diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
index d39d7bc2..6b41c5f3 100644
--- a/post.php
+++ b/post.php
@@ -64,6 +64,105 @@ function strip_markup($post_body)
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Checks if the user at the remote ip passed the captcha.
+ *
+ * @param string $secret Server side secret.
+ * @param string $response User provided response.
+ * @param string $remote_ip User ip.
+ * @return bool Returns true if the use passed the captcha.
+ */
+function check_recaptcha($secret, $response, $remote_ip)
+{
+    $resp = json_decode(file_get_contents(
+        sprintf(
+            'https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify?secret=%s&response=%s&remoteip=%s',
+            $secret,
+            urlencode($response),
+            $remote_ip
+        )
+    ), true);
+    return !!$resp['success'];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Deletes the (single) captcha associated with the ip and code.
+ *
+ * @param string $ip
+ * @param string $code
+ * @return bool Returns true on success.
+ */
+function db_delete_captcha($ip, $code)
+{
+    $query = prepare('DELETE FROM captchas WHERE ip=:ip AND code=:code LIMIT 1');
+    $query->bindValue(':ip', $ip);
+    $query->bindValue(':code', $code);
+    $query->execute();
+    return $query->rowCount() != 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the (single) thread with the given id in the given board.
+ *
+ * @param string $board Board to search in. MUST ALREADY BE SANITIZED.
+ * @param int $thread_id Id of the thread.
+ * @return false|array Returns false if the thread does not exist. Otherwise, an array with the thread's 'sticky', 'locked',
+ * 'cycle', 'sage', and 'slug' properties.
+ */
+function db_select_thread_with_attributes($board, $thread_id)
+{
+    $query = prepare(sprintf("SELECT `sticky`, `locked`, `cycle`, `sage`, `slug` FROM ``posts_%s`` WHERE `id` = :id AND `thread` IS NULL LIMIT 1", $board));
+    $query->bindValue(':id', $thread_id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
+    $query->execute() or error(db_error());
+    $thread = $query->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+
+    if (!$thread) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return $thread;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the threads with the given id in the given board.
+ *
+ * @param string $board Board to search in. MUST ALREADY BE SANITIZED.
+ * @param int $thread_id Id of the thread.
+ * @return false|array Returns false if no thread exists. Otherwise, an array of arrays with the threads 'id', 'thread'
+ * and 'body_nomarkup' properties.
+ */
+function db_select_threads_minimal($board, $thread_id)
+{
+    $query = prepare(sprintf("SELECT `id`, `thread`, `body_nomarkup` FROM ``posts_%s`` WHERE `id` = :id", $board));
+    $query->bindValue(':id', $thread_id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
+    $query->execute() or error(db_error($query));
+    $threads = $query->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+
+    if (!$threads) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return $threads;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Inserts a new report.
+ *
+ * @param string $ip Ip of the user sending the report.
+ * @param [type] $board Board of the reported thread. MUST ALREADY BE SANITIZED.
+ * @param [type] $post_id Post reported.
+ * @param [type] $reason Reason of the report.
+ * @return void
+ */
+function db_insert_report($ip, $board, $post_id, $reason)
+{
+    $query = prepare("INSERT INTO ``reports`` VALUES (NULL, :time, :ip, :board, :post, :reason)");
+    $query->bindValue(':time', time(), PDO::PARAM_INT);
+    $query->bindValue(':ip', $ip, PDO::PARAM_STR);
+    $query->bindValue(':board', $board, PDO::PARAM_STR);
+    $query->bindValue(':post', $post_id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
+    $query->bindValue(':reason', $reason, PDO::PARAM_STR);
+    $query->execute() or error(db_error($query));
+}
+
 /**
  * Inserts a new ban appeal into the database.
  *
@@ -71,7 +170,7 @@ function strip_markup($post_body)
  * @param string $appeal_message Appeal message.
  * @return void
  */
-function query_insert_ban_appeal($ban_id, $appeal_message)
+function db_insert_ban_appeal($ban_id, $appeal_message)
 {
     $query = prepare("INSERT INTO ``ban_appeals`` VALUES (NULL, :ban_id, :time, :message, 0)");
     $query->bindValue(':ban_id', $ban_id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
@@ -80,6 +179,18 @@ function query_insert_ban_appeal($ban_id, $appeal_message)
     $query->execute() or error(db_error($query));
 }
 
+/**
+ * Fetches the appeals to a ban.
+ *
+ * @param int $ban_id MUST ALREADY BE SANITIZED.
+ * @return array
+ */
+function db_select_ban_appeals($ban_id)
+{
+    $query = query("SELECT `denied` FROM ``ban_appeals`` WHERE `ban_id` = $ban_id") or error(db_error());
+    return $query->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_COLUMN);
+}
+
 /**
  * Method handling functions
  */
@@ -407,6 +518,7 @@ function handle_report()
     }
 
     if ($config['report_captcha']) {
+        // What is this?
         $resp = file_get_contents($config['captcha']['provider_check'] . "?" . http_build_query([
             'mode' => 'check',
             'text' => $_POST['captcha_text'],
@@ -423,11 +535,7 @@ function handle_report()
     markup($reason);
 
     foreach ($report as $id) {
-        $query = prepare(sprintf("SELECT `id`,`thread`, `body_nomarkup` FROM ``posts_%s`` WHERE `id` = :id", $board['uri']));
-        $query->bindValue(':id', $id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
-        $query->execute() or error(db_error($query));
-
-        $thread = $query->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+        $thread = db_select_threads_minimal($board['uri'], $id);
 
         $error = event('report', array('ip' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], 'board' => $board['uri'], 'post' => $post, 'reason' => $reason, 'link' => link_for($thread)));
         if ($error) {
@@ -441,13 +549,8 @@ function handle_report()
                     '/' . $board['dir'] . $config['dir']['res'] . link_for($thread) . ($thread['thread'] ? '#' . $id : '') .
                     ' for "' . $reason . '"'
             );
-        $query = prepare("INSERT INTO ``reports`` VALUES (NULL, :time, :ip, :board, :post, :reason)");
-        $query->bindValue(':time', time(), PDO::PARAM_INT);
-        $query->bindValue(':ip', $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
-        $query->bindValue(':board', $board['uri'], PDO::PARAM_STR);
-        $query->bindValue(':post', $id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
-        $query->bindValue(':reason', $reason, PDO::PARAM_STR);
-        $query->execute() or error(db_error($query));
+
+        db_insert_report($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], $board['uri'], $id, $reason);
 
         if ($config['slack']) {
             function slack($message, $room = "reports", $icon = ":no_entry_sign:")
@@ -508,7 +611,7 @@ function handle_report()
 
     if (!isset($_POST['json_response'])) {
         $index = $root . $board['dir'] . $config['file_index'];
-        $reported_post = $root . $board['dir'] . $config['dir']['res'] . ($thread['thread'] ? $thread['thread'] : $id) . ".html" . ($thread['thread'] ? '#' . $id : '');
+        //$reported_post = $root . $board['dir'] . $config['dir']['res'] . ($thread['thread'] ? $thread['thread'] : $id) . ".html" . ($thread['thread'] ? '#' . $id : '');
         //header('Location: ' . $reported_post);
 
         echo Element('page.html', array('config' => $config, 'body' => '<div style="text-align:center"><a href="javascript:window.close()">[ ' . _('Close window') . " ]</a> <a href='$index'>[ " . _('Return') . ' ]</a></div>', 'title' => _('Report submitted!')));
@@ -568,19 +671,10 @@ function handle_post()
     if (!$dropped_post) {
         // Check for CAPTCHA right after opening the board so the "return" link is in there.
         if ($config['recaptcha']) {
-            if (!isset($_POST['g-recaptcha-response']))
+            if (!isset($_POST['g-recaptcha-response'])) {
                 error($config['error']['bot']);
-            // Check what reCAPTCHA has to say...
-            $resp = json_decode(file_get_contents(
-                sprintf(
-                    'https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify?secret=%s&response=%s&remoteip=%s',
-                    $config['recaptcha_private'],
-                    urlencode($_POST['g-recaptcha-response']),
-                    $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']
-                )
-            ), true);
-
-            if (!$resp['success']) {
+            }
+            if (!check_recaptcha($config['recaptcha_private'], $_POST['g-recaptcha-response'], $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) {
                 error($config['error']['captcha']);
             }
         }
@@ -600,13 +694,7 @@ function handle_post()
                 error($config['error']['securimage']['empty']);
             }
 
-            $query = prepare('DELETE FROM captchas WHERE time<DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 30 MINUTE)');
-            $query = prepare('DELETE FROM captchas WHERE ip=:ip AND code=:code LIMIT 1');
-            $query->bindValue(':ip', $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
-            $query->bindValue(':code', $_POST['captcha']);
-            $query->execute();
-
-            if ($query->rowCount() == 0) {
+            if (!db_delete_captcha($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], $_POST['captcha'])) {
                 error($config['error']['securimage']['bad']);
             }
         }
@@ -634,7 +722,7 @@ function handle_post()
         if ($post['mod'] = isset($_POST['mod']) && $_POST['mod']) {
             check_login(false);
             if (!$mod) {
-                // Liar. You're not a mod.
+                // Liar. You're not a mod >:-[
                 error($config['error']['notamod']);
             }
 
@@ -674,14 +762,11 @@ function handle_post()
         $mod = $post['mod'] = false;
     }
 
-    //Check if thread exists
+    // Check if thread exists.
     if (!$post['op']) {
-        $query = prepare(sprintf("SELECT `sticky`,`locked`,`cycle`,`sage`,`slug` FROM ``posts_%s`` WHERE `id` = :id AND `thread` IS NULL LIMIT 1", $board['uri']));
-        $query->bindValue(':id', $post['thread'], PDO::PARAM_INT);
-        $query->execute() or error(db_error());
+        $thread = db_select_thread_with_attributes($board['uri'], $post['thread']);
 
-        if (!$thread = $query->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
-            // Non-existant
+        if ($thread === false) {
             error($config['error']['nonexistant']);
         }
     } else {
@@ -844,7 +929,7 @@ function handle_post()
                 $post['name'] = $name;
             }
         }
-    } else if ($config['joke_capcode']) {
+    } elseif ($config['joke_capcode']) {
         if (strtolower($post['email']) == 'joke') {
             if (isset($config['joke_capcode_default'])) {
                 $cap = $config['joke_capcode_default'];
@@ -1570,6 +1655,7 @@ function handle_appeal()
         error($config['error']['bot']);
     }
 
+    // Doubles as sanitization against SQL injection.
     $ban_id = (int) $_POST['ban_id'];
 
     $bans = Bans::find($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
@@ -1588,8 +1674,7 @@ function handle_appeal()
         error($config['error']['tooshortban']);
     }
 
-    $query = query("SELECT `denied` FROM ``ban_appeals`` WHERE `ban_id` = $ban_id") or error(db_error());
-    $ban_appeals = $query->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_COLUMN);
+    $ban_appeals = db_select_ban_appeals($ban_id);
 
     if (count($ban_appeals) >= $config['ban_appeals_max']) {
         error($config['error']['toomanyappeals']);
@@ -1607,7 +1692,7 @@ function handle_appeal()
 
     // Sanitize away eventual Cross Site Scripting funkyness.
     $appeal_msg = htmlspecialchars($_POST['appeal']);
-    query_insert_ban_appeal($ban_id, $appeal_msg);
+    db_insert_ban_appeal($ban_id, $appeal_msg);
 
     displayBan($ban);
 }