diff --git a/app/Helpers/Attachments/AttachmentHelper.php b/app/Helpers/Attachments/AttachmentHelper.php
index 7e2cdaef77..7ef3ce9a05 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/Attachments/AttachmentHelper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/Attachments/AttachmentHelper.php
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class AttachmentHelper implements AttachmentHelperInterface
             return false; // @codeCoverageIgnore
         }
         Log::debug(sprintf('Now in saveAttachmentsForModel for model %s', get_class($model)));
-        if (\is_array($files)) {
+        if (is_array($files)) {
             Log::debug('$files is an array.');
             /** @var UploadedFile $entry */
             foreach ($files as $entry) {
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class AttachmentHelper implements AttachmentHelperInterface
             }
             Log::debug('Done processing uploads.');
         }
-        if (!\is_array($files) || (\is_array($files) && 0 === count($files))) {
+        if (!is_array($files) || (is_array($files) && 0 === count($files))) {
             Log::debug('Array of files is not an array. Probably nothing uploaded. Will not store attachments.');
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Json/IntroController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Json/IntroController.php
index acd0dcb637..3d43810b4d 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Json/IntroController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Json/IntroController.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class IntroController
         $routeKey = str_replace('.', '_', $route);
         Log::debug(sprintf('Has outro step for route %s', $routeKey));
         $elements = config(sprintf('intro.%s', $routeKey));
-        if (!\is_array($elements)) {
+        if (!is_array($elements)) {
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/PreferencesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/PreferencesController.php
index 00d98419a0..e4238c03c0 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/PreferencesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/PreferencesController.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class PreferencesController extends Controller
     {
         // front page accounts
         $frontPageAccounts = [];
-        if (\is_array($request->get('frontPageAccounts')) && count($request->get('frontPageAccounts')) > 0) {
+        if (is_array($request->get('frontPageAccounts')) && count($request->get('frontPageAccounts')) > 0) {
             foreach ($request->get('frontPageAccounts') as $id) {
                 $frontPageAccounts[] = (int)$id;
             }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Rule/IndexController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Rule/IndexController.php
index 13a6d21978..53831990c1 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Rule/IndexController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Rule/IndexController.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class IndexController extends Controller
     public function reorderRuleActions(Request $request, Rule $rule): JsonResponse
     {
         $ids = $request->get('actions');
-        if (\is_array($ids)) {
+        if (is_array($ids)) {
             $this->ruleRepos->reorderRuleActions($rule, $ids);
         }
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class IndexController extends Controller
     public function reorderRuleTriggers(Request $request, Rule $rule): JsonResponse
     {
         $ids = $request->get('triggers');
-        if (\is_array($ids)) {
+        if (is_array($ids)) {
             $this->ruleRepos->reorderRuleTriggers($rule, $ids);
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/BulkController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/BulkController.php
index c4c28cdc83..a19012351d 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/BulkController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/BulkController.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class BulkController extends Controller
     public function update(BulkEditJournalRequest $request)
     {
         $journalIds     = $request->get('journals');
-        $journalIds     = \is_array($journalIds) ? $journalIds : [];
+        $journalIds     = is_array($journalIds) ? $journalIds : [];
         $ignoreCategory = 1 === (int)$request->get('ignore_category');
         $ignoreBudget   = 1 === (int)$request->get('ignore_budget');
         $ignoreTags     = 1 === (int)$request->get('ignore_tags');
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/MassController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/MassController.php
index 5c5fda5422..371794873f 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/MassController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/MassController.php
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class MassController extends Controller
     {
         $ids   = $request->get('confirm_mass_delete');
         $count = 0;
-        if (\is_array($ids)) {
+        if (is_array($ids)) {
             /** @var string $journalId */
             foreach ($ids as $journalId) {
                 /** @var TransactionJournal $journal */
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class MassController extends Controller
         throw new FireflyException('Needs refactor');
         $journalIds = $request->get('journals');
         $count      = 0;
-        if (\is_array($journalIds)) {
+        if (is_array($journalIds)) {
             foreach ($journalIds as $journalId) {
                 $journal = $repository->findNull((int)$journalId);
                 if (null !== $journal) {
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/ReconciliationStoreRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/ReconciliationStoreRequest.php
index 3e1fc096f9..67765f6728 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/ReconciliationStoreRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/ReconciliationStoreRequest.php
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ class ReconciliationStoreRequest extends Request
      */
     public function getAll(): array
     {
-        $transactions = $this->get('transactions');
-        if (!\is_array($transactions)) {
+        $transactions = $this->get('journals');
+        if (!is_array($transactions)) {
             $transactions = []; // @codeCoverageIgnore
         }
         $data = [
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class ReconciliationStoreRequest extends Request
             'start_balance' => $this->string('startBalance'),
             'end_balance'   => $this->string('endBalance'),
             'difference'    => $this->string('difference'),
-            'transactions'  => $transactions,
+            'journals'  => $transactions,
             'reconcile'     => $this->string('reconcile'),
         ];
         Log::debug('In ReconciliationStoreRequest::getAll(). Will now return data.');
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class ReconciliationStoreRequest extends Request
             'startBalance' => 'numeric',
             'endBalance'   => 'numeric',
             'difference'   => 'required|numeric',
-            'transactions' => [new ValidTransactions],
+            'journals' => [new ValidJournals],
             'reconcile'    => 'required|in:create,nothing',
         ];
     }
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/ReportFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/ReportFormRequest.php
index a63dee1f99..1402033232 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/ReportFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/ReportFormRequest.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class ReportFormRequest extends Request
         $repository = app(AccountRepositoryInterface::class);
         $set        = $this->get('accounts');
         $collection = new Collection;
-        if (\is_array($set)) {
+        if (is_array($set)) {
             foreach ($set as $accountId) {
                 $account = $repository->findNull((int)$accountId);
                 if (null !== $account) {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class ReportFormRequest extends Request
         $repository = app(BudgetRepositoryInterface::class);
         $set        = $this->get('budget');
         $collection = new Collection;
-        if (\is_array($set)) {
+        if (is_array($set)) {
             foreach ($set as $budgetId) {
                 $budget = $repository->findNull((int)$budgetId);
                 if (null !== $budget) {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class ReportFormRequest extends Request
         $repository = app(CategoryRepositoryInterface::class);
         $set        = $this->get('category');
         $collection = new Collection;
-        if (\is_array($set)) {
+        if (is_array($set)) {
             foreach ($set as $categoryId) {
                 $category = $repository->findNull((int)$categoryId);
                 if (null !== $category) {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class ReportFormRequest extends Request
         $repository = app(AccountRepositoryInterface::class);
         $set        = $this->get('exp_rev');
         $collection = new Collection;
-        if (\is_array($set)) {
+        if (is_array($set)) {
             foreach ($set as $accountId) {
                 $account = $repository->findNull((int)$accountId);
                 if (null !== $account) {
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class ReportFormRequest extends Request
         $set        = $this->get('tag');
         $collection = new Collection;
         Log::debug('Set is:', $set ?? []);
-        if (\is_array($set)) {
+        if (is_array($set)) {
             foreach ($set as $tagTag) {
                 Log::debug(sprintf('Now searching for "%s"', $tagTag));
                 $tag = $repository->findByTag($tagTag);
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php
index 38e4ad8ac2..da90a90ba9 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class RuleFormRequest extends Request
     {
         $return     = [];
         $actionData = $this->get('actions');
-        if (\is_array($actionData)) {
+        if (is_array($actionData)) {
             foreach ($actionData as $action) {
                 $stopProcessing = $action['stop_processing'] ?? '0';
                 $return[]       = [
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class RuleFormRequest extends Request
     {
         $return      = [];
         $triggerData = $this->get('triggers');
-        if (\is_array($triggerData)) {
+        if (is_array($triggerData)) {
             foreach ($triggerData as $trigger) {
                 $stopProcessing = $trigger['stop_processing'] ?? '0';
                 $return[]       = [
diff --git a/app/Import/Specifics/AbnAmroDescription.php b/app/Import/Specifics/AbnAmroDescription.php
index 2c4296a119..058402d7d5 100644
--- a/app/Import/Specifics/AbnAmroDescription.php
+++ b/app/Import/Specifics/AbnAmroDescription.php
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class AbnAmroDescription implements SpecificInterface
             // SEPA plain descriptions contain several key-value pairs, split by a colon
             preg_match_all('/([A-Za-z]+(?=:\s)):\s([A-Za-z 0-9._#-]+(?=\s|$))/', $this->row[7], $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);
 
-            if (\is_array($matches)) {
+            if (is_array($matches)) {
                 foreach ($matches as $match) {
                     $key   = $match[1];
                     $value = trim($match[2]);
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class AbnAmroDescription implements SpecificInterface
 
             // Search for properties specified in the TRTP format. If no description
             // is provided, use the type, name and reference as new description
-            if (\is_array($matches)) {
+            if (is_array($matches)) {
                 foreach ($matches as $match) {
                     $key   = $match[1];
                     $value = trim($match[2]);
diff --git a/app/Repositories/ImportJob/ImportJobRepository.php b/app/Repositories/ImportJob/ImportJobRepository.php
index e2e9430caa..f393e9b7be 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/ImportJob/ImportJobRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/ImportJob/ImportJobRepository.php
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class ImportJobRepository implements ImportJobRepositoryInterface
     public function getExtendedStatus(ImportJob $job): array
     {
         $status = $job->extended_status;
-        if (\is_array($status)) {
+        if (is_array($status)) {
             return $status;
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php
index c16a27a98c..103b7d86c3 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Journal/JournalRepository.php
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ class JournalRepository implements JournalRepositoryInterface
 
         $value = $entry->data;
 
-        if (\is_array($value)) {
+        if (is_array($value)) {
             $return = implode(',', $value);
             $cache->store($return);
 
diff --git a/app/Services/Internal/Support/JournalServiceTrait.php b/app/Services/Internal/Support/JournalServiceTrait.php
index c866196aa2..8c50c460ab 100644
--- a/app/Services/Internal/Support/JournalServiceTrait.php
+++ b/app/Services/Internal/Support/JournalServiceTrait.php
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ trait JournalServiceTrait
     //        $factory = app(TagFactory::class);
     //        $factory->setUser($journal->user);
     //        $set = [];
-    //        if (!\is_array($data['tags'])) {
+    //        if (!is_array($data['tags'])) {
     //            return; // @codeCoverageIgnore
     //        }
     //        foreach ($data['tags'] as $string) {
diff --git a/app/Services/Spectre/Object/Account.php b/app/Services/Spectre/Object/Account.php
index e8069f99f1..5270360736 100644
--- a/app/Services/Spectre/Object/Account.php
+++ b/app/Services/Spectre/Object/Account.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class Account extends SpectreObject
         $this->nature       = $data['nature'];
         $this->createdAt    = new Carbon($data['created_at']);
         $this->updatedAt    = new Carbon($data['updated_at']);
-        $extraArray         = \is_array($data['extra']) ? $data['extra'] : [];
+        $extraArray         = is_array($data['extra']) ? $data['extra'] : [];
         foreach ($extraArray as $key => $value) {
             $this->extra[$key] = $value;
         }
diff --git a/app/Support/Http/Controllers/GetConfigurationData.php b/app/Support/Http/Controllers/GetConfigurationData.php
index 78872404de..291f828a5a 100644
--- a/app/Support/Http/Controllers/GetConfigurationData.php
+++ b/app/Support/Http/Controllers/GetConfigurationData.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ trait GetConfigurationData
         $routeKey = str_replace('.', '_', $route);
         $elements = config(sprintf('intro.%s', $routeKey));
         $steps    = [];
-        if (\is_array($elements) && count($elements) > 0) {
+        if (is_array($elements) && count($elements) > 0) {
             foreach ($elements as $key => $options) {
                 $currentStep = $options;
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ trait GetConfigurationData
         if ('' !== $specificPage) {
             $routeKey = str_replace('.', '_', $route);
             $elements = config(sprintf('intro.%s', $routeKey . '_' . $specificPage));
-            if (\is_array($elements) && count($elements) > 0) {
+            if (is_array($elements) && count($elements) > 0) {
                 foreach ($elements as $key => $options) {
                     $currentStep = $options;
 
diff --git a/app/Support/Http/Controllers/RequestInformation.php b/app/Support/Http/Controllers/RequestInformation.php
index db94115e7a..062d79f1fc 100644
--- a/app/Support/Http/Controllers/RequestInformation.php
+++ b/app/Support/Http/Controllers/RequestInformation.php
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ trait RequestInformation
     {
         $triggers = [];
         $data     = $request->get('triggers');
-        if (\is_array($data)) {
+        if (is_array($data)) {
             foreach ($data as $index => $triggerInfo) {
                 $triggers[] = [
                     'type'            => $triggerInfo['type'] ?? '',
diff --git a/app/Support/Http/Controllers/RuleManagement.php b/app/Support/Http/Controllers/RuleManagement.php
index 60851e30b3..5d500fcb73 100644
--- a/app/Support/Http/Controllers/RuleManagement.php
+++ b/app/Support/Http/Controllers/RuleManagement.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ trait RuleManagement
         $index    = 0;
         $triggers = [];
         $oldInput = $request->old('actions');
-        if (\is_array($oldInput)) {
+        if (is_array($oldInput)) {
             foreach ($oldInput as $oldAction) {
                 try {
                     $triggers[] = view(
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ trait RuleManagement
         $index    = 0;
         $triggers = [];
         $oldInput = $request->old('triggers');
-        if (\is_array($oldInput)) {
+        if (is_array($oldInput)) {
             foreach ($oldInput as $oldTrigger) {
                 try {
                     $triggers[] = view(
diff --git a/app/Support/Import/JobConfiguration/File/ConfigureMappingHandler.php b/app/Support/Import/JobConfiguration/File/ConfigureMappingHandler.php
index 5f22e4f010..de924873c8 100644
--- a/app/Support/Import/JobConfiguration/File/ConfigureMappingHandler.php
+++ b/app/Support/Import/JobConfiguration/File/ConfigureMappingHandler.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class ConfigureMappingHandler implements FileConfigurationInterface
     {
         $config = $this->importJob->configuration;
 
-        if (isset($data['mapping']) && \is_array($data['mapping'])) {
+        if (isset($data['mapping']) && is_array($data['mapping'])) {
             foreach ($data['mapping'] as $index => $array) {
                 $config['column-mapping-config'][$index] = [];
                 foreach ($array as $value => $mapId) {
diff --git a/app/Support/Import/JobConfiguration/File/ConfigureUploadHandler.php b/app/Support/Import/JobConfiguration/File/ConfigureUploadHandler.php
index 0c205ca4a2..473e6b9bfc 100644
--- a/app/Support/Import/JobConfiguration/File/ConfigureUploadHandler.php
+++ b/app/Support/Import/JobConfiguration/File/ConfigureUploadHandler.php
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class ConfigureUploadHandler implements FileConfigurationInterface
     {
         $return = [];
         // check if specifics given are correct:
-        if (isset($data['specifics']) && \is_array($data['specifics'])) {
+        if (isset($data['specifics']) && is_array($data['specifics'])) {
 
             foreach ($data['specifics'] as $name) {
                 // verify their content.
diff --git a/app/Support/Preferences.php b/app/Support/Preferences.php
index 98806823b6..c61aebf183 100644
--- a/app/Support/Preferences.php
+++ b/app/Support/Preferences.php
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class Preferences
         if (null !== $preference && null !== $preference->data) {
             $lastActivity = $preference->data;
         }
-        if (\is_array($lastActivity)) {
+        if (is_array($lastActivity)) {
             $lastActivity = implode(',', $lastActivity);
         }