Merge upstream branch and some changes for better readability

18 files changed, 610 insertions, 652 deletions

diff --git a/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php b/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
index b11670658..4676b2a65 100644
--- a/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('create_captcha'))
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ($img_path == '' OR $img_url == ''
+		if ($img_path === '' OR $img_url === ''
 			OR ! @is_dir($img_path) OR ! is_writeable($img_path)
 			OR ! extension_loaded('gd'))
 		{
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('create_captcha'))
 		// Do we have a "word" yet?
 		// -----------------------------------
 
-		if ($word == '')
+		if ($word === '')
 		{
 			$pool = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
 			$word = '';
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('create_captcha'))
 		//  Write the text
 		// -----------------------------------
 
-		$use_font = ($font_path != '' && file_exists($font_path) && function_exists('imagettftext'));
+		$use_font = ($font_path !== '' && file_exists($font_path) && function_exists('imagettftext'));
 		if ($use_font === FALSE)
 		{
 			$font_size = 5;
diff --git a/system/helpers/date_helper.php b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
index 531d1d32f..c601dc9e5 100644
--- a/system/helpers/date_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('now'))
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
 
-		if (strtolower($CI->config->item('time_reference')) == 'gmt')
+		if (strtolower($CI->config->item('time_reference')) === 'gmt')
 		{
 			$now = time();
 			$system_time = mktime(gmdate("H", $now), gmdate("i", $now), gmdate("s", $now), gmdate("m", $now), gmdate("d", $now), gmdate("Y", $now));
@@ -90,17 +90,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('mdate'))
 	 */
 	function mdate($datestr = '', $time = '')
 	{
-		if ($datestr == '')
+		if ($datestr === '')
 		{
 			return '';
 		}
 
-		$time = ($time == '') ? now() : $time;
+		$time = ($time === '') ? now() : $time;
 
 		$datestr = str_replace(
 			'%\\',
 			'',
-			preg_replace("/([a-z]+?){1}/i", "\\\\\\1", $datestr)
+			preg_replace('/([a-z]+?){1}/i', '\\\\\\1', $datestr)
 		);
 
 		return date($datestr, $time);
@@ -280,14 +280,14 @@ if ( ! function_exists('days_in_month'))
 			return 0;
 		}
 
-		if ( ! is_numeric($year) OR strlen($year) != 4)
+		if ( ! is_numeric($year) OR strlen($year) !== 4)
 		{
 			$year = date('Y');
 		}
 
 		if ($month == 2)
 		{
-			if ($year % 400 == 0 OR ($year % 4 == 0 && $year % 100 != 0))
+			if ($year % 400 === 0 OR ($year % 4 === 0 && $year % 100 !== 0))
 			{
 				return 29;
 			}
@@ -310,18 +310,18 @@ if ( ! function_exists('local_to_gmt'))
 	 */
 	function local_to_gmt($time = '')
 	{
-		if ($time == '')
+		if ($time === '')
 		{
 			$time = time();
 		}
 
 		return mktime(
-			gmdate("H", $time),
-			gmdate("i", $time),
-			gmdate("s", $time),
-			gmdate("m", $time),
-			gmdate("d", $time),
-			gmdate("Y", $time)
+			gmdate('H', $time),
+			gmdate('i', $time),
+			gmdate('s', $time),
+			gmdate('m', $time),
+			gmdate('d', $time),
+			gmdate('Y', $time)
 		);
 	}
 }
@@ -344,14 +344,14 @@ if ( ! function_exists('gmt_to_local'))
 	 */
 	function gmt_to_local($time = '', $timezone = 'UTC', $dst = FALSE)
 	{
-		if ($time == '')
+		if ($time === '')
 		{
 			return now();
 		}
 
 		$time += timezones($timezone) * 3600;
 
-		if ($dst == TRUE)
+		if ($dst === TRUE)
 		{
 			$time += 3600;
 		}
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('unix_to_human'))
 	{
 		$r  = date('Y', $time).'-'.date('m', $time).'-'.date('d', $time).' ';
 
-		if ($fmt == 'us')
+		if ($fmt === 'us')
 		{
 			$r .= date('h', $time).':'.date('i', $time);
 		}
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('unix_to_human'))
 			$r .= ':'.date('s', $time);
 		}
 
-		if ($fmt == 'us')
+		if ($fmt === 'us')
 		{
 			$r .= ' '.date('A', $time);
 		}
@@ -447,13 +447,12 @@ if ( ! function_exists('human_to_unix'))
 	 */
 	function human_to_unix($datestr = '')
 	{
-		if ($datestr == '')
+		if ($datestr === '')
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 
-		$datestr = trim($datestr);
-		$datestr = preg_replace("/\040+/", ' ', $datestr);
+		$datestr = preg_replace('/\040+/', ' ', trim($datestr));
 
 		if ( ! preg_match('/^[0-9]{2,4}\-[0-9]{1,2}\-[0-9]{1,2}\s[0-9]{1,2}:[0-9]{1,2}(?::[0-9]{1,2})?(?:\s[AP]M)?$/i', $datestr))
 		{
@@ -462,20 +461,20 @@ if ( ! function_exists('human_to_unix'))
 
 		$split = explode(' ', $datestr);
 
-		$ex = explode("-", $split['0']);
+		$ex = explode('-', $split['0']);
 
-		$year  = (strlen($ex['0']) == 2) ? '20'.$ex['0'] : $ex['0'];
-		$month = (strlen($ex['1']) == 1) ? '0'.$ex['1']  : $ex['1'];
-		$day   = (strlen($ex['2']) == 1) ? '0'.$ex['2']  : $ex['2'];
+		$year  = (strlen($ex[0]) === 2) ? '20'.$ex[0] : $ex[0];
+		$month = (strlen($ex[1]) === 1) ? '0'.$ex[1]  : $ex[1];
+		$day   = (strlen($ex[2]) === 1) ? '0'.$ex[2]  : $ex[2];
 
-		$ex = explode(":", $split['1']);
+		$ex = explode(':', $split['1']);
 
-		$hour = (strlen($ex['0']) == 1) ? '0'.$ex['0'] : $ex['0'];
-		$min  = (strlen($ex['1']) == 1) ? '0'.$ex['1'] : $ex['1'];
+		$hour = (strlen($ex[0]) === 1) ? '0'.$ex[0] : $ex[0];
+		$min  = (strlen($ex[1]) === 1) ? '0'.$ex[1] : $ex[1];
 
-		if (isset($ex['2']) && preg_match('/[0-9]{1,2}/', $ex['2']))
+		if (isset($ex[2]) && preg_match('/[0-9]{1,2}/', $ex[2]))
 		{
-			$sec  = (strlen($ex['2']) == 1) ? '0'.$ex['2'] : $ex['2'];
+			$sec = (strlen($ex[2]) === 1) ? '0'.$ex[2] : $ex[2];
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -483,13 +482,13 @@ if ( ! function_exists('human_to_unix'))
 			$sec = '00';
 		}
 
-		if (isset($split['2']))
+		if (isset($split[2]))
 		{
-			$ampm = strtolower($split['2']);
+			$ampm = strtolower($split[2]);
 
 			if (substr($ampm, 0, 1) === 'p' && $hour < 12)
 			{
-				$hour = $hour + 12;
+				$hour += 12;
 			}
 
 			if (substr($ampm, 0, 1) === 'a' && $hour == 12)
@@ -497,7 +496,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('human_to_unix'))
 				$hour =  '00';
 			}
 
-			if (strlen($hour) == 1)
+			if (strlen($hour) === 1)
 			{
 				$hour = '0'.$hour;
 			}
@@ -529,7 +528,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('nice_date'))
 		// Date like: YYYYMM
 		if (preg_match('/^\d{6}$/', $bad_date))
 		{
-			if (in_array(substr($bad_date, 0, 2),array('19', '20')))
+			if (in_array(substr($bad_date, 0, 2), array('19', '20')))
 			{
 				$year  = substr($bad_date, 0, 4);
 				$month = substr($bad_date, 4, 2);
@@ -540,32 +539,32 @@ if ( ! function_exists('nice_date'))
 				$year   = substr($bad_date, 2, 4);
 			}
 
-			return date($format, strtotime($year . '-' . $month . '-01'));
+			return date($format, strtotime($year.'-'.$month.'-01'));
 		}
 
 		// Date Like: YYYYMMDD
-		if (preg_match('/^\d{8}$/',$bad_date))
+		if (preg_match('/^\d{8}$/', $bad_date))
 		{
 			$month = substr($bad_date, 0, 2);
 			$day   = substr($bad_date, 2, 2);
 			$year  = substr($bad_date, 4, 4);
 
-			return date($format, strtotime($month . '/01/' . $year));
+			return date($format, strtotime($month.'/01/'.$year));
 		}
 
 		// Date Like: MM-DD-YYYY __or__ M-D-YYYY (or anything in between)
-		if (preg_match('/^\d{1,2}-\d{1,2}-\d{4}$/',$bad_date))
+		if (preg_match('/^\d{1,2}-\d{1,2}-\d{4}$/', $bad_date))
 		{
 			list($m, $d, $y) = explode('-', $bad_date);
-			return date($format, strtotime("{$y}-{$m}-{$d}"));
+			return date($format, strtotime($y.'-'.$m.'-'.$d));
 		}
 
 		// Any other kind of string, when converted into UNIX time,
 		// produces "0 seconds after epoc..." is probably bad...
 		// return "Invalid Date".
-		if (date('U', strtotime($bad_date)) == '0')
+		if (date('U', strtotime($bad_date)) === '0')
 		{
-			return "Invalid Date";
+			return 'Invalid Date';
 		}
 
 		// It's probably a valid-ish date format already
@@ -587,16 +586,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('timezone_menu'))
 	 * @param	string	menu name
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function timezone_menu($default = 'UTC', $class = "", $name = 'timezones')
+	function timezone_menu($default = 'UTC', $class = '', $name = 'timezones')
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
 		$CI->lang->load('date');
 
-		$default = ($default == 'GMT') ? 'UTC' : $default;
+		$default = ($default === 'GMT') ? 'UTC' : $default;
 
 		$menu = '<select name="'.$name.'"';
 
-		if ($class != '')
+		if ($class !== '')
 		{
 			$menu .= ' class="'.$class.'"';
 		}
@@ -605,13 +604,11 @@ if ( ! function_exists('timezone_menu'))
 
 		foreach (timezones() as $key => $val)
 		{
-			$selected = ($default == $key) ? " selected='selected'" : '';
-			$menu .= "<option value='{$key}'{$selected}>".$CI->lang->line($key)."</option>\n";
+			$selected = ($default === $key) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
+			$menu .= '<option value="'.$key.'"'.$selected.'>'.$CI->lang->line($key)."</option>\n";
 		}
 
-		$menu .= "</select>";
-
-		return $menu;
+		return $menu.'</select>';
 	}
 }
 
@@ -676,12 +673,12 @@ if ( ! function_exists('timezones'))
 			'UP14'		=> +14
 		);
 
-		if ($tz == '')
+		if ($tz === '')
 		{
 			return $zones;
 		}
 
-		$tz = ($tz == 'GMT') ? 'UTC' : $tz;
+		$tz = ($tz === 'GMT') ? 'UTC' : $tz;
 
 		return isset($zones[$tz]) ? $zones[$tz] : 0;
 	}
diff --git a/system/helpers/directory_helper.php b/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
index bda8fe8bb..e7d3b5e8a 100644
--- a/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('directory_map'))
 			while (FALSE !== ($file = readdir($fp)))
 			{
 				// Remove '.', '..', and hidden files [optional]
-				if ( ! trim($file, '.') OR ($hidden == FALSE && $file[0] === '.'))
+				if ( ! trim($file, '.') OR ($hidden === FALSE && $file[0] === '.'))
 				{
 					continue;
 				}
diff --git a/system/helpers/download_helper.php b/system/helpers/download_helper.php
index 97e6986b0..5efbc4930 100644
--- a/system/helpers/download_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/download_helper.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('force_download'))
 	 */
 	function force_download($filename = '', $data = '', $set_mime = FALSE)
 	{
-		if ($filename == '' OR $data == '')
+		if ($filename === '' OR $data === '')
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
@@ -73,14 +73,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('force_download'))
 			}
 
 			// Load the mime types
-			if (defined('ENVIRONMENT') && is_file(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/mimes.php'))
-			{
-				include(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/mimes.php');
-			}
-			elseif (is_file(APPPATH.'config/mimes.php'))
-			{
-				include(APPPATH.'config/mimes.php');
-			}
+			$mimes =& get_mimes();
 
 			// Only change the default MIME if we can find one
 			if (isset($mimes[$extension]))
@@ -100,7 +93,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('force_download'))
 			$x[count($x) - 1] = strtoupper($extension);
 			$filename = implode('.', $x);
 		}
-		
+
 		// Clean output buffer
 		ob_clean();
 
diff --git a/system/helpers/file_helper.php b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
index fb4503479..d53d986f9 100644
--- a/system/helpers/file_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('delete_files'))
 		}
 		@closedir($current_dir);
 
-		if ($del_dir == TRUE && $level > 0)
+		if ($del_dir === TRUE && $level > 0)
 		{
 			return @rmdir($path);
 		}
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('get_filenames'))
 				}
 				elseif ($file[0] !== '.')
 				{
-					$_filedata[] = ($include_path == TRUE) ? $source_dir.$file : $file;
+					$_filedata[] = ($include_path === TRUE) ? $source_dir.$file : $file;
 				}
 			}
 			closedir($fp);
@@ -349,36 +349,23 @@ if ( ! function_exists('get_mime_by_extension'))
 	{
 		$extension = strtolower(substr(strrchr($file, '.'), 1));
 
-		global $mimes;
+		static $mimes;
 
 		if ( ! is_array($mimes))
 		{
-			if (defined('ENVIRONMENT') && is_file(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/mimes.php'))
-			{
-				include(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/mimes.php');
-			}
-			elseif (is_file(APPPATH.'config/mimes.php'))
-			{
-				include(APPPATH.'config/mimes.php');
-			}
+			$mimes =& get_mimes();
 
-			if ( ! is_array($mimes))
+			if (empty($mimes))
 			{
 				return FALSE;
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (array_key_exists($extension, $mimes))
+		if (isset($mimes[$extension]))
 		{
-			if (is_array($mimes[$extension]))
-			{
-				// Multiple mime types, just give the first one
-				return current($mimes[$extension]);
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				return $mimes[$extension];
-			}
+			return is_array($mimes[$extension])
+				? current($mimes[$extension]) // Multiple mime types, just give the first one
+				: $mimes[$extension];
 		}
 
 		return FALSE;
diff --git a/system/helpers/form_helper.php b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
index b246d72f3..410972187 100644
--- a/system/helpers/form_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_open'))
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
 
-		if ($attributes == '')
+		if ($attributes === '')
 		{
 			$attributes = 'method="post"';
 		}
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_input'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-
 if ( ! function_exists('form_password'))
 {
 	/**
@@ -326,7 +325,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_dropdown'))
 			$selected = array($_POST[$name]);
 		}
 
-		if ($extra != '') $extra = ' '.$extra;
+		if ($extra !== '') $extra = ' '.$extra;
 
 		$multiple = (count($selected) > 1 && strpos($extra, 'multiple') === FALSE) ? ' multiple="multiple"' : '';
 
@@ -379,7 +378,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_checkbox'))
 		{
 			$checked = $data['checked'];
 
-			if ($checked == FALSE)
+			if ($checked === FALSE)
 			{
 				unset($data['checked']);
 			}
@@ -389,7 +388,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_checkbox'))
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ($checked == TRUE)
+		if ($checked === TRUE)
 		{
 			$defaults['checked'] = 'checked';
 		}
@@ -507,7 +506,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_label'))
 
 		$label = '<label';
 
-		if ($id != '')
+		if ($id !== '')
 		{
 			$label .= ' for="'.$id.'"';
 		}
@@ -541,7 +540,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_fieldset'))
 	function form_fieldset($legend_text = '', $attributes = array())
 	{
 		$fieldset = '<fieldset'._attributes_to_string($attributes, FALSE).">\n";
-		if ($legend_text != '')
+		if ($legend_text !== '')
 		{
 			return $fieldset.'<legend>'.$legend_text."</legend>\n";
 		}
@@ -624,7 +623,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_prep'))
 			return $str;
 		}
 
-		if ($field_name != '')
+		if ($field_name !== '')
 		{
 			$prepped_fields[$field_name] = $field_name;
 		}
@@ -687,7 +686,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_select'))
 		{
 			if ( ! isset($_POST[$field]))
 			{
-				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default == TRUE)
+				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default === TRUE)
 				{
 					return ' selected="selected"';
 				}
@@ -703,7 +702,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_select'))
 					return '';
 				}
 			}
-			elseif (($field == '' OR $value == '') OR ($field != $value))
+			elseif (($field === '' OR $value === '') OR ($field !== $value))
 			{
 				return '';
 			}
@@ -738,7 +737,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_checkbox'))
 		{
 			if ( ! isset($_POST[$field]))
 			{
-				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default == TRUE)
+				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default === TRUE)
 				{
 					return ' checked="checked"';
 				}
@@ -754,7 +753,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_checkbox'))
 					return '';
 				}
 			}
-			elseif (($field == '' OR $value == '') OR ($field != $value))
+			elseif (($field === '' OR $value === '') OR ($field !== $value))
 			{
 				return '';
 			}
@@ -789,7 +788,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_radio'))
 		{
 			if ( ! isset($_POST[$field]))
 			{
-				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default == TRUE)
+				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default === TRUE)
 				{
 					return ' checked="checked"';
 				}
@@ -807,7 +806,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_radio'))
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				if (($field == '' OR $value == '') OR ($field != $value))
+				if (($field === '' OR $value === '') OR ($field !== $value))
 				{
 					return '';
 				}
@@ -908,7 +907,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('_parse_form_attributes'))
 
 		foreach ($default as $key => $val)
 		{
-			if ($key == 'value')
+			if ($key === 'value')
 			{
 				$val = form_prep($val, $default['name']);
 			}
@@ -937,12 +936,12 @@ if ( ! function_exists('_attributes_to_string'))
 	{
 		if (is_string($attributes) && strlen($attributes) > 0)
 		{
-			if ($formtag == TRUE && strpos($attributes, 'method=') === FALSE)
+			if ($formtag === TRUE && strpos($attributes, 'method=') === FALSE)
 			{
 				$attributes .= ' method="post"';
 			}
 
-			if ($formtag == TRUE && strpos($attributes, 'accept-charset=') === FALSE)
+			if ($formtag === TRUE && strpos($attributes, 'accept-charset=') === FALSE)
 			{
 				$attributes .= ' accept-charset="'.strtolower(config_item('charset')).'"';
 			}
diff --git a/system/helpers/html_helper.php b/system/helpers/html_helper.php
index 124f58009..68ce70248 100644
--- a/system/helpers/html_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/html_helper.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('heading'))
 	 */
 	function heading($data = '', $h = '1', $attributes = '')
 	{
-		return '<h'.$h.($attributes != '' ? ' ' : '').$attributes.'>'.$data.'</h'.$h.'>';
+		return '<h'.$h.($attributes !== '' ? ' ' : '').$attributes.'>'.$data.'</h'.$h.'>';
 	}
 }
 
@@ -334,12 +334,12 @@ if ( ! function_exists('link_tag'))
 
 			$link .= 'rel="'.$rel.'" type="'.$type.'" ';
 
-			if ($media != '')
+			if ($media !== '')
 			{
 				$link .= 'media="'.$media.'" ';
 			}
 
-			if ($title != '')
+			if ($title !== '')
 			{
 				$link .= 'title="'.$title.'" ';
 			}
@@ -379,10 +379,10 @@ if ( ! function_exists('meta'))
 		$str = '';
 		foreach ($name as $meta)
 		{
-			$type		= ( ! isset($meta['type']) OR $meta['type'] == 'name') ? 'name' : 'http-equiv';
-			$name		= ( ! isset($meta['name']))		? ''	: $meta['name'];
-			$content	= ( ! isset($meta['content']))	? ''	: $meta['content'];
-			$newline	= ( ! isset($meta['newline']))	? "\n"	: $meta['newline'];
+			$type		= ( ! isset($meta['type']) OR $meta['type'] === 'name') ? 'name' : 'http-equiv';
+			$name		= isset($meta['name'])					? $meta['name'] : '';
+			$content	= isset($meta['content'])				? $meta['content'] : '';
+			$newline	= isset($meta['newline'])				? $meta['newline'] : "\n";
 
 			$str .= '<meta '.$type.'="'.$name.'" content="'.$content.'" />'.$newline;
 		}
diff --git a/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php b/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
index feeaf57d7..647d840e4 100644
--- a/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
@@ -37,16 +37,16 @@
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Singular
- *
- * Takes a plural word and makes it singular
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	str
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('singular'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Singular
+	 *
+	 * Takes a plural word and makes it singular
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function singular($str)
 	{
 		$result = strval($str);
@@ -101,17 +101,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('singular'))
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Plural
- *
- * Takes a singular word and makes it plural
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	bool
- * @return	str
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('plural'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Plural
+	 *
+	 * Takes a singular word and makes it plural
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function plural($str, $force = FALSE)
 	{
 		$result = strval($str);
@@ -158,16 +158,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('plural'))
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Camelize
- *
- * Takes multiple words separated by spaces or underscores and camelizes them
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	str
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('camelize'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Camelize
+	 *
+	 * Takes multiple words separated by spaces or underscores and camelizes them
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function camelize($str)
 	{
 		return strtolower($str[0]).substr(str_replace(' ', '', ucwords(preg_replace('/[\s_]+/', ' ', $str))), 1);
@@ -176,16 +176,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('camelize'))
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Underscore
- *
- * Takes multiple words separated by spaces and underscores them
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	str
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('underscore'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Underscore
+	 *
+	 * Takes multiple words separated by spaces and underscores them
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function underscore($str)
 	{
 		return preg_replace('/[\s]+/', '_', strtolower(trim($str)));
@@ -194,31 +194,33 @@ if ( ! function_exists('underscore'))
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Humanize
- *
- * Takes multiple words separated by the separator and changes them to spaces
- *
- * @param	string	$str
- * @param 	string	$separator
- * @return	str
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('humanize'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Humanize
+	 *
+	 * Takes multiple words separated by the separator and changes them to spaces
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	$str
+	 * @param 	string	$separator
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function humanize($str, $separator = '_')
 	{
 		return ucwords(preg_replace('/['.$separator.']+/', ' ', strtolower(trim($str))));
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- * Checks if the given word has a plural version.
- *
- * @param	string	the word to check
- * @return	bool	if the word is countable
- */
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 if ( ! function_exists('is_countable'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Checks if the given word has a plural version.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the word to check
+	 * @return	bool	if the word is countable
+	 */
 	function is_countable($word)
 	{
 		return ! in_array(strtolower(strval($word)),
diff --git a/system/helpers/language_helper.php b/system/helpers/language_helper.php
index b31c97107..bd567ed79 100644
--- a/system/helpers/language_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/language_helper.php
@@ -37,23 +37,23 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Lang
- *
- * Fetches a language variable and optionally outputs a form label
- *
- * @param	string	the language line
- * @param	string	the id of the form element
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('lang'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Lang
+	 *
+	 * Fetches a language variable and optionally outputs a form label
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the language line
+	 * @param	string	the id of the form element
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function lang($line, $id = '')
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
 		$line = $CI->lang->line($line);
 
-		if ($id != '')
+		if ($id !== '')
 		{
 			$line = '<label for="'.$id.'">'.$line.'</label>';
 		}
diff --git a/system/helpers/number_helper.php b/system/helpers/number_helper.php
index 40da6e7bf..e49f2f7a0 100644
--- a/system/helpers/number_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/number_helper.php
@@ -37,14 +37,15 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Formats a numbers as bytes, based on size, and adds the appropriate suffix
- *
- * @param	mixed	// will be cast as int
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('byte_format'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Formats a numbers as bytes, based on size, and adds the appropriate suffix
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed	will be cast as int
+	 * @param	int
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function byte_format($num, $precision = 1)
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
diff --git a/system/helpers/path_helper.php b/system/helpers/path_helper.php
index 6ee99072c..13410545c 100644
--- a/system/helpers/path_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/path_helper.php
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Set Realpath
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	bool	checks to see if the path exists
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('set_realpath'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Set Realpath
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	bool	checks to see if the path exists
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function set_realpath($path, $check_existance = FALSE)
 	{
 		// Security check to make sure the path is NOT a URL. No remote file inclusion!
diff --git a/system/helpers/security_helper.php b/system/helpers/security_helper.php
index d6f134c9f..6187a4a7a 100644
--- a/system/helpers/security_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/security_helper.php
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * XSS Filtering
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	bool	whether or not the content is an image file
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('xss_clean'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * XSS Filtering
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	bool	whether or not the content is an image file
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function xss_clean($str, $is_image = FALSE)
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ if ( ! function_exists('xss_clean'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Sanitize Filename
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('sanitize_filename'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Sanitize Filename
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function sanitize_filename($filename)
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
@@ -72,14 +72,15 @@ if ( ! function_exists('sanitize_filename'))
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Hash encode a string
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('do_hash'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Hash encode a string
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function do_hash($str, $type = 'sha1')
 	{
 		if ( ! in_array(strtolower($type), hash_algos()))
@@ -93,14 +94,14 @@ if ( ! function_exists('do_hash'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Strip Image Tags
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('strip_image_tags'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Strip Image Tags
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function strip_image_tags($str)
 	{
 		return preg_replace(array('#<img\s+.*?src\s*=\s*["\'](.+?)["\'].*?\>#', '#<img\s+.*?src\s*=\s*(.+?).*?\>#'), '\\1', $str);
@@ -109,14 +110,14 @@ if ( ! function_exists('strip_image_tags'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Convert PHP tags to entities
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('encode_php_tags'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Convert PHP tags to entities
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function encode_php_tags($str)
 	{
 		return str_replace(array('<?php', '<?PHP', '<?', '?>'),  array('&lt;?php', '&lt;?PHP', '&lt;?', '?&gt;'), $str);
diff --git a/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php b/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php
index 638100e9c..b6b2afcf4 100644
--- a/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php
@@ -37,24 +37,25 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Smiley Javascript
- *
- * Returns the javascript required for the smiley insertion. Optionally takes
- * an array of aliases to loosely couple the smiley array to the view.
- *
- * @param	mixed	alias name or array of alias->field_id pairs
- * @param	string	field_id if alias name was passed in
- * @return	array
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('smiley_js'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Smiley Javascript
+	 *
+	 * Returns the javascript required for the smiley insertion.  Optionally takes
+	 * an array of aliases to loosely couple the smiley array to the view.
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed	alias name or array of alias->field_id pairs
+	 * @param	string	field_id if alias name was passed in
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @return	array
+	 */
 	function smiley_js($alias = '', $field_id = '', $inline = TRUE)
 	{
 		static $do_setup = TRUE;
 		$r = '';
 
-		if ($alias != '' && ! is_array($alias))
+		if ($alias !== '' && ! is_array($alias))
 		{
 			$alias = array($alias => $field_id);
 		}
@@ -118,17 +119,20 @@ EOF;
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Get Clickable Smileys
- *
- * Returns an array of image tag links that can be clicked to be inserted
- * into a form field.
- *
- * @param	string	the URL to the folder containing the smiley images
- * @return	array
- */
+
 if ( ! function_exists('get_clickable_smileys'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Get Clickable Smileys
+	 *
+	 * Returns an array of image tag links that can be clicked to be inserted
+	 * into a form field.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the URL to the folder containing the smiley images
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @return	array
+	 */
 	function get_clickable_smileys($image_url, $alias = '', $smileys = NULL)
 	{
 		// For backward compatibility with js_insert_smiley
@@ -166,20 +170,21 @@ if ( ! function_exists('get_clickable_smileys'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Parse Smileys
- *
- * Takes a string as input and swaps any contained smileys for the actual image
- *
- * @param	string	the text to be parsed
- * @param	string	the URL to the folder containing the smiley images
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('parse_smileys'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Parse Smileys
+	 *
+	 * Takes a string as input and swaps any contained smileys for the actual image
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the text to be parsed
+	 * @param	string	the URL to the folder containing the smiley images
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function parse_smileys($str = '', $image_url = '', $smileys = NULL)
 	{
-		if ($image_url == '' OR ( ! is_array($smileys) && FALSE === ($smileys = _get_smiley_array())))
+		if ($image_url === '' OR ( ! is_array($smileys) && FALSE === ($smileys = _get_smiley_array())))
 		{
 			return $str;
 		}
@@ -198,15 +203,15 @@ if ( ! function_exists('parse_smileys'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Get Smiley Array
- *
- * Fetches the config/smiley.php file
- *
- * @return	mixed
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('_get_smiley_array'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Get Smiley Array
+	 *
+	 * Fetches the config/smiley.php file
+	 *
+	 * @return	mixed
+	 */
 	function _get_smiley_array()
 	{
 		if (defined('ENVIRONMENT') && file_exists(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/smileys.php'))
@@ -222,33 +227,5 @@ if ( ! function_exists('_get_smiley_array'))
 	}
 }
 
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-/**
- * JS Insert Smiley
- *
- * Generates the javascript function needed to insert smileys into a form field
- *
- * DEPRECATED as of version 1.7.2, use smiley_js instead
- *
- * @param	string	form name
- * @param	string	field name
- * @return	string
- */
-if ( ! function_exists('js_insert_smiley'))
-{
-	function js_insert_smiley($form_name = '', $form_field = '')
-	{
-		return <<<EOF
-<script type="text/javascript">
-	function insert_smiley(smiley)
-	{
-		document.{$form_name}.{$form_field}.value += " " + smiley;
-	}
-</script>
-EOF;
-	}
-}
-
 /* End of file smiley_helper.php */
 /* Location: ./system/helpers/smiley_helper.php */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system/helpers/string_helper.php b/system/helpers/string_helper.php
index a6a6b485d..4eee2a262 100644
--- a/system/helpers/string_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/string_helper.php
@@ -37,22 +37,22 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Trim Slashes
- *
- * Removes any leading/trailing slashes from a string:
- *
- * /this/that/theother/
- *
- * becomes:
- *
- * this/that/theother
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('trim_slashes'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Trim Slashes
+	 *
+	 * Removes any leading/trailing slashes from a string:
+	 *
+	 * /this/that/theother/
+	 *
+	 * becomes:
+	 *
+	 * this/that/theother
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function trim_slashes($str)
 	{
 		return trim($str, '/');
@@ -61,16 +61,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('trim_slashes'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Strip Slashes
- *
- * Removes slashes contained in a string or in an array
- *
- * @param	mixed	string or array
- * @return	mixed	string or array
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('strip_slashes'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Strip Slashes
+	 *
+	 * Removes slashes contained in a string or in an array
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed	string or array
+	 * @return	mixed	string or array
+	 */
 	function strip_slashes($str)
 	{
 		if ( ! is_array($str))
@@ -89,16 +89,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('strip_slashes'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Strip Quotes
- *
- * Removes single and double quotes from a string
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('strip_quotes'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Strip Quotes
+	 *
+	 * Removes single and double quotes from a string
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function strip_quotes($str)
 	{
 		return str_replace(array('"', "'"), '', $str);
@@ -107,16 +107,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('strip_quotes'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Quotes to Entities
- *
- * Converts single and double quotes to entities
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('quotes_to_entities'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Quotes to Entities
+	 *
+	 * Converts single and double quotes to entities
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function quotes_to_entities($str)
 	{
 		return str_replace(array("\'","\"","'",'"'), array("&#39;","&quot;","&#39;","&quot;"), $str);
@@ -125,23 +125,23 @@ if ( ! function_exists('quotes_to_entities'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Reduce Double Slashes
- *
- * Converts double slashes in a string to a single slash,
- * except those found in http://
- *
- * http://www.some-site.com//index.php
- *
- * becomes:
- *
- * http://www.some-site.com/index.php
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('reduce_double_slashes'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Reduce Double Slashes
+	 *
+	 * Converts double slashes in a string to a single slash,
+	 * except those found in http://
+	 *
+	 * http://www.some-site.com//index.php
+	 *
+	 * becomes:
+	 *
+	 * http://www.some-site.com/index.php
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function reduce_double_slashes($str)
 	{
 		return preg_replace('#(^|[^:])//+#', '\\1/', $str);
@@ -150,24 +150,24 @@ if ( ! function_exists('reduce_double_slashes'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Reduce Multiples
- *
- * Reduces multiple instances of a particular character.  Example:
- *
- * Fred, Bill,, Joe, Jimmy
- *
- * becomes:
- *
- * Fred, Bill, Joe, Jimmy
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	string	the character you wish to reduce
- * @param	bool	TRUE/FALSE - whether to trim the character from the beginning/end
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('reduce_multiples'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Reduce Multiples
+	 *
+	 * Reduces multiple instances of a particular character.  Example:
+	 *
+	 * Fred, Bill,, Joe, Jimmy
+	 *
+	 * becomes:
+	 *
+	 * Fred, Bill, Joe, Jimmy
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string	the character you wish to reduce
+	 * @param	bool	TRUE/FALSE - whether to trim the character from the beginning/end
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function reduce_multiples($str, $character = ',', $trim = FALSE)
 	{
 		$str = preg_replace('#'.preg_quote($character, '#').'{2,}#', $character, $str);
@@ -177,17 +177,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('reduce_multiples'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Create a Random String
- *
- * Useful for generating passwords or hashes.
- *
- * @param	string	type of random string.  basic, alpha, alunum, numeric, nozero, unique, md5, encrypt and sha1
- * @param	int	number of characters
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('random_string'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Create a Random String
+	 *
+	 * Useful for generating passwords or hashes.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	type of random string.  basic, alpha, alunum, numeric, nozero, unique, md5, encrypt and sha1
+	 * @param	int	number of characters
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function random_string($type = 'alnum', $len = 8)
 	{
 		switch ($type)
@@ -226,16 +226,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('random_string'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Add's _1 to a string or increment the ending number to allow _2, _3, etc
- *
- * @param	string	required
- * @param	string	What should the duplicate number be appended with
- * @param	string	Which number should be used for the first dupe increment
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('increment_string'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Add's _1 to a string or increment the ending number to allow _2, _3, etc
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	required
+	 * @param	string	What should the duplicate number be appended with
+	 * @param	string	Which number should be used for the first dupe increment
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function increment_string($str, $separator = '_', $first = 1)
 	{
 		preg_match('/(.+)'.$separator.'([0-9]+)$/', $str, $match);
@@ -245,21 +245,21 @@ if ( ! function_exists('increment_string'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Alternator
- *
- * Allows strings to be alternated. See docs...
- *
- * @param	string	(as many parameters as needed)
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('alternator'))
 {
-	function alternator()
+	/**
+	 * Alternator
+	 *
+	 * Allows strings to be alternated. See docs...
+	 *
+	 * @param	string (as many parameters as needed)
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	function alternator($args)
 	{
 		static $i;
 
-		if (func_num_args() == 0)
+		if (func_num_args() === 0)
 		{
 			$i = 0;
 			return '';
@@ -271,15 +271,15 @@ if ( ! function_exists('alternator'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Repeater function
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	int	number of repeats
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('repeater'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Repeater function
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	int	number of repeats
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function repeater($data, $num = 1)
 	{
 		return ($num > 0) ? str_repeat($data, $num) : '';
diff --git a/system/helpers/text_helper.php b/system/helpers/text_helper.php
index c1c0eb947..8a1f01b51 100644
--- a/system/helpers/text_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/text_helper.php
@@ -37,21 +37,21 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Word Limiter
- *
- * Limits a string to X number of words.
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	int
- * @param	string	the end character. Usually an ellipsis
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('word_limiter'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Word Limiter
+	 *
+	 * Limits a string to X number of words.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	int
+	 * @param	string	the end character. Usually an ellipsis
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function word_limiter($str, $limit = 100, $end_char = '&#8230;')
 	{
-		if (trim($str) == '')
+		if (trim($str) === '')
 		{
 			return $str;
 		}
@@ -69,19 +69,19 @@ if ( ! function_exists('word_limiter'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Character Limiter
- *
- * Limits the string based on the character count. Preserves complete words
- * so the character count may not be exactly as specified.
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	int
- * @param	string	the end character. Usually an ellipsis
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('character_limiter'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Character Limiter
+	 *
+	 * Limits the string based on the character count.  Preserves complete words
+	 * so the character count may not be exactly as specified.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	int
+	 * @param	string	the end character. Usually an ellipsis
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function character_limiter($str, $n = 500, $end_char = '&#8230;')
 	{
 		if (strlen($str) < $n)
@@ -112,16 +112,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('character_limiter'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * High ASCII to Entities
- *
- * Converts High ascii text and MS Word special characters to character entities
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('ascii_to_entities'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * High ASCII to Entities
+	 *
+	 * Converts High ascii text and MS Word special characters to character entities
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function ascii_to_entities($str)
 	{
 		$count	= 1;
@@ -174,17 +174,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('ascii_to_entities'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Entities to ASCII
- *
- * Converts character entities back to ASCII
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	bool
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('entities_to_ascii'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Entities to ASCII
+	 *
+	 * Converts character entities back to ASCII
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function entities_to_ascii($str, $all = TRUE)
 	{
 		if (preg_match_all('/\&#(\d+)\;/', $str, $matches))
@@ -227,20 +227,20 @@ if ( ! function_exists('entities_to_ascii'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Word Censoring Function
- *
- * Supply a string and an array of disallowed words and any
- * matched words will be converted to #### or to the replacement
- * word you've submitted.
- *
- * @param	string	the text string
- * @param	string	the array of censoered words
- * @param	string	the optional replacement value
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('word_censor'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Word Censoring Function
+	 *
+	 * Supply a string and an array of disallowed words and any
+	 * matched words will be converted to #### or to the replacement
+	 * word you've submitted.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the text string
+	 * @param	string	the array of censoered words
+	 * @param	string	the optional replacement value
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function word_censor($str, $censored, $replacement = '')
 	{
 		if ( ! is_array($censored))
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('word_censor'))
 
 		foreach ($censored as $badword)
 		{
-			if ($replacement != '')
+			if ($replacement !== '')
 			{
 				$str = preg_replace("/({$delim})(".str_replace('\*', '\w*?', preg_quote($badword, '/')).")({$delim})/i", "\\1{$replacement}\\3", $str);
 			}
@@ -274,16 +274,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('word_censor'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Code Highlighter
- *
- * Colorizes code strings
- *
- * @param	string	the text string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('highlight_code'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Code Highlighter
+	 *
+	 * Colorizes code strings
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the text string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function highlight_code($str)
 	{
 		/* The highlight string function encodes and highlights
@@ -323,27 +323,27 @@ if ( ! function_exists('highlight_code'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Phrase Highlighter
- *
- * Highlights a phrase within a text string
- *
- * @param	string	the text string
- * @param	string	the phrase you'd like to highlight
- * @param	string	the openging tag to precede the phrase with
- * @param	string	the closing tag to end the phrase with
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('highlight_phrase'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Phrase Highlighter
+	 *
+	 * Highlights a phrase within a text string
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the text string
+	 * @param	string	the phrase you'd like to highlight
+	 * @param	string	the openging tag to precede the phrase with
+	 * @param	string	the closing tag to end the phrase with
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function highlight_phrase($str, $phrase, $tag_open = '<strong>', $tag_close = '</strong>')
 	{
-		if ($str == '')
+		if ($str === '')
 		{
 			return '';
 		}
 
-		if ($phrase != '')
+		if ($phrase !== '')
 		{
 			return preg_replace('/('.preg_quote($phrase, '/').')/i', $tag_open.'\\1'.$tag_close, $str);
 		}
@@ -354,14 +354,14 @@ if ( ! function_exists('highlight_phrase'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Convert Accented Foreign Characters to ASCII
- *
- * @param	string	the text string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('convert_accented_characters'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Convert Accented Foreign Characters to ASCII
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the text string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function convert_accented_characters($str)
 	{
 		global $foreign_characters;
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('word_wrap'))
 
 			// If $temp contains data it means we had to split up an over-length
 			// word into smaller chunks so we'll add it back to our current line
-			if ($temp != '')
+			if ($temp !== '')
 			{
 				$output .= $temp."\n".$line."\n";
 			}
@@ -490,19 +490,19 @@ if ( ! function_exists('word_wrap'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Ellipsize String
- *
- * This function will strip tags from a string, split it at its max_length and ellipsize
- *
- * @param	string	string to ellipsize
- * @param	int	max length of string
- * @param	mixed	int (1|0) or float, .5, .2, etc for position to split
- * @param	string	ellipsis ; Default '...'
- * @return	string	ellipsized string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('ellipsize'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Ellipsize String
+	 *
+	 * This function will strip tags from a string, split it at its max_length and ellipsize
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	string to ellipsize
+	 * @param	int	max length of string
+	 * @param	mixed	int (1|0) or float, .5, .2, etc for position to split
+	 * @param	string	ellipsis ; Default '...'
+	 * @return	string	ellipsized string
+	 */
 	function ellipsize($str, $max_length, $position = 1, $ellipsis = '&hellip;')
 	{
 		// Strip tags
diff --git a/system/helpers/typography_helper.php b/system/helpers/typography_helper.php
index 7a3db5d6b..af9d16a89 100644
--- a/system/helpers/typography_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/typography_helper.php
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Convert newlines to HTML line breaks except within PRE tags
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('nl2br_except_pre'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Convert newlines to HTML line breaks except within PRE tags
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function nl2br_except_pre($str)
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('nl2br_except_pre'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Auto Typography Wrapper Function
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	bool	whether to allow javascript event handlers
- * @param	bool	whether to reduce multiple instances of double newlines to two
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('auto_typography'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Auto Typography Wrapper Function
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	bool	whether to allow javascript event handlers
+	 * @param	bool	whether to reduce multiple instances of double newlines to two
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function auto_typography($str, $strip_js_event_handlers = TRUE, $reduce_linebreaks = FALSE)
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
@@ -73,20 +73,19 @@ if ( ! function_exists('auto_typography'))
 	}
 }
 
-
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * HTML Entities Decode
- *
- * This function is a replacement for html_entity_decode()
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('entity_decode'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * HTML Entities Decode
+	 *
+	 * This function is a replacement for html_entity_decode()
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function entity_decode($str, $charset = NULL)
 	{
 		global $SEC;
diff --git a/system/helpers/url_helper.php b/system/helpers/url_helper.php
index 5576c2748..2bd41b04d 100644
--- a/system/helpers/url_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/url_helper.php
@@ -37,17 +37,17 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Site URL
- *
- * Create a local URL based on your basepath. Segments can be passed via the
- * first parameter either as a string or an array.
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('site_url'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Site URL
+	 *
+	 * Create a local URL based on your basepath. Segments can be passed via the
+	 * first parameter either as a string or an array.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function site_url($uri = '')
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
@@ -57,18 +57,18 @@ if ( ! function_exists('site_url'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Base URL
- *
- * Create a local URL based on your basepath.
- * Segments can be passed in as a string or an array, same as site_url
- * or a URL to a file can be passed in, e.g. to an image file.
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('base_url'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Base URL
+	 *
+	 * Create a local URL based on your basepath.
+	 * Segments can be passed in as a string or an array, same as site_url
+	 * or a URL to a file can be passed in, e.g. to an image file.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function base_url($uri = '')
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
@@ -78,16 +78,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('base_url'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Current URL
- *
- * Returns the full URL (including segments) of the page where this
- * function is placed
- *
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('current_url'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Current URL
+	 *
+	 * Returns the full URL (including segments) of the page where this
+	 * function is placed
+	 *
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function current_url()
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
@@ -96,15 +96,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('current_url'))
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-/**
- * URL String
- *
- * Returns the URI segments.
- *
- * @return	string
- */
+
 if ( ! function_exists('uri_string'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * URL String
+	 *
+	 * Returns the URI segments.
+	 *
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function uri_string()
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
@@ -114,15 +115,15 @@ if ( ! function_exists('uri_string'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Index page
- *
- * Returns the "index_page" from your config file
- *
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('index_page'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Index page
+	 *
+	 * Returns the "index_page" from your config file
+	 *
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function index_page()
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
@@ -132,18 +133,18 @@ if ( ! function_exists('index_page'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Anchor Link
- *
- * Creates an anchor based on the local URL.
- *
- * @param	string	the URL
- * @param	string	the link title
- * @param	mixed	any attributes
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('anchor'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Anchor Link
+	 *
+	 * Creates an anchor based on the local URL.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the URL
+	 * @param	string	the link title
+	 * @param	mixed	any attributes
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function anchor($uri = '', $title = '', $attributes = '')
 	{
 		$title = (string) $title;
@@ -157,12 +158,12 @@ if ( ! function_exists('anchor'))
 			$site_url = site_url($uri);
 		}
 
-		if ($title == '')
+		if ($title === '')
 		{
 			$title = $site_url;
 		}
 
-		if ($attributes != '')
+		if ($attributes !== '')
 		{
 			$attributes = _parse_attributes($attributes);
 		}
@@ -173,32 +174,32 @@ if ( ! function_exists('anchor'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Anchor Link - Pop-up version
- *
- * Creates an anchor based on the local URL. The link
- * opens a new window based on the attributes specified.
- *
- * @param	string	the URL
- * @param	string	the link title
- * @param	mixed	any attributes
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('anchor_popup'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Anchor Link - Pop-up version
+	 *
+	 * Creates an anchor based on the local URL. The link
+	 * opens a new window based on the attributes specified.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the URL
+	 * @param	string	the link title
+	 * @param	mixed	any attributes
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function anchor_popup($uri = '', $title = '', $attributes = FALSE)
 	{
 		$title = (string) $title;
 		$site_url = preg_match('!^\w+://! i', $uri) ? $uri : site_url($uri);
 
-		if ($title == '')
+		if ($title === '')
 		{
 			$title = $site_url;
 		}
 
 		if ($attributes === FALSE)
 		{
-			return "<a href='javascript:void(0);' onclick=\"window.open('".$site_url."', '_blank');\">".$title.'</a>';
+			return '<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="window.open(\''.$site_url."', '_blank');\">".$title.'</a>';
 		}
 
 		if ( ! is_array($attributes))
@@ -212,32 +213,32 @@ if ( ! function_exists('anchor_popup'))
 			unset($attributes[$key]);
 		}
 
-		if ($attributes != '')
+		if ($attributes !== '')
 		{
 			$attributes = _parse_attributes($attributes);
 		}
 
-		return "<a href='javascript:void(0);' onclick=\"window.open('".$site_url."', '_blank', '"._parse_attributes($atts, TRUE)."');\"".$attributes.'>'.$title.'</a>';
+		return '<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="window.open(\''.$site_url."', '_blank', '"._parse_attributes($atts, TRUE)."');\"".$attributes.'>'.$title.'</a>';
 	}
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Mailto Link
- *
- * @param	string	the email address
- * @param	string	the link title
- * @param	mixed	any attributes
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('mailto'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Mailto Link
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the email address
+	 * @param	string	the link title
+	 * @param	mixed	any attributes
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function mailto($email, $title = '', $attributes = '')
 	{
 		$title = (string) $title;
 
-		if ($title == '')
+		if ($title === '')
 		{
 			$title = $email;
 		}
@@ -248,23 +249,23 @@ if ( ! function_exists('mailto'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Encoded Mailto Link
- *
- * Create a spam-protected mailto link written in Javascript
- *
- * @param	string	the email address
- * @param	string	the link title
- * @param	mixed	any attributes
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('safe_mailto'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Encoded Mailto Link
+	 *
+	 * Create a spam-protected mailto link written in Javascript
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the email address
+	 * @param	string	the link title
+	 * @param	mixed	any attributes
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function safe_mailto($email, $title = '', $attributes = '')
 	{
 		$title = (string) $title;
 
-		if ($title == '')
+		if ($title === '')
 		{
 			$title = $email;
 		}
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('safe_mailto'))
 
 		$x[] = '"';
 
-		if ($attributes != '')
+		if ($attributes !== '')
 		{
 			if (is_array($attributes))
 			{
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('safe_mailto'))
 	for ($i = 0, $c = count($x); $i < $c; $i++) { ?>l[<?php echo $i; ?>]='<?php echo $x[$i]; ?>';<?php } ?>
 
 	for (var i = l.length-1; i >= 0; i=i-1){
-	if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == '|') document.write("&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";");
+	if (l[i].substring(0, 1) === '|') document.write("&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";");
 	else document.write(unescape(l[i]));}
 	//]]>
 	</script><?php
@@ -357,21 +358,21 @@ if ( ! function_exists('safe_mailto'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Auto-linker
- *
- * Automatically links URL and Email addresses.
- * Note: There's a bit of extra code here to deal with
- * URLs or emails that end in a period. We'll strip these
- * off and add them after the link.
- *
- * @param	string	the string
- * @param	string	the type: email, url, or both
- * @param	bool	whether to create pop-up links
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('auto_link'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Auto-linker
+	 *
+	 * Automatically links URL and Email addresses.
+	 * Note: There's a bit of extra code here to deal with
+	 * URLs or emails that end in a period. We'll strip these
+	 * off and add them after the link.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the string
+	 * @param	string	the type: email, url, or both
+	 * @param	bool	whether to create pop-up links
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function auto_link($str, $type = 'both', $popup = FALSE)
 	{
 		if ($type !== 'email' && preg_match_all('#(^|\s|\(|\b)((http(s?)://)|(www\.))(\w+[^\s\)\<]+)#i', $str, $matches))
@@ -423,19 +424,19 @@ if ( ! function_exists('auto_link'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Prep URL
- *
- * Simply adds the http:// part if no scheme is included
- *
- * @param	string	the URL
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('prep_url'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Prep URL
+	 *
+	 * Simply adds the http:// part if no scheme is included
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the URL
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function prep_url($str = '')
 	{
-		if ($str === 'http://' OR $str == '')
+		if ($str === 'http://' OR $str === '')
 		{
 			return '';
 		}
@@ -453,20 +454,20 @@ if ( ! function_exists('prep_url'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Create URL Title
- *
- * Takes a "title" string as input and creates a
- * human-friendly URL string with a "separator" string
- * as the word separator.
- *
- * @param	string	the string
- * @param	string	the separator
- * @param	bool
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('url_title'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Create URL Title
+	 *
+	 * Takes a "title" string as input and creates a
+	 * human-friendly URL string with a "separator" string
+	 * as the word separator.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the string
+	 * @param	string	the separator
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function url_title($str, $separator = '-', $lowercase = FALSE)
 	{
 		if ($separator === 'dash')
@@ -504,19 +505,20 @@ if ( ! function_exists('url_title'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Header Redirect
- *
- * Header redirect in two flavors
- * For very fine grained control over headers, you could use the Output
- * Library's set_header() function.
- *
- * @param	string	the URL
- * @param	string	the method: location or refresh
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('redirect'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Header Redirect
+	 *
+	 * Header redirect in two flavors
+	 * For very fine grained control over headers, you could use the Output
+	 * Library's set_header() function.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the URL
+	 * @param	string	the method: location or refresh
+	 * @param	int
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function redirect($uri = '', $method = 'auto', $http_response_code = 302)
 	{
 		if ( ! preg_match('#^https?://#i', $uri))
@@ -545,28 +547,28 @@ if ( ! function_exists('redirect'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Parse out the attributes
- *
- * Some of the functions use this
- *
- * @param	array
- * @param	bool
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('_parse_attributes'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Parse out the attributes
+	 *
+	 * Some of the functions use this
+	 *
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function _parse_attributes($attributes, $javascript = FALSE)
 	{
 		if (is_string($attributes))
 		{
-			return ($attributes != '') ? ' '.$attributes : '';
+			return ($attributes !== '') ? ' '.$attributes : '';
 		}
 
 		$att = '';
 		foreach ($attributes as $key => $val)
 		{
-			if ($javascript == TRUE)
+			if ($javascript === TRUE)
 			{
 				$att .= $key.'='.$val.',';
 			}
@@ -576,7 +578,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('_parse_attributes'))
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ($javascript == TRUE && $att != '')
+		if ($javascript === TRUE && $att !== '')
 		{
 			return substr($att, 0, -1);
 		}
diff --git a/system/helpers/xml_helper.php b/system/helpers/xml_helper.php
index 67fd34b97..1431777d2 100644
--- a/system/helpers/xml_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/xml_helper.php
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Convert Reserved XML characters to Entities
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	bool
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('xml_convert'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Convert Reserved XML characters to Entities
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function xml_convert($str, $protect_all = FALSE)
 	{
 		$temp = '__TEMP_AMPERSANDS__';
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('xml_convert'))
 		// ampersands won't get messed up
 		$str = preg_replace('/&#(\d+);/', $temp.'\\1;', $str);
 
-		if ($protect_all == TRUE)
+		if ($protect_all === TRUE)
 		{
 			$str = preg_replace('/&(\w+);/', $temp.'\\1;', $str);
 		}
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('xml_convert'))
 		// Decode the temp markers back to entities
 		$str = preg_replace('/'.$temp.'(\d+);/', '&#\\1;', $str);
 
-		if ($protect_all == TRUE)
+		if ($protect_all === TRUE)
 		{
 			return preg_replace('/'.$temp.'(\w+);/', '&\\1;', $str);
 		}