Merge branch '0.9.x' of git://gitorious.org/statusnet/mainline into 0.9.x

actions/all.php

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class AllAction extends ProfileAction
         if (common_logged_in()) {
             $current_user = common_current_user();
             if ($this->user->id === $current_user->id) {
-                $message .= _('Try subscribing to more users, [join a group](%%action.groups%%) or post something yourself.');
+                $message .= _('Try subscribing to more people, [join a group](%%action.groups%%) or post something yourself.');
             } else {
                 $message .= sprintf(_('You can try to [nudge %s](../%s) from his profile or [post something to his or her attention](%%%%action.newnotice%%%%?status_textarea=%s).'), $this->user->nickname, $this->user->nickname, '@' . $this->user->nickname);
             }

actions/emailsettings.php

@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ class EmailsettingsAction extends AccountSettingsAction
 
         if (!$user->updateKeys($orig)) {
             common_log_db_error($user, 'UPDATE', __FILE__);
-            $this->serverError(_("Could not update user record."));
+            $this->serverError(_("Couldn't update user record."));
         }
 
         $this->showForm(_('Incoming email address removed.'), true);
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ class EmailsettingsAction extends AccountSettingsAction
 
         if (!$user->updateKeys($orig)) {
             common_log_db_error($user, 'UPDATE', __FILE__);
-            $this->serverError(_("Could not update user record."));
+            $this->serverError(_("Couldn't update user record."));
         }
 
         $this->showForm(_('New incoming email address added.'), true);

actions/foaf.php

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class FoafAction extends Action
         $person = $this->showMicrobloggingAccount($this->profile,
                                      common_root_url(), $this->user->uri, false);
 
-        // Get users who subscribe to user
+        // Get people who subscribe to user
 
         $sub = new Subscription();
         $sub->subscribed = $this->profile->id;
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class FoafAction extends Action
         if ($isSubscriber) {
              $this->element('sioc:follows', array('rdf:resource'=>$this->user->uri . '#acct'));
         } else {
-            // Get users user is subscribed to
+            // Get people user is subscribed to
             $sub = new Subscription();
             $sub->subscriber = $profile->id;
             $sub->whereAdd('subscriber != subscribed');

actions/groups.php

@@ -88,12 +88,11 @@ class GroupsAction extends Action
     {
         $notice =
           sprintf(_('%%%%site.name%%%% groups let you find and talk with ' .
-                    'users of similar interests. After you join a group ' .
+                    'people of similar interests. After you join a group ' .
                     'you can send messages to all other members using the ' .
-                    'syntax "!groupname". Are you not seeing any groups ' .
+                    'syntax "!groupname". Don\'t see a group you like? Try ' .
-                    'you like? Try ' .
                     '[searching for one](%%%%action.groupsearch%%%%) or ' .
-                    '[start your own](%%%%action.newgroup%%%%)!'));
+                    '[start your own!](%%%%action.newgroup%%%%)'));
         $this->elementStart('div', 'instructions');
         $this->raw(common_markup_to_html($notice));
         $this->elementEnd('div');

actions/imsettings.php

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ImsettingsAction extends ConnectSettingsAction
     {
         return _('You can send and receive notices through '.
                  'Jabber/GTalk [instant messages](%%doc.im%%). '.
-                 'Configure your instant messages address and settings below.');
+                 'Configure your address and settings below.');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class ImsettingsAction extends ConnectSettingsAction
                                           'action' =>
                                           common_local_url('imsettings')));
         $this->elementStart('fieldset', array('id' => 'settings_im_address'));
-        $this->element('legend', null, _('IM address'));
+        $this->element('legend', null, _('Address'));
         $this->hidden('token', common_session_token());
 
         if ($user->jabber) {
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class ImsettingsAction extends ConnectSettingsAction
             if ($confirm) {
                 $this->element('p', 'form_unconfirmed', $confirm->address);
                 $this->element('p', 'form_note',
-                               sprintf(_('Awaiting confirmation on this IM address. '.
+                               sprintf(_('Awaiting confirmation on this address. '.
                                          'Check your Jabber/GTalk account for a '.
                                          'message with further instructions. '.
                                          '(Did you add %s to your buddy list?)'),
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class ImsettingsAction extends ConnectSettingsAction
         $this->elementStart('li');
         $this->checkbox('jabberreplies',
                         _('Send me replies through Jabber/GTalk '.
-                          'from users I am not subscribed to.'),
+                          'from people I\'m not subscribed to.'),
                         $user->jabberreplies);
         $this->elementEnd('li');
         $this->elementStart('li');

actions/invite.php

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class InviteAction extends CurrentUserDesignAction
             $this->elementEnd('ul');
         }
         if ($this->subbed) {
-            $this->element('p', null, _('These are already users and you were automatically subscribed to them:'));
+            $this->element('p', null, _('These people are already users and you were automatically subscribed to them:'));
             $this->elementStart('ul');
             foreach ($this->subbed as $other) {
                 $this->element('li', null, sprintf(_('%s (%s)'), $other->nickname, $other->email));
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class InviteAction extends CurrentUserDesignAction
             $this->elementEnd('ul');
         }
         if ($this->sent) {
-            $this->element('p', null, _('Invitation(s) sent to the following e-mail addresses:'));
+            $this->element('p', null, _('Invitation(s) sent to the following people:'));
             $this->elementStart('ul');
             foreach ($this->sent as $other) {
                 $this->element('li', null, $other);
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@ class InviteAction extends CurrentUserDesignAction
         $headers['Subject'] = sprintf(_('%1$s has invited you to join them on %2$s'), $bestname, $sitename);
 
         $body = sprintf(_("%1\$s has invited you to join them on %2\$s (%3\$s).\n\n".
-                          "%2\$s is a micro-blogging service that lets you keep up-to-date with those you know and those who interest you.\n\n".
+                          "%2\$s is a micro-blogging service that lets you keep up-to-date with people you know and people who interest you.\n\n".
-                          "You can also share news about yourself, your thoughts, or your life online with users who know about you. ".
+                          "You can also share news about yourself, your thoughts, or your life online with people who know about you. ".
-                          "It is also great for meeting others who share your interests.\n\n".
+                          "It's also great for meeting new people who share your interests.\n\n".
                           "%1\$s said:\n\n%4\$s\n\n".
                           "You can see %1\$s's profile page on %2\$s here:\n\n".
                           "%5\$s\n\n".

actions/noticesearch.php

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/searchaction.php';
  * @author   Robin Millette <millette@status.net>
  * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl.html AGPLv3
  * @link     http://status.net/
- * @todo     common parent for user and content search?
+ * @todo     common parent for people and content search?
  */
 class NoticesearchAction extends SearchAction
 {

actions/opensearch.php

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class OpensearchAction extends Action
         $short_name = '';
         if ($type == 'people') {
             $type       = 'peoplesearch';
-            $short_name = _('User Search');
+            $short_name = _('People Search');
         } else {
             $type       = 'noticesearch';
             $short_name = _('Notice Search');

actions/peoplesearch.php

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class PeoplesearchAction extends SearchAction
 {
     function getInstructions()
     {
-        return _('Search for users on %%site.name%% by their name, location, or interests. ' .
+        return _('Search for people on %%site.name%% by their name, location, or interests. ' .
                   'Separate the terms by spaces; they must be 3 characters or more.');
     }
 

actions/peopletag.php

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class PeopletagAction extends Action
         $this->tag = $this->trimmed('tag');
 
         if (!common_valid_profile_tag($this->tag)) {
-            $this->clientError(sprintf(_('Not a valid user tag: %s'),
+            $this->clientError(sprintf(_('Not a valid people tag: %s'),
                 $this->tag));
             return;
         }

actions/profilesettings.php

@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ class ProfilesettingsAction extends AccountSettingsAction
 
     function getInstructions()
     {
-        return _('You can update your personal profile info here ' .
+        return _('You can update your personal profile info here '.
-                  'so readers know more about you.');
+                  'so people know more about you.');
     }
 
     function showScripts()

actions/register.php

@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ class RegisterAction extends Action
         }
 
         if (common_config('site', 'inviteonly') && empty($this->code)) {
-            $this->clientError(_('Sorry. Only those invited can register.'));
+            $this->clientError(_('Sorry, only invited people can register.'));
             return false;
         }
 
         if (!empty($this->code)) {
             $this->invite = Invitation::staticGet('code', $this->code);
             if (empty($this->invite)) {
-                $this->clientError(_('Sorry. This is an invalid invitation code.'));
+                $this->clientError(_('Sorry, invalid invitation code.'));
                 return false;
             }
             // Store this in case we need it
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class RegisterAction extends Action
             }
 
             if (common_config('site', 'inviteonly') && !($code && $invite)) {
-                $this->clientError(_('Sorry. Only those invited can register.'));
+                $this->clientError(_('Sorry, only invited people can register.'));
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ class RegisterAction extends Action
         }
 
         if (common_config('site', 'inviteonly') && !($code && $invite)) {
-            $this->clientError(_('Sorry. Only those invited can register.'));
+            $this->clientError(_('Sorry, only invited people can register.'));
             return;
         }
 
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ class RegisterAction extends Action
                            '(%%%%action.imsettings%%%%) '.
                            'so you can send notices '.
                            'through instant messages.' . "\n" .
-                           '* [Search for users](%%%%action.peoplesearch%%%%) '.
+                           '* [Search for people](%%%%action.peoplesearch%%%%) '.
                            'that you may know or '.
                            'that share your interests. ' . "\n" .
                            '* Update your [profile settings]'.

actions/replies.php

@@ -195,12 +195,12 @@ class RepliesAction extends OwnerDesignAction
 
     function showEmptyListMessage()
     {
-        $message = sprintf(_('This is the timeline showing replies to %s but %s has not received a notice to his attention yet.'), $this->user->nickname, $this->user->nickname) . ' ';
+        $message = sprintf(_('This is the timeline showing replies to %s but %s hasn\'t received a notice to his attention yet.'), $this->user->nickname, $this->user->nickname) . ' ';
 
         if (common_logged_in()) {
             $current_user = common_current_user();
             if ($this->user->id === $current_user->id) {
-                $message .= _('You can engage other users in a conversation, subscribe to more users or [join groups](%%action.groups%%).');
+                $message .= _('You can engage other users in a conversation, subscribe to more people or [join groups](%%action.groups%%).');
             } else {
                 $message .= sprintf(_('You can try to [nudge %s](../%s) or [post something to his or her attention](%%%%action.newnotice%%%%?status_textarea=%s).'), $this->user->nickname, $this->user->nickname, '@' . $this->user->nickname);
             }

actions/smssettings.php

@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ class SmssettingsAction extends ConnectSettingsAction
 
         if (!$user->updateKeys($orig)) {
             common_log_db_error($user, 'UPDATE', __FILE__);
-            $this->serverError(_("Could not update user record."));
+            $this->serverError(_("Couldn't update user record."));
         }
 
         $this->showForm(_('Incoming email address removed.'), true);

actions/subscribers.php

@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ class SubscribersAction extends GalleryAction
         $user =& common_current_user();
         if ($user && ($user->id == $this->profile->id)) {
             $this->element('p', null,
-                           _('These are the users who have subscribed to '.
+                           _('These are the people who listen to '.
                              'your notices.'));
         } else {
             $this->element('p', null,
-                           sprintf(_('These are the users who '.
+                           sprintf(_('These are the people who '.
-                                     'have subscribed to %s\'s notices.'),
+                                     'listen to %s\'s notices.'),
                                    $this->profile->nickname));
         }
     }
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class SubscribersAction extends GalleryAction
         if (common_logged_in()) {
             $current_user = common_current_user();
             if ($this->user->id === $current_user->id) {
-                $message = _('You have no subscribers. Try subscribing to users you know and they might return the favor');
+                $message = _('You have no subscribers. Try subscribing to people you know and they might return the favor');
             } else {
                 $message = sprintf(_('%s has no subscribers. Want to be the first?'), $this->user->nickname);
             }

actions/subscriptions.php

@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ class SubscriptionsAction extends GalleryAction
         $user =& common_current_user();
         if ($user && ($user->id == $this->profile->id)) {
             $this->element('p', null,
-                           _('These are the users whose notices '.
+                           _('These are the people whose notices '.
-                             'you have subscribed to.'));
+                             'you listen to.'));
         } else {
             $this->element('p', null,
-                           sprintf(_('These are the users whose '.
+                           sprintf(_('These are the people whose '.
-                                     'notices %s has subscribed to.'),
+                                     'notices %s listens to.'),
                                    $this->profile->nickname));
         }
     }
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class SubscriptionsAction extends GalleryAction
         if (common_logged_in()) {
             $current_user = common_current_user();
             if ($this->user->id === $current_user->id) {
-                $message = _('You have not subscribed to anyone\'s notices right now. Try subscribing to users you know. Try [user search](%%action.peoplesearch%%), look for members in groups you\'re interested in and in our [featured users](%%action.featured%%). If you are a [Twitter user](%%action.twittersettings%%), you can automatically subscribe to users you already follow there.');
+                $message = _('You\'re not listening to anyone\'s notices right now, try subscribing to people you know. Try [people search](%%action.peoplesearch%%), look for members in groups you\'re interested in and in our [featured users](%%action.featured%%). If you\'re a [Twitter user](%%action.twittersettings%%), you can automatically subscribe to people you already follow there.');
             } else {
                 $message = sprintf(_('%s is not listening to anyone.'), $this->user->nickname);
             }

actions/tagother.php

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class TagotherAction extends Action
             !Subscription::pkeyGet(array('subscriber' => $this->profile->id,
                                          'subscribed' => $user->id)))
         {
-            $this->clientError(_('You can only tag users you are subscribed to or who are subscribed to you.'));
+            $this->clientError(_('You can only tag people you are subscribed to or who are subscribed to you.'));
             return;
         }
 

classes/File.php

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class File extends Memcached_DataObject
                 } elseif (is_string($redir_data)) {
                     $redir_url = $redir_data;
                 } else {
-                    throw new ServerException("Cannot process url '$given_url'");
+                    throw new ServerException("Can't process url '$given_url'");
                 }
                 // TODO: max field length
                 if ($redir_url === $given_url || strlen($redir_url) > 255) {

classes/Notice.php

@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ class Notice extends Memcached_DataObject
             return Notice::getStreamDirect($qry, $offset, $limit, null, null, $order, null);
         }
 
-        # Get the cache; if we cannot, just go to the DB
+        # Get the cache; if we can't, just go to the DB
 
         $cache = common_memcache();
 
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ class Notice extends Memcached_DataObject
             }
         }
 
-        // If it's not a "low bandwidth" source (one where you cannot set
+        // If it's not a "low bandwidth" source (one where you can't set
         // a reply_to argument), we return. This is mostly web and API
         // clients.
 

extlib/Auth/OpenID/Consumer.php

@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ class Auth_OpenID_GenericConsumer {
             }
         }
 
-        // Fragments do not influence discovery, so we cannot compare a
+        // Fragments do not influence discovery, so we can't compare a
         // claimed identifier with a fragment to discovered
         // information.
         list($defragged_claimed_id, $_) =

extlib/Auth/OpenID/Discover.php

@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ function Auth_OpenID_discoverXRI($iname, &$fetcher)
 
 function Auth_OpenID_discover($uri, &$fetcher)
 {
-    // If the fetcher (i.e., PHP) doesn't support SSL, we cannot do
+    // If the fetcher (i.e., PHP) doesn't support SSL, we can't do
     // discovery on an HTTPS URL.
     if ($fetcher->isHTTPS($uri) && !$fetcher->supportsSSL()) {
         return array($uri, array());
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ function Auth_OpenID_discover($uri, &$fetcher)
         $result = Auth_OpenID_discoverURI($uri, $fetcher);
     }
 
-    // If the fetcher doesn't support SSL, we cannot interact with
+    // If the fetcher doesn't support SSL, we can't interact with
     // HTTPS server URLs; remove those endpoints from the list.
     if (!$fetcher->supportsSSL()) {
         $http_endpoints = array();

extlib/Auth/OpenID/FileStore.php

@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ class Auth_OpenID_FileStore extends Auth_OpenID_OpenIDStore {
 
             return true;
         } else {
-            // Could not open directory.
+            // Couldn't open directory.
             return false;
         }
     }

extlib/DB.php

@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ class DB_result
          * returning the total number of rows that would have been returned,
          * rather than the real number. As a result, we'll just do the limit
          * calculations for fbsql in the same way as a database with emulated
-         * limits. Unfortunately, we cannot just do this in DB_fbsql::numRows()
+         * limits. Unfortunately, we can't just do this in DB_fbsql::numRows()
          * because that only gets the result resource, rather than the full
          * DB_Result object. */
         if (($this->dbh->features['limit'] === 'emulate'

extlib/DB/DataObject/Generator.php

@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ class DB_DataObject_Generator extends DB_DataObject
                 echo "*****************************************************************\n".
                      "**               WARNING COLUMN NAME UNUSABLE                  **\n".
                      "** Found column '{$t->name}', of type  '{$t->type}'            **\n".
-                     "** Since this column name cannot be converted to a php variable **\n".
+                     "** Since this column name can't be converted to a php variable **\n".
                      "** name, and the whole idea of mapping would result in a mess  **\n".
                      "** This column has been ignored...                             **\n".
                      "*****************************************************************\n";
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ class DB_DataObject_Generator extends DB_DataObject
                 echo "*****************************************************************\n".
                      "**               WARNING COLUMN NAME UNUSABLE                  **\n".
                      "** Found column '{$t->name}', of type  '{$t->type}'            **\n".
-                     "** Since this column name cannot be converted to a php variable **\n".
+                     "** Since this column name can't be converted to a php variable **\n".
                      "** name, and the whole idea of mapping would result in a mess  **\n".
                      "** This column has been ignored...                             **\n".
                      "*****************************************************************\n";

extlib/DB/dbase.php

@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class DB_dbase extends DB_common
      * See DB_result::fetchInto() for more information.
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result    the query result resource
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class DB_dbase extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of columns in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ class DB_dbase extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of rows in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource

extlib/DB/fbsql.php

@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class DB_fbsql extends DB_common
      * See DB_result::fetchInto() for more information.
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result    the query result resource
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class DB_fbsql extends DB_common
      * Deletes the result set and frees the memory occupied by the result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::free() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::free() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ class DB_fbsql extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of columns in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ class DB_fbsql extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of rows in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource

extlib/DB/ibase.php

@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class DB_ibase extends DB_common
      * See DB_result::fetchInto() for more information.
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result    the query result resource
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ class DB_ibase extends DB_common
      * Deletes the result set and frees the memory occupied by the result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::free() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::free() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ class DB_ibase extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of columns in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource

extlib/DB/ifx.php

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class DB_ifx extends DB_common
     /**
      * The quantity of transactions begun
      *
-     * {@internal  While this is private, it cannot actually be designated
+     * {@internal  While this is private, it can't actually be designated
      * private in PHP 5 because it is directly accessed in the test suite.}}
      *
      * @var integer
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class DB_ifx extends DB_common
      * See DB_result::fetchInto() for more information.
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result    the query result resource
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class DB_ifx extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of columns in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ class DB_ifx extends DB_common
      * Deletes the result set and frees the memory occupied by the result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::free() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::free() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ class DB_ifx extends DB_common
      *
      * If analyzing a query result and the result has duplicate field names,
      * an error will be raised saying
-     * <samp>cannot distinguish duplicate field names</samp>.
+     * <samp>can't distinguish duplicate field names</samp>.
      *
      * @param object|string  $result  DB_result object from a query or a
      *                                 string containing the name of a table.
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ class DB_ifx extends DB_common
         $count = @ifx_num_fields($id);
 
         if (count($flds) != $count) {
-            return $this->raiseError("cannot distinguish duplicate field names");
+            return $this->raiseError("can't distinguish duplicate field names");
         }
 
         if ($this->options['portability'] & DB_PORTABILITY_LOWERCASE) {

extlib/DB/msql.php

@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class DB_msql extends DB_common
      * See DB_result::fetchInto() for more information.
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * PHP's mSQL extension did weird things with NULL values prior to PHP
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ class DB_msql extends DB_common
      * Deletes the result set and frees the memory occupied by the result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::free() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::free() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ class DB_msql extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of columns in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ class DB_msql extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of rows in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource

extlib/DB/mssql.php

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class DB_mssql extends DB_common
     /**
      * The quantity of transactions begun
      *
-     * {@internal  While this is private, it cannot actually be designated
+     * {@internal  While this is private, it can't actually be designated
      * private in PHP 5 because it is directly accessed in the test suite.}}
      *
      * @var integer
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ class DB_mssql extends DB_common
      * See DB_result::fetchInto() for more information.
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result    the query result resource
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ class DB_mssql extends DB_common
      * Deletes the result set and frees the memory occupied by the result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::free() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::free() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class DB_mssql extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of columns in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ class DB_mssql extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of rows in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource

extlib/DB/mysql.php

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class DB_mysql extends DB_common
     /**
      * The quantity of transactions begun
      *
-     * {@internal  While this is private, it cannot actually be designated
+     * {@internal  While this is private, it can't actually be designated
      * private in PHP 5 because it is directly accessed in the test suite.}}
      *
      * @var integer
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ class DB_mysql extends DB_common
      * See DB_result::fetchInto() for more information.
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result    the query result resource
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ class DB_mysql extends DB_common
      * Deletes the result set and frees the memory occupied by the result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::free() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::free() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ class DB_mysql extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of columns in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class DB_mysql extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of rows in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ class DB_mysql extends DB_common
             return $result;
         }
         if ($result == 0) {
-            // Failed to get the lock, cannot do the conversion, bail
+            // Failed to get the lock, can't do the conversion, bail
             // with a DB_ERROR_NOT_LOCKED error
             return $this->mysqlRaiseError(DB_ERROR_NOT_LOCKED);
         }
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ class DB_mysql extends DB_common
      * Quotes a string so it can be safely used as a table or column name
      * (WARNING: using names that require this is a REALLY BAD IDEA)
      *
-     * WARNING:  Older versions of MySQL cannot handle the backtick
+     * WARNING:  Older versions of MySQL can't handle the backtick
      * character (<kbd>`</kbd>) in table or column names.
      *
      * @param string $str  identifier name to be quoted

extlib/DB/mysqli.php

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class DB_mysqli extends DB_common
     /**
      * The quantity of transactions begun
      *
-     * {@internal  While this is private, it cannot actually be designated
+     * {@internal  While this is private, it can't actually be designated
      * private in PHP 5 because it is directly accessed in the test suite.}}
      *
      * @var integer
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ class DB_mysqli extends DB_common
      * See DB_result::fetchInto() for more information.
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result    the query result resource
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ class DB_mysqli extends DB_common
      * Deletes the result set and frees the memory occupied by the result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::free() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::free() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ class DB_mysqli extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of columns in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ class DB_mysqli extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of rows in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ class DB_mysqli extends DB_common
             return $result;
         }
         if ($result == 0) {
-            // Failed to get the lock, cannot do the conversion, bail
+            // Failed to get the lock, can't do the conversion, bail
             // with a DB_ERROR_NOT_LOCKED error
             return $this->mysqliRaiseError(DB_ERROR_NOT_LOCKED);
         }
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ class DB_mysqli extends DB_common
      * Quotes a string so it can be safely used as a table or column name
      * (WARNING: using names that require this is a REALLY BAD IDEA)
      *
-     * WARNING:  Older versions of MySQL cannot handle the backtick
+     * WARNING:  Older versions of MySQL can't handle the backtick
      * character (<kbd>`</kbd>) in table or column names.
      *
      * @param string $str  identifier name to be quoted

extlib/DB/oci8.php

@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class DB_oci8 extends DB_common
                                                    $char);
             $error = OCIError();
             if (!empty($error) && $error['code'] == 12541) {
-                // Could not find TNS listener.  Try direct connection.
+                // Couldn't find TNS listener.  Try direct connection.
                 $this->connection = @$connect_function($dsn['username'],
                                                        $dsn['password'],
                                                        null,
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ class DB_oci8 extends DB_common
      * See DB_result::fetchInto() for more information.
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result    the query result resource
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ class DB_oci8 extends DB_common
      * Deletes the result set and frees the memory occupied by the result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::free() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::free() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ class DB_oci8 extends DB_common
      * is turned on.
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ class DB_oci8 extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of columns in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource

extlib/DB/odbc.php

@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class DB_odbc extends DB_common
      * See DB_result::fetchInto() for more information.
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result    the query result resource
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class DB_odbc extends DB_common
      * Deletes the result set and frees the memory occupied by the result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::free() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::free() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ class DB_odbc extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of columns in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class DB_odbc extends DB_common
      * a DB_Error object for DB_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED is returned.
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource

extlib/DB/pgsql.php

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class DB_pgsql extends DB_common
     /**
      * The quantity of transactions begun
      *
-     * {@internal  While this is private, it cannot actually be designated
+     * {@internal  While this is private, it can't actually be designated
      * private in PHP 5 because it is directly accessed in the test suite.}}
      *
      * @var integer
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ class DB_pgsql extends DB_common
      * See DB_result::fetchInto() for more information.
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result    the query result resource
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ class DB_pgsql extends DB_common
      * Deletes the result set and frees the memory occupied by the result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::free() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::free() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ class DB_pgsql extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of columns in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ class DB_pgsql extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of rows in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource

extlib/DB/sqlite.php

@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ class DB_sqlite extends DB_common
      * See DB_result::fetchInto() for more information.
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result    the query result resource
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ class DB_sqlite extends DB_common
      * Deletes the result set and frees the memory occupied by the result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::free() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::free() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ class DB_sqlite extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of columns in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ class DB_sqlite extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of rows in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource

extlib/DB/sybase.php

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class DB_sybase extends DB_common
     /**
      * The quantity of transactions begun
      *
-     * {@internal  While this is private, it cannot actually be designated
+     * {@internal  While this is private, it can't actually be designated
      * private in PHP 5 because it is directly accessed in the test suite.}}
      *
      * @var integer
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class DB_sybase extends DB_common
      * See DB_result::fetchInto() for more information.
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::fetchInto() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result    the query result resource
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ class DB_sybase extends DB_common
      * Deletes the result set and frees the memory occupied by the result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::free() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::free() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class DB_sybase extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of columns in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numCols() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ class DB_sybase extends DB_common
      * Gets the number of rows in a result set
      *
      * This method is not meant to be called directly.  Use
-     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It cannot be declared "protected"
+     * DB_result::numRows() instead.  It can't be declared "protected"
      * because DB_result is a separate object.
      *
      * @param resource $result  PHP's query result resource
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ class DB_sybase extends DB_common
             $tableName = $table;
 
             /* We're running sp_helpindex directly because it doesn't exist in
-             * older versions of ASE -- unfortunately, we cannot just use
+             * older versions of ASE -- unfortunately, we can't just use
              * DB::isError() because the user may be using callback error
              * handling. */
             $res = @sybase_query("sp_helpindex $table", $this->connection);

extlib/HTTP/Request2/Adapter/Socket.php

@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ class HTTP_Request2_Adapter_Socket extends HTTP_Request2_Adapter
     *     backslashes for digest computation
     *   - Squid allows (manually escaped) quotes there, but it is impossible to
     *     authorize with either escaped or unescaped quotes used in digest,
-    *     probably it cannot parse the response (?)
+    *     probably it can't parse the response (?)
     *   - Both IE and Firefox display realm value with backslashes in 
     *     the password popup and apparently use the same value for digest
     *

extlib/MIME/Type.php

@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ class MIME_Type
 
         // Don't return an empty string
         if (!$type || !strlen($type)) {
-            return PEAR::raiseError("Sorry. Could not determine file type.");
+            return PEAR::raiseError("Sorry, couldn't determine file type.");
         }
 
         // Strip parameters if present & requested
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ class MIME_Type
         $fileCmd = PEAR::getStaticProperty('MIME_Type', 'fileCmd');
         if (!$cmd->which($fileCmd)) {
             unset($cmd);
-            return PEAR::raiseError("Cannot find file command \"{$fileCmd}\"");
+            return PEAR::raiseError("Can't find file command \"{$fileCmd}\"");
         }
 
         $cmd->pushCommand($fileCmd, "-bi " . escapeshellarg($file));

extlib/MIME/Type/Extension.php

@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class MIME_Type_Extension
         }
 
         if (!isset($this->extensionToType[$extension])) {
-            return PEAR::raiseError("Sorry. Could not determine file type.");
+            return PEAR::raiseError("Sorry, couldn't determine file type.");
         }
 
         return $this->extensionToType[$extension];
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class MIME_Type_Extension
 
         $extension = array_search($type, $this->extensionToType);
         if ($extension === false) {
-            return PEAR::raiseError("Sorry. Could not determine extension.");
+            return PEAR::raiseError("Sorry, couldn't determine extension.");
         }
         return $extension;
     }

extlib/Mail/mail.php

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Mail_mail extends Mail {
         }
 
         /* Because the mail() function may pass headers as command
-         * line arguments, we cannot guarantee the use of the standard
+         * line arguments, we can't guarantee the use of the standard
          * "\r\n" separator.  Instead, we use the system's native line
          * separator. */
         if (defined('PHP_EOL')) {

extlib/Mail/sendmail.php

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class Mail_sendmail extends Mail {
 
         /*
          * Because we need to pass message headers to the sendmail program on
-         * the commandline, we cannot guarantee the use of the standard "\r\n"
+         * the commandline, we can't guarantee the use of the standard "\r\n"
          * separator.  Instead, we use the system's native line separator.
          */
         if (defined('PHP_EOL')) {

extlib/Net/LDAP2/Entry.php

@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ class Net_LDAP2_Entry extends PEAR
     * To force replace mode instead of add, you can set $force to true.
     *
     * @param array $attr  Attributes to replace
-    * @param bool  $force Force replacing mode in case we cannot read the attr value but are allowed to replace it
+    * @param bool  $force Force replacing mode in case we can't read the attr value but are allowed to replace it
     *
     * @access public
     * @return true|Net_LDAP2_Error

extlib/Net/LDAP2/Filter.php

@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ class Net_LDAP2_Filter extends PEAR
     *
     * This method is only for compatibility to the perl interface.
     * However, the original method was called "print" but due to PHP language restrictions,
-    * we cannot have a print() method.
+    * we can't have a print() method.
     *
     * @param resource $FH (optional) A filehandle resource
     *

extlib/System/Command.php

@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ class System_Command {
             return $this->_initError;
         }
 
-        // if the command is empty or if the last element was a control operator, we cannot continue
+        // if the command is empty or if the last element was a control operator, we can't continue
         if (is_null($this->previousElement) || $this->commandStatus == -1 || in_array($this->previousElement, $this->controlOperators)) {
             return PEAR::raiseError(null, SYSTEM_COMMAND_INVALID_COMMAND, null, E_USER_WARNING, $this->systemCommand, 'System_Command_Error', true);
         }

extlib/markdown.php

@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ class Markdown_Parser {
 //				{
 //					list(, $div_open, , $div_content, $div_close) = $matches;
 //
-//					# We cannot call Markdown(), because that resets the hash;
+//					# We can't call Markdown(), because that resets the hash;
 //					# that initialization code should be pulled into its own sub, though.
 //					$div_content = $this->hashHTMLBlocks($div_content);
 //					

install.php

@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ function showLibs()
         libraries instead, as they tend to provide security updates faster, and may offer improved performance.</p>
         <p>On Debian based distributions, such as Ubuntu, use a package manager (such as &quot;aptitude&quot;, &quot;apt-get&quot;, and &quot;synaptic&quot;) to install the package listed.</p>
         <p>On RPM based distributions, such as Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS, Scientific Linux, Yellow Dog Linux and Oracle Enterprise Linux, use a package manager (such as &quot;yum&quot;, &quot;apt-rpm&quot;, and &quot;up2date&quot;) to install the package listed.</p>
-        <p>On servers without a package manager (such as Windows), or if the library is not packaged for your distribution, you can use PHP PEAR to install the library. Simply run &quot;pear install &lt;name&gt;&quot;.</p>
+        <p>On servers without a package manager (such as Windows), or if the library is not packaged for your distribution, you can use PHP's PEAR to install the library. Simply run &quot;pear install &lt;name&gt;&quot;.</p>
     </div>
     <h2>Absent Libraries</h2>
     <ul id="absent_libraries">
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ STR;
     $res = writeConf($sitename, $server, $path, $fancy, $db);
 
     if (!$res) {
-        updateStatus("Cannot write config file.", true);
+        updateStatus("Can't write config file.", true);
         showForm();
         return;
     }
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ function Pgsql_Db_installer($host, $database, $username, $password)
     $res = runDbScript(INSTALLDIR.'/db/statusnet_pg.sql', $conn, 'pgsql');
 
     if ($res === false) {
-        updateStatus("Cannot run database script.", true);
+        updateStatus("Can't run database script.", true);
         showForm();
         return false;
     }
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ function Pgsql_Db_installer($host, $database, $username, $password)
         updateStatus(sprintf("Adding %s data to database...", $name));
         $res = runDbScript(INSTALLDIR.'/db/'.$scr.'.sql', $conn, 'pgsql');
         if ($res === false) {
-            updateStatus(sprintf("Cannot run %d script.", $name), true);
+            updateStatus(sprintf("Can't run %d script.", $name), true);
             showForm();
             return false;
         }
@@ -652,21 +652,21 @@ function Mysql_Db_installer($host, $database, $username, $password)
 
     $conn = mysql_connect($host, $username, $password);
     if (!$conn) {
-        updateStatus("Cannot connect to server '$host' as '$username'.", true);
+        updateStatus("Can't connect to server '$host' as '$username'.", true);
         showForm();
         return false;
     }
     updateStatus("Changing to database...");
     $res = mysql_select_db($database, $conn);
     if (!$res) {
-        updateStatus("Cannot change to database.", true);
+        updateStatus("Can't change to database.", true);
         showForm();
         return false;
     }
     updateStatus("Running database script...");
     $res = runDbScript(INSTALLDIR.'/db/statusnet.sql', $conn);
     if ($res === false) {
-        updateStatus("Cannot run database script.", true);
+        updateStatus("Can't run database script.", true);
         showForm();
         return false;
     }
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ function Mysql_Db_installer($host, $database, $username, $password)
         updateStatus(sprintf("Adding %s data to database...", $name));
         $res = runDbScript(INSTALLDIR.'/db/'.$scr.'.sql', $conn);
         if ($res === false) {
-            updateStatus(sprintf("Cannot run %d script.", $name), true);
+            updateStatus(sprintf("Can't run %d script.", $name), true);
             showForm();
             return false;
         }

lib/action.php

@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
                             _('Help'), _('Help me!'), false, 'nav_help');
             if ($user || !common_config('site', 'private')) {
                 $this->menuItem(common_local_url('peoplesearch'),
-                                _('Search'), _('Search for users or text'), false, 'nav_search');
+                                _('Search'), _('Search for people or text'), false, 'nav_search');
             }
             Event::handle('EndPrimaryNav', array($this));
         }

lib/attachmentlist.php

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class AttachmentList extends Widget
     /**
      * show the list of notices
      *
-     * "Uses up" the stream by looping through it. So, probably cannot
+     * "Uses up" the stream by looping through it. So, probably can't
      * be called twice on the same list.
      *
      * @return int count of notices listed.

lib/noticelist.php

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class NoticeList extends Widget
     /**
      * show the list of notices
      *
-     * "Uses up" the stream by looping through it. So, probably cannot
+     * "Uses up" the stream by looping through it. So, probably can't
      * be called twice on the same list.
      *
      * @return int count of notices listed.

lib/profilelist.php

@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class ProfileListItem extends Widget
                 $usf = new UnsubscribeForm($this->out, $this->profile);
                 $usf->show();
             } else {
-                // Is it a local user? cannot remote sub from a list
+                // Is it a local user? can't remote sub from a list
                 // XXX: make that possible!
                 $other = User::staticGet('id', $this->profile->id);
                 if (!empty($other)) {

lib/serverexception.php

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
 /**
  * Class for server exceptions
  *
- * Subclass of PHP Exception for server errors. The user typically cannot fix these.
+ * Subclass of PHP Exception for server errors. The user typically can't fix these.
  *
  * @category Exception
  * @package  StatusNet

lib/settingsaction.php

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class SettingsAction extends CurrentUserDesignAction
             $this->clientError(_('Not logged in.'));
             return;
         } else if (!common_is_real_login()) {
-            // Cookie theft means that automatic logins cannot
+            // Cookie theft means that automatic logins can't
             // change important settings or see private info, and
             // _all_ our settings are important
             common_set_returnto($this->selfUrl());

lib/util.php

@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ function common_linkify($url) {
         } elseif (is_string($longurl_data)) {
             $longurl = $longurl_data;
         } else {
-            throw new ServerException("Cannot linkify url '$url'");
+            throw new ServerException("Can't linkify url '$url'");
         }
     }
     $attrs = array('href' => $canon, 'title' => $longurl, 'rel' => 'external');

lib/xmppqueuehandler.php

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class XmppQueueHandler extends QueueHandler
         $this->conn = jabber_connect($this->_id.$this->transport());
 
         if (empty($this->conn)) {
-            $this->log(LOG_ERR, "Could not connect to server.");
+            $this->log(LOG_ERR, "Couldn't connect to server.");
             return false;
         }
 

plugins/Facebook/facebook/facebookapi_php5_restlib.php

@@ -2951,7 +2951,7 @@ function toggleDisplay(id, type) {
 
 
   /**
-   * Bans a list of users from the app. Banned users cannot
+   * Bans a list of users from the app. Banned users can't
    * access the app's canvas page and forums.
    *
    * @param array $uids an array of user ids

plugins/Facebook/facebook/jsonwrapper/JSON/JSON.php

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class Services_JSON
     *                                   "{...}" syntax creates associative arrays
     *                                   instead of objects in decode().
     *                           - SERVICES_JSON_SUPPRESS_ERRORS:  error suppression.
-    *                                   Values which cannot be encoded (e.g. resources)
+    *                                   Values which can't be encoded (e.g. resources)
     *                                   appear as NULL instead of throwing errors.
     *                                   By default, a deeply-nested resource will
     *                                   bubble up with an error, so all return values

plugins/Facebook/facebookaction.php

@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ class FacebookNoticeList extends NoticeList
     /**
      * show the list of notices
      *
-     * "Uses up" the stream by looping through it. So, probably cannot
+     * "Uses up" the stream by looping through it. So, probably can't
      * be called twice on the same list.
      *
      * @return int count of notices listed.

plugins/Facebook/facebookhome.php

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class FacebookhomeAction extends FacebookAction
                 $user = User::staticGet('nickname', $nickname);
 
                 if (!$user) {
-                    $this->showLoginForm(_("Server error. Could not get user."));
+                    $this->showLoginForm(_("Server error - couldn't get user!"));
                 }
 
                 $flink = DB_DataObject::factory('foreign_link');

plugins/LinkbackPlugin.php

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class LinkbackPlugin extends Plugin
 
         if (!extension_loaded('xmlrpc')) {
             if (!dl('xmlrpc.so')) {
-                common_log(LOG_ERR, "Cannot pingback; xmlrpc extension not available.");
+                common_log(LOG_ERR, "Can't pingback; xmlrpc extension not available.");
             }
         }
 

plugins/Meteor/MeteorPlugin.php

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class MeteorPlugin extends RealtimePlugin
         // May throw an exception.
         $this->_socket = stream_socket_client("tcp://{$controlserver}:{$this->controlport}");
         if (!$this->_socket) {
-            throw new Exception("Could not connect to {$controlserver} on {$this->controlport}");
+            throw new Exception("Couldn't connect to {$controlserver} on {$this->controlport}");
         }
     }
 

plugins/OpenID/openid.php

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function oid_store()
 {
     static $store = null;
     if (!$store) {
-        # Cannot be called statically
+        # Can't be called statically
         $user = new User();
         $conn = $user->getDatabaseConnection();
         $store = new Auth_OpenID_MySQLStore($conn);
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ function oid_authenticate($openid_url, $returnto, $immediate=false)
 
         $form_html = preg_replace('/&/', '&', $form_html);
 
-        // Display an error if the form markup could not be generated;
+        // Display an error if the form markup couldn't be generated;
         // otherwise, render the HTML.
         if (Auth_OpenID::isFailure($form_html)) {
             common_server_error(sprintf(_('Could not create OpenID form: %s'), $form_html->message));

plugins/TwitterBridge/daemons/synctwitterfriends.php

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class SyncTwitterFriendsDaemon extends ParallelizingDaemon
 
         $conn->disconnect();
 
-        // XXX: Could not find a less brutal way to blow
+        // XXX: Couldn't find a less brutal way to blow
         // away a cached connection
 
         global $_DB_DATAOBJECT;
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class SyncTwitterFriendsDaemon extends ParallelizingDaemon
 
             if (empty($more_friends)) {
                 common_log(LOG_WARNING, $this->name() .
-                           " - Could not retrieve page $i " .
+                           " - Couldn't retrieve page $i " .
                            "of Twitter user $flink->foreign_id friends.");
                 continue;
             } else {
@@ -222,11 +222,11 @@ class SyncTwitterFriendsDaemon extends ParallelizingDaemon
 
             if (!save_twitter_user($friend_id, $friend_name)) {
                 common_log(LOG_WARNING, $this-name() .
-                           " - Could not save $screen_name's friend, $friend_name.");
+                           " - Couldn't save $screen_name's friend, $friend_name.");
                 continue;
             }
 
-            // Check to see if there is a related local user
+            // Check to see if there's a related local user
 
             $friend_flink = Foreign_link::getByForeignID($friend_id,
                                                          TWITTER_SERVICE);

plugins/TwitterBridge/daemons/twitterstatusfetcher.php

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class TwitterStatusFetcher extends ParallelizingDaemon
 
         $conn->disconnect();
 
-        // XXX: Could not find a less brutal way to blow
+        // XXX: Couldn't find a less brutal way to blow
         // away a cached connection
 
         global $_DB_DATAOBJECT;
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class TwitterStatusFetcher extends ParallelizingDaemon
     {
         if (empty($flink)) {
             common_log(LOG_WARNING, $this->name() .
-                       " - Cannot retrieve Foreign_link for foreign ID $fid");
+                       " - Can't retrieve Foreign_link for foreign ID $fid");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ class TwitterStatusFetcher extends ParallelizingDaemon
         $profile = Profile::staticGet($profile_id);
 
         if (empty($profile)) {
-            common_debug($this->name() . " - Could not get profile: $profile_id!");
+            common_debug($this->name() . " - Couldn't get profile: $profile_id!");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ class TwitterStatusFetcher extends ParallelizingDaemon
             $ok = file_put_contents($avatarfile, $response->getBody());
             if (!$ok) {
                 common_log(LOG_WARNING, $this->name() .
-                           " - Could not open file $filename");
+                           " - Couldn't open file $filename");
                 return false;
             }
         } else {

plugins/UserFlag/flagprofile.php

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class FlagprofileAction extends Action
         $ufp->created    = common_sql_now();
 
         if (!$ufp->insert()) {
-            throw new ServerException(sprintf(_("Could not flag profile '%s' with flag '%s'."),
+            throw new ServerException(sprintf(_("Couldn't flag profile '%s' with flag '%s'."),
                                               $this->profile->nickname, $this->flag));
         }
 

scripts/console.php

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function readline_emulation($prompt)
         if ($retval == 0) {
             return $line;
         } elseif ($retval == 127) {
-            // Could not execute bash even though we thought we saw it.
+            // Couldn't execute bash even though we thought we saw it.
             // Shell probably spit out an error message, sorry :(
             // Fall through to fgets()...
         } else {

scripts/createsim.php

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function newSub($i)
     $from = User::staticGet('nickname', $fromnick);
 
     if (empty($from)) {
-        throw new Exception("Cannot find user '$fromnick'.");
+        throw new Exception("Can't find user '$fromnick'.");
     }
 
     $t = rand(0, $i - 1);
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function newSub($i)
     $to = User::staticGet('nickname', $tunic);
 
     if (empty($to)) {
-        throw new Exception("Cannot find user '$tunic'.");
+        throw new Exception("Can't find user '$tunic'.");
     }
 
     subs_subscribe_to($from, $to);

scripts/deleteuser.php

@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ if (have_option('i', 'id')) {
     $id = get_option_value('i', 'id');
     $user = User::staticGet('id', $id);
     if (empty($user)) {
-        print "Cannot find user with ID $id\n";
+        print "Can't find user with ID $id\n";
         exit(1);
     }
 } else if (have_option('n', 'nickname')) {
     $nickname = get_option_value('n', 'nickname');
     $user = User::staticGet('nickname', $nickname);
     if (empty($user)) {
-        print "Cannot find user with nickname '$nickname'\n";
+        print "Can't find user with nickname '$nickname'\n";
         exit(1);
     }
 } else {

scripts/fixup_utf8.php

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class UTF8FixerUpper
         $succ = mysqli_set_charset($conn, $charset);
 
         if (!$succ) {
-            echo "ERROR: Could not set charset\n";
+            echo "ERROR: couldn't set charset\n";
             $db->disconnect();
             return NULL;
         }

scripts/makegroupadmin.php

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ try {
         $member->created    = common_sql_now();
 
         if (!$member->insert()) {
-            throw new Exception("Cannot add '$nickname' to '$groupname'.");
+            throw new Exception("Can't add '$nickname' to '$groupname'.");
         }
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ try {
     $member->is_admin = 1;
 
     if (!$member->update($orig)) {
-        throw new Exception("Cannot make '$nickname' admin of '$groupname'.");
+        throw new Exception("Can't make '$nickname' admin of '$groupname'.");
     }
 
 } catch (Exception $e) {

scripts/registeruser.php

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ try {
                                  'fullname' => $fullname));
 
     if (empty($user)) {
-        throw new Exception("Cannot register user '$nickname' with password '$password' and fullname '$fullname'.");
+        throw new Exception("Can't register user '$nickname' with password '$password' and fullname '$fullname'.");
     }
 
     if (!empty($email)) {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ try {
 
         if (!$user->updateKeys($orig)) {
             print "Failed!\n";
-            throw new Exception("Cannot update email address.");
+            throw new Exception("Can't update email address.");
         }
     }
 

scripts/showcache.php

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ print "Checking key '$k'...\n";
 $c = common_memcache();
 
 if (empty($c)) {
-    die("Cannot initialize cache object!\n");
+    die("Can't initialize cache object!\n");
 }
 
 $obj = $c->get($k);

scripts/sitemap.php

@@ -377,11 +377,11 @@ function write_file($path, $data)
     }
 
     if (($fh_out = fopen($path,'w')) === false) {
-        error("Could not open $path for writing.");
+        error("couldn't open $path for writing.");
     }
 
     if (fwrite($fh_out, $data) === false) {
-        error("Could not write to $path.");
+        error("couldn't write to $path.");
     }
 }
 

scripts/update_translations.php

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ foreach ($languages as $language) {
     $new_file = curl_get_file($file_url);
 
     if ($new_file === FALSE) {
-        echo "Could not retrieve .po file for $code: $file_url\n";
+        echo "Couldn't retrieve .po file for $code: $file_url\n";
         continue;
     }