diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index d330bf0..c5e000d 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ func (this *conversionState) convertNoFreeFloating(n_ node.Node) (string, error)
 
 				// No need to use a child scope for the temporary name -
 				// super() is a reserved name in PHP anyway
-				ret := "super, err := " + constructorName(this.currentClassParentName) + funcArgs + "\n"
+				ret := "super, err := " + constructorName(this.currentClassParentName) + "(" + strings.Join(funcArgs, ", ") + ")\n"
 				ret += "if err != nil {\n"
 				ret += this.currentErrHandler //"return err\n"
 				ret += "}\n"
@@ -931,7 +931,31 @@ func (this *conversionState) convertNoFreeFloating(n_ node.Node) (string, error)
 
 		// FIXME need to support `this.currentErrHandler`
 
-		return funcName + callParams, nil // expr only, no semicolon/newline
+		// Transform some PHP standard library functions to their Go equivalents
+		// TODO check namespacing for collision prevention
+		if funcName == `strlen` || funcName == `count` || funcName == `sizeof` {
+			funcName = `len`
+
+		} else if funcName == `explode` {
+			if len(callParams) != 2 {
+				return "", parseErr{n, fmt.Errorf("Call to \\explode() should have 2 arguments, got %d", len(callParams))}
+			}
+			this.importPackages["strings"] = struct{}{}
+			funcName = `strings.Split`
+			callParams[0], callParams[1] = callParams[1], callParams[2] // need to reverse function argument order
+
+		} else if funcName == `implode` {
+			if len(callParams) != 2 {
+				return "", parseErr{n, fmt.Errorf("Call to \\implode() should have 2 arguments, got %d", len(callParams))}
+			}
+
+			this.importPackages["strings"] = struct{}{}
+			funcName = `strings.Join`
+			callParams[0], callParams[1] = callParams[1], callParams[2] // need to reverse function argument order
+
+		}
+
+		return funcName + "(" + strings.Join(callParams, ", ") + ")", nil // expr only, no semicolon/newline
 
 	case *expr.StaticCall:
 		className, err := this.resolveName(n.Class)
@@ -960,7 +984,7 @@ func (this *conversionState) convertNoFreeFloating(n_ node.Node) (string, error)
 
 		// FIXME need to support `this.currentErrHandler`
 
-		return callTarget + callParams, nil // expr only, no semicolon/newline
+		return callTarget + "(" + strings.Join(callParams, ", ") + ")", nil // expr only, no semicolon/newline
 
 	case *expr.New:
 		// new foo(xx)
@@ -1054,7 +1078,7 @@ func (this *conversionState) convertNoFreeFloating(n_ node.Node) (string, error)
 
 		// FIXME need to support `this.currentErrHandler`
 
-		return parent + "." + child + args, nil
+		return parent + "." + child + "(" + strings.Join(args, ", ") + ")", nil
 
 	case *expr.PropertyFetch:
 		// Foo->Bar
@@ -1397,7 +1421,7 @@ func constructorName(className string) string {
 // This is only safe in cases where there is ambiguously a single rvalue wanted,
 // e.g. between ( and , in a function call argument
 func removeParens(expr string) string {
-	for len(expr) > 2 && expr[0] == '(' && expr[len(expr)-1] == ')' {
+	for len(expr) > 2 && expr[0] == '(' && expr[len(expr)-1] == ')' && !strings.HasSuffix(expr, `()`) {
 		expr = expr[1 : len(expr)-1]
 	}
 	return expr
@@ -1567,18 +1591,18 @@ func (this *conversionState) convertBinaryCommon(left, right node.Node, goBinary
 	return "(" + lhs + " " + goBinaryOperator + " " + rhs + ")", nil
 }
 
-func (this *conversionState) convertFuncCallArgsCommon(args *node.ArgumentList) (string, error) {
+func (this *conversionState) convertFuncCallArgsCommon(args *node.ArgumentList) ([]string, error) {
 
 	callParams := make([]string, 0, len(args.Arguments))
 	for _, arg_ := range args.Arguments {
 		arg, ok := arg_.(*node.Argument)
 		if !ok {
-			return "", parseErr{arg_, fmt.Errorf("expected node.Argument")}
+			return nil, parseErr{arg_, fmt.Errorf("expected node.Argument")}
 		}
 
 		rvalue, err := this.convert(arg.Expr)
 		if err != nil {
-			return "", parseErr{arg, err}
+			return nil, parseErr{arg, err}
 		}
 		if arg.IsReference {
 			rvalue = "&" + rvalue
@@ -1590,7 +1614,7 @@ func (this *conversionState) convertFuncCallArgsCommon(args *node.ArgumentList)
 		callParams = append(callParams, removeParens(rvalue))
 	}
 
-	return "(" + strings.Join(callParams, `, `) + ")", nil // expr only, no semicolon/newline
+	return callParams, nil
 }
 
 func (this *conversionState) convertArrayLiteralCommon(items []node.Node) (string, error) {