diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 358bffc..b0663eb 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2301.11859
+0.2301.11953
diff --git a/src/AString.php b/src/AString.php
index 1b83c4d..9d9661e 100644
--- a/src/AString.php
+++ b/src/AString.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 // AString.php
 // Created: 2021-04-26
-// Updated: 2022-02-27
+// Updated: 2023-01-01
 
 namespace Index;
 
@@ -269,6 +269,6 @@ final class AString implements IString {
             return $value;
         if($value instanceof WString)
             return $value->toAString();
-        return new AString(strval($value));
+        return new AString((string)$value);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Data/MariaDB/MariaDBResult.php b/src/Data/MariaDB/MariaDBResult.php
index 590c23c..04227cf 100644
--- a/src/Data/MariaDB/MariaDBResult.php
+++ b/src/Data/MariaDB/MariaDBResult.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ abstract class MariaDBResult implements IDbResult {
     }
 
     public function getString(int|string $index): string {
-        return strval($this->getValue($index));
+        return (string)$this->getValue($index);
     }
 
     public function getAString(int|string $index): AString {
diff --git a/src/Data/MariaDB/MariaDBStatement.php b/src/Data/MariaDB/MariaDBStatement.php
index 8d0cb33..1bf981d 100644
--- a/src/Data/MariaDB/MariaDBStatement.php
+++ b/src/Data/MariaDB/MariaDBStatement.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 // MariaDBStatement.php
 // Created: 2021-05-02
-// Updated: 2022-02-27
+// Updated: 2023-01-01
 
 namespace Index\Data\MariaDB;
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class MariaDBStatement implements IDbStatement {
                     while($data = fread($value, 8192))
                         $this->statement->send_long_data($key, $data);
                 } else
-                    $this->statement->send_long_data($key, strval($value));
+                    $this->statement->send_long_data($key, (string)$value);
 
                 $value = null;
             }
diff --git a/src/Data/SQLite/SQLiteResult.php b/src/Data/SQLite/SQLiteResult.php
index 2ff7584..2e36fd7 100644
--- a/src/Data/SQLite/SQLiteResult.php
+++ b/src/Data/SQLite/SQLiteResult.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class SQLiteResult implements IDbResult {
     }
 
     public function getString(int|string $index): string {
-        return strval($this->getValue($index));
+        return (string)$this->getValue($index);
     }
 
     public function getAString(int|string $index): AString {
diff --git a/src/Serialisation/BencodeSerialiser.php b/src/Serialisation/BencodeSerialiser.php
index 72076ba..281192a 100644
--- a/src/Serialisation/BencodeSerialiser.php
+++ b/src/Serialisation/BencodeSerialiser.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class BencodeSerialiser extends Serialiser {
                 } else {
                     $output = 'd';
                     foreach($input as $key => $value) {
-                        $output .= self::encode(strval($key), $depth - 1);
+                        $output .= self::encode((string)$key, $depth - 1);
                         $output .= self::encode($value, $depth - 1);
                     }
                 }
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class BencodeSerialiser extends Serialiser {
                 $output = 'd';
 
                 foreach($input as $key => $value) {
-                    $output .= self::encode(strval($key), $depth - 1);
+                    $output .= self::encode((string)$key, $depth - 1);
                     $output .= self::encode($value, $depth - 1);
                 }