com presentations: Convert array() syntax to []: slides/mongodb/excercise03-add-like.xml slides/mongodb/excercise03-push-to-add-review.xml slides/mongodb/geo-aggregation2-php.xml slides/mongodb/id.xml slides/mongodb/indexes-geo.xml slides/mongodb/indexes.xml slides/mongodb/insert-php.xml slides/mongodb/insert.xml slides/mongodb/limit-skip.xml slides/mongodb/osm-schema1.xml slides/mongodb/osm-schema2.xml slides/mongodb/osm-schema3.xml slides/mongo

diff --git a/slides/mongodb/excercise03-add-like.xml b/slides/mongodb/excercise03-add-like.xml
index 197f16b..3982fa3 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/excercise03-add-like.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/excercise03-add-like.xml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ $m = new MongoClient;
 $c = $m->demo->whisky;
 
 $c->update(
-    array( 'name' => 'Glenfiddich 15', 'notes.user_name' => 'Derick' ),
-    array( '$inc => array( 'notes.$.likes' => 1 ) )
+    [ 'name' => 'Glenfiddich 15', 'notes.user_name' => 'Derick' ],
+    [ '$inc => [ 'notes.$.likes' => 1 ] ]
 );
 ?>]]></example>
 </div>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/excercise03-push-to-add-review.xml b/slides/mongodb/excercise03-push-to-add-review.xml
index 5995de1..02b452c 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/excercise03-push-to-add-review.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/excercise03-push-to-add-review.xml
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@
 $m = new MongoClient;
 $c = $m->demo->whisky;
 
-$newReview = array(
+$newReview = [
     user_name => "Michael",
     date => new MongoDate(strtotime("2013-10-01")),
     note => "No peat, but fruity",
     rating => 1,
-);
+];
 
 $c->update(
-    array( 'name' => 'Glenfiddich 15' ),
-    array( '$push => array( 'notes' => $newReview ) )
+    [ 'name' => 'Glenfiddich 15' ],
+    [ '$push => [ 'notes' => $newReview ] ]
 );
 ?>]]></example>
 </div>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/geo-aggregation2-php.xml b/slides/mongodb/geo-aggregation2-php.xml
index ecad8a7..7ea4ae7 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/geo-aggregation2-php.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/geo-aggregation2-php.xml
@@ -12,21 +12,21 @@ $center = new GeoJSONPoint(
 $maxDist =     500; // in meters
 $rEarth  = 6371000;
 
-$res = $c->aggregate( array(
-  '$geoNear' => array(
+$res = $c->aggregate( [
+  '$geoNear' => [
     'near' => $center->p,
     'distanceField' => 'distance',
     'distanceMultiplier' => $rEarth,
     'maxDistance' => $maxDist / $rEarth,
     'spherical' => true,
-    'query' => array(
-      '$or' => array( 
-        array( TAGS => 'amenity=pub' ),
-        array( TAGS => 'amenity=bar' )
-      )
-    ),
-  )
-) );
+    'query' => [
+      '$or' => [
+        [ TAGS => 'amenity=pub' ],
+        [ TAGS => 'amenity=bar' ]
+      ]
+    ],
+  ]
+] );
 ]]></example>
 </div>
 
@@ -39,21 +39,21 @@ $center = new GeoJSONPoint(
 $maxDist =     500; // in meters
 $rEarth  = 6371000;
 
-$res = $c->aggregate( array(
-  |ff0000|'$geoNear' => array(|
+$res = $c->aggregate( [
+  |ff0000|'$geoNear' => [|
     |ff0000|'near' => $center->p,|
     'distanceField' => 'distance',
     'distanceMultiplier' => $rEarth,
     'maxDistance' => $maxDist / $rEarth,
     |ff0000|'spherical' => true,|
-    |ff0000|'query' => array(|
-      |ff0000|'$or' => array(|
-        |ff0000|array( TAGS => 'amenity=pub' ),|
-        |ff0000|array( TAGS => 'amenity=bar' )|
-      |ff0000|)|
-    |ff0000|),|
-  |ff0000|)|
-) );
+    |ff0000|'query' => [|
+      |ff0000|'$or' => [|
+        |ff0000|[ TAGS => 'amenity=pub' ],|
+        |ff0000|[ TAGS => 'amenity=bar' ]|
+      |ff0000|]|
+    |ff0000|],|
+  |ff0000|]|
+] );
 ]]></example>
 </div>
 
@@ -67,21 +67,21 @@ $center = new GeoJSONPoint(
 |ff0000|$maxDist =     500; // in meters|
 |ff0000|$rEarth  = 6371000;|
 
-$res = $c->aggregate( array(
-  '$geoNear' => array(
+$res = $c->aggregate( [
+  '$geoNear' => [
     'near' => $center->p,
     |ff0000|'distanceField' => 'distance',|
     |ff0000|'distanceMultiplier' => $rEarth,|
     |ff0000|'maxDistance' => $maxDist / $rEarth,|
     'spherical' => true,
-    'query' => array(
-      '$or' => array( 
-        array( TAGS => 'amenity=pub' ),
-        array( TAGS => 'amenity=bar' )
-      )
-    ),
-  )
-) );
+    'query' => [
+      '$or' => [
+        [ TAGS => 'amenity=pub' ],
+        [ TAGS => 'amenity=bar' ]
+      ]
+    ],
+  ]
+] );
 ]]></example>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/id.xml b/slides/mongodb/id.xml
index 046d3fa..96d3882 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/id.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/id.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $c = $m->demo->articles;
 
 $c->insert( [ 'name' => 'Derick', '_id' => 'derickr' ] );
 
-$d = array( 'name' => 'Derick' );
+$d = [ 'name' => 'Derick' ];
 $c->insert( $d );
 var_dump( $d );
 ?>]]></example>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/indexes-geo.xml b/slides/mongodb/indexes-geo.xml
index 4e5eb9c..51b977c 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/indexes-geo.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/indexes-geo.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <example result="0"><![CDATA[<?php
 $m = new MongoClient; $c = $m->demo->pubs; $c->drop();
 
-$c->ensureIndex( array( 'l' => '2d' ) );
+$c->ensureIndex( [ 'l' => '2d' ] );
 $c->insert([ 'name' => 'Betsy Smith',   'l' => [ -0.193, 51.537 ] ]);
 $c->insert([ 'name' => 'London Tavern', 'l' => [ -0.202, 51.545 ] ]);
 
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/indexes.xml b/slides/mongodb/indexes.xml
index 056017b..53a276f 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/indexes.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/indexes.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ $m = new MongoClient;
 $c = $m->demo->elephpants;
 $c->drop();
 
-$c->insert( array( '_id' => 'ele1', 'name' => 'Jumbo' ) );
-$c->insert( array( '_id' => 'ele2', 'name' => 'Tantor' ) );
+$c->insert( [ '_id' => 'ele1', 'name' => 'Jumbo' ] );
+$c->insert( [ '_id' => 'ele2', 'name' => 'Tantor' ] );
 
 var_dump( $c->find( [ '_id' => 'ele1' ] )->explain() );
 ?>]]>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/insert-php.xml b/slides/mongodb/insert-php.xml
index 97d8c48..3edc215 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/insert-php.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/insert-php.xml
@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@
 <title>Inserting a document</title>
 
 <example result="0"><![CDATA[<?php
-$document = array(
+$document = [
   "_id" => "derickr",
   "name" => "Derick Rethans",
-  "talks" => array(
-    array(
+  "talks" => [
+    [
       "title" => "Profiling PHP Applications",
       "url" => "http://derickrethans.nl/talks/profiling-phptour.pdf",
-    ),
-    array(
+    ],
+    [
       "title" => "Xdebug",
       "url" => "http://derickrethans.nl/talks/xdebug-phpbcn11.pdf",
-    )
-  )
-);
+    ]
+  ]
+];
 
 $m = new MongoClient();
 var_dump( $m->demo->talks->insert( $document ) );
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/insert.xml b/slides/mongodb/insert.xml
index fb24a33..a6e0717 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/insert.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/insert.xml
@@ -22,20 +22,20 @@
 
 <div effect="fade-in-out">
 <example result="0"><![CDATA[<?php
-$document = array(
+$document = [
   "_id" => "derickr",
   "name" => "Derick Rethans",
-  "talks" => array(
-    array(
+  "talks" => [
+    [
       "title" => "Profiling PHP Applications",
       "url" => "http://derickrethans.nl/talks/profiling-phptour.pdf",
-    ),
-    array(
+    ],
+    [
       "title" => "Xdebug",
       "url" => "http://derickrethans.nl/talks/xdebug-phpbcn11.pdf",
-    )
-  )
-);
+    ]
+  ]
+];
 
 $m = new MongoClient();
 var_dump( $m->demo->talks->insert( $document ) );
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/limit-skip.xml b/slides/mongodb/limit-skip.xml
index 839da2c..b5480d9 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/limit-skip.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/limit-skip.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 $m = new MongoClient();
 $c = $m->demo->cities;
 
-$cursor = $c->find( array( 'country_code' => 'RU' ) )
-            ->sort( array( 'name' => 1 ) )
+$cursor = $c->find( [ 'country_code' => 'RU' ] )
+            ->sort( [ 'name' => 1 ] )
             ->limit( 5 )->skip( 25 );
 
 foreach ( $cursor as $r ) {
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/osm-schema1.xml b/slides/mongodb/osm-schema1.xml
index 239d581..bd16877 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/osm-schema1.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/osm-schema1.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <slide>
 <title>Tags as a key/value combination</title>
 
-<example>$doc = array(
+<example>$doc = [
     'tags' => [
         'name' => 'A440',
         'highway' => 'secondary',
         'oneway' => 'yes'
     ]
-);
+];
 $db->poi->ensureIndex( [ 'tags.name' => 1 ] );
 $db->poi->ensureIndex( [ 'tags.highway' => 1 ] );
 $db->poi->ensureIndex( [ 'tags.oneway' => 1 ] );
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/osm-schema2.xml b/slides/mongodb/osm-schema2.xml
index 1dab339..9b2ce73 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/osm-schema2.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/osm-schema2.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <slide>
 <title>Tags as dictionary</title>
 
-<example>$doc = array(
+<example>$doc = [
     'tags' => [
         [ 'k' => 'name', 'v' => 'A440' ],
         [ 'k' => 'highway', 'v' => 'secondary' ],
         [ 'k' => 'oneway', 'v' => 'yes' ]
     ]
-);
+];
 $db->poi->ensureIndex( [ 'tags.v' => 1, 'tags.k' => 1 ] );
 
 // Road with name=Strand
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/osm-schema3.xml b/slides/mongodb/osm-schema3.xml
index dbf7cda..9ca8895 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/osm-schema3.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/osm-schema3.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <slide>
 <title>Tags as documents</title>
 
-<example>$doc = array(
+<example>$doc = [
     'tags' => [
         [ 'name' => 'A440' ],
         [ 'highway' => 'secondary' ],
         [ 'oneway' => 'yes' ],
     ]
-);
+];
 $db->poi->ensureIndex( [ 'tags' => 1 ] );
 
 // Road with name=Strand
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/osm-schema4.xml b/slides/mongodb/osm-schema4.xml
index f71b391..47d6b58 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/osm-schema4.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/osm-schema4.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <slide>
 <title>Tags as concatenated strings</title>
 
-<example>$doc = array(
+<example>$doc = [
     'tags' => [
         'name=A440',
         'highway=secondary',
         'oneway=yes'
     ]
-);
+];
 $db->poi->ensureIndex( [ 'tags' => 1 ] );
 
 // Road with name=Strand
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/php-connection-string.xml b/slides/mongodb/php-connection-string.xml
index f73e92c..cdfe9e2 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/php-connection-string.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/php-connection-string.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <title>Connection String</title>
 
 <example result="0"><![CDATA[<?php
-$options = array( 'replicaSet' => 'seta' );
+$options = [ 'replicaSet' => 'seta' ];
 
 $m = new MongoClient( 'mongodb://localhost:13000/?replicaSet=seta' );
 
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-example-array1.xml b/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-example-array1.xml
index 50709a6..ca3b7be 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-example-array1.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-example-array1.xml
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@
 <example result="2"><![CDATA[<?php
 $m = new MongoClient;
 $c = $m->demo->continent; $c->drop();
-$c->insert( array(
+$c->insert( [
     'name' => 'South America',
-    'cities' => array(
-        array( "name" => "Buenos Aires", "population" => 13076300, "dem" => 131 ),
-        array( "name" => "São Paulo", "population" => 10021295, "dem" => 769 ),
-    )
-) );
-$c->insert( array(
+    'cities' => [
+        [ "name" => "Buenos Aires", "population" => 13076300, "dem" => 131 ],
+        [ "name" => "São Paulo", "population" => 10021295, "dem" => 769 ],
+    ]
+] );
+$c->insert( [
     'name' => 'Asia',
-    'cities' => array(
-        array( "name" => "Karachi", "population" => 11624219, "dem" => 38 ),
-        array( "name" => "Moscow", "population" => 10381222, "dem" => 144 ),
-        array( "name" => "İstanbul", "population" => 11174257, "dem" => 39 ),
-    )
-) );
+    'cities' => [
+        [ "name" => "Karachi", "population" => 11624219, "dem" => 38 ],
+        [ "name" => "Moscow", "population" => 10381222, "dem" => 144 ],
+        [ "name" => "İstanbul", "population" => 11174257, "dem" => 39 ],
+    ]
+] );
 ?>]]></example>
 
 <blurb>Contitent with a city of more than 11 million people and above 100
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ meter.</blurb>
 <example result="1"><![CDATA[<?php
 $m = new MongoClient;
 $c = $m->demo->continent;
-$r = $c->find( array(
-    'cities.population' => array( '$gte' => 11000000 ),
-    'cities.dem' => array( '$gte' => 100 ),
-) );
+$r = $c->find( [
+    'cities.population' => [ '$gte' => 11000000 ],
+    'cities.dem' => [ '$gte' => 100 ],
+] );
 
 foreach( $r as $c ) {
     echo $c['name'], "\n";
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-example-array2.xml b/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-example-array2.xml
index e5c21b7..bbc3865 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-example-array2.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-example-array2.xml
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 <example result="1"><![CDATA[<?php
 $m = new MongoClient;
 $c = $m->demo->continent;
-$r = $c->find( array(
-    'cities' => array(
-        '$elemMatch' => array(
-            'population' => array( '$gte' => 11000000 ),
-            'dem' => array( '$gte' => 100 ),
-        )
-    )
-) );
+$r = $c->find( [
+    'cities' => [
+        '$elemMatch' => [
+            'population' => [ '$gte' => 11000000 ],
+            'dem' => [ '$gte' => 100 ],
+        ]
+    ]
+] );
 
 foreach( $r as $c ) {
     echo $c['name'], "\n";
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-example-gte.xml b/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-example-gte.xml
index 0cf4f9f..d370690 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-example-gte.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/query-advanced-example-gte.xml
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 <example><![CDATA[<?php
 $m = new MongoClient;
 $c = $m->demo->cities;
-$c->insert( array( "name" => "Buenos Aires", "population" => 13076300 ) );
-$c->insert( array( "name" => "Dhaka", "population" => 10356500 ) );
-$c->insert( array( "name" => "São Paulo", "population" => 10021295 ) );
-$c->insert( array( "name" => "Shanghai", "population" => 14608512 ) );
-$c->insert( array( "name" => "Delhi", "population" => 10927986 ) );
-$c->insert( array( "name" => "Mumbai", "population" => 12691836 ) );
-$c->insert( array( "name" => "Seoul", "population" => 10349312 ) );
-$c->insert( array( "name" => "Mexico City", "population" => 12294193 ) );
+$c->insert( [ "name" => "Buenos Aires", "population" => 13076300 ] );
+$c->insert( [ "name" => "Dhaka", "population" => 10356500 ] );
+$c->insert( [ "name" => "São Paulo", "population" => 10021295 ] );
+$c->insert( [ "name" => "Shanghai", "population" => 14608512 ] );
+$c->insert( [ "name" => "Delhi", "population" => 10927986 ] );
+$c->insert( [ "name" => "Mumbai", "population" => 12691836 ] );
+$c->insert( [ "name" => "Seoul", "population" => 10349312 ] );
+$c->insert( [ "name" => "Mexico City", "population" => 12294193 ] );
 ?>]]></example>
 </div>
 
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ $c = $m->demo->cities;
 
 $r = $c->find(
   // query
-  array( 'population' => array( '$gte' => 12000000 ) ),
+  [ 'population' => [ '$gte' => 12000000 ] ],
   // projection
-  array( 'name' => true, 'population' => true, '_id' => false )
+  [ 'name' => true, 'population' => true, '_id' => false ]
 );
 
 foreach( $r as $res )
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/query.xml b/slides/mongodb/query.xml
index ddb0e2a..b0c81fe 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/query.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/query.xml
@@ -7,13 +7,11 @@ $m = new MongoClient();
 $record = $m->demo->talks->findOne();
 
 // Search on the _id field being 'derickr'
-$record = $m->demo->talks->findOne( array( '_id' => 'derickr' ) );
+$record = $m->demo->talks->findOne( [ '_id' => 'derickr' ] );
 
 // Search on the 'talks' embedded document's 'title' field
 $record = $m->demo->talks->findOne(
-  array(
-    'talks.title' => 'Xdebug'
-  )
+  [ 'talks.title' => 'Xdebug' ]
 );
 ?>]]></example>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/query2.xml b/slides/mongodb/query2.xml
index 0e00b90..a46879f 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/query2.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/query2.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ $m = new MongoClient();
 
 // Find with 'projection'
 $record = $m->demo->talks->findOne(
-  array( 'talks.title' => 'Xdebug' ),
-  array( 'name' => 1, 'talks.url' => 1 )
+  [ 'talks.title' => 'Xdebug' ],
+  [ 'name' => 1, 'talks.url' => 1 ]
 );
 ?>]]></example>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/read-preference.xml b/slides/mongodb/read-preference.xml
index 7d7b86d..80b84b6 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/read-preference.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/read-preference.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ $c->find(...);
 <example result="0"><![CDATA[<?php
 $m = new MongoClient( 'mongodb://localhost:13000/?replicaSet=poiset' );
 $c = $m->phpunit->test;
-$c->setReadPreference( Mongo::RP_SECONDARY, array( 'dc' => 'europe' ) );
+$c->setReadPreference( Mongo::RP_SECONDARY, [ 'dc' => 'europe' ] );
 $c->find(...);
 ?>]]></example>
 
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/repl-tagging-example.xml b/slides/mongodb/repl-tagging-example.xml
index 9063b31..f9b0e7a 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/repl-tagging-example.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/repl-tagging-example.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
 
 <blurb>From PHP, enforce the write tags by:</blurb>
 <example><![CDATA[
-$c->insert( array( … ), array( 'safe' => 'allUses' ) );
+$c->insert( [ … ], [ 'safe' => 'allUses' ] );
 ]]></example>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/safe.xml b/slides/mongodb/safe.xml
index 57551f8..bf90173 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/safe.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/safe.xml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ $m = new MongoClient;
 $c = $m->demo->talks;
 
 try {
-	$c->insert( array( '_id' => 'derickr' ) );
-	$c->insert( array( '_id' => 'derickr' ) );
+	$c->insert( [ '_id' => 'derickr' ] );
+	$c->insert( [ '_id' => 'derickr' ] );
 } catch ( Exception $e ) {
     echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
 }
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ try {
 $m = new MongoClient('mongodb://localhost/?w=0');
 $c = $m->demo->talks;
 
-$c->insert( array( '_id' => 'derickr' ) );
-$c->insert( array( '_id' => 'derickr' ) );
+$c->insert( [ '_id' => 'derickr' ] );
+$c->insert( [ '_id' => 'derickr' ] );
 ?>]]></example>
 </div>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/safe2.xml b/slides/mongodb/safe2.xml
index 275a2dc..fffbb79 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/safe2.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/safe2.xml
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 <blurb>Safeness levels:</blurb>
 <list>
-	<bullet>Confirm change recorded in memory: %array( 'w' => 1 );%</bullet>
-	<bullet>Confirm inclusion in journal: %array( 'j' => true );%</bullet>
-	<bullet>Confirm committed to disk: %array( 'fsync' => true );%</bullet>
-	<bullet>Confirm replication: %array( 'w' => 2 );%</bullet>
+	<bullet>Confirm change recorded in memory: %[ 'w' => 1 ];%</bullet>
+	<bullet>Confirm inclusion in journal: %[ 'j' => true ];%</bullet>
+	<bullet>Confirm committed to disk: %[ 'fsync' => true ];%</bullet>
+	<bullet>Confirm replication: %[ 'w' => 2 ];%</bullet>
 </list>
 
 <example result="1"><![CDATA[<?php
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ $m = new Mongo();
 $c = $m->demo->talks;
 
 $c->insert(
-    array( '_id' => 'mongodb' ),      // document
-    array( 'safe' => true, 'w' => 2 ) // options
+    [ '_id' => 'mongodb' ],      // document
+    [ 'safe' => true, 'w' => 2 ] // options
 );
 ?>]]></example>
 
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/safe3.xml b/slides/mongodb/safe3.xml
index b34f6f4..41bb76b 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/safe3.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/safe3.xml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 $m = new MongoClient( 'mongodb://localhost:13000/?replSet=seta&w=2' );
 $c = $m->demo->talks;
 
-$c->insert( array( '_id' => 'mongodb' ) );
-$c->insert( array( '_id' => 'mongodb' ) );
+$c->insert( [ '_id' => 'mongodb' ] );
+$c->insert( [ '_id' => 'mongodb' ] );
 ?>]]></example>
 
 <list>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/sort.xml b/slides/mongodb/sort.xml
index 749ed37..ebc1525 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/sort.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/sort.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 $m = new MongoClient();
 $c = $m->demo->cities;
 
-$cursor = $c->find( array( 'country_code' => 'IS' ) )
-            ->sort( array( 'name' => -1 ) );
+$cursor = $c->find( [ 'country_code' => 'IS' ] )
+            ->sort( [ 'name' => -1 ] );
 
 foreach ( $cursor as $r ) {
     var_dump( $r['name'] );
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/update-modifiers.xml b/slides/mongodb/update-modifiers.xml
index 2473d87..4f8f48d 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/update-modifiers.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/update-modifiers.xml
@@ -6,21 +6,21 @@ $m = new MongoClient;
 $c = $m->demo->presentations;
 $c->remove();
 
-$c->insert( array(
+$c->insert( [
   '_id' => 'mongo-tut-zendcon12',
   'name' => 'Hands-On MongoDB'
-) );
+] );
 
 $c->update(
-  array( 'name' => 'Hands-On MongoDB' ), // criteria
-  array( '$set' => array( 'lastviewed' => time() ) ) // modifiers
+  [ 'name' => 'Hands-On MongoDB' ], // criteria
+  [ '$set' => [ 'lastviewed' => time() ] ] // modifiers
 );
 
 /* document is now:
-array(
+[
   '_id' => 'mongo-tut-zendcon12',
   'name' => 'Hands-On MongoDB'
   'lastviewed' => 1350296073,
-) */
+] */
 ?>]]></example>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/update-modifiers3.xml b/slides/mongodb/update-modifiers3.xml
index 83ea373..dc1a9db 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/update-modifiers3.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/update-modifiers3.xml
@@ -11,14 +11,12 @@
 <example result="1"><![CDATA[<?php
 $m = new MongoClient;
 $c = $m->demo->circus; $c->remove();
-$c->insert( array( '_id' => 'circ5', 'name' => 'Funny Led' ) );
+$c->insert( [ '_id' => 'circ5', 'name' => 'Funny Led' ] );
 
 $c->update(
-    array( '_id' => 'circ5' ),
-    array( '$push' => array(
-       'elephpants' => array( 'name' => 'Bobo', 'year' => 2012 ) )
-    )
+    [ '_id' => 'circ5' ],
+    [ '$push' => [ 'elephpants' => [ 'name' => 'Bobo', 'year' => 2012 ] ] ]
 );
-var_dump( $c->findOne( array( 'name' => 'Funny Led' ), array( 'elephpants' => true ) ) );
+var_dump( $c->findOne( [ 'name' => 'Funny Led' ], [ 'elephpants' => true ] ) );
 ?>]]></example>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/update-modifiers4.xml b/slides/mongodb/update-modifiers4.xml
index d9cbb35..49dd7ed 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/update-modifiers4.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/update-modifiers4.xml
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ $m = new MongoClient;
 $c = $m->demo->bits;
 $c->remove();
 
-$c->insert( array( 'bitmask' => 0b1001 ) );
+$c->insert( [ 'bitmask' => 0b1001 ] );
 echo decbin( $c->findOne()['bitmask'] ), "\n";
 
-$c->update( array(), array( '$bit' => array( 'bitmask' => array( 'and' => 0b0101 ) ) ) );
+$c->update( [], [ '$bit' => [ 'bitmask' => [ 'and' => 0b0101 ] ] ] );
 echo decbin( $c->findOne()['bitmask'] ), "\n";
 
-$c->update( array(), array( '$bit' => array( 'bitmask' => array( 'or' => 0b10100 ) ) ) );
+$c->update( [], [ '$bit' => [ 'bitmask' => [ 'or' => 0b10100 ] ] ] );
 echo decbin( $c->findOne()['bitmask'] ), "\n";
 
 // this is not in yet ;-)
-$c->update( array(), array( '$bit' => array( 'bitmask' => array( 'xor' => 0b01110 ) ) ) );
+$c->update( [], [ '$bit' => [ 'bitmask' => [ 'xor' => 0b01110 ] ] ] );
 echo decbin( $c->findOne()['bitmask'] ), "\n";
 ?>]]></example>
 </slide>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/update.xml b/slides/mongodb/update.xml
index bec578c..3206eee 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/update.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/update.xml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ $m = new MongoClient;
 $c = $m->demo->elephpants;
 $c->remove();
 
-$c->insert( array( '_id' => 'e42', 'name' => 'Kamubpo' ) );
-var_dump( $c->findOne( array( '_id' => 'e42' ) ) );
+$c->insert( [ '_id' => 'e42', 'name' => 'Kamubpo' ] );
+var_dump( $c->findOne( [ '_id' => 'e42' ] ) );
 
-$c->update( array( '_id' => 'e42' ), array( 'name' => 'Bo Tat' ) );
-var_dump( $c->findOne( array( '_id' => 'e42' ) ) );
+$c->update( [ '_id' => 'e42' ], [ 'name' => 'Bo Tat' ] );
+var_dump( $c->findOne( [ '_id' => 'e42' ] ) );
 
-$c->update( array( 'name' => 'Bo Tat' ), array( 'age' => '17' ) );
-var_dump( $c->findOne( array( '_id' => 'e42' ) ) );
+$c->update( [ 'name' => 'Bo Tat' ], [ 'age' => '17' ] );
+var_dump( $c->findOne( [ '_id' => 'e42' ] ) );
 ?>]]></example>
 
 <blurb>update() replaces the document matching criteria entirely with a new object.</blurb>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/update2.xml b/slides/mongodb/update2.xml
index dcacc5f..bf67d33 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/update2.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/update2.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ $m = new MongoClient;
 $c = $m->demo->elephpants;
 $c->drop();
 
-$c->insert( array( '_id' => 'e42', 'name' => 'Kamubpo', 'age' => 17 ) );
-$c->insert( array( '_id' => 'e43', 'name' => 'Denali', 'age' => 17 ) );
+$c->insert( [ '_id' => 'e42', 'name' => 'Kamubpo', 'age' => 17 ] );
+$c->insert( [ '_id' => 'e43', 'name' => 'Denali', 'age' => 17 ] );
 
-$c->update( array( 'age' => 17 ), array( '$inc' => array( 'age' => 1 ) ) );
+$c->update( [ 'age' => 17 ], [ '$inc' => [ 'age' => 1 ] ] );
 
 var_dump( iterator_to_array( $c->find() ) );
 ?>]]></example>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/upsert.xml b/slides/mongodb/upsert.xml
index 701e1f4..bee2ceb 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/upsert.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/upsert.xml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ $c = $m->demo->elephpants; $c->drop();
 function birthDay( $c, $name )
 {
     $c->update(
-        array( 'name' => $name ),                 // criteria
-        array( '$inc' => array( 'age' => 1 ) ),   // update spec
-        array( 'upsert' => true )                 // options
+        [ 'name' => $name ],            // criteria
+        [ '$inc' => [ 'age' => 1 ] ],   // update spec
+        [ 'upsert' => true ]            // options
     );
-    echo $c->findOne( array( 'name' => 'Santon' ) )['age'], "\n";
+    echo $c->findOne( [ 'name' => 'Santon' ] )['age'], "\n";
 }
 
 birthDay( $c, 'Santon' );
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/write-import-script-result.xml b/slides/mongodb/write-import-script-result.xml
index 08da078..11266e0 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/write-import-script-result.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/write-import-script-result.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ $d = $m->demo->poi;
 $d->drop();
 
 // 3 ADD: Create an index on "name" and a "2d" index on "loc"
-$d->ensureIndex( array( 'loc' => '2d' ) );
-$d->ensureIndex( array( 'name' => 1 ) );
+$d->ensureIndex( [ 'loc' => '2d' ] );
+$d->ensureIndex( [ 'name' => 1 ] );
 
 var_dump($d->getIndexInfo());
 ]]></example>
diff --git a/slides/mongodb/write-import-script2.xml b/slides/mongodb/write-import-script2.xml
index 4e97689..251b506 100644
--- a/slides/mongodb/write-import-script2.xml
+++ b/slides/mongodb/write-import-script2.xml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 </list>
 <example><![CDATA[<?php
 // 1 ADD: Indexes for the tags
-$d->ensureIndex( array( 'tags_indexed' => 1 ) );
-$d->ensureIndex( array( 'tags_indexed.k' => 1, 'tags_indexed.v' => 1 ) );
+$d->ensureIndex( [ 'tags_indexed' => 1 ] );
+$d->ensureIndex( [ 'tags_indexed.k' => 1, 'tags_indexed.v' => 1 ] );
 
 var_dump($d->getIndexInfo());
 ]]></example>