diff --git a/compiler/jsgen.nim b/compiler/jsgen.nim
index ea58bb7dde..964752c169 100644
--- a/compiler/jsgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/jsgen.nim
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ proc genArrayAccess(p: PProc, n: PNode, r: var TCompRes) =
         r.res = "nimAt($1, $2)" % [r.address, r.res]
     elif ty.kind in {tyString, tyCString}:
       # XXX this needs to be more like substr($1,$2)
-      r.res = "ord($1[$2])" % [r.address, r.res]
+      r.res = "ord(@$1[$2])" % [r.address, r.res]
     else:
       r.res = "$1[$2]" % [r.address, r.res]
   else:
diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index 5d6fcf8684..f584f75901 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -2163,7 +2163,7 @@ proc `&` *[T](x: T, y: seq[T]): seq[T] {.noSideEffect.} =
     result[i+1] = y[i]
 
 when not defined(nimscript):
-  when not defined(JS):
+  when not defined(JS) or defined(nimphp):
     proc seqToPtr[T](x: seq[T]): pointer {.inline, nosideeffect.} =
       result = cast[pointer](x)
   else:
diff --git a/lib/system/jssys.nim b/lib/system/jssys.nim
index 2206837174..99997efe62 100644
--- a/lib/system/jssys.nim
+++ b/lib/system/jssys.nim
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@ proc raiseException(e: ref Exception, ename: cstring) {.
   when not defined(noUnhandledHandler):
     if excHandler == 0:
       unhandledException(e)
-  asm "throw `e`;"
+  when defined(nimphp):
+    asm """throw new Exception($`e`["message"]);"""
+  else:
+    asm "throw `e`;"
 
 proc reraiseException() {.compilerproc, asmNoStackFrame.} =
   if lastJSError == nil: