diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index bb241039ac..39a61c9838 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -6223,13 +6223,10 @@ function api_friendica_profile_show($type)
 
 			// select all users from contact table, loop and prepare standard return for user data
 			$users = [];
-			$nurls = Contact::select(['id', 'nurl'], ['uid' => api_user(), 'profile-id' => $rr['id']]);
-
-			if (DBA::isResult($nurls)) {
-				foreach ($nurls as $nurl) {
-					$user = api_get_user($a, $nurl['nurl']);
-					($type == "xml") ? $users[$k++ . ":user"] = $user : $users[] = $user;
-				}
+			$nurls = Contact::selectToArray(['id', 'nurl'], ['uid' => api_user(), 'profile-id' => $rr['id']]);
+			foreach ($nurls as $nurl) {
+				$user = api_get_user($a, $nurl['nurl']);
+				($type == "xml") ? $users[$k++ . ":user"] = $user : $users[] = $user;
 			}
 			$profile['users'] = $users;
 
diff --git a/src/Database/Database.php b/src/Database/Database.php
index 501d65fe76..a2e31d89b5 100644
--- a/src/Database/Database.php
+++ b/src/Database/Database.php
@@ -1512,16 +1512,18 @@ class Database
 	public function toArray($stmt, $do_close = true)
 	{
 		if (is_bool($stmt)) {
-			return $stmt;
+			return [];
 		}
 
 		$data = [];
 		while ($row = $this->fetch($stmt)) {
 			$data[] = $row;
 		}
+
 		if ($do_close) {
 			$this->close($stmt);
 		}
+
 		return $data;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/Model/Attach.php b/src/Model/Attach.php
index 758d3ae831..0073a6ed3f 100644
--- a/src/Model/Attach.php
+++ b/src/Model/Attach.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Attach extends BaseObject
 	 * @param array $conditions Array of fields for conditions
 	 * @param array $params     Array of several parameters
 	 *
-	 * @return boolean|array
+	 * @return array
 	 *
 	 * @throws \Exception
 	 * @see   \Friendica\Database\DBA::selectToArray
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Attach extends BaseObject
 			$fields = self::getFields();
 		}
 
-		$r = DBA::selectToArray('attach', $fields, $conditions, $params);
+		return DBA::selectToArray('attach', $fields, $conditions, $params);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index c2bb6c8924..28f7b436d9 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 		$result = self::select($fields, $condition, $params);
 
 		if (is_bool($result)) {
-			return $result;
+			return [];
 		}
 
 		$data = [];
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 		}
 		DBA::close($result);
 
-                return $data;
+		return $data;
 	}
 
 	/**