diff --git a/system/CLI/CLI.php b/system/CLI/CLI.php
index 9a7e1459e40f..fa77515e1ba8 100644
--- a/system/CLI/CLI.php
+++ b/system/CLI/CLI.php
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ public static function promptByMultipleKeys(string $text, array $options): array
             // return the prompt again if $input contain(s) non-numeric character, except a comma.
             // And if max from $options less than max from input,
             // it means user tried to access null value in $options
-            if ($pattern === 0 || $maxOptions < $maxInput) {
+            if ($pattern < 1 || $maxOptions < $maxInput) {
                 static::error('Please select correctly.');
                 CLI::newLine();
 
diff --git a/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php b/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php
index 54d9a8980f44..ca64800463a2 100644
--- a/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php
+++ b/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ public function join(string $table, $cond, string $type = '', ?bool $escape = nu
         } else {
             // Split multiple conditions
             // @TODO This does not parse `BETWEEN a AND b` correctly.
-            if (preg_match_all('/\sAND\s|\sOR\s/i', $cond, $joints, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) {
+            if (preg_match_all('/\sAND\s|\sOR\s/i', $cond, $joints, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE) >= 1) {
                 $conditions = [];
                 $joints     = $joints[0];
                 array_unshift($joints, ['', 0]);
@@ -3470,7 +3470,7 @@ protected function getOperator(string $str, bool $list = false)
             '/' . implode('|', $this->pregOperators) . '/i',
             $str,
             $match
-        ) ? ($list ? $match[0] : $match[0][0]) : false;
+        ) >= 1 ? ($list ? $match[0] : $match[0][0]) : false;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -3501,7 +3501,7 @@ private function getOperatorFromWhereKey(string $whereKey)
             '/' . implode('|', $pregOperators) . '/i',
             $whereKey,
             $match
-        ) ? $match[0] : false;
+        ) >= 1 ? $match[0] : false;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/system/Database/Query.php b/system/Database/Query.php
index 36026817d4d1..f0b75513c6b5 100644
--- a/system/Database/Query.php
+++ b/system/Database/Query.php
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ protected function matchNamedBinds(string $sql, array $binds): string
      */
     protected function matchSimpleBinds(string $sql, array $binds, int $bindCount, int $ml): string
     {
-        if ($c = preg_match_all("/'[^']*'/", $sql, $matches)) {
+        if ($c = preg_match_all("/'[^']*'/", $sql, $matches) >= 1) {
             $c = preg_match_all('/' . preg_quote($this->bindMarker, '/') . '/i', str_replace($matches[0], str_replace($this->bindMarker, str_repeat(' ', $ml), $matches[0]), $sql, $c), $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE);
 
             // Bind values' count must match the count of markers in the query
diff --git a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Builder.php b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Builder.php
index e320069e80bf..1aeaf0a4e6ee 100644
--- a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Builder.php
+++ b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Builder.php
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public function join(string $table, $cond, string $type = '', ?bool $escape = nu
             $cond = ' ON ' . $cond;
         } else {
             // Split multiple conditions
-            if (preg_match_all('/\sAND\s|\sOR\s/i', $cond, $joints, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) {
+            if (preg_match_all('/\sAND\s|\sOR\s/i', $cond, $joints, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE) >= 1) {
                 $conditions = [];
                 $joints     = $joints[0];
                 array_unshift($joints, ['', 0]);
diff --git a/system/Email/Email.php b/system/Email/Email.php
index 5d420cc2e99c..c52c36230866 100644
--- a/system/Email/Email.php
+++ b/system/Email/Email.php
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ public function wordWrap($str, $charlim = null)
 
         $unwrap = [];
 
-        if (preg_match_all('|\{unwrap\}(.+?)\{/unwrap\}|s', $str, $matches)) {
+        if (preg_match_all('|\{unwrap\}(.+?)\{/unwrap\}|s', $str, $matches) >= 1) {
             for ($i = 0, $c = count($matches[0]); $i < $c; $i++) {
                 $unwrap[] = $matches[1][$i];
                 $str      = str_replace($matches[0][$i], '{{unwrapped' . $i . '}}', $str);
diff --git a/system/Helpers/text_helper.php b/system/Helpers/text_helper.php
index dcc21126a5e5..8733049c88a4 100644
--- a/system/Helpers/text_helper.php
+++ b/system/Helpers/text_helper.php
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function ascii_to_entities(string $str): string
      */
     function entities_to_ascii(string $str, bool $all = true): string
     {
-        if (preg_match_all('/\&#(\d+)\;/', $str, $matches)) {
+        if (preg_match_all('/\&#(\d+)\;/', $str, $matches) >= 1) {
             for ($i = 0, $s = count($matches[0]); $i < $s; $i++) {
                 $digits = (int) $matches[1][$i];
                 $out    = '';
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ function word_censor(string $str, array $censored, string $replacement = ''): st
                     "\\1{$replacement}\\3",
                     $str
                 );
-            } elseif (preg_match_all("/{$delim}(" . $badword . "){$delim}/i", $str, $matches, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER | PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) {
+            } elseif (preg_match_all("/{$delim}(" . $badword . "){$delim}/i", $str, $matches, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER | PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE) >= 1) {
                 $matches = $matches[1];
 
                 for ($i = count($matches) - 1; $i >= 0; $i--) {
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ function word_wrap(string $str, int $charlim = 76): string
         // strip the entire chunk and replace it with a marker.
         $unwrap = [];
 
-        if (preg_match_all('|\{unwrap\}(.+?)\{/unwrap\}|s', $str, $matches)) {
+        if (preg_match_all('|\{unwrap\}(.+?)\{/unwrap\}|s', $str, $matches) >= 1) {
             for ($i = 0, $c = count($matches[0]); $i < $c; $i++) {
                 $unwrap[] = $matches[1][$i];
                 $str      = str_replace($matches[0][$i], '{{unwrapped' . $i . '}}', $str);
diff --git a/system/Helpers/url_helper.php b/system/Helpers/url_helper.php
index 28bb2cf4c2a1..b6df3edc3c3d 100644
--- a/system/Helpers/url_helper.php
+++ b/system/Helpers/url_helper.php
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ function auto_link(string $str, string $type = 'both', bool $popup = false): str
                 $str,
                 $matches,
                 PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE | PREG_SET_ORDER
-            )
+            ) >= 1
         ) {
             // Set our target HTML if using popup links.
             $target = ($popup) ? ' target="_blank"' : '';
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ function auto_link(string $str, string $type = 'both', bool $popup = false): str
                 $str,
                 $matches,
                 PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE
-            )
+            ) >= 1
         ) {
             foreach (array_reverse($matches[0]) as $match) {
                 if (filter_var($match[0], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) !== false) {
diff --git a/system/Session/Handlers/MemcachedHandler.php b/system/Session/Handlers/MemcachedHandler.php
index e651808a8ba8..73133e88d959 100644
--- a/system/Session/Handlers/MemcachedHandler.php
+++ b/system/Session/Handlers/MemcachedHandler.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public function open($path, $name): bool
                 $this->savePath,
                 $matches,
                 PREG_SET_ORDER
-            ) === 0
+            ) < 1
         ) {
             $this->memcached = null;
             $this->logger->error('Session: Invalid Memcached save path format: ' . $this->savePath);
diff --git a/system/Typography/Typography.php b/system/Typography/Typography.php
index 145ff68f1193..1dfca68c5164 100644
--- a/system/Typography/Typography.php
+++ b/system/Typography/Typography.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public function autoTypography(string $str, bool $reduceLinebreaks = false): str
 
         // HTML comment tags don't conform to patterns of normal tags, so pull them out separately, only if needed
         $htmlComments = [];
-        if (str_contains($str, '<!--') && preg_match_all('#(<!\-\-.*?\-\->)#s', $str, $matches)) {
+        if (str_contains($str, '<!--') && preg_match_all('#(<!\-\-.*?\-\->)#s', $str, $matches) >= 1) {
             for ($i = 0, $total = count($matches[0]); $i < $total; $i++) {
                 $htmlComments[] = $matches[0][$i];
                 $str            = str_replace($matches[0][$i], '{@HC' . $i . '}', $str);
diff --git a/system/View/Parser.php b/system/View/Parser.php
index 08fec93e16fc..5990658addad 100644
--- a/system/View/Parser.php
+++ b/system/View/Parser.php
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ protected function extractNoparse(string $template): string
          * $matches[][0] is the raw match
          * $matches[][1] is the contents
          */
-        if (preg_match_all($pattern, $template, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER)) {
+        if (preg_match_all($pattern, $template, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER) >= 1) {
             foreach ($matches as $match) {
                 // Create a hash of the contents to insert in its place.
                 $hash                       = md5($match[1]);
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ protected function parsePlugins(string $template)
              *   $matches[1] = all parameters string in opening tag
              *   $matches[2] = content between the tags to send to the plugin.
              */
-            if (preg_match_all($pattern, $template, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER) === 0) {
+            if (preg_match_all($pattern, $template, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER) < 1) {
                 continue;
             }