diff --git a/blockem/blockem.php b/blockem/blockem.php
index 1880b9be..3183915c 100644
--- a/blockem/blockem.php
+++ b/blockem/blockem.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 
+global $blockem_words;
+
 function blockem_install()
 {
 	Hook::register('prepare_body_content_filter', 'addon/blockem/blockem.php', 'blockem_prepare_body_content_filter');
@@ -141,6 +143,8 @@ function blockem_display_item(App $a, array &$b = null)
 
 function blockem_conversation_start(App $a, array &$b)
 {
+	global $blockem_words;
+
 	if (!local_user()) {
 		return;
 	}
@@ -148,7 +152,7 @@ function blockem_conversation_start(App $a, array &$b)
 	$words = DI::pConfig()->get(local_user(), 'blockem', 'words');
 
 	if ($words) {
-		$a->data['blockem'] = explode(',', $words);
+		$blockem_words = explode(',', $words);
 	}
 
 	DI::page()['htmlhead'] .= <<< EOT
@@ -171,6 +175,8 @@ EOT;
 
 function blockem_item_photo_menu(App $a, array &$b)
 {
+	global $blockem_words;
+
 	if (!local_user() || $b['item']['self']) {
 		return;
 	}
@@ -178,8 +184,8 @@ function blockem_item_photo_menu(App $a, array &$b)
 	$blocked = false;
 	$author = $b['item']['author-link'];
 
-	if (!empty($a->data['blockem'])) {
-		foreach($a->data['blockem'] as $bloke) {
+	if (!empty($blockem_words)) {
+		foreach($blockem_words as $bloke) {
 			if (Strings::compareLink($bloke,$author)) {
 				$blocked = true;
 				break;
diff --git a/forumdirectory/forumdirectory.php b/forumdirectory/forumdirectory.php
index bf15ab62..cf65bcc1 100644
--- a/forumdirectory/forumdirectory.php
+++ b/forumdirectory/forumdirectory.php
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ use Friendica\Model\Profile;
 use Friendica\Model\User;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 
+global $forumdirectory_search;
+
 function forumdirectory_install()
 {
 	Hook::register('app_menu', 'addon/forumdirectory/forumdirectory.php', 'forumdirectory_app_menu');
@@ -42,13 +44,17 @@ function forumdirectory_init(App $a)
 
 function forumdirectory_post(App $a)
 {
+	global $forumdirectory_search;
+
 	if (!empty($_POST['search'])) {
-		$a->data['search'] = $_POST['search'];
+		$forumdirectory_search = $_POST['search'];
 	}
 }
 
 function forumdirectory_content(App $a)
 {
+	global $forumdirectory_search;
+
 	if ((DI::config()->get('system', 'block_public')) && (!local_user()) && (!remote_user())) {
 		notice(DI::l10n()->t('Public access denied.') . EOL);
 		return;
@@ -59,8 +65,8 @@ function forumdirectory_content(App $a)
 
 	Nav::setSelected('directory');
 
-	if (!empty($a->data['search'])) {
-		$search = Strings::escapeTags(trim($a->data['search']));
+	if (!empty($forumdirectory_search)) {
+		$search = Strings::escapeTags(trim($forumdirectory_search));
 	} else {
 		$search = (!empty($_GET['search']) ? Strings::escapeTags(trim(rawurldecode($_GET['search']))) : '');
 	}
diff --git a/js_upload/js_upload.php b/js_upload/js_upload.php
index 6a86575f..89f62ea4 100644
--- a/js_upload/js_upload.php
+++ b/js_upload/js_upload.php
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 
+global $js_upload_jsonresponse;
+global $js_upload_result;
+
 function js_upload_install()
 {
 	Hook::register('photo_upload_form', __FILE__, 'js_upload_form');
@@ -42,6 +45,8 @@ function js_upload_form(App $a, array &$b)
 
 function js_upload_post_init(App $a, &$b)
 {
+	global $js_upload_result, $js_upload_jsonresponse;
+
 	// list of valid extensions
 	$allowedExtensions = ['jpeg', 'gif', 'png', 'jpg'];
 
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ function js_upload_post_init(App $a, &$b)
 	$result = $uploader->handleUpload();
 
 	// to pass data through iframe you will need to encode all html tags
-	$a->data['upload_jsonresponse'] = htmlspecialchars(json_encode($result), ENT_NOQUOTES);
+	$js_upload_jsonresponse = htmlspecialchars(json_encode($result), ENT_NOQUOTES);
 
 	if (isset($result['error'])) {
 		Logger::log('mod/photos.php: photos_post(): error uploading photo: ' . $result['error'], Logger::DEBUG);
@@ -61,12 +66,14 @@ function js_upload_post_init(App $a, &$b)
 		exit();
 	}
 
-	$a->data['upload_result'] = $result;
+	$js_upload_result = $result;
 }
 
 function js_upload_post_file(App $a, &$b)
 {
-	$result = $a->data['upload_result'];
+	global $js_upload_result;
+
+	$result = $js_upload_result;
 
 	$b['src'] = $result['path'];
 	$b['filename'] = $result['filename'];
@@ -76,9 +83,11 @@ function js_upload_post_file(App $a, &$b)
 
 function js_upload_post_end(App $a, &$b)
 {
+	global $js_upload_jsonresponse;
+
 	Logger::log('upload_post_end');
-	if (!empty($a->data['upload_jsonresponse'])) {
-		echo $a->data['upload_jsonresponse'];
+	if (!empty($js_upload_jsonresponse)) {
+		echo $js_upload_jsonresponse;
 		exit();
 	}
 }