diff --git a/wire/core/PWGIF.php b/wire/core/PWGIF.php
index b74d5cc4..e2026dc9 100644
--- a/wire/core/PWGIF.php
+++ b/wire/core/PWGIF.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class PWGIFLZW {
 	}
 	function LZWCommand(&$data, $bInit) {
 		if($bInit) {
-			$this->SetCodeSize = ord($data{0});
+			$this->SetCodeSize = ord($data[0]);
 			$data = substr($data, 1);
 			$this->CodeSize	= $this->SetCodeSize + 1;
 			$this->ClearCode   = 1 << $this->SetCodeSize;
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ class PWGIFLZW {
 			}
 			$this->Buf[0] = $this->Buf[$this->LastByte - 2];
 			$this->Buf[1] = $this->Buf[$this->LastByte - 1];
-			$Count = ord($data{0});
+			$Count = ord($data[0]);
 			$data  = substr($data, 1);
 			if($Count) {
 				for($i = 0; $i < $Count; $i++) {
-					$this->Buf[2 + $i] = ord($data{$i});
+					$this->Buf[2 + $i] = ord($data[$i]);
 				}
 				$data = substr($data, $Count);
 			} else {
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class PWGIFCOLORTABLE {
 				return false;
 			}
 			if($this->extended) {
-				$this->m_arColors[] = (ord($rgb{2}) << 16) + (ord($rgb{1}) << 8) + ord($rgb{0});
+				$this->m_arColors[] = (ord($rgb[2]) << 16) + (ord($rgb[1]) << 8) + ord($rgb[0]);
 			}
 			$this->m_nColors++;
 		}
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ class PWGIFIMAGEHEADER {
 		if(!$this->m_nWidth || !$this->m_nHeight) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		$b = ord($lpData{8});
+		$b = ord($lpData[8]);
 		$this->m_bLocalClr  = ($b & 0x80) ? true : false;
 		$this->m_bInterlace = ($b & 0x40) ? true : false;
 		$this->m_bSorted	= ($b & 0x20) ? true : false;
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ class PWGIFIMAGE {
 	public function load($data, &$datLen) {
 		$datLen = 0;
 		while(true) {
-			$b = ord($data{0});
+			$b = ord($data[0]);
 			$data = substr($data, 1);
 			$datLen++;
 			switch($b) {
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ class PWGIFIMAGE {
 	}
 	function skipExt(&$data, &$extLen) {
 		$extLen = 0;
-		$b = ord($data{0});
+		$b = ord($data[0]);
 		$data = substr($data, 1);
 		$extLen++;
 		switch($b) {
@@ -409,10 +409,10 @@ class PWGIFIMAGE {
 				$this->m_bUser  = ($b & 0x02) ? true : false;
 				$this->m_bTrans = ($b & 0x01) ? true : false;
 				$this->m_nDelay = $this->w2i(substr($data, 2, 2));
-				$this->m_nTrans = ord($data{4});
+				$this->m_nTrans = ord($data[4]);
 				break;
 			case 0xFE: // Comment
-				$this->m_lpComm = substr($data, 1, ord($data{0}));
+				$this->m_lpComm = substr($data, 1, ord($data[0]));
 				break;
 			case 0x01: // Plain text
 				break;
@@ -420,13 +420,13 @@ class PWGIFIMAGE {
 				break;
 		}
 		// SKIP DEFAULT AS DEFS MAY CHANGE
-		$b = ord($data{0});
+		$b = ord($data[0]);
 		$data = substr($data, 1);
 		$extLen++;
 		while($b > 0) {
 			$data = substr($data, $b);
 			$extLen += $b;
-			$b	= ord($data{0});
+			$b	= ord($data[0]);
 			$data = substr($data, 1);
 			$extLen++;
 		}
diff --git a/wire/core/PageTraversal.php b/wire/core/PageTraversal.php
index 9906d15a..3829c156 100644
--- a/wire/core/PageTraversal.php
+++ b/wire/core/PageTraversal.php
@@ -429,12 +429,16 @@ class PageTraversal {
 			
 		} else {
 			$row = reset($rows);
-			$result = $pages->getById(array($row['id']), array(
-				'template' => $page->wire('templates')->get($row['templates_id']),
-				'parent_id' => $row['parent_id'],
-				'getOne' => true,
-				'cache' => $page->loaderCache
-			));
+			if($row && !empty($row['id'])) {
+				$result = $pages->getById(array($row['id']), array(
+					'template' => $page->wire('templates')->get($row['templates_id']),
+					'parent_id' => $row['parent_id'],
+					'getOne' => true,
+					'cache' => $page->loaderCache
+				));
+			} else {
+				$result = $pages->newNullPage();
+			}
 		}
 		
 		return $result;