr = [
 		'item' => $item,
 		'html' => $event ? $event['content'] : $s,
 		'event' => $event['header'],
 		'photo' => $photo
-	);
-
+	];
+	/**
+	 * @hooks prepare_body
+	 *   * \e array \b item
+	 *   * \e string \b html - the parsed HTML to return
+	 *   * \e string \b event - the event header to return
+	 *   * \e string \b photo - the photo to return
+	 */
 	call_hooks('prepare_body', $prep_arr);
 
 	$s = $prep_arr['html'];
@@ -2249,19 +2286,24 @@ function ids_to_querystr($arr,$idx = 'id',$quote = false) {
 }
 
 /**
- * @brief array_elm_to_str($arr,$elm,$delim = ',') extract unique individual elements from an array of arrays and return them as a string separated by a delimiter
- * similar to ids_to_querystr, but allows a different delimiter instead of a db-quote option
- * empty elements (evaluated after trim()) are ignored.
- * @param $arr array
- * @param $elm array key to extract from sub-array
- * @param $delim string default ','
- * @param $each filter function to apply to each element before evaluation, default is 'trim'.
+ * @brief Extract unique individual elements from an array of arrays and return
+ * them as a string separated by a delimiter.
+ *
+ * Similar to ids_to_querystr, but allows a different delimiter instead of a
+ * db-quote option empty elements (evaluated after trim()) are ignored.
+ *
+ * @see ids_to_querystr()
+ *
+ * @param array $arr
+ * @param string $elm key to extract from sub-array
+ * @param string $delim (optional) default ','
+ * @param string $each (optional) default is 'trim'
+ *   Filter function to apply to each element before evaluation.
  * @returns string
  */
-
-function array_elm_to_str($arr,$elm,$delim = ',',$each = 'trim') {
-
+function array_elm_to_str($arr, $elm, $delim = ',', $each = 'trim') {
 	$tmp = [];
+
 	if($arr && is_array($arr)) {
 		foreach($arr as $x) {
 			if(is_array($x) && array_key_exists($elm,$x)) {
@@ -2272,7 +2314,8 @@ function array_elm_to_str($arr,$elm,$delim = ',',$each = 'trim') {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return implode($delim,$tmp);
+
+	return implode($delim, $tmp);
 }
 
 function trim_and_unpunify($s) {
@@ -2496,9 +2539,9 @@ function design_tools() {
 }
 
 /**
- * @brief Creates website portation tools menu
+ * @brief Creates website portation tools menu.
  *
- * @return string
+ * @return string Parsed HTML code from template 'website_portation_tools.tpl'
  */
 function website_portation_tools() {
 
@@ -2511,7 +2554,7 @@ function website_portation_tools() {
 		$sys = true;
 	}
 
-	return replace_macros(get_markup_template('website_portation_tools.tpl'), array(
+	return replace_macros(get_markup_template('website_portation_tools.tpl'), [
 		'$title'               => t('Import'),
 		'$import_label'        => t('Import website...'),
 		'$import_placeholder'  => t('Select folder to import'),
@@ -2528,7 +2571,7 @@ function website_portation_tools() {
 		'$cloud_export_desc'   => t('/path/to/export/folder'),
 		'$cloud_export_hint'   => t('Enter a path to a cloud files destination.'),
 		'$cloud_export_select' => t('Specify folder'),
-	));
+	]);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2991,9 +3034,9 @@ function item_url_replace($channel,&$item,$old,$new,$oldnick = '') {
 			json_url_replace('/' . $oldnick . '/' ,'/' . $channel['channel_address'] . '/' ,$item['target']);
 	}
 
-    $x = preg_replace("/".preg_quote($old,'/')."\/(search|\w+\/".$channel['channel_address'].")/", $new.'/${1}', $item['body']);
-    if($x) {
-        $item['body'] = $x;
+	$x = preg_replace("/".preg_quote($old,'/')."\/(search|\w+\/".$channel['channel_address'].")/", $new.'/${1}', $item['body']);
+	if($x) {
+		$item['body'] = $x;
 		$item['sig'] = base64url_encode(rsa_sign($item['body'],$channel['channel_prvkey']));
 		$item['item_verified']  = 1;
 	}
@@ -3103,7 +3146,13 @@ function pdl_selector($uid, $current='') {
 		intval($uid)
 	);
 
-	$arr = array('channel_id' => $uid, 'current' => $current, 'entries' => $r);
+	$arr = ['channel_id' => $uid, 'current' => $current, 'entries' => $r];
+	/**
+	 * @hooks pdl_selector
+	 *   * \e int \b channel_id
+	 *   * \e string \b current
+	 *   * \e array \b entries - Result from database query
+	 */
 	call_hooks('pdl_selector', $arr);
 
 	$entries = $arr['entries'];
@@ -3178,7 +3227,6 @@ function text_highlight($s, $lang) {
 			'language' => $lang,
 			'success' => false
 	];
-
 	/**
 	 * @hooks text_highlight
 	 *   * \e string \b text
@@ -3379,13 +3427,17 @@ function punify($s) {
 
 }
 
-// Be aware that unpunify will only convert domain names and not pathnames
-
+/**
+ * Be aware that unpunify() will only convert domain names and not pathnames.
+ *
+ * @param string $s
+ * @return string
+ */
 function unpunify($s) {
 	require_once('vendor/simplepie/simplepie/idn/idna_convert.class.php');
 	$x = new idna_convert(['encoding' => 'utf8']);
-	return $x->decode($s);
 
+	return $x->decode($s);
 }
 
 
@@ -3521,12 +3573,11 @@ function array_path_exists($str,$arr) {
  */
 function new_uuid() {
 
-    try {
-        $hash = Uuid::uuid4()->toString();
-    } catch (UnsatisfiedDependencyException $e) {
-        $hash = random_string(48);
-    }
+	try {
+		$hash = Uuid::uuid4()->toString();
+	} catch (UnsatisfiedDependencyException $e) {
+		$hash = random_string(48);
+	}
 
-    return $hash;
+	return $hash;
 }
-
diff --git a/include/zot.php b/include/zot.php
index bc2187f91..3b089831b 100644
--- a/include/zot.php
+++ b/include/zot.php
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ function zot_build_packet($channel, $type = 'notify', $recipients = null, $remot
  *   packet type: one of 'ping', 'pickup', 'purge', 'refresh', 'keychange', 'force_refresh', 'notify', 'auth_check'
  * @param array $recipients
  *   envelope information, array ( 'guid' => string, 'guid_sig' => string ); empty for public posts
- * @param string msg
+ * @param string $msg
  *   optional message
  * @param string $remote_key
  *   optional public site key of target hub used to encrypt entire packet
@@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@ function process_delivery($sender, $arr, $deliveries, $relay, $public = false, $
 		else {
 			$arr['item_wall'] = 0;
 		}
-		
+
 
                 if ((! $tag_delivery) && (! $local_public)) {
                         $allowed = (perm_is_allowed($channel['channel_id'],$sender['hash'],$perm));
@@ -1843,7 +1843,7 @@ function process_delivery($sender, $arr, $deliveries, $relay, $public = false, $
                                         $allowed = can_comment_on_post($d['hash'],$parent[0]);
                                 }
                         }
-        
+
                         if (! $allowed) {
 			        logger("permission denied for delivery to channel {$channel['channel_id']} {$channel['channel_address']}");
 			        $DR->update('permission denied');
@@ -2330,7 +2330,7 @@ function process_mail_delivery($sender, $arr, $deliveries) {
 
 		if(! perm_is_allowed($channel['channel_id'],$sender['hash'],'post_mail')) {
 
-			/* 
+			/*
 			 * Always allow somebody to reply if you initiated the conversation. It's anti-social
 			 * and a bit rude to send a private message to somebody and block their ability to respond.
 			 * If you are being harrassed and want to put an end to it, delete the conversation.
@@ -2358,7 +2358,7 @@ function process_mail_delivery($sender, $arr, $deliveries) {
 		);
 		if($r) {
 			if(intval($arr['mail_recalled'])) {
-                msg_drop($r[0]['id'], $channel['channel_id'], $r[0]['conv_guid']);
+				msg_drop($r[0]['id'], $channel['channel_id'], $r[0]['conv_guid']);
 				$DR->update('mail recalled');
 				$result[] = $DR->get();
 				logger('mail_recalled');
@@ -3247,7 +3247,7 @@ function build_sync_packet($uid = 0, $packet = null, $groups_changed = false) {
 
 	$channel = $r[0];
 
-	// don't provide these in the export 
+	// don't provide these in the export
 
 	unset($channel['channel_active']);
 	unset($channel['channel_password']);
@@ -3616,7 +3616,7 @@ function process_channel_sync_delivery($sender, $arr, $deliveries) {
 
 			if(array_key_exists('channel_pageflags',$arr['channel']) && intval($arr['channel']['channel_pageflags'])) {
 				// Several pageflags are site-specific and cannot be sync'd.
-				// Only allow those bits which are shareable from the remote and then 
+				// Only allow those bits which are shareable from the remote and then
 				// logically OR with the local flags
 
 				$arr['channel']['channel_pageflags'] = $arr['channel']['channel_pageflags'] & (PAGE_HIDDEN|PAGE_AUTOCONNECT|PAGE_APPLICATION|PAGE_PREMIUM|PAGE_ADULT);
@@ -4974,9 +4974,9 @@ function zot_reply_pickup($data) {
 	// It's possible that we have more than 100 messages waiting to be sent.
 
 	// See if there are any more messages in the queue.
-        $x = q("select * from outq where outq_posturl = '%s' order by outq_created limit 1",
-		dbesc($data['callback'])
-        );
+	$x = q("select * from outq where outq_posturl = '%s' order by outq_created limit 1",
+			dbesc($data['callback'])
+	);
 
 	// If so, kick off a new delivery notification for the next batch
 	if ($x) {
@@ -5057,7 +5057,7 @@ function zot_reply_auth_check($data,$encrypted_packet) {
 	}
 
 	// There should be exactly one recipient, the original auth requestor
-
+	/// @FIXME $recipients is undefined here.
 	$ret['message'] .= 'recipients ' . print_r($recipients,true) . EOL;
 
 	if ($data['recipients']) {
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