diff --git a/ext/phar/phar_object.c b/ext/phar/phar_object.c
index 96376a3f4ac..b4c6e9f0458 100755
--- a/ext/phar/phar_object.c
+++ b/ext/phar/phar_object.c
@@ -941,19 +941,7 @@ PHP_METHOD(Phar, webPhar)
 			++ext;
 
 #if PHP_MAJOR_VERSION >= 6
-			if (FAILURE == zend_hash_find(Z_ARRVAL_P(mimeoverride), ext, strlen(ext)+1, (void **) &val)) {
-				/* try unicode extension */
-				zstr zext;
-				zspprintf(IS_UNICODE, &zext, 0, "%s", ext);
-				if (SUCCESS == zend_u_hash_find(Z_ARRVAL_P(mimeoverride), IS_UNICODE, zext, strlen(ext)+1, (void **) &val)) {
-					ezfree(zext);
-					goto unicode_found;
-				}
-				ezfree(zext);
-				goto notfound;
-			}
-unicode_found:
-			{ /* this prevents parse error */
+			if (phar_find_key(Z_ARRVAL_P(mimeoverride), ext, strlen(ext)+1, (void **) &val)) {
 #else
 			if (SUCCESS == zend_hash_find(Z_ARRVAL_P(mimeoverride), ext, strlen(ext)+1, (void **) &val)) {
 #endif
@@ -990,9 +978,6 @@ unicode_found:
 		}
 	}
 
-#if PHP_MAJOR_VERSION >= 6
-notfound:
-#endif
 	if (!mime_type) {
 		code = phar_file_type(&PHAR_G(mime_types), entry, &mime_type TSRMLS_CC);
 	}
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/copyonwrite17.phar.phpt b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/copyonwrite17.phar.phpt
index 6e13088512e..158c049b147 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/copyonwrite17.phar.phpt
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/copyonwrite17.phar.phpt
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ phar.readonly=0
 files/write17.phar
 --EXPECTF--
 NULL
-string(2) "hi"
+%string|unicode%(2) "hi"
 ok
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/copyonwrite19.phar.phpt b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/copyonwrite19.phar.phpt
index 4870550c4d0..6e03554d96c 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/copyonwrite19.phar.phpt
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/copyonwrite19.phar.phpt
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ phar.readonly=0
 files/write19.phar
 --EXPECTF--
 string(2) "hi"
-string(3) "hi2"
+%string|unicode%(3) "hi2"
 ok
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller12.phar b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller12.phar
index 9e455876101..1cf36292820 100644
Binary files a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller12.phar and b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller12.phar differ
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller12.phar.inc b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller12.phar.inc
index ba17df37e17..f1e4645e2f0 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller12.phar.inc
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller12.phar.inc
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 $a = new Phar(dirname(__FILE__) . '/frontcontroller12.phar');
 $a['index.php'] = '<?php
 var_dump($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);
-var_dump($_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"]);
-var_dump($_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]);
-var_dump($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);
-var_dump($_SERVER["PHAR_PHP_SELF"]);
-var_dump($_SERVER["PHAR_SCRIPT_NAME"]);
-var_dump($_SERVER["PHAR_SCRIPT_FILENAME"]);
-var_dump($_SERVER["PHAR_REQUEST_URI"]);
+var_dump($_SERVER[b"SCRIPT_NAME"]);
+var_dump($_SERVER[b"SCRIPT_FILENAME"]);
+var_dump($_SERVER[b"REQUEST_URI"]);
+var_dump($_SERVER[b"PHAR_PHP_SELF"]);
+var_dump($_SERVER[b"PHAR_SCRIPT_NAME"]);
+var_dump($_SERVER[b"PHAR_SCRIPT_FILENAME"]);
+var_dump($_SERVER[b"PHAR_REQUEST_URI"]);
 ';
 $a->setStub('<?php
 Phar::mungServer(array("PHP_SELF", "SCRIPT_NAME", "SCRIPT_FILENAME", "REQUEST_URI"));
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller14.phar b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller14.phar
index 78a42a999f0..ebc3e9b408b 100644
Binary files a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller14.phar and b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller14.phar differ
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller14.phar.inc b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller14.phar.inc
index d0ebd9a45a7..23104a642fb 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller14.phar.inc
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller14.phar.inc
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 @unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/frontcontroller14.phar');
 $a = new Phar(dirname(__FILE__) . '/frontcontroller14.phar');
 $a['html/index.php'] = '<?php
-var_dump($_SERVER["PATH_INFO"]);
-var_dump($_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"]);
+var_dump($_SERVER[b"PATH_INFO"]);
+var_dump($_SERVER[b"PATH_TRANSLATED"]);
 ';
 $a->setStub('<?php
 function s($a)
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller3.phar b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller3.phar
index afcf03af351..35a23eadff8 100644
Binary files a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller3.phar and b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller3.phar differ
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller3.phar.inc b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller3.phar.inc
index 2759d9ee45a..6f9126ff445 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller3.phar.inc
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller3.phar.inc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $a['a.phps'] = '<?php function hio(){}';
 $a->setStub('<?php
 function s($a)
 {
-    static $b = array("/hi" => "a.phps");
+    static $b = array(b"/hi" => "a.phps");
     if (isset($b[$a])) return $b[$a];
     return $a;
 }
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller4.phar b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller4.phar
index 4c9a92a197b..83594618104 100644
Binary files a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller4.phar and b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller4.phar differ
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller4.phar.inc b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller4.phar.inc
index 5c6a43f9546..daf807e419c 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller4.phar.inc
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller4.phar.inc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $a['a.phps'] = '<?php function hio(){}';
 $a->setStub('<?php
 function s($a)
 {
-    static $b = array("/hi" => false);
+    static $b = array(b"/hi" => false);
     if (isset($b[$a])) return $b[$a];
     return $a;
 }
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller8.phar b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller8.phar
index ec05ceafb0c..c9c0e409ec4 100644
Binary files a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller8.phar and b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller8.phar differ
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller8.phar.inc b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller8.phar.inc
index 1dfb654a031..8629f0890d2 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller8.phar.inc
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/frontcontroller8.phar.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/frontcontroller8.phar');
 $a = new Phar(dirname(__FILE__) . '/frontcontroller8.phar');
 $a['a.phps'] = 'hio1';
-$a['a1.phps'] = '<?php var_dump($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"], $_SERVER["PATH_INFO"]);';
+$a['a1.phps'] = '<?php var_dump($_SERVER[b"REQUEST_URI"], $_SERVER[b"PATH_INFO"]);';
 $a['a.jpg'] = 'hio2';
 $a['a.php'] = '<?php function hio(){}';
 $a['fronk.gronk'] = 'hio3';
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/write24.phar b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/write24.phar
index d726ceef769..36972f3663e 100644
Binary files a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/write24.phar and b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/write24.phar differ
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/write24.phar.inc b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/write24.phar.inc
index ac967319608..216f7c46d0e 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/write24.phar.inc
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/files/write24.phar.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $phar->setStub('<?php
 $p = new Phar(__FILE__);
 var_dump(isset($p["newname"]));
 $fp = fopen("phar://" . __FILE__ . "/newname", "w");
-fwrite($fp, "hi");
+fwrite($fp, b"hi");
 fclose($fp);
 var_dump(isset($p["newname"]));
 echo "ok\n";
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/frontcontroller21.phpt b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/frontcontroller21.phpt
index 9ed315d19eb..829f2986e99 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/frontcontroller21.phpt
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/frontcontroller21.phpt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ files/frontcontroller12.phar
 --EXPECTHEADERS--
 Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
 --EXPECTF--
-string(10) "/index.php"
+%unicode|string%(10) "/index.php"
 string(10) "/index.php"
 string(%d) "phar://%sfrontcontroller21.php/index.php"
 string(18) "/index.php?test=hi"
diff --git a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/frontcontroller22.phpt b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/frontcontroller22.phpt
index 82a8389ad5f..2769b01f2fb 100644
--- a/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/frontcontroller22.phpt
+++ b/ext/phar/tests/cache_list/frontcontroller22.phpt
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ files/frontcontroller13.phar
 --EXPECTHEADERS--
 Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
 --EXPECTF--
-string(4) "test"
-string(12) "oof/test.php"
+%string|unicode%(4) "test"
+%string|unicode%(12) "oof/test.php"
 
 Warning: include(./hi.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in phar://%s/oof/test.php on line %d