diff --git a/include/dir_fns.php b/include/DirSearch.php
similarity index 97%
rename from include/dir_fns.php
rename to include/DirSearch.php
index 5f018ed8cf..a6a0b59fcb 100644
--- a/include/dir_fns.php
+++ b/include/DirSearch.php
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 
 /**
- * @file include/dir_fns.php
+ * @file include/dir.php
  */
 
 
 /**
  * @brief This class handels directory related functions
  */
-class dir {
+class DirSearch {
 
 	/**
 	 * @brief Search global contact table by nick or name
diff --git a/include/smilies.php b/include/Smilies.php
similarity index 92%
rename from include/smilies.php
rename to include/Smilies.php
index 7b3feefca8..193f3b555d 100644
--- a/include/smilies.php
+++ b/include/Smilies.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * This class contains functions to handle smiles
  */
 
-class smilies {
+class Smilies {
 
 	/**
 	 * @brief Function to list all smilies
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class smilies {
 	 * 
 	 * @hook smilie ('texts' => smilies texts array, 'icons' => smilies html array)
 	 */
-	public static function list_smilies() {
+	public static function get_list() {
 
 		$texts =  array(
 			'&lt;3',
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ class smilies {
 			|| (local_user() && intval(get_pconfig(local_user(),'system','no_smilies'))))
 			return $s;
 
-		$s = preg_replace_callback('/<pre>(.*?)<\/pre>/ism','self::smile_encode',$s);
-		$s = preg_replace_callback('/<code>(.*?)<\/code>/ism','self::smile_encode',$s);
+		$s = preg_replace_callback('/<pre>(.*?)<\/pre>/ism','self::encode',$s);
+		$s = preg_replace_callback('/<code>(.*?)<\/code>/ism','self::encode',$s);
 
-		$params = self::list_smilies();
+		$params = self::get_list();
 		$params['string'] = $s;
 
 		if($sample) {
@@ -145,17 +145,17 @@ class smilies {
 			$s = str_replace($params['texts'],$params['icons'],$params['string']);
 		}
 
-		$s = preg_replace_callback('/<pre>(.*?)<\/pre>/ism','self::smile_decode',$s);
-		$s = preg_replace_callback('/<code>(.*?)<\/code>/ism','self::smile_decode',$s);
+		$s = preg_replace_callback('/<pre>(.*?)<\/pre>/ism','self::decode',$s);
+		$s = preg_replace_callback('/<code>(.*?)<\/code>/ism','self::decode',$s);
 
 		return $s;
 	}
 
-	private function smile_encode($m) {
+	private function encode($m) {
 		return(str_replace($m[1],base64url_encode($m[1]),$m[0]));
 	}
 
-	private function smile_decode($m) {
+	private function decode($m) {
 		return(str_replace($m[1],base64url_decode($m[1]),$m[0]));
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/acl_selectors.php b/include/acl_selectors.php
index 99848aa193..4a35fd0f08 100644
--- a/include/acl_selectors.php
+++ b/include/acl_selectors.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 require_once("include/contact_selectors.php");
 require_once("include/contact_widgets.php");
-require_once("include/dir_fns.php");
+require_once("include/DirSearch.php");
 require_once("include/features.php");
 require_once("mod/proxy.php");
 
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ function navbar_complete(&$a) {
 		$search = substr($search,1);
 
 	if($localsearch) {
-		$x = dir::global_search_by_name($search, $mode);
+		$x = DirSearch::global_search_by_name($search, $mode);
 		return $x;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index eb8dde40cb..e14930b102 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 require_once("include/template_processor.php");
 require_once("include/friendica_smarty.php");
-require_once("include/smilies.php");
+require_once("include/Smilies.php");
 require_once("include/map.php");
 require_once("mod/proxy.php");
 
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ function prepare_text($text) {
 	if(stristr($text,'[nosmile]'))
 		$s = bbcode($text);
 	else
-		$s = smilies::replace(bbcode($text));
+		$s = Smilies::replace(bbcode($text));
 
 	return trim($s);
 }}
diff --git a/mod/smilies.php b/mod/smilies.php
index 5a157e3686..b3d86cb3fe 100644
--- a/mod/smilies.php
+++ b/mod/smilies.php
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
  * @file mod/smilies.php
  */
 
-require_once("include/smilies.php");
+require_once("include/Smilies.php");
 
 function smilies_content(&$a) {
 	if ($a->argv[1]==="json"){
-		$tmp = smilies::list_smilies();
+		$tmp = Smilies::get_list();
 		$results = array();
 		for($i = 0; $i < count($tmp['texts']); $i++) {
 			$results[] = array('text' => $tmp['texts'][$i], 'icon' => $tmp['icons'][$i]);