diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/access.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/access.php
index 6d32e9b2ab..69d07b6bb0 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/access.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/access.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ abstract class Access {
 			for($i=0;$i<$result[$attr]['count'];$i++) {
 				if($this->resemblesDN($attr)) {
 					$values[] = $this->sanitizeDN($result[$attr][$i]);
-				} elseif(strtolower($attr) == 'objectguid' || strtolower($attr) == 'guid') {
+				} elseif(strtolower($attr) === 'objectguid' || strtolower($attr) === 'guid') {
 					$values[] = $this->convertObjectGUID2Str($result[$attr][$i]);
 				} else {
 					$values[] = $result[$attr][$i];
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ abstract class Access {
 		while($row = $res->fetchRow()) {
 			$usedNames[] = $row['owncloud_name'];
 		}
-		if(!($usedNames) || count($usedNames) == 0) {
+		if(!($usedNames) || count($usedNames) === 0) {
 			$lastNo = 1; //will become name_2
 		} else {
 			natsort($usedNames);
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ abstract class Access {
 
 		$sqlAdjustment = '';
 		$dbtype = \OCP\Config::getSystemValue('dbtype');
-		if($dbtype == 'mysql') {
+		if($dbtype === 'mysql') {
 			$sqlAdjustment = 'FROM DUAL';
 		}
 
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ abstract class Access {
 
 		$insRows = $res->numRows();
 
-		if($insRows == 0) {
+		if($insRows === 0) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ abstract class Access {
 		$linkResources = array_pad(array(), count($base), $link_resource);
 		$sr = ldap_search($linkResources, $base, $filter, $attr);
 		$error = ldap_errno($link_resource);
-		if(!is_array($sr) || $error != 0) {
+		if(!is_array($sr) || $error !== 0) {
 			\OCP\Util::writeLog('user_ldap',
 				'Error when searching: '.ldap_error($link_resource).' code '.ldap_errno($link_resource),
 				\OCP\Util::ERROR);
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ abstract class Access {
 					foreach($attr as $key) {
 						$key = mb_strtolower($key, 'UTF-8');
 						if(isset($item[$key])) {
-							if($key != 'dn') {
+							if($key !== 'dn') {
 								$selection[$i][$key] = $this->resemblesDN($key) ?
 									$this->sanitizeDN($item[$key][0])
 									: $item[$key][0];
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ abstract class Access {
 	private function combineFilter($filters, $operator) {
 		$combinedFilter = '('.$operator;
 		foreach($filters as $filter) {
-		    if($filter[0] != '(') {
+		    if($filter[0] !== '(') {
 				$filter = '('.$filter.')';
 		    }
 		    $combinedFilter.=$filter;
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ abstract class Access {
 	private function getFilterPartForSearch($search, $searchAttributes, $fallbackAttribute) {
 		$filter = array();
 		$search = empty($search) ? '*' : '*'.$search.'*';
-		if(!is_array($searchAttributes) || count($searchAttributes) == 0) {
+		if(!is_array($searchAttributes) || count($searchAttributes) === 0) {
 			if(empty($fallbackAttribute)) {
 				return '';
 			}
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ abstract class Access {
 				$filter[] = $attribute . '=' . $search;
 			}
 		}
-		if(count($filter) == 1) {
+		if(count($filter) === 1) {
 			return '('.$filter[0].')';
 		}
 		return $this->combineFilterWithOr($filter);
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ abstract class Access {
 	 * @returns true on success, false otherwise
 	 */
 	private function detectUuidAttribute($dn, $force = false) {
-		if(($this->connection->ldapUuidAttribute != 'auto') && !$force) {
+		if(($this->connection->ldapUuidAttribute !== 'auto') && !$force) {
 			return true;
 		}
 
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ abstract class Access {
 	 * @returns string containing the key or empty if none is cached
 	 */
 	private function getPagedResultCookie($base, $filter, $limit, $offset) {
-		if($offset == 0) {
+		if($offset === 0) {
 			return '';
 		}
 		$offset -= $limit;
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/connection.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/connection.php
index 20784570e9..f3946a0d61 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/connection.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/connection.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class Connection {
 	public function __set($name, $value) {
 		$changed = false;
 		//only few options are writable
-		if($name == 'ldapUuidAttribute') {
+		if($name === 'ldapUuidAttribute') {
 			\OCP\Util::writeLog('user_ldap', 'Set config ldapUuidAttribute to  '.$value, \OCP\Util::DEBUG);
 			$this->config[$name] = $value;
 			if(!empty($this->configID)) {
@@ -321,9 +321,9 @@ class Connection {
 		$params = $this->getConfigTranslationArray();
 
 		foreach($config as $parameter => $value) {
-			if(($parameter == 'homeFolderNamingRule'
+			if(($parameter === 'homeFolderNamingRule'
 				|| (isset($params[$parameter])
-					&& $params[$parameter] == 'homeFolderNamingRule'))
+					&& $params[$parameter] === 'homeFolderNamingRule'))
 				&& !empty($value)) {
 				$value = 'attr:'.$value;
 			}
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ class Connection {
 		$trans = $this->getConfigTranslationArray();
 		$config = array();
 		foreach($trans as $dbKey => $classKey) {
-			if($classKey == 'homeFolderNamingRule') {
+			if($classKey === 'homeFolderNamingRule') {
 				if(strpos($this->config[$classKey], 'attr:') === 0) {
 					$config[$dbKey] = substr($this->config[$classKey], 5);
 				} else {
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ class Connection {
 		}
 		foreach(array('ldapAttributesForUserSearch', 'ldapAttributesForGroupSearch') as $key) {
 			if(is_array($this->config[$key])
-				&& count($this->config[$key]) == 1
+				&& count($this->config[$key]) === 1
 				&& empty($this->config[$key][0])) {
 				$this->config[$key] = array();
 			}
@@ -588,12 +588,12 @@ class Connection {
 
 			$error = null;
 			//if LDAP server is not reachable, try the Backup (Replica!) Server
-			if((!$bindStatus && ($error == -1))
+			if((!$bindStatus && ($error === -1))
 				|| $this->config['ldapOverrideMainServer']
 				|| $this->getFromCache('overrideMainServer')) {
 					$this->doConnect($this->config['ldapBackupHost'], $this->config['ldapBackupPort']);
 					$bindStatus = $this->bind();
-					if($bindStatus && $error == -1) {
+					if($bindStatus && $error === -1) {
 						//when bind to backup server succeeded and failed to main server,
 						//skip contacting him until next cache refresh
 						$this->writeToCache('overrideMainServer', true);
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/helper.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/helper.php
index 612a088269..8bebd84c12 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/helper.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/helper.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class Helper {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		if($res->numRows() == 0) {
+		if($res->numRows() === 0) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/templates/settings.php b/apps/user_ldap/templates/settings.php
index d3c2c29890..f0ee8c6b08 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/templates/settings.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/templates/settings.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<fieldset id="ldapSettings-1">
 		<p><label for="ldap_serverconfig_chooser"><?php p($l->t('Server configuration'));?></label>
 		<select id="ldap_serverconfig_chooser" name="ldap_serverconfig_chooser">
-		<?php if(count($_['serverConfigurationPrefixes']) == 0 ) {
+		<?php if(count($_['serverConfigurationPrefixes']) === 0 ) {
 			?>
 				<option value="" selected>1. Server</option>');
 			<?php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 				<p><label for="ldap_group_display_name"><?php p($l->t('Group Display Name Field'));?></label><input type="text" id="ldap_group_display_name" name="ldap_group_display_name" data-default="<?php p($_['ldap_group_display_name_default']); ?>" title="<?php p($l->t('The LDAP attribute to use to generate the groups`s ownCloud name.'));?>" /></p>
 				<p><label for="ldap_base_groups"><?php p($l->t('Base Group Tree'));?></label><textarea id="ldap_base_groups" name="ldap_base_groups" placeholder="<?php p($l->t('One Group Base DN per line'));?>" data-default="<?php p($_['ldap_base_groups_default']); ?>" title="<?php p($l->t('Base Group Tree'));?>"></textarea></p>
 				<p><label for="ldap_attributes_for_group_search"><?php p($l->t('Group Search Attributes'));?></label><textarea id="ldap_attributes_for_group_search" name="ldap_attributes_for_group_search" placeholder="<?php p($l->t('Optional; one attribute per line'));?>" data-default="<?php p($_['ldap_attributes_for_group_search_default']); ?>" title="<?php p($l->t('Group Search Attributes'));?>"></textarea></p>
-				<p><label for="ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute"><?php p($l->t('Group-Member association'));?></label><select id="ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute" name="ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute" data-default="<?php p($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute_default']); ?>" ><option value="uniqueMember"<?php if (isset($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute']) && ($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute'] == 'uniqueMember')) p(' selected'); ?>>uniqueMember</option><option value="memberUid"<?php if (isset($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute']) && ($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute'] == 'memberUid')) p(' selected'); ?>>memberUid</option><option value="member"<?php if (isset($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute']) && ($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute'] == 'member')) p(' selected'); ?>>member (AD)</option></select></p>
+				<p><label for="ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute"><?php p($l->t('Group-Member association'));?></label><select id="ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute" name="ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute" data-default="<?php p($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute_default']); ?>" ><option value="uniqueMember"<?php if (isset($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute']) && ($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute'] === 'uniqueMember')) p(' selected'); ?>>uniqueMember</option><option value="memberUid"<?php if (isset($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute']) && ($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute'] === 'memberUid')) p(' selected'); ?>>memberUid</option><option value="member"<?php if (isset($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute']) && ($_['ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute'] === 'member')) p(' selected'); ?>>member (AD)</option></select></p>
 			</div>
 			<h3><?php p($l->t('Special Attributes'));?></h3>
 			<div>
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/user_ldap.php b/apps/user_ldap/user_ldap.php
index 1277e07471..41e2926605 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/user_ldap.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/user_ldap.php
@@ -197,9 +197,9 @@ class USER_LDAP extends lib\Access implements \OCP\UserInterface {
 				//if attribute's value is an absolute path take this, otherwise append it to data dir
 				//check for / at the beginning or pattern c:\ resp. c:/
 				if(
-					'/' == $path[0]
+					'/' === $path[0]
 					|| (3 < strlen($path) && ctype_alpha($path[0])
-						&& $path[1] == ':' && ('\\' == $path[2] || '/' == $path[2]))
+						&& $path[1] === ':' && ('\\' === $path[2] || '/' === $path[2]))
 				) {
 					$homedir = $path;
 				} else {