diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7bd9b5fcd8..ffb8e0ae9b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue #11907 Avoid displaying UPDATE query twice
 - issue #11850 Fixed CSV import
 - issue        Fix SQL syntax highlighting in database search page
+- issue #12056 Fix error when we can not generate random string
+- issue #12055 Fixed PHP syntax error in templates
 
 4.5.5.1 (2016-02-29)
 - issue #11971 CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index type is not recognized by parser.
diff --git a/libraries/Util.php b/libraries/Util.php
index 527662c667..a3274d5a77 100644
--- a/libraries/Util.php
+++ b/libraries/Util.php
@@ -191,14 +191,14 @@ class Util
 
         // If it's the first time this function is called
         if (! isset($sprites)) {
+            $sprites = array();
             // Try to load the list of sprites
-            $sprite_file = $_SESSION['PMA_Theme']->getPath() . '/sprites.lib.php';
-            if (is_readable($sprite_file)) {
-                include_once $sprite_file;
-                $sprites = PMA_sprites();
-            } else {
-                // No sprites are available for this theme
-                $sprites = array();
+            if (isset($_SESSION['PMA_Theme'])) {
+                $sprite_file = $_SESSION['PMA_Theme']->getPath() . '/sprites.lib.php';
+                if (is_readable($sprite_file)) {
+                    include_once $sprite_file;
+                    $sprites = PMA_sprites();
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/libraries/core.lib.php b/libraries/core.lib.php
index be4db6e505..a2de9a6574 100644
--- a/libraries/core.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/core.lib.php
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ function PMA_fatalError(
         } else {
             $error_header = 'Error';
         }
-        $lang = $GLOBALS['lang'];
-        $dir = $GLOBALS['text_dir'];
+        $lang = isset($GLOBALS['lang']) ? $GLOBALS['lang'] : 'en';
+        $dir = isset($GLOBALS['text_dir']) ? $GLOBALS['text_dir'] : 'ltr';
 
         // on fatal errors it cannot hurt to always delete the current session
         if ($delete_session
diff --git a/libraries/session.inc.php b/libraries/session.inc.php
index 7e45ce117f..4b81d3e2e1 100644
--- a/libraries/session.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/session.inc.php
@@ -117,5 +117,13 @@ if (! isset($_SESSION[' PMA_token '])) {
         $_SESSION[' PMA_token '] = bin2hex(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(16));
     }
 }
+/**
+ * Check if token is properly generated (both above functions can return false).
+ */
+if (empty($_SESSION[' PMA_token '])) {
+    PMA_fatalError(
+        'Failed to generate random CSRF token!'
+    );
+}
 
 require_once 'libraries/session.lib.php';