diff --git a/src/messenger/webim/libs/common.php b/src/messenger/webim/libs/common.php
index 31ba5a02..292522a5 100644
--- a/src/messenger/webim/libs/common.php
+++ b/src/messenger/webim/libs/common.php
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ function load_messages($locale) {
 	$fp = fopen(dirname(__FILE__)."/../locales/$locale/properties", "r");
 	while (!feof($fp)) {
 		$line = fgets($fp, 4096);
-		$keyval = split("=", $line, 2 );
+		$keyval = preg_split("/=/", $line, 2 );
 		if( isset($keyval[1]) ) {
 			if($keyval[0] == 'encoding') {
 				$current_encoding = trim($keyval[1]);
diff --git a/src/messenger/webim/libs/operator.php b/src/messenger/webim/libs/operator.php
index 8b6e6ee1..9696d682 100644
--- a/src/messenger/webim/libs/operator.php
+++ b/src/messenger/webim/libs/operator.php
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function check_login($redirect=true) {
 	global $webimroot;
 	if( !isset( $_SESSION['operator'] ) ) {
 		if( isset($_COOKIE['webim_lite']) ) {
-			list($login,$pwd) = split(",", $_COOKIE['webim_lite'], 2);
+			list($login,$pwd) = preg_split("/,/", $_COOKIE['webim_lite'], 2);
 			$op = operator_by_login($login);
 			if( $op && isset($pwd) && isset($op['vcpassword']) && md5($op['vcpassword']) == $pwd ) {
 				$_SESSION['operator'] = $op;
diff --git a/src/messenger/webim/operator/settings.php b/src/messenger/webim/operator/settings.php
index 031d2b92..9069c1d1 100644
--- a/src/messenger/webim/operator/settings.php
+++ b/src/messenger/webim/operator/settings.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if (isset($_POST['email']) && isset($_POST['title']) && isset($_POST['logo'])) {
     }
     
     if($params['geolinkparams']) {
-    	foreach(split(",", $params['geolinkparams']) as $oneparam) {
+    	foreach(preg_split("/,/", $params['geolinkparams']) as $oneparam) {
     		if(!preg_match("/^\s*(toolbar|scrollbars|location|status|menubar|width|height|resizable)=\d{1,4}$/", $oneparam)) {
     			$errors[] = "Wrong link parameter: \"$oneparam\", should be one of 'toolbar, scrollbars, location, status, menubar, width, height or resizable'";
     		}
diff --git a/src/messenger/webim/operator/translate.php b/src/messenger/webim/operator/translate.php
index 43669416..9a719e6a 100644
--- a/src/messenger/webim/operator/translate.php
+++ b/src/messenger/webim/operator/translate.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function save_message($locale,$key,$value) {
 	$fp = fopen(dirname(__FILE__)."/../locales/$locale/properties", "r");
 	while (!feof($fp)) {
 		$line = fgets($fp, 4096);
-		$keyval = split("=", $line, 2 );
+		$keyval = preg_split("/=/", $line, 2 );
 		if( isset($keyval[1]) ) {
 			if($keyval[0] == 'encoding') {
 				$current_encoding = trim($keyval[1]);