diff --git a/phpstan-baseline.php b/phpstan-baseline.php
index ea228647c992..2e6e8b31ec37 100644
--- a/phpstan-baseline.php
+++ b/phpstan-baseline.php
@@ -7849,12 +7849,6 @@
 	'count' => 1,
 	'path' => __DIR__ . '/system/Log/Handlers/FileHandler.php',
 ];
-$ignoreErrors[] = [
-	// identifier: identical.alwaysTrue
-	'message' => '#^Strict comparison using \\=\\=\\= between true and true will always evaluate to true\\.$#',
-	'count' => 1,
-	'path' => __DIR__ . '/system/Log/Handlers/FileHandler.php',
-];
 $ignoreErrors[] = [
 	// identifier: missingType.iterableValue
 	'message' => '#^Method CodeIgniter\\\\Log\\\\Logger\\:\\:determineFile\\(\\) return type has no value type specified in iterable type array\\.$#',
diff --git a/rector.php b/rector.php
index 913dc7277e41..89647759b914 100644
--- a/rector.php
+++ b/rector.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\ChangeArrayPushToArrayAssignRector;
 use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\FuncCall\SingleInArrayToCompareRector;
 use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\FunctionLike\SimplifyUselessVariableRector;
+use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\Identical\SimplifyBoolIdenticalTrueRector;
 use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\If_\CombineIfRector;
 use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\If_\ExplicitBoolCompareRector;
 use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\If_\ShortenElseIfRector;
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@
         AddMethodCallBasedStrictParamTypeRector::class,
         TypedPropertyFromAssignsRector::class,
         ClosureReturnTypeRector::class,
+        SimplifyBoolIdenticalTrueRector::class,
     ])
     ->withConfiguredRule(StringClassNameToClassConstantRector::class, [
         // keep '\\' prefix string on string '\Foo\Bar'
diff --git a/system/CLI/CLI.php b/system/CLI/CLI.php
index bfe1511eed02..54ca6a5ca97e 100644
--- a/system/CLI/CLI.php
+++ b/system/CLI/CLI.php
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ public static function beep(int $num = 1)
      */
     public static function wait(int $seconds, bool $countdown = false)
     {
-        if ($countdown === true) {
+        if ($countdown) {
             $time = $seconds;
 
             while ($time > 0) {
diff --git a/system/Cache/Handlers/FileHandler.php b/system/Cache/Handlers/FileHandler.php
index cf45a6544e27..a86a45e83d00 100644
--- a/system/Cache/Handlers/FileHandler.php
+++ b/system/Cache/Handlers/FileHandler.php
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ protected function deleteFiles(string $path, bool $delDir = false, bool $htdocs
             if ($filename !== '.' && $filename !== '..') {
                 if (is_dir($path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $filename) && $filename[0] !== '.') {
                     $this->deleteFiles($path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $filename, $delDir, $htdocs, $_level + 1);
-                } elseif ($htdocs !== true || ! preg_match('/^(\.htaccess|index\.(html|htm|php)|web\.config)$/i', $filename)) {
+                } elseif (! $htdocs || ! preg_match('/^(\.htaccess|index\.(html|htm|php)|web\.config)$/i', $filename)) {
                     @unlink($path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $filename);
                 }
             }
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ protected function deleteFiles(string $path, bool $delDir = false, bool $htdocs
 
         closedir($currentDir);
 
-        return ($delDir === true && $_level > 0) ? @rmdir($path) : true;
+        return ($delDir && $_level > 0) ? @rmdir($path) : true;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/system/Config/Services.php b/system/Config/Services.php
index 1a8843fa39b4..28e521df3f0e 100644
--- a/system/Config/Services.php
+++ b/system/Config/Services.php
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public static function csp(?CSPConfig $config = null, bool $getShared = true)
      */
     public static function curlrequest(array $options = [], ?ResponseInterface $response = null, ?App $config = null, bool $getShared = true)
     {
-        if ($getShared === true) {
+        if ($getShared) {
             return static::getSharedInstance('curlrequest', $options, $response, $config);
         }
 
diff --git a/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php b/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php
index 9d5a02db9f6e..570340dffb9b 100644
--- a/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php
+++ b/system/Database/BaseBuilder.php
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ public function distinct(bool $val = true)
      */
     public function from($from, bool $overwrite = false): self
     {
-        if ($overwrite === true) {
+        if ($overwrite) {
             $this->QBFrom = [];
             $this->db->setAliasedTables([]);
         }
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ protected function whereHaving(string $qbKey, $key, $value = null, string $type
         foreach ($keyValue as $k => $v) {
             $prefix = empty($this->{$qbKey}) ? $this->groupGetType('') : $this->groupGetType($type);
 
-            if ($rawSqlOnly === true) {
+            if ($rawSqlOnly) {
                 $k  = '';
                 $op = '';
             } elseif ($v !== null) {
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ protected function _like($field, string $match = '', string $type = 'AND ', stri
         $keyValue = ! is_array($field) ? [$field => $match] : $field;
 
         foreach ($keyValue as $k => $v) {
-            if ($insensitiveSearch === true) {
+            if ($insensitiveSearch) {
                 $v = strtolower($v);
             }
 
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ protected function _like($field, string $match = '', string $type = 'AND ', stri
      */
     protected function _like_statement(?string $prefix, string $column, ?string $not, string $bind, bool $insensitiveSearch = false): string
     {
-        if ($insensitiveSearch === true) {
+        if ($insensitiveSearch) {
             return "{$prefix} LOWER(" . $this->db->escapeIdentifiers($column) . ") {$not} LIKE :{$bind}:";
         }
 
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ public function getCompiledSelect(bool $reset = true): string
     {
         $select = $this->compileSelect();
 
-        if ($reset === true) {
+        if ($reset) {
             $this->resetSelect();
         }
 
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ public function get(?int $limit = null, int $offset = 0, bool $reset = true)
             ? $this->getCompiledSelect($reset)
             : $this->db->query($this->compileSelect(), $this->binds, false);
 
-        if ($reset === true) {
+        if ($reset) {
             $this->resetSelect();
 
             // Clear our binds so we don't eat up memory
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ public function countAll(bool $reset = true)
 
         $query = $query->getRow();
 
-        if ($reset === true) {
+        if ($reset) {
             $this->resetSelect();
         }
 
@@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@ public function countAllResults(bool $reset = true)
 
         $result = $this->db->query($sql, $this->binds, false);
 
-        if ($reset === true) {
+        if ($reset) {
             $this->resetSelect();
         } elseif (! isset($this->QBOrderBy)) {
             $this->QBOrderBy = $orderBy;
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ public function getWhere($where = null, ?int $limit = null, ?int $offset = 0, bo
             ? $this->getCompiledSelect($reset)
             : $this->db->query($this->compileSelect(), $this->binds, false);
 
-        if ($reset === true) {
+        if ($reset) {
             $this->resetSelect();
 
             // Clear our binds so we don't eat up memory
@@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@ public function getCompiledInsert(bool $reset = true)
             array_values($this->QBSet)
         );
 
-        if ($reset === true) {
+        if ($reset) {
             $this->resetWrite();
         }
 
@@ -2466,7 +2466,7 @@ public function getCompiledUpdate(bool $reset = true)
 
         $sql = $this->_update($this->QBFrom[0], $this->QBSet);
 
-        if ($reset === true) {
+        if ($reset) {
             $this->resetWrite();
         }
 
diff --git a/system/Database/BaseConnection.php b/system/Database/BaseConnection.php
index 56340c8decd5..65bf6fcdbdac 100644
--- a/system/Database/BaseConnection.php
+++ b/system/Database/BaseConnection.php
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ public function transBegin(bool $testMode = false): bool
         // Reset the transaction failure flag.
         // If the $test_mode flag is set to TRUE transactions will be rolled back
         // even if the queries produce a successful result.
-        $this->transFailure = ($testMode === true);
+        $this->transFailure = $testMode;
 
         if ($this->_transBegin()) {
             $this->transDepth++;
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ public function protectIdentifiers($item, bool $prefixSingle = false, ?bool $pro
                 $item = preg_replace('/^' . $this->swapPre . '(\S+?)/', $this->DBPrefix . '\\1', $item);
             }
             // Do we prefix an item with no segments?
-            elseif ($prefixSingle === true && ! str_starts_with($item, $this->DBPrefix)) {
+            elseif ($prefixSingle && ! str_starts_with($item, $this->DBPrefix)) {
                 $item = $this->DBPrefix . $item;
             }
         }
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ private function protectDotItem(string $item, string $alias, bool $protectIdenti
         // NOTE: The ! empty() condition prevents this method
         // from breaking when QB isn't enabled.
         if (! empty($this->aliasedTables) && in_array($parts[0], $this->aliasedTables, true)) {
-            if ($protectIdentifiers === true) {
+            if ($protectIdentifiers) {
                 foreach ($parts as $key => $val) {
                     if (! in_array($val, $this->reservedIdentifiers, true)) {
                         $parts[$key] = $this->escapeIdentifiers($val);
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ private function protectDotItem(string $item, string $alias, bool $protectIdenti
             $item = implode('.', $parts);
         }
 
-        if ($protectIdentifiers === true) {
+        if ($protectIdentifiers) {
             $item = $this->escapeIdentifiers($item);
         }
 
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ public function escapeString($str, bool $like = false)
         $str = $this->_escapeString($str);
 
         // escape LIKE condition wildcards
-        if ($like === true) {
+        if ($like) {
             return str_replace(
                 [
                     $this->likeEscapeChar,
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ public function listTables(bool $constrainByPrefix = false)
      */
     public function tableExists(string $tableName, bool $cached = true): bool
     {
-        if ($cached === true) {
+        if ($cached) {
             return in_array($this->protectIdentifiers($tableName, true, false, false), $this->listTables(), true);
         }
 
diff --git a/system/Database/Forge.php b/system/Database/Forge.php
index 595cd6156b5f..735303614b51 100644
--- a/system/Database/Forge.php
+++ b/system/Database/Forge.php
@@ -449,12 +449,12 @@ public function addForeignKey(
      */
     public function dropKey(string $table, string $keyName, bool $prefixKeyName = true): bool
     {
-        $keyName = $this->db->escapeIdentifiers(($prefixKeyName === true ? $this->db->DBPrefix : '') . $keyName);
+        $keyName = $this->db->escapeIdentifiers(($prefixKeyName ? $this->db->DBPrefix : '') . $keyName);
         $table   = $this->db->escapeIdentifiers($this->db->DBPrefix . $table);
 
         $dropKeyAsConstraint = $this->dropKeyAsConstraint($table, $keyName);
 
-        if ($dropKeyAsConstraint === true) {
+        if ($dropKeyAsConstraint) {
             $sql = sprintf(
                 $this->dropConstraintStr,
                 $table,
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ public function createTable(string $table, bool $ifNotExists = false, array $att
         }
 
         // If table exists lets stop here
-        if ($ifNotExists === true && $this->db->tableExists($table, false)) {
+        if ($ifNotExists && $this->db->tableExists($table, false)) {
             $this->reset();
 
             return true;
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ protected function _processFields(bool $createTable = false): array
 
             $attributes = array_change_key_case($attributes, CASE_UPPER);
 
-            if ($createTable === true && empty($attributes['TYPE'])) {
+            if ($createTable && empty($attributes['TYPE'])) {
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ protected function _processFields(bool $createTable = false): array
                 } else {
                     $field['null'] = ' NOT ' . $this->null;
                 }
-            } elseif ($createTable === true) {
+            } elseif ($createTable) {
                 $field['null'] = ' NOT ' . $this->null;
             }
 
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ protected function _processPrimaryKeys(string $table, bool $asQuery = false): st
         }
 
         if (isset($this->primaryKeys['fields']) && $this->primaryKeys['fields'] !== []) {
-            if ($asQuery === true) {
+            if ($asQuery) {
                 $sql .= 'ALTER TABLE ' . $this->db->escapeIdentifiers($this->db->DBPrefix . $table) . ' ADD ';
             } else {
                 $sql .= ",\n\t";
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ protected function _processForeignKeys(string $table, bool $asQuery = false): ar
             $referenceTableFilled = $this->db->escapeIdentifiers($this->db->DBPrefix . $fkey['referenceTable']);
             $referenceFieldFilled = implode(', ', $this->db->escapeIdentifiers($fkey['referenceField']));
 
-            if ($asQuery === true) {
+            if ($asQuery) {
                 $sqls[$index] .= 'ALTER TABLE ' . $this->db->escapeIdentifiers($this->db->DBPrefix . $table) . ' ADD ';
             } else {
                 $sqls[$index] .= ",\n\t";
diff --git a/system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php b/system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php
index 068dfba5b9e9..b1095003e286 100644
--- a/system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php
+++ b/system/Database/MySQLi/Connection.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public function connect(bool $persistent = false)
             $port     = null;
             $socket   = $this->hostname;
         } else {
-            $hostname = ($persistent === true) ? 'p:' . $this->hostname : $this->hostname;
+            $hostname = $persistent ? 'p:' . $this->hostname : $this->hostname;
             $port     = empty($this->port) ? null : $this->port;
             $socket   = '';
         }
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ protected function _listTables(bool $prefixLimit = false, ?string $tableName = n
             return $sql . ' LIKE ' . $this->escape($tableName);
         }
 
-        if ($prefixLimit !== false && $this->DBPrefix !== '') {
+        if ($prefixLimit && $this->DBPrefix !== '') {
             return $sql . " LIKE '" . $this->escapeLikeStringDirect($this->DBPrefix) . "%'";
         }
 
diff --git a/system/Database/MySQLi/Forge.php b/system/Database/MySQLi/Forge.php
index 132bde1258cc..3bde0c518daf 100644
--- a/system/Database/MySQLi/Forge.php
+++ b/system/Database/MySQLi/Forge.php
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ protected function _processIndexes(string $table, bool $asQuery = false): array
                 implode('_', $this->keys[$i]['fields']) :
                 $this->keys[$i]['keyName']);
 
-            if ($asQuery === true) {
+            if ($asQuery) {
                 $sqls[$index] = 'ALTER TABLE ' . $this->db->escapeIdentifiers($table) . " ADD {$unique}KEY "
                     . $keyName
                     . ' (' . implode(', ', $this->db->escapeIdentifiers($this->keys[$i]['fields'])) . ')';
diff --git a/system/Database/OCI8/Connection.php b/system/Database/OCI8/Connection.php
index 2b870b755b44..c59d588ccec1 100644
--- a/system/Database/OCI8/Connection.php
+++ b/system/Database/OCI8/Connection.php
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ protected function _listTables(bool $prefixLimit = false, ?string $tableName = n
             return $sql . ' WHERE "TABLE_NAME" LIKE ' . $this->escape($tableName);
         }
 
-        if ($prefixLimit !== false && $this->DBPrefix !== '') {
+        if ($prefixLimit && $this->DBPrefix !== '') {
             return $sql . ' WHERE "TABLE_NAME" LIKE \'' . $this->escapeLikeString($this->DBPrefix) . "%' "
                     . sprintf($this->likeEscapeStr, $this->likeEscapeChar);
         }
diff --git a/system/Database/OCI8/Forge.php b/system/Database/OCI8/Forge.php
index 5a10363be769..7d81cff8b506 100644
--- a/system/Database/OCI8/Forge.php
+++ b/system/Database/OCI8/Forge.php
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ protected function _alterTable(string $alterType, string $table, $processedField
                 $wantToAddNull   = ! str_contains($processedFields[$i]['null'], ' NOT');
                 $currentNullable = $nullableMap[$processedFields[$i]['name']];
 
-                if ($wantToAddNull === true && $currentNullable === true) {
+                if ($wantToAddNull && $currentNullable === true) {
                     $processedFields[$i]['null'] = '';
                 } elseif ($processedFields[$i]['null'] === '' && $currentNullable === false) {
                     // Nullable by default
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ protected function _dropTable(string $table, bool $ifExists, bool $cascade)
     {
         $sql = parent::_dropTable($table, $ifExists, $cascade);
 
-        if ($sql !== true && $cascade === true) {
+        if ($sql !== true && $cascade) {
             $sql .= ' CASCADE CONSTRAINTS PURGE';
         } elseif ($sql !== true) {
             $sql .= ' PURGE';
diff --git a/system/Database/Postgre/Builder.php b/system/Database/Postgre/Builder.php
index 12845a0e4f54..faae0eda8a9b 100644
--- a/system/Database/Postgre/Builder.php
+++ b/system/Database/Postgre/Builder.php
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ protected function _truncate(string $table): string
      */
     protected function _like_statement(?string $prefix, string $column, ?string $not, string $bind, bool $insensitiveSearch = false): string
     {
-        $op = $insensitiveSearch === true ? 'ILIKE' : 'LIKE';
+        $op = $insensitiveSearch ? 'ILIKE' : 'LIKE';
 
         return "{$prefix} {$column} {$not} {$op} :{$bind}:";
     }
diff --git a/system/Database/Postgre/Connection.php b/system/Database/Postgre/Connection.php
index ec886dbd4d8b..416d6e02f86f 100644
--- a/system/Database/Postgre/Connection.php
+++ b/system/Database/Postgre/Connection.php
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ public function connect(bool $persistent = false)
             $this->convertDSN();
         }
 
-        $this->connID = $persistent === true ? pg_pconnect($this->DSN) : pg_connect($this->DSN);
+        $this->connID = $persistent ? pg_pconnect($this->DSN) : pg_connect($this->DSN);
 
         if ($this->connID !== false) {
             if (
-                $persistent === true
+                $persistent
                 && pg_connection_status($this->connID) === PGSQL_CONNECTION_BAD
                 && pg_ping($this->connID) === false
             ) {
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ protected function _listTables(bool $prefixLimit = false, ?string $tableName = n
             return $sql . ' AND "table_name" LIKE ' . $this->escape($tableName);
         }
 
-        if ($prefixLimit !== false && $this->DBPrefix !== '') {
+        if ($prefixLimit && $this->DBPrefix !== '') {
             return $sql . ' AND "table_name" LIKE \''
                 . $this->escapeLikeString($this->DBPrefix) . "%' "
                 . sprintf($this->likeEscapeStr, $this->likeEscapeChar);
diff --git a/system/Database/Postgre/Forge.php b/system/Database/Postgre/Forge.php
index 7a61bed5a57c..b516172737ae 100644
--- a/system/Database/Postgre/Forge.php
+++ b/system/Database/Postgre/Forge.php
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ protected function _alterTable(string $alterType, string $table, $processedField
                 $nullable = false;
             }
             $sqls[] = $sql . ' ALTER COLUMN ' . $this->db->escapeIdentifiers($field['name'])
-                . ($nullable === true ? ' DROP' : ' SET') . ' NOT NULL';
+                . ($nullable ? ' DROP' : ' SET') . ' NOT NULL';
 
             if (! empty($field['new_name'])) {
                 $sqls[] = $sql . ' RENAME COLUMN ' . $this->db->escapeIdentifiers($field['name'])
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ protected function _dropTable(string $table, bool $ifExists, bool $cascade): str
     {
         $sql = parent::_dropTable($table, $ifExists, $cascade);
 
-        if ($cascade === true) {
+        if ($cascade) {
             $sql .= ' CASCADE';
         }
 
diff --git a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Builder.php b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Builder.php
index fcc0b170084f..c1272cdcf326 100644
--- a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Builder.php
+++ b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Builder.php
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ public function countAll(bool $reset = true)
 
         $query = $query->getRow();
 
-        if ($reset === true) {
+        if ($reset) {
             $this->resetSelect();
         }
 
diff --git a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Connection.php b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Connection.php
index 7e008e27c451..7d60ad1cabd1 100644
--- a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Connection.php
+++ b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Connection.php
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ protected function _listTables(bool $prefixLimit = false, ?string $tableName = n
             return $sql .= ' AND [TABLE_NAME] LIKE ' . $this->escape($tableName);
         }
 
-        if ($prefixLimit === true && $this->DBPrefix !== '') {
+        if ($prefixLimit && $this->DBPrefix !== '') {
             $sql .= " AND [TABLE_NAME] LIKE '" . $this->escapeLikeString($this->DBPrefix) . "%' "
                 . sprintf($this->likeEscapeStr, $this->likeEscapeChar);
         }
diff --git a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Forge.php b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Forge.php
index cae4eda2a4f5..3bfda3bfe895 100644
--- a/system/Database/SQLSRV/Forge.php
+++ b/system/Database/SQLSRV/Forge.php
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ protected function _alterTable(string $alterType, string $table, $processedField
                 $nullable = false;
             }
             $sqls[] = $sql . ' ALTER COLUMN ' . $this->db->escapeIdentifiers($field['name'])
-                . " {$field['type']}{$field['length']} " . ($nullable === true ? '' : 'NOT') . ' NULL';
+                . " {$field['type']}{$field['length']} " . ($nullable ? '' : 'NOT') . ' NULL';
 
             if (! empty($field['comment'])) {
                 $sqls[] = 'EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty '
diff --git a/system/Database/SQLite3/Connection.php b/system/Database/SQLite3/Connection.php
index 9945d41de11b..a1a03eff61f5 100644
--- a/system/Database/SQLite3/Connection.php
+++ b/system/Database/SQLite3/Connection.php
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ protected function _listTables(bool $prefixLimit = false, ?string $tableName = n
 
         return 'SELECT "NAME" FROM "SQLITE_MASTER" WHERE "TYPE" = \'table\''
                . ' AND "NAME" NOT LIKE \'sqlite!_%\' ESCAPE \'!\''
-               . (($prefixLimit !== false && $this->DBPrefix !== '')
+               . (($prefixLimit && $this->DBPrefix !== '')
                     ? ' AND "NAME" LIKE \'' . $this->escapeLikeString($this->DBPrefix) . '%\' ' . sprintf($this->likeEscapeStr, $this->likeEscapeChar)
                     : '');
     }
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ protected function _indexData(string $table): array
      */
     protected function _foreignKeyData(string $table): array
     {
-        if ($this->supportsForeignKeys() !== true) {
+        if (! $this->supportsForeignKeys()) {
             return [];
         }
 
diff --git a/system/HTTP/DownloadResponse.php b/system/HTTP/DownloadResponse.php
index 6b293fbca239..56953823693d 100644
--- a/system/HTTP/DownloadResponse.php
+++ b/system/HTTP/DownloadResponse.php
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ private function setContentTypeByMimeType(): void
         $mime    = null;
         $charset = '';
 
-        if ($this->setMime === true && ($lastDotPosition = strrpos($this->filename, '.')) !== false) {
+        if ($this->setMime && ($lastDotPosition = strrpos($this->filename, '.')) !== false) {
             $mime    = Mimes::guessTypeFromExtension(substr($this->filename, $lastDotPosition + 1));
             $charset = $this->charset;
         }
diff --git a/system/Helpers/form_helper.php b/system/Helpers/form_helper.php
index 2e5b9f7ca576..58cd828e3faa 100644
--- a/system/Helpers/form_helper.php
+++ b/system/Helpers/form_helper.php
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ function set_select(string $field, string $value = '', bool $default = false): s
         }
 
         if ($input === null) {
-            return ($default === true) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
+            return $default ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
         }
 
         if (is_array($input)) {
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ function set_checkbox(string $field, string $value = '', bool $default = false):
             return ($input === $value) ? ' checked="checked"' : '';
         }
 
-        return ($default === true) ? ' checked="checked"' : '';
+        return $default ? ' checked="checked"' : '';
     }
 }
 
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ function set_radio(string $field, string $value = '', bool $default = false): st
             return ((string) $input === $value) ? ' checked="checked"' : '';
         }
 
-        return ($default === true) ? ' checked="checked"' : '';
+        return $default ? ' checked="checked"' : '';
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/system/Helpers/html_helper.php b/system/Helpers/html_helper.php
index b9e5e5c8ed0e..30733acd5175 100644
--- a/system/Helpers/html_helper.php
+++ b/system/Helpers/html_helper.php
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ function img($src = '', bool $indexPage = false, $attributes = ''): string
 
         // Check for a relative URI
         if (! preg_match('#^([a-z]+:)?//#i', $src['src']) && ! str_starts_with($src['src'], 'data:')) {
-            if ($indexPage === true) {
+            if ($indexPage) {
                 $img .= ' src="' . site_url($src['src']) . '"';
             } else {
                 $img .= ' src="' . slash_item('baseURL') . $src['src'] . '"';
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ function script_tag($src = '', bool $indexPage = false): string
 
         foreach ($src as $k => $v) {
             if ($k === 'src' && ! preg_match('#^([a-z]+:)?//#i', $v)) {
-                if ($indexPage === true) {
+                if ($indexPage) {
                     $script .= 'src="' . site_url($v) . '" ';
                 } else {
                     $script .= 'src="' . slash_item('baseURL') . $v . '" ';
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ function video($src, string $unsupportedMessage = '', string $attributes = '', a
 
         if (_has_protocol($src)) {
             $video .= ' src="' . $src . '"';
-        } elseif ($indexPage === true) {
+        } elseif ($indexPage) {
             $video .= ' src="' . site_url($src) . '"';
         } else {
             $video .= ' src="' . slash_item('baseURL') . $src . '"';
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ function audio($src, string $unsupportedMessage = '', string $attributes = '', a
 
         if (_has_protocol($src)) {
             $audio .= ' src="' . $src . '"';
-        } elseif ($indexPage === true) {
+        } elseif ($indexPage) {
             $audio .= ' src="' . site_url($src) . '"';
         } else {
             $audio .= ' src="' . slash_item('baseURL') . $src . '"';
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ function _media(string $name, array $types = [], string $unsupportedMessage = ''
     function source(string $src, string $type = 'unknown', string $attributes = '', bool $indexPage = false): string
     {
         if (! _has_protocol($src)) {
-            $src = $indexPage === true ? site_url($src) : slash_item('baseURL') . $src;
+            $src = $indexPage ? site_url($src) : slash_item('baseURL') . $src;
         }
 
         $source = '<source src="' . $src
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ function track(string $src, string $kind, string $srcLanguage, string $label): s
     function object(string $data, string $type = 'unknown', string $attributes = '', array $params = [], bool $indexPage = false): string
     {
         if (! _has_protocol($data)) {
-            $data = $indexPage === true ? site_url($data) : slash_item('baseURL') . $data;
+            $data = $indexPage ? site_url($data) : slash_item('baseURL') . $data;
         }
 
         $object = '<object data="' . $data . '" '
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ function param(string $name, string $value, string $type = 'ref', string $attrib
     function embed(string $src, string $type = 'unknown', string $attributes = '', bool $indexPage = false): string
     {
         if (! _has_protocol($src)) {
-            $src = $indexPage === true ? site_url($src) : slash_item('baseURL') . $src;
+            $src = $indexPage ? site_url($src) : slash_item('baseURL') . $src;
         }
 
         return '<embed src="' . $src
diff --git a/system/Helpers/url_helper.php b/system/Helpers/url_helper.php
index fcfce09f5697..4fd6b4f7e42b 100644
--- a/system/Helpers/url_helper.php
+++ b/system/Helpers/url_helper.php
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ function url_title(string $str, string $separator = '-', bool $lowercase = false
             $str = preg_replace('#' . $key . '#iu', $val, $str);
         }
 
-        if ($lowercase === true) {
+        if ($lowercase) {
             $str = mb_strtolower($str);
         }
 
diff --git a/system/Helpers/xml_helper.php b/system/Helpers/xml_helper.php
index 13f9c0dfa55d..70c9f409de64 100644
--- a/system/Helpers/xml_helper.php
+++ b/system/Helpers/xml_helper.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function xml_convert(string $str, bool $protectAll = false): string
         // ampersands won't get messed up
         $str = preg_replace('/&#(\d+);/', $temp . '\\1;', $str);
 
-        if ($protectAll === true) {
+        if ($protectAll) {
             $str = preg_replace('/&(\w+);/', $temp . '\\1;', $str);
         }
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function xml_convert(string $str, bool $protectAll = false): string
         // Decode the temp markers back to entities
         $str = preg_replace('/' . $temp . '(\d+);/', '&#\\1;', $str);
 
-        if ($protectAll === true) {
+        if ($protectAll) {
             return preg_replace('/' . $temp . '(\w+);/', '&\\1;', $str);
         }
 
diff --git a/system/Images/Handlers/ImageMagickHandler.php b/system/Images/Handlers/ImageMagickHandler.php
index e59f91869851..583a2759fd31 100644
--- a/system/Images/Handlers/ImageMagickHandler.php
+++ b/system/Images/Handlers/ImageMagickHandler.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public function _resize(bool $maintainRatio = false)
             $escape = '';
         }
 
-        $action = $maintainRatio === true
+        $action = $maintainRatio
             ? ' -resize ' . ($this->width ?? 0) . 'x' . ($this->height ?? 0) . ' "' . $source . '" "' . $destination . '"'
             : ' -resize ' . ($this->width ?? 0) . 'x' . ($this->height ?? 0) . "{$escape}! \"" . $source . '" "' . $destination . '"';
 
diff --git a/system/Images/Image.php b/system/Images/Image.php
index a2cf51436121..ec6d4b8fa5c0 100644
--- a/system/Images/Image.php
+++ b/system/Images/Image.php
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public function getProperties(bool $return = false)
 
         $mime = 'image/' . ($types[$vals[2]] ?? 'jpg');
 
-        if ($return === true) {
+        if ($return) {
             return [
                 'width'      => $vals[0],
                 'height'     => $vals[1],
diff --git a/system/Log/Handlers/FileHandler.php b/system/Log/Handlers/FileHandler.php
index 42dd9ceefc0f..64d1485f0f7a 100644
--- a/system/Log/Handlers/FileHandler.php
+++ b/system/Log/Handlers/FileHandler.php
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public function handle($level, $message): bool
 
         $msg = '';
 
+        $newfile = false;
         if (! is_file($filepath)) {
             $newfile = true;
 
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ public function handle($level, $message): bool
         flock($fp, LOCK_UN);
         fclose($fp);
 
-        if (isset($newfile) && $newfile === true) {
+        if ($newfile) {
             chmod($filepath, $this->filePermissions);
         }
 
diff --git a/system/Pager/Pager.php b/system/Pager/Pager.php
index af0e9accfaee..3bdc85388c18 100644
--- a/system/Pager/Pager.php
+++ b/system/Pager/Pager.php
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ public function getPageURI(?int $page = null, string $group = 'default', bool $r
             $uri->setQueryArray($query);
         }
 
-        return ($returnObject === true)
+        return $returnObject
             ? $uri
             : URI::createURIString(
                 $uri->getScheme(),
diff --git a/system/Router/AutoRouter.php b/system/Router/AutoRouter.php
index 6e9f3248c86e..bb47bf96c89a 100644
--- a/system/Router/AutoRouter.php
+++ b/system/Router/AutoRouter.php
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public function setDirectory(?string $dir = null, bool $append = false, bool $va
             }
         }
 
-        if ($append !== true || ($this->directory === null || $this->directory === '')) {
+        if (! $append || ($this->directory === null || $this->directory === '')) {
             $this->directory = trim($dir, '/') . '/';
         } else {
             $this->directory .= trim($dir, '/') . '/';
diff --git a/system/Typography/Typography.php b/system/Typography/Typography.php
index 89687d72e2d1..c8ca5131171c 100644
--- a/system/Typography/Typography.php
+++ b/system/Typography/Typography.php
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public function autoTypography(string $str, bool $reduceLinebreaks = false): str
         ];
 
         // Do we need to reduce empty lines?
-        if ($reduceLinebreaks === true) {
+        if ($reduceLinebreaks) {
             $table['#<p>\n*</p>#'] = '';
         } else {
             // If we have empty paragraph tags we add a non-breaking space
diff --git a/system/Validation/Validation.php b/system/Validation/Validation.php
index a4d817d2a9b4..66ed1f8e48a3 100644
--- a/system/Validation/Validation.php
+++ b/system/Validation/Validation.php
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ private function processPermitEmpty($value, array $rules, array $data)
                     }
                 }
 
-                if ($passed === true) {
+                if ($passed) {
                     return true;
                 }
             }