diff --git a/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c b/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c
index 82855ca1d1f..c59e31c686e 100644
--- a/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c
+++ b/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(pg_field_table)
 	char *table_name;
 	zend_rsrc_list_entry *field_table;
 
-	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, "rl|b!", &result, &fnum, &return_oid) == FAILURE) {
+	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, "rl|b", &result, &fnum, &return_oid) == FAILURE) {
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -3950,7 +3950,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(pg_copy_from)
 	ExecStatusType status;
 	int argc = ZEND_NUM_ARGS();
 
-	if (zend_parse_parameters(argc TSRMLS_CC, "rs/a|ss",
+	if (zend_parse_parameters(argc TSRMLS_CC, "rsa|ss",
 							  &pgsql_link, &table_name, &table_name_len, &pg_rows,
 							  &pg_delim, &pg_delim_len, &pg_null_as, &pg_null_as_len) == FAILURE) {
 		return;
diff --git a/ext/standard/file.c b/ext/standard/file.c
index 9e4d992b83a..7340d65da21 100644
--- a/ext/standard/file.c
+++ b/ext/standard/file.c
@@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(fgetcsv)
 	zval *zstream;
 	zend_uchar delimiter_free = 0, enclosure_free = 0, escape_free = 0;
 
-	if (zend_parse_parameters(argc TSRMLS_CC, "r|l!ttt", &zstream, &len,
+	if (zend_parse_parameters(argc TSRMLS_CC, "r|lttt", &zstream, &len,
 						&delimiter, &delimiter_len, &delimiter_type,
 						&enclosure, &enclosure_len, &enclosure_type,
 						&escape,    &escape_len,    &escape_type) == FAILURE) {
diff --git a/ext/standard/streamsfuncs.c b/ext/standard/streamsfuncs.c
index 2e580f83e52..71857dffcf8 100644
--- a/ext/standard/streamsfuncs.c
+++ b/ext/standard/streamsfuncs.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(stream_socket_client)
 
 	RETVAL_FALSE;
 	
-	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, "s|zzd!lr", &host, &host_len, &zerrno, &zerrstr, &timeout, &flags, &zcontext) == FAILURE) {
+	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, "s|zzdlr", &host, &host_len, &zerrno, &zerrstr, &timeout, &flags, &zcontext) == FAILURE) {
 		RETURN_FALSE;
 	}