diff -r 3d4e9c994f10 -r a86126ab1dd4 wp/wp-admin/install-helper.php
--- a/wp/wp-admin/install-helper.php	Tue Oct 22 16:11:46 2019 +0200
+++ b/wp/wp-admin/install-helper.php	Tue Dec 15 13:49:49 2020 +0100
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Plugins may load this file to gain access to special helper functions for
  * plugin installation. This file is not included by WordPress and it is
  * recommended, to prevent fatal errors, that this file is included using
- * require_once().
+ * require_once.
  *
  * These functions are not optimized for speed, but they should only be used
  * once in a while, so speed shouldn't be a concern. If it is and you are
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *     $error_count = 0;
  *     $tablename = $wpdb->links;
  *     // Check the column.
- *     if ( ! check_column($wpdb->links, 'link_description', 'varchar( 255 )' ) ) {
+ *     if ( ! check_column( $wpdb->links, 'link_description', 'varchar( 255 )' ) ) {
  *         $ddl = "ALTER TABLE $wpdb->links MODIFY COLUMN link_description varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' ";
  *         $q = $wpdb->query( $ddl );
  *     }
@@ -35,58 +35,61 @@
  */
 
 /** Load WordPress Bootstrap */
-require_once( dirname( dirname( __FILE__ ) ) . '/wp-load.php' );
+require_once dirname( __DIR__ ) . '/wp-load.php';
 
 if ( ! function_exists( 'maybe_create_table' ) ) :
 	/**
-	 * Create database table, if it doesn't already exist.
+	 * Creates a table in the database if it doesn't already exist.
 	 *
 	 * @since 1.0.0
 	 *
 	 * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
 	 *
 	 * @param string $table_name Database table name.
-	 * @param string $create_ddl Create database table SQL.
-	 * @return bool False on error, true if already exists or success.
+	 * @param string $create_ddl SQL statement to create table.
+	 * @return bool True on success or if the table already exists. False on failure.
 	 */
 	function maybe_create_table( $table_name, $create_ddl ) {
 		global $wpdb;
+
 		foreach ( $wpdb->get_col( 'SHOW TABLES', 0 ) as $table ) {
-			if ( $table == $table_name ) {
+			if ( $table === $table_name ) {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
+
 		// Didn't find it, so try to create it.
 		$wpdb->query( $create_ddl );
 
 		// We cannot directly tell that whether this succeeded!
 		foreach ( $wpdb->get_col( 'SHOW TABLES', 0 ) as $table ) {
-			if ( $table == $table_name ) {
+			if ( $table === $table_name ) {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
+
 		return false;
 	}
 endif;
 
 if ( ! function_exists( 'maybe_add_column' ) ) :
 	/**
-	 * Add column to database table, if column doesn't already exist in table.
+	 * Adds column to database table, if it doesn't already exist.
 	 *
 	 * @since 1.0.0
 	 *
 	 * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
 	 *
-	 * @param string $table_name Database table name
-	 * @param string $column_name Table column name
-	 * @param string $create_ddl SQL to add column to table.
-	 * @return bool False on failure. True, if already exists or was successful.
+	 * @param string $table_name  Database table name.
+	 * @param string $column_name Table column name.
+	 * @param string $create_ddl  SQL statement to add column.
+	 * @return bool True on success or if the column already exists. False on failure.
 	 */
 	function maybe_add_column( $table_name, $column_name, $create_ddl ) {
 		global $wpdb;
+
 		foreach ( $wpdb->get_col( "DESC $table_name", 0 ) as $column ) {
-
-			if ( $column == $column_name ) {
+			if ( $column === $column_name ) {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
@@ -96,48 +99,51 @@
 
 		// We cannot directly tell that whether this succeeded!
 		foreach ( $wpdb->get_col( "DESC $table_name", 0 ) as $column ) {
-			if ( $column == $column_name ) {
+			if ( $column === $column_name ) {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
+
 		return false;
 	}
 endif;
 
 /**
- * Drop column from database table, if it exists.
+ * Drops column from database table, if it exists.
  *
  * @since 1.0.0
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
- * @param string $table_name Table name
- * @param string $column_name Column name
- * @param string $drop_ddl SQL statement to drop column.
- * @return bool False on failure, true on success or doesn't exist.
+ * @param string $table_name  Database table name.
+ * @param string $column_name Table column name.
+ * @param string $drop_ddl    SQL statement to drop column.
+ * @return bool True on success or if the column doesn't exist. False on failure.
  */
 function maybe_drop_column( $table_name, $column_name, $drop_ddl ) {
 	global $wpdb;
+
 	foreach ( $wpdb->get_col( "DESC $table_name", 0 ) as $column ) {
-		if ( $column == $column_name ) {
+		if ( $column === $column_name ) {
 
 			// Found it, so try to drop it.
 			$wpdb->query( $drop_ddl );
 
 			// We cannot directly tell that whether this succeeded!
 			foreach ( $wpdb->get_col( "DESC $table_name", 0 ) as $column ) {
-				if ( $column == $column_name ) {
+				if ( $column === $column_name ) {
 					return false;
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
 	// Else didn't find it.
 	return true;
 }
 
 /**
- * Check column matches criteria.
+ * Checks that database table column matches the criteria.
  *
  * Uses the SQL DESC for retrieving the table info for the column. It will help
  * understand the parameters, if you do more research on what column information
@@ -156,9 +162,9 @@
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
- * @param string $table_name Table name
- * @param string $col_name   Column name
- * @param string $col_type   Column type
+ * @param string $table_name Database table name.
+ * @param string $col_name   Table column name.
+ * @param string $col_type   Table column type.
  * @param bool   $is_null    Optional. Check is null.
  * @param mixed  $key        Optional. Key info.
  * @param mixed  $default    Optional. Default value.
@@ -167,34 +173,38 @@
  */
 function check_column( $table_name, $col_name, $col_type, $is_null = null, $key = null, $default = null, $extra = null ) {
 	global $wpdb;
+
 	$diffs   = 0;
 	$results = $wpdb->get_results( "DESC $table_name" );
 
 	foreach ( $results as $row ) {
 
-		if ( $row->Field == $col_name ) {
+		if ( $row->Field === $col_name ) {
 
 			// Got our column, check the params.
-			if ( ( $col_type != null ) && ( $row->Type != $col_type ) ) {
+			if ( ( null !== $col_type ) && ( $row->Type !== $col_type ) ) {
 				++$diffs;
 			}
-			if ( ( $is_null != null ) && ( $row->Null != $is_null ) ) {
+			if ( ( null !== $is_null ) && ( $row->Null !== $is_null ) ) {
 				++$diffs;
 			}
-			if ( ( $key != null ) && ( $row->Key != $key ) ) {
+			if ( ( null !== $key ) && ( $row->Key !== $key ) ) {
 				++$diffs;
 			}
-			if ( ( $default != null ) && ( $row->Default != $default ) ) {
+			if ( ( null !== $default ) && ( $row->Default !== $default ) ) {
 				++$diffs;
 			}
-			if ( ( $extra != null ) && ( $row->Extra != $extra ) ) {
+			if ( ( null !== $extra ) && ( $row->Extra !== $extra ) ) {
 				++$diffs;
 			}
+
 			if ( $diffs > 0 ) {
 				return false;
 			}
+
 			return true;
-		} // end if found our column
+		} // End if found our column.
 	}
+
 	return false;
 }