diff --git a/admin/addAppFamily.php b/admin/addAppFamily.php
index af19227..b7e8b55 100644
--- a/admin/addAppFamily.php
+++ b/admin/addAppFamily.php
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ apidb_header("Add Application Family");
 
 $t = new TableVE("create");
 
-if($HTTP_POST_VARS)
+if($_POST)
 {
-    $t->update($HTTP_POST_VARS);
+    $t->update($_POST);
 }
 else
 {
diff --git a/admin/addAppVersion.php b/admin/addAppVersion.php
index aa9cf3a..9ce6af5 100644
--- a/admin/addAppVersion.php
+++ b/admin/addAppVersion.php
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ $t = new TableVE("create");
 if(!$appId)
     $appId = 0;
 
-if($HTTP_POST_VARS)
+if($_POST)
 {
-    $t->update($HTTP_POST_VARS);
+    $t->update($_POST);
 }
 else
 {
diff --git a/admin/addCategory.php b/admin/addCategory.php
index e9bf030..d735e0d 100644
--- a/admin/addCategory.php
+++ b/admin/addCategory.php
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ apidb_header("Add Application Category");
 
 $t = new TableVE("create");
 
-if($HTTP_POST_VARS)
+if($_POST)
 {
-    $t->update($HTTP_POST_VARS);
+    $t->update($_POST);
 }
 else
 {
diff --git a/admin/addVendor.php b/admin/addVendor.php
index c5c1193..fdd77ac 100644
--- a/admin/addVendor.php
+++ b/admin/addVendor.php
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ apidb_header("Add Vendor");
 
 $t = new TableVE("create");
 
-if($HTTP_POST_VARS)
+if($_POST)
 {
-    $t->update($HTTP_POST_VARS);
+    $t->update($_POST);
 }
 else
 {
diff --git a/admin/editCategory.php b/admin/editCategory.php
index d073c3f..ade6c7d 100644
--- a/admin/editCategory.php
+++ b/admin/editCategory.php
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ apidb_header("Edit Category");
 $t = new TableVE("edit");
 
 
-if($HTTP_POST_VARS)
+if($_POST)
 {
-    $t->update($HTTP_POST_VARS);
+    $t->update($_POST);
 }
 else
 {
diff --git a/admin/editVendor.php b/admin/editVendor.php
index aafc717..376d97a 100644
--- a/admin/editVendor.php
+++ b/admin/editVendor.php
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ apidb_header("Edit Vendor Information");
 $t = new TableVE("edit");
 
 
-if($HTTP_POST_VARS)
+if($_POST)
 {
-    $t->update($HTTP_POST_VARS);
+    $t->update($_POST);
 }
 else
 {
diff --git a/edituser.php b/edituser.php
index 563485e..daffbfb 100644
--- a/edituser.php
+++ b/edituser.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if(!havepriv("admin"))
 
     global $ext_username, $ext_password1, $ext_password2, $ext_realname, $ext_email, $ext_hasadmin;
 
-if($HTTP_POST_VARS)
+if($_POST)
 {
     if ($ext_password == $ext_password2)
     {
diff --git a/include/tableve.php b/include/tableve.php
index a360d76..1130a4a 100644
--- a/include/tableve.php
+++ b/include/tableve.php
@@ -389,8 +389,8 @@ class TableVE {
 	return null;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * update() expects $HTTP_POST_VARS as argument
+    /**
+     * update() expects $_POST as argument
      * this is where things are getting kinda complex, here we update "
      * multiple entries with multiple fields in multiple tables (get it?)
      */
diff --git a/updaterating.php b/updaterating.php
index db8b231..e7ca27a 100644
--- a/updaterating.php
+++ b/updaterating.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ apidb_header("Update Rating");
 
 apidb_session_start();
 
-rating_update($HTTP_GET_VARS);
+rating_update($_GET);
 
 apidb_footer();
 
diff --git a/updatevote.php b/updatevote.php
index 36985e2..6cc1d81 100644
--- a/updatevote.php
+++ b/updatevote.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ redirectref();
 
 apidb_header("Testing");
 
-vote_update($HTTP_GET_VARS);
+vote_update($_GET);
 
 apidb_footer();
 
diff --git a/votestats.php b/votestats.php
index ed6d928..e9a2857 100644
--- a/votestats.php
+++ b/votestats.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ $topNumber = 25;
 $categoryId = "any"; /* default to all categories */
 
 /* process the post variables to override the default settings */
-if($HTTP_POST_VARS)
+if($_POST)
 {
     if(isset($_POST['topNumber'])) $topNumber = $_POST['topNumber'];
     if(isset($_POST['categoryId'])) $categoryId = $_POST['categoryId'];