diff --git a/backup/util/xml/parser/progressive_parser.class.php b/backup/util/xml/parser/progressive_parser.class.php
index 448994723c4..921f6e0edea 100644
--- a/backup/util/xml/parser/progressive_parser.class.php
+++ b/backup/util/xml/parser/progressive_parser.class.php
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ class progressive_parser {
     public function __construct($case_folding = false) {
         $this->xml_parser = xml_parser_create('UTF-8');
         xml_parser_set_option($this->xml_parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, $case_folding);
-        xml_set_object($this->xml_parser, $this);
         xml_set_element_handler($this->xml_parser, array($this, 'start_tag'), array($this, 'end_tag'));
         xml_set_character_data_handler($this->xml_parser, array($this, 'char_data'));
 
diff --git a/lib/dtl/xml_database_importer.php b/lib/dtl/xml_database_importer.php
index 98fc18ca38c..943226e80fa 100644
--- a/lib/dtl/xml_database_importer.php
+++ b/lib/dtl/xml_database_importer.php
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ abstract class xml_database_importer extends database_importer {
      */
     protected function get_parser() {
         $parser = xml_parser_create();
-        xml_set_object($parser, $this);
-        xml_set_element_handler($parser, 'tag_open', 'tag_close');
-        xml_set_character_data_handler($parser, 'cdata');
+        xml_set_element_handler($parser, [$this, 'tag_open'], [$this, 'tag_close']);
+        xml_set_character_data_handler($parser, [$this, 'cdata']);
         xml_parser_set_option($parser, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING, false);
         return $parser;
     }
diff --git a/lib/webdavlib.php b/lib/webdavlib.php
index acf8f9c3356..510644727d3 100644
--- a/lib/webdavlib.php
+++ b/lib/webdavlib.php
@@ -662,9 +662,8 @@ class webdav_client {
                         unset($this->_xmltree[$this->_parserid]);
                         xml_parser_set_option($this->_parser,XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE,0);
                         xml_parser_set_option($this->_parser,XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING,0);
-                        xml_set_object($this->_parser, $this);
-                        xml_set_element_handler($this->_parser, "_lock_startElement", "_endElement");
-                        xml_set_character_data_handler($this->_parser, "_lock_cdata");
+                        xml_set_element_handler($this->_parser, [$this, "_lock_startElement"], [$this, "_endElement"]);
+                        xml_set_character_data_handler($this->_parser, [$this, "_lock_cdata"]);
 
                         if (!xml_parse($this->_parser, $response['body'])) {
                             die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d",
@@ -760,9 +759,8 @@ class webdav_client {
                         unset($this->_xmltree[$this->_parserid]);
                         xml_parser_set_option($this->_parser,XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE,0);
                         xml_parser_set_option($this->_parser,XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING,0);
-                        xml_set_object($this->_parser, $this);
-                        xml_set_element_handler($this->_parser, "_delete_startElement", "_endElement");
-                        xml_set_character_data_handler($this->_parser, "_delete_cdata");
+                        xml_set_element_handler($this->_parser, [$this, "_delete_startElement"], [$this, "_endElement"]);
+                        xml_set_character_data_handler($this->_parser, [$this, "_delete_cdata"]);
 
                         if (!xml_parse($this->_parser, $response['body'])) {
                             die(sprintf("XML error: %s at line %d",
@@ -853,9 +851,8 @@ EOD;
                         xml_parser_set_option($this->_parser,XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE,0);
                         xml_parser_set_option($this->_parser,XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING,0);
                         // xml_parser_set_option($this->_parser,XML_OPTION_TARGET_ENCODING,'UTF-8');
-                        xml_set_object($this->_parser, $this);
-                        xml_set_element_handler($this->_parser, "_propfind_startElement", "_endElement");
-                        xml_set_character_data_handler($this->_parser, "_propfind_cdata");
+                        xml_set_element_handler($this->_parser, [$this, "_propfind_startElement"], [$this, "_endElement"]);
+                        xml_set_character_data_handler($this->_parser, [$this, "_propfind_cdata"]);
 
 
                         if (!xml_parse($this->_parser, $response['body'])) {
diff --git a/mnet/xmlrpc/xmlparser.php b/mnet/xmlrpc/xmlparser.php
index ad5843034bc..2eea904f60f 100644
--- a/mnet/xmlrpc/xmlparser.php
+++ b/mnet/xmlrpc/xmlparser.php
@@ -78,10 +78,9 @@ class mnet_encxml_parser {
      */
     function initialise() {
         $this->parser = xml_parser_create();
-        xml_set_object($this->parser, $this);
 
-        xml_set_element_handler($this->parser, "start_element", "end_element");
-        xml_set_character_data_handler($this->parser, "discard_data");
+        xml_set_element_handler($this->parser, [$this, "start_element"], [$this, "end_element"]);
+        xml_set_character_data_handler($this->parser, [$this, "discard_data"]);
 
         $this->tag_number        = 0; // Just a unique ID for each tag
         $this->digest            = '';
@@ -224,7 +223,7 @@ class mnet_encxml_parser {
             default:
                 break;
         }
-        xml_set_character_data_handler($this->parser, $handler);
+        xml_set_character_data_handler($this->parser, [$this, $handler]);
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -351,7 +350,7 @@ class mnet_encxml_parser {
      * @return  bool            True
      */
     function end_element($parser, $name) {
-        $ok = xml_set_character_data_handler($this->parser, "discard_data");
+        $ok = xml_set_character_data_handler($this->parser, [$this, "discard_data"]);
         return true;
     }
 }
diff --git a/mod/scorm/datamodels/scormlib.php b/mod/scorm/datamodels/scormlib.php
index 82e6539e3a5..ab848a2bdd9 100644
--- a/mod/scorm/datamodels/scormlib.php
+++ b/mod/scorm/datamodels/scormlib.php
@@ -916,10 +916,9 @@ class xml2Array {
      */
     public function parse($strinputxml) {
         $this->resparser = xml_parser_create ('UTF-8');
-        xml_set_object($this->resparser, $this);
-        xml_set_element_handler($this->resparser, "tagopen", "tagclosed");
+        xml_set_element_handler($this->resparser, [$this, "tagopen"], [$this, "tagclosed"]);
 
-        xml_set_character_data_handler($this->resparser, "tagdata");
+        xml_set_character_data_handler($this->resparser, [$this, "tagdata"]);
 
         $this->strxmldata = xml_parse($this->resparser, $strinputxml );
         if (!$this->strxmldata) {