diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-ftp.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-ftp.php
index 8e2624cedc..cb8a033631 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-ftp.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-ftp.php
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ class ftp_base {
 $mod_sockets = extension_loaded( 'sockets' );
 if ( ! $mod_sockets && function_exists( 'dl' ) && is_callable( 'dl' ) ) {
 	$prefix = ( PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX == 'dll' ) ? 'php_' : '';
-	@dl( $prefix . 'sockets.' . PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX );
+	@dl( $prefix . 'sockets.' . PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX ); // phpcs:ignore PHPCompatibility.FunctionUse.RemovedFunctions.dlDeprecated
 	$mod_sockets = extension_loaded( 'sockets' );
 }
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/ID3/module.audio-video.quicktime.php b/wp-includes/ID3/module.audio-video.quicktime.php
index cfe8ff5a8c..3c66199b1b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/ID3/module.audio-video.quicktime.php
+++ b/wp-includes/ID3/module.audio-video.quicktime.php
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class getid3_quicktime extends getid3_handler
 			foreach ($info['quicktime']['comments']['location.ISO6709'] as $ISO6709string) {
 				$ISO6709parsed = array('latitude'=>false, 'longitude'=>false, 'altitude'=>false);
 				if (preg_match('#^([\\+\\-])([0-9]{2}|[0-9]{4}|[0-9]{6})(\\.[0-9]+)?([\\+\\-])([0-9]{3}|[0-9]{5}|[0-9]{7})(\\.[0-9]+)?(([\\+\\-])([0-9]{3}|[0-9]{5}|[0-9]{7})(\\.[0-9]+)?)?/$#', $ISO6709string, $matches)) {
-					@list($dummy, $lat_sign, $lat_deg, $lat_deg_dec, $lon_sign, $lon_deg, $lon_deg_dec, $dummy, $alt_sign, $alt_deg, $alt_deg_dec) = $matches;
+					@list($dummy, $lat_sign, $lat_deg, $lat_deg_dec, $lon_sign, $lon_deg, $lon_deg_dec, $dummy, $alt_sign, $alt_deg, $alt_deg_dec) = $matches; // phpcs:ignore PHPCompatibility.Lists.AssignmentOrder.Affected
 
 					if (strlen($lat_deg) == 2) {        // [+-]DD.D
 						$ISO6709parsed['latitude'] = (($lat_sign == '-') ? -1 : 1) * floatval(ltrim($lat_deg, '0').$lat_deg_dec);
diff --git a/wp-includes/capabilities.php b/wp-includes/capabilities.php
index 24b0aa9e0a..e3c28a1cf1 100644
--- a/wp-includes/capabilities.php
+++ b/wp-includes/capabilities.php
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ function map_meta_cap( $cap, $user_id, ...$args ) {
 		case 'edit_user_meta':
 		case 'delete_user_meta':
 		case 'add_user_meta':
-			list( $_, $object_type, $_ ) = explode( '_', $cap );
-			$object_id                   = (int) $args[0];
+			$object_type = explode( '_', $cap )[1];
+			$object_id   = (int) $args[0];
 
 			$object_subtype = get_object_subtype( $object_type, $object_id );
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/class-requests.php b/wp-includes/class-requests.php
index e9773800cb..34f7b6121b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-requests.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-requests.php
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ class Requests {
 
 		// Don't search for a transport if it's already been done for these $capabilities
 		if (isset(self::$transport[$cap_string]) && self::$transport[$cap_string] !== null) {
-			return new self::$transport[$cap_string]();
+			$class = self::$transport[$cap_string];
+			return new $class();
 		}
 		// @codeCoverageIgnoreEnd
 
@@ -214,7 +215,8 @@ class Requests {
 			throw new Requests_Exception('No working transports found', 'notransport', self::$transports);
 		}
 
-		return new self::$transport[$cap_string]();
+		$class = self::$transport[$cap_string];
+		return new $class();
 	}
 
 	/**#@+
diff --git a/wp-includes/class-simplepie.php b/wp-includes/class-simplepie.php
index 651bf60e3c..6bb5bf75fc 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-simplepie.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-simplepie.php
@@ -3165,7 +3165,7 @@ class SimplePie
 		}
 
 		$class = get_class($this);
-		$trace = debug_backtrace();
+		$trace = debug_backtrace(); // phpcs:ignore PHPCompatibility.FunctionUse.ArgumentFunctionsReportCurrentValue.NeedsInspection
 		$file = $trace[0]['file'];
 		$line = $trace[0]['line'];
 		trigger_error("Call to undefined method $class::$method() in $file on line $line", E_USER_ERROR);
diff --git a/wp-includes/cron.php b/wp-includes/cron.php
index 7337ba307e..6f50cc7f95 100644
--- a/wp-includes/cron.php
+++ b/wp-includes/cron.php
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ function wp_clear_scheduled_hook( $hook, $args = array() ) {
 	// Previously, this function took the arguments as discrete vars rather than an array like the rest of the API.
 	if ( ! is_array( $args ) ) {
 		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, '3.0.0', __( 'This argument has changed to an array to match the behavior of the other cron functions.' ) );
-		$args = array_slice( func_get_args(), 1 );
+		$args = array_slice( func_get_args(), 1 ); // phpcs:ignore PHPCompatibility.FunctionUse.ArgumentFunctionsReportCurrentValue.NeedsInspection
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index c319965fb9..35c1e2e2f3 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -6627,7 +6627,7 @@ function mbstring_binary_safe_encoding( $reset = false ) {
 	static $overloaded = null;
 
 	if ( is_null( $overloaded ) ) {
-		$overloaded = function_exists( 'mb_internal_encoding' ) && ( ini_get( 'mbstring.func_overload' ) & 2 );
+		$overloaded = function_exists( 'mb_internal_encoding' ) && ( ini_get( 'mbstring.func_overload' ) & 2 ); // phpcs:ignore PHPCompatibility.IniDirectives.RemovedIniDirectives.mbstring_func_overloadDeprecated
 	}
 
 	if ( false === $overloaded ) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/plugin.php b/wp-includes/plugin.php
index dc4ec0deb1..2a97c9eba5 100644
--- a/wp-includes/plugin.php
+++ b/wp-includes/plugin.php
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ function apply_filters_ref_array( $tag, $args ) {
 	// Do 'all' actions first.
 	if ( isset( $wp_filter['all'] ) ) {
 		$wp_current_filter[] = $tag;
-		$all_args            = func_get_args();
+		$all_args            = func_get_args(); // phpcs:ignore PHPCompatibility.FunctionUse.ArgumentFunctionsReportCurrentValue.NeedsInspection
 		_wp_call_all_hook( $all_args );
 	}
 
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ function do_action( $tag, ...$arg ) {
 	// Do 'all' actions first.
 	if ( isset( $wp_filter['all'] ) ) {
 		$wp_current_filter[] = $tag;
-		$all_args            = func_get_args();
+		$all_args            = func_get_args(); // phpcs:ignore PHPCompatibility.FunctionUse.ArgumentFunctionsReportCurrentValue.NeedsInspection
 		_wp_call_all_hook( $all_args );
 	}
 
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ function do_action_ref_array( $tag, $args ) {
 	// Do 'all' actions first.
 	if ( isset( $wp_filter['all'] ) ) {
 		$wp_current_filter[] = $tag;
-		$all_args            = func_get_args();
+		$all_args            = func_get_args(); // phpcs:ignore PHPCompatibility.FunctionUse.ArgumentFunctionsReportCurrentValue.NeedsInspection
 		_wp_call_all_hook( $all_args );
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/pomo/streams.php b/wp-includes/pomo/streams.php
index 8d8a2edcc7..52228d9120 100644
--- a/wp-includes/pomo/streams.php
+++ b/wp-includes/pomo/streams.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if ( ! class_exists( 'POMO_Reader', false ) ) :
 		 * PHP5 constructor.
 		 */
 		function __construct() {
-			$this->is_overloaded = ( ( ini_get( 'mbstring.func_overload' ) & 2 ) != 0 ) && function_exists( 'mb_substr' );
+			$this->is_overloaded = ( ( ini_get( 'mbstring.func_overload' ) & 2 ) != 0 ) && function_exists( 'mb_substr' ); // phpcs:ignore PHPCompatibility.IniDirectives.RemovedIniDirectives.mbstring_func_overloadDeprecated
 			$this->_pos          = 0;
 		}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/rss.php b/wp-includes/rss.php
index 208ca72004..ffc2494789 100644
--- a/wp-includes/rss.php
+++ b/wp-includes/rss.php
@@ -385,10 +385,6 @@ class MagpieRSS {
 	}
 
 	function error( $errormsg, $lvl = E_USER_WARNING ) {
-		// append PHP's error message if track_errors enabled
-		if ( isset($php_errormsg) ) {
-			$errormsg .= " ($php_errormsg)";
-		}
 		if ( MAGPIE_DEBUG ) {
 			trigger_error( $errormsg, $lvl);
 		} else {
@@ -821,10 +817,6 @@ class RSSCache {
 	Purpose:	register error
 \*=======================================================================*/
 	function error ($errormsg, $lvl=E_USER_WARNING) {
-		// append PHP's error message if track_errors enabled
-		if ( isset($php_errormsg) ) {
-			$errormsg .= " ($php_errormsg)";
-		}
 		$this->ERROR = $errormsg;
 		if ( MAGPIE_DEBUG ) {
 			trigger_error( $errormsg, $lvl);
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index f564db6ddb..012ddf9bdb 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.5-alpha-47901';
+$wp_version = '5.5-alpha-47902';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.