Merge branch 'develop' of https://github.com/EllisLab/CodeIgniter into develop

Conflicts:
	system/libraries/Cache/Cache.php

21 files changed, 1450 insertions, 1540 deletions

diff --git a/system/helpers/array_helper.php b/system/helpers/array_helper.php
index 6f56d9db9..6a7c8e3c7 100644
--- a/system/helpers/array_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/array_helper.php
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Element
- *
- * Lets you determine whether an array index is set and whether it has a value.
- * If the element is empty it returns FALSE (or whatever you specify as the default value.)
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	array
- * @param	mixed
- * @return	mixed	depends on what the array contains
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('element'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Element
+	 *
+	 * Lets you determine whether an array index is set and whether it has a value.
+	 * If the element is empty it returns FALSE (or whatever you specify as the default value.)
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @return	mixed	depends on what the array contains
+	 */
 	function element($item, $array, $default = FALSE)
 	{
 		return empty($array[$item]) ? $default : $array[$item];
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ if ( ! function_exists('element'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Random Element - Takes an array as input and returns a random element
- *
- * @param	array
- * @return	mixed	depends on what the array contains
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('random_element'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Random Element - Takes an array as input and returns a random element
+	 *
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @return	mixed	depends on what the array contains
+	 */
 	function random_element($array)
 	{
 		return is_array($array) ? $array[array_rand($array)] : $array;
@@ -74,19 +74,19 @@ if ( ! function_exists('random_element'))
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Elements
- *
- * Returns only the array items specified. Will return a default value if
- * it is not set.
- *
- * @param	array
- * @param	array
- * @param	mixed
- * @return	mixed	depends on what the array contains
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('elements'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Elements
+	 *
+	 * Returns only the array items specified. Will return a default value if
+	 * it is not set.
+	 *
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @return	mixed	depends on what the array contains
+	 */
 	function elements($items, $array, $default = FALSE)
 	{
 		$return = array();
diff --git a/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php b/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
index bdbc62097..4676b2a65 100644
--- a/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
@@ -37,17 +37,17 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Create CAPTCHA
- *
- * @param	array	array of data for the CAPTCHA
- * @param	string	path to create the image in
- * @param	string	URL to the CAPTCHA image folder
- * @param	string	server path to font
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('create_captcha'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Create CAPTCHA
+	 *
+	 * @param	array	array of data for the CAPTCHA
+	 * @param	string	path to create the image in
+	 * @param	string	URL to the CAPTCHA image folder
+	 * @param	string	server path to font
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function create_captcha($data = '', $img_path = '', $img_url = '', $font_path = '')
 	{
 		$defaults = array('word' => '', 'img_path' => '', 'img_url' => '', 'img_width' => '150', 'img_height' => '30', 'font_path' => '', 'expiration' => 7200);
@@ -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/cookie_helper.php b/system/helpers/cookie_helper.php
index 06560e723..f396c76b0 100644
--- a/system/helpers/cookie_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/cookie_helper.php
@@ -37,24 +37,24 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Set cookie
- *
- * Accepts seven parameters, or you can submit an associative
- * array in the first parameter containing all the values.
- *
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	string	the value of the cookie
- * @param	string	the number of seconds until expiration
- * @param	string	the cookie domain.  Usually:  .yourdomain.com
- * @param	string	the cookie path
- * @param	string	the cookie prefix
- * @param	bool	true makes the cookie secure
- * @param	bool	true makes the cookie accessible via http(s) only (no javascript)
- * @return	void
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('set_cookie'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Set cookie
+	 *
+	 * Accepts seven parameters, or you can submit an associative
+	 * array in the first parameter containing all the values.
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	string	the value of the cookie
+	 * @param	string	the number of seconds until expiration
+	 * @param	string	the cookie domain.  Usually:  .yourdomain.com
+	 * @param	string	the cookie path
+	 * @param	string	the cookie prefix
+	 * @param	bool	true makes the cookie secure
+	 * @param	bool	true makes the cookie accessible via http(s) only (no javascript)
+	 * @return	void
+	 */
 	function set_cookie($name = '', $value = '', $expire = '', $domain = '', $path = '/', $prefix = '', $secure = FALSE, $httponly = FALSE)
 	{
 		// Set the config file options
@@ -65,15 +65,15 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_cookie'))
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Fetch an item from the COOKIE array
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	bool
- * @return	mixed
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('get_cookie'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Fetch an item from the COOKIE array
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @return	mixed
+	 */
 	function get_cookie($index = '', $xss_clean = FALSE)
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
@@ -84,17 +84,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('get_cookie'))
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Delete a COOKIE
- *
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	string	the cookie domain. Usually: .yourdomain.com
- * @param	string	the cookie path
- * @param	string	the cookie prefix
- * @return	void
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('delete_cookie'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Delete a COOKIE
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	string	the cookie domain. Usually: .yourdomain.com
+	 * @param	string	the cookie path
+	 * @param	string	the cookie prefix
+	 * @return	void
+	 */
 	function delete_cookie($name = '', $domain = '', $path = '/', $prefix = '')
 	{
 		set_cookie($name, '', '', $domain, $path, $prefix);
diff --git a/system/helpers/date_helper.php b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
index f1ba364f5..c601dc9e5 100644
--- a/system/helpers/date_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
@@ -37,20 +37,20 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Get "now" time
- *
- * Returns time() or its GMT equivalent based on the config file preference
- *
- * @return	int
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('now'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Get "now" time
+	 *
+	 * Returns time() or its GMT equivalent based on the config file preference
+	 *
+	 * @return	int
+	 */
 	function 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));
@@ -70,37 +70,37 @@ if ( ! function_exists('now'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Convert MySQL Style Datecodes
- *
- * This function is identical to PHPs date() function,
- * except that it allows date codes to be formatted using
- * the MySQL style, where each code letter is preceded
- * with a percent sign:  %Y %m %d etc...
- *
- * The benefit of doing dates this way is that you don't
- * have to worry about escaping your text letters that
- * match the date codes.
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	int
- * @return	int
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('mdate'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Convert MySQL Style Datecodes
+	 *
+	 * This function is identical to PHPs date() function,
+	 * except that it allows date codes to be formatted using
+	 * the MySQL style, where each code letter is preceded
+	 * with a percent sign:  %Y %m %d etc...
+	 *
+	 * The benefit of doing dates this way is that you don't
+	 * have to worry about escaping your text letters that
+	 * match the date codes.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	int
+	 * @return	int
+	 */
 	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);
@@ -109,17 +109,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('mdate'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Standard Date
- *
- * Returns a date formatted according to the submitted standard.
- *
- * @param	string	the chosen format
- * @param	int	Unix timestamp
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('standard_date'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Standard Date
+	 *
+	 * Returns a date formatted according to the submitted standard.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the chosen format
+	 * @param	int	Unix timestamp
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function standard_date($fmt = 'DATE_RFC822', $time = '')
 	{
 		$formats = array(
@@ -146,19 +146,19 @@ if ( ! function_exists('standard_date'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Timespan
- *
- * Returns a span of seconds in this format:
- *	10 days 14 hours 36 minutes 47 seconds
- *
- * @param	int	a number of seconds
- * @param	int	Unix timestamp
- * @param	int	a number of display units
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('timespan'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Timespan
+	 *
+	 * Returns a span of seconds in this format:
+	 *	10 days 14 hours 36 minutes 47 seconds
+	 *
+	 * @param	int	a number of seconds
+	 * @param	int	Unix timestamp
+	 * @param	int	a number of display units
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function timespan($seconds = 1, $time = '', $units = 7)
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
@@ -261,18 +261,18 @@ if ( ! function_exists('timespan'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Number of days in a month
- *
- * Takes a month/year as input and returns the number of days
- * for the given month/year. Takes leap years into consideration.
- *
- * @param	int	a numeric month
- * @param	int	a numeric year
- * @return	int
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('days_in_month'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Number of days in a month
+	 *
+	 * Takes a month/year as input and returns the number of days
+	 * for the given month/year. Takes leap years into consideration.
+	 *
+	 * @param	int	a numeric month
+	 * @param	int	a numeric year
+	 * @return	int
+	 */
 	function days_in_month($month = 0, $year = '')
 	{
 		if ($month < 1 OR $month > 12)
@@ -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;
 			}
@@ -300,58 +300,58 @@ if ( ! function_exists('days_in_month'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Converts a local Unix timestamp to GMT
- *
- * @param	int	Unix timestamp
- * @return	int
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('local_to_gmt'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Converts a local Unix timestamp to GMT
+	 *
+	 * @param	int	Unix timestamp
+	 * @return	int
+	 */
 	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)
 		);
 	}
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Converts GMT time to a localized value
- *
- * Takes a Unix timestamp (in GMT) as input, and returns
- * at the local value based on the timezone and DST setting
- * submitted
- *
- * @param	int	Unix timestamp
- * @param	string	timezone
- * @param	bool	whether DST is active
- * @return	int
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('gmt_to_local'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Converts GMT time to a localized value
+	 *
+	 * Takes a Unix timestamp (in GMT) as input, and returns
+	 * at the local value based on the timezone and DST setting
+	 * submitted
+	 *
+	 * @param	int	Unix timestamp
+	 * @param	string	timezone
+	 * @param	bool	whether DST is active
+	 * @return	int
+	 */
 	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;
 		}
@@ -362,14 +362,14 @@ if ( ! function_exists('gmt_to_local'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Converts a MySQL Timestamp to Unix
- *
- * @param	int	Unix timestamp
- * @return	int
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('mysql_to_unix'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Converts a MySQL Timestamp to Unix
+	 *
+	 * @param	int	Unix timestamp
+	 * @return	int
+	 */
 	function mysql_to_unix($time = '')
 	{
 		// We'll remove certain characters for backward compatibility
@@ -394,23 +394,23 @@ if ( ! function_exists('mysql_to_unix'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Unix to "Human"
- *
- * Formats Unix timestamp to the following prototype: 2006-08-21 11:35 PM
- *
- * @param	int	Unix timestamp
- * @param	bool	whether to show seconds
- * @param	string	format: us or euro
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('unix_to_human'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Unix to "Human"
+	 *
+	 * Formats Unix timestamp to the following prototype: 2006-08-21 11:35 PM
+	 *
+	 * @param	int	Unix timestamp
+	 * @param	bool	whether to show seconds
+	 * @param	string	format: us or euro
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function unix_to_human($time = '', $seconds = FALSE, $fmt = 'us')
 	{
 		$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);
 		}
@@ -435,25 +435,24 @@ if ( ! function_exists('unix_to_human'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Convert "human" date to GMT
- *
- * Reverses the above process
- *
- * @param	string	format: us or euro
- * @return	int
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('human_to_unix'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Convert "human" date to GMT
+	 *
+	 * Reverses the above process
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	format: us or euro
+	 * @return	int
+	 */
 	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;
 			}
@@ -509,16 +508,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('human_to_unix'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Turns many "reasonably-date-like" strings into something
- * that is actually useful. This only works for dates after unix epoch.
- *
- * @param	string	The terribly formatted date-like string
- * @param	string	Date format to return (same as php date function)
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('nice_date'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Turns many "reasonably-date-like" strings into something
+	 * that is actually useful. This only works for dates after unix epoch.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	The terribly formatted date-like string
+	 * @param	string	Date format to return (same as php date function)
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function nice_date($bad_date = '', $format = FALSE)
 	{
 		if (empty($bad_date))
@@ -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
@@ -575,28 +574,28 @@ if ( ! function_exists('nice_date'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Timezone Menu
- *
- * Generates a drop-down menu of timezones.
- *
- * @param	string	timezone
- * @param	string	classname
- * @param	string	menu name
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('timezone_menu'))
 {
-	function timezone_menu($default = 'UTC', $class = "", $name = 'timezones')
+	/**
+	 * Timezone Menu
+	 *
+	 * Generates a drop-down menu of timezones.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	timezone
+	 * @param	string	classname
+	 * @param	string	menu name
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	function timezone_menu($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.'"';
 		}
@@ -605,29 +604,27 @@ 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>';
 	}
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Timezones
- *
- * Returns an array of timezones. This is a helper function
- * for various other ones in this library
- *
- * @param	string	timezone
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('timezones'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Timezones
+	 *
+	 * Returns an array of timezones. This is a helper function
+	 * for various other ones in this library
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	timezone
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function timezones($tz = '')
 	{
 		// Note: Don't change the order of these even though
@@ -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 4044ace11..e7d3b5e8a 100644
--- a/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
@@ -37,19 +37,20 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Create a Directory Map
- *
- * Reads the specified directory and builds an array
- * representation of it. Sub-folders contained with the
- * directory will be mapped as well.
- *
- * @param	string	path to source
- * @param	int	depth of directories to traverse (0 = fully recursive, 1 = current dir, etc)
- * @return	array
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('directory_map'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Create a Directory Map
+	 *
+	 * Reads the specified directory and builds an array
+	 * representation of it. Sub-folders contained with the
+	 * directory will be mapped as well.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	path to source
+	 * @param	int	depth of directories to traverse (0 = fully recursive, 1 = current dir, etc)
+	 * @param	bool	whether to show hidden files
+	 * @return	array
+	 */
 	function directory_map($source_dir, $directory_depth = 0, $hidden = FALSE)
 	{
 		if ($fp = @opendir($source_dir))
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('directory_map'))
 			while (FALSE !== ($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 8b87f8179..5efbc4930 100644
--- a/system/helpers/download_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/download_helper.php
@@ -37,21 +37,21 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Force Download
- *
- * Generates headers that force a download to happen
- *
- * @param	string	filename
- * @param	mixed	the data to be downloaded
- * @param	bool	wether to try and send the actual file MIME type
- * @return	void
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('force_download'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Force Download
+	 *
+	 * Generates headers that force a download to happen
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	filename
+	 * @param	mixed	the data to be downloaded
+	 * @param	bool	wether to try and send the actual file MIME type
+	 * @return	void
+	 */
 	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/email_helper.php b/system/helpers/email_helper.php
index 497625c10..0516e938a 100644
--- a/system/helpers/email_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/email_helper.php
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Validate email address
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	bool
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('valid_email'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Validate email address
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	bool
+	 */
 	function valid_email($address)
 	{
 		return (bool) preg_match('/^([a-z0-9\+_\-]+)(\.[a-z0-9\+_\-]+)*@([a-z0-9\-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$/ix', $address);
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('valid_email'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Send an email
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @return	bool
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('send_email'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Send an email
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	bool
+	 */
 	function send_email($recipient, $subject = 'Test email', $message = 'Hello World')
 	{
 		return mail($recipient, $subject, $message);
diff --git a/system/helpers/file_helper.php b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
index a5aabecd6..be616f62d 100644
--- a/system/helpers/file_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
@@ -37,62 +37,40 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Read File
- *
- * Opens the file specfied in the path and returns it as a string.
- *
- * @param	string	path to file
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('read_file'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Read File
+	 *
+	 * Opens the file specfied in the path and returns it as a string.
+	 *
+	 * This function is DEPRECATED and should be removed in
+	 * CodeIgniter 3.1+. Use file_get_contents() instead.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	path to file
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function read_file($file)
 	{
-		if ( ! file_exists($file))
-		{
-			return FALSE;
-		}
-
-		if (function_exists('file_get_contents'))
-		{
-			return file_get_contents($file);
-		}
-
-		if ( ! $fp = @fopen($file, FOPEN_READ))
-		{
-			return FALSE;
-		}
-
-		flock($fp, LOCK_SH);
-
-		$data = '';
-		if (filesize($file) > 0)
-		{
-			$data =& fread($fp, filesize($file));
-		}
-
-		flock($fp, LOCK_UN);
-		fclose($fp);
-
-		return $data;
+		return @file_get_contents($file);
 	}
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Write File
- *
- * Writes data to the file specified in the path.
- * Creates a new file if non-existent.
- *
- * @param	string	path to file
- * @param	string	file data
- * @return	bool
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('write_file'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Write File
+	 *
+	 * Writes data to the file specified in the path.
+	 * Creates a new file if non-existent.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	path to file
+	 * @param	string	file data
+	 * @param	int
+	 * @return	bool
+	 */
 	function write_file($path, $data, $mode = FOPEN_WRITE_CREATE_DESTRUCTIVE)
 	{
 		if ( ! $fp = @fopen($path, $mode))
@@ -111,22 +89,22 @@ if ( ! function_exists('write_file'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Delete Files
- *
- * Deletes all files contained in the supplied directory path.
- * Files must be writable or owned by the system in order to be deleted.
- * If the second parameter is set to TRUE, any directories contained
- * within the supplied base directory will be nuked as well.
- *
- * @param	string	path to file
- * @param	bool	whether to delete any directories found in the path
- * @param	int
- * @param	bool	whether to skip deleting .htaccess and index page files
- * @return	bool
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('delete_files'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Delete Files
+	 *
+	 * Deletes all files contained in the supplied directory path.
+	 * Files must be writable or owned by the system in order to be deleted.
+	 * If the second parameter is set to TRUE, any directories contained
+	 * within the supplied base directory will be nuked as well.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	path to file
+	 * @param	bool	whether to delete any directories found in the path
+	 * @param	int
+	 * @param	bool	whether to skip deleting .htaccess and index page files
+	 * @return	bool
+	 */
 	function delete_files($path, $del_dir = FALSE, $level = 0, $htdocs = FALSE)
 	{
 		// Trim the trailing slash
@@ -153,7 +131,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('delete_files'))
 		}
 		@closedir($current_dir);
 
-		if ($del_dir == TRUE && $level > 0)
+		if ($del_dir === TRUE && $level > 0)
 		{
 			return @rmdir($path);
 		}
@@ -164,19 +142,19 @@ if ( ! function_exists('delete_files'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Get Filenames
- *
- * Reads the specified directory and builds an array containing the filenames.
- * Any sub-folders contained within the specified path are read as well.
- *
- * @param	string	path to source
- * @param	bool	whether to include the path as part of the filename
- * @param	bool	internal variable to determine recursion status - do not use in calls
- * @return	array
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('get_filenames'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Get Filenames
+	 *
+	 * Reads the specified directory and builds an array containing the filenames.
+	 * Any sub-folders contained within the specified path are read as well.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	path to source
+	 * @param	bool	whether to include the path as part of the filename
+	 * @param	bool	internal variable to determine recursion status - do not use in calls
+	 * @return	array
+	 */
 	function get_filenames($source_dir, $include_path = FALSE, $_recursion = FALSE)
 	{
 		static $_filedata = array();
@@ -198,7 +176,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('get_filenames'))
 				}
 				elseif ($file[0] !== '.')
 				{
-					$_filedata[] = ($include_path == TRUE) ? $source_dir.$file : $file;
+					$_filedata[] = ($include_path === TRUE) ? $source_dir.$file : $file;
 				}
 			}
 			closedir($fp);
@@ -212,21 +190,21 @@ if ( ! function_exists('get_filenames'))
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Get Directory File Information
- *
- * Reads the specified directory and builds an array containing the filenames,
- * filesize, dates, and permissions
- *
- * Any sub-folders contained within the specified path are read as well.
- *
- * @param	string	path to source
- * @param	bool	Look only at the top level directory specified?
- * @param	bool	internal variable to determine recursion status - do not use in calls
- * @return	array
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('get_dir_file_info'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Get Directory File Information
+	 *
+	 * Reads the specified directory and builds an array containing the filenames,
+	 * filesize, dates, and permissions
+	 *
+	 * Any sub-folders contained within the specified path are read as well.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	path to source
+	 * @param	bool	Look only at the top level directory specified?
+	 * @param	bool	internal variable to determine recursion status - do not use in calls
+	 * @return	array
+	 */
 	function get_dir_file_info($source_dir, $top_level_only = TRUE, $_recursion = FALSE)
 	{
 		static $_filedata = array();
@@ -265,20 +243,20 @@ if ( ! function_exists('get_dir_file_info'))
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
-* Get File Info
-*
-* Given a file and path, returns the name, path, size, date modified
-* Second parameter allows you to explicitly declare what information you want returned
-* Options are: name, server_path, size, date, readable, writable, executable, fileperms
-* Returns FALSE if the file cannot be found.
-*
-* @param	string	path to file
-* @param	mixed	array or comma separated string of information returned
-* @return	array
-*/
 if ( ! function_exists('get_file_info'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Get File Info
+	 *
+	 * Given a file and path, returns the name, path, size, date modified
+	 * Second parameter allows you to explicitly declare what information you want returned
+	 * Options are: name, server_path, size, date, readable, writable, executable, fileperms
+	 * Returns FALSE if the file cannot be found.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	path to file
+	 * @param	mixed	array or comma separated string of information returned
+	 * @return	array
+	 */
 	function get_file_info($file, $returned_values = array('name', 'server_path', 'size', 'date'))
 	{
 
@@ -330,54 +308,41 @@ if ( ! function_exists('get_file_info'))
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Get Mime by Extension
- *
- * Translates a file extension into a mime type based on config/mimes.php.
- * Returns FALSE if it can't determine the type, or open the mime config file
- *
- * Note: this is NOT an accurate way of determining file mime types, and is here strictly as a convenience
- * It should NOT be trusted, and should certainly NOT be used for security
- *
- * @param	string	path to file
- * @return	mixed
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('get_mime_by_extension'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Get Mime by Extension
+	 *
+	 * Translates a file extension into a mime type based on config/mimes.php.
+	 * Returns FALSE if it can't determine the type, or open the mime config file
+	 *
+	 * Note: this is NOT an accurate way of determining file mime types, and is here strictly as a convenience
+	 * It should NOT be trusted, and should certainly NOT be used for security
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	path to file
+	 * @return	mixed
+	 */
 	function get_mime_by_extension($file)
 	{
 		$extension = strtolower(substr(strrchr($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;
@@ -386,17 +351,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('get_mime_by_extension'))
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Symbolic Permissions
- *
- * Takes a numeric value representing a file's permissions and returns
- * standard symbolic notation representing that value
- *
- * @param	int
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('symbolic_permissions'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Symbolic Permissions
+	 *
+	 * Takes a numeric value representing a file's permissions and returns
+	 * standard symbolic notation representing that value
+	 *
+	 * @param	int
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function symbolic_permissions($perms)
 	{
 		if (($perms & 0xC000) === 0xC000)
@@ -453,17 +418,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('symbolic_permissions'))
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Octal Permissions
- *
- * Takes a numeric value representing a file's permissions and returns
- * a three character string representing the file's octal permissions
- *
- * @param	int
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('octal_permissions'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Octal Permissions
+	 *
+	 * Takes a numeric value representing a file's permissions and returns
+	 * a three character string representing the file's octal permissions
+	 *
+	 * @param	int
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function octal_permissions($perms)
 	{
 		return substr(sprintf('%o', $perms), -3);
diff --git a/system/helpers/form_helper.php b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
index e5b487608..984634315 100644
--- a/system/helpers/form_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
@@ -36,23 +36,23 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Form Declaration
- *
- * Creates the opening portion of the form.
- *
- * @param	string	the URI segments of the form destination
- * @param	array	a key/value pair of attributes
- * @param	array	a key/value pair hidden data
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_open'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Form Declaration
+	 *
+	 * Creates the opening portion of the form.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the URI segments of the form destination
+	 * @param	array	a key/value pair of attributes
+	 * @param	array	a key/value pair hidden data
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_open($action = '', $attributes = '', $hidden = array())
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
 
-		if ($attributes == '')
+		if ($attributes === '')
 		{
 			$attributes = 'method="post"';
 		}
@@ -85,18 +85,18 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_open'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Form Declaration - Multipart type
- *
- * Creates the opening portion of the form, but with "multipart/form-data".
- *
- * @param	string	the URI segments of the form destination
- * @param	array	a key/value pair of attributes
- * @param	array	a key/value pair hidden data
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_open_multipart'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Form Declaration - Multipart type
+	 *
+	 * Creates the opening portion of the form, but with "multipart/form-data".
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the URI segments of the form destination
+	 * @param	array	a key/value pair of attributes
+	 * @param	array	a key/value pair hidden data
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_open_multipart($action = '', $attributes = array(), $hidden = array())
 	{
 		if (is_string($attributes))
@@ -114,18 +114,19 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_open_multipart'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Hidden Input Field
- *
- * Generates hidden fields. You can pass a simple key/value string or
- * an associative array with multiple values.
- *
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_hidden'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Hidden Input Field
+	 *
+	 * Generates hidden fields. You can pass a simple key/value string or
+	 * an associative array with multiple values.
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_hidden($name, $value = '', $recursing = FALSE)
 	{
 		static $form;
@@ -163,16 +164,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_hidden'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Text Input Field
- *
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_input'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Text Input Field
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_input($data = '', $value = '', $extra = '')
 	{
 		$defaults = array('type' => 'text', 'name' => ( ! is_array($data) ? $data : ''), 'value' => $value);
@@ -183,18 +184,18 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_input'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Password Field
- *
- * Identical to the input function but adds the "password" type
- *
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_password'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Password Field
+	 *
+	 * Identical to the input function but adds the "password" type
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_password($data = '', $value = '', $extra = '')
 	{
 		if ( ! is_array($data))
@@ -209,18 +210,18 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_password'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Upload Field
- *
- * Identical to the input function but adds the "file" type
- *
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_upload'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Upload Field
+	 *
+	 * Identical to the input function but adds the "file" type
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_upload($data = '', $value = '', $extra = '')
 	{
 		if ( ! is_array($data))
@@ -235,16 +236,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_upload'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Textarea field
- *
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_textarea'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Textarea field
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_textarea($data = '', $value = '', $extra = '')
 	{
 		$defaults = array('name' => ( ! is_array($data) ? $data : ''), 'cols' => '40', 'rows' => '10');
@@ -266,17 +267,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_textarea'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Multi-select menu
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	array
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_multiselect'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Multi-select menu
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_multiselect($name = '', $options = array(), $selected = array(), $extra = '')
 	{
 		if ( ! strpos($extra, 'multiple'))
@@ -290,17 +291,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_multiselect'))
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Drop-down Menu
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	array
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_dropdown'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Drop-down Menu
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_dropdown($name = '', $options = array(), $selected = array(), $extra = '')
 	{
 		// If name is really an array then we'll call the function again using the array
@@ -324,7 +325,10 @@ 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"' : '';
 
@@ -358,17 +362,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_dropdown'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Checkbox Field
- *
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	string
- * @param	bool
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_checkbox'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Checkbox Field
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_checkbox($data = '', $value = '', $checked = FALSE, $extra = '')
 	{
 		$defaults = array('type' => 'checkbox', 'name' => ( ! is_array($data) ? $data : ''), 'value' => $value);
@@ -402,17 +406,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_checkbox'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Radio Button
- *
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	string
- * @param	bool
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_radio'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Radio Button
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_radio($data = '', $value = '', $checked = FALSE, $extra = '')
 	{
 		if ( ! is_array($data))
@@ -427,16 +431,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_radio'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Submit Button
- *
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_submit'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Submit Button
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_submit($data = '', $value = '', $extra = '')
 	{
 		$defaults = array('type' => 'submit', 'name' => ( ! is_array($data) ? $data : ''), 'value' => $value);
@@ -446,16 +450,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_submit'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Reset Button
- *
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_reset'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Reset Button
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_reset($data = '', $value = '', $extra = '')
 	{
 		$defaults = array('type' => 'reset', 'name' => ( ! is_array($data) ? $data : ''), 'value' => $value);
@@ -465,16 +469,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_reset'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Form Button
- *
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_button'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Form Button
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_button($data = '', $content = '', $extra = '')
 	{
 		$defaults = array('name' => ( ! is_array($data) ? $data : ''), 'type' => 'button');
@@ -490,22 +494,22 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_button'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Form Label Tag
- *
- * @param	string	The text to appear onscreen
- * @param	string	The id the label applies to
- * @param	string	Additional attributes
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_label'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Form Label Tag
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	The text to appear onscreen
+	 * @param	string	The id the label applies to
+	 * @param	string	Additional attributes
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_label($label_text = '', $id = '', $attributes = array())
 	{
 
 		$label = '<label';
 
-		if ($id != '')
+		if ($id !== '')
 		{
 			$label .= ' for="'.$id.'"';
 		}
@@ -523,22 +527,23 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_label'))
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-/**
- * Fieldset Tag
- *
- * Used to produce <fieldset><legend>text</legend>.  To close fieldset
- * use form_fieldset_close()
- *
- * @param	string	The legend text
- * @param	string	Additional attributes
- * @return	string
- */
+
 if ( ! function_exists('form_fieldset'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Fieldset Tag
+	 *
+	 * Used to produce <fieldset><legend>text</legend>.  To close fieldset
+	 * use form_fieldset_close()
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	The legend text
+	 * @param	string	Additional attributes
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	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";
 		}
@@ -549,14 +554,14 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_fieldset'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Fieldset Close Tag
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_fieldset_close'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Fieldset Close Tag
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_fieldset_close($extra = '')
 	{
 		return '</fieldset>'.$extra;
@@ -565,14 +570,14 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_fieldset_close'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Form Close Tag
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_close'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Form Close Tag
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_close($extra = '')
 	{
 		return '</form>'.$extra;
@@ -581,16 +586,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_close'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Form Prep
- *
- * Formats text so that it can be safely placed in a form field in the event it has HTML tags.
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_prep'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Form Prep
+	 *
+	 * Formats text so that it can be safely placed in a form field in the event it has HTML tags.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_prep($str = '', $field_name = '')
 	{
 		static $prepped_fields = array();
@@ -620,7 +626,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_prep'))
 			return $str;
 		}
 
-		if ($field_name != '')
+		if ($field_name !== '')
 		{
 			$prepped_fields[$field_name] = $field_name;
 		}
@@ -631,18 +637,19 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_prep'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Form Value
- *
- * Grabs a value from the POST array for the specified field so you can
- * re-populate an input field or textarea. If Form Validation
- * is active it retrieves the info from the validation class
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	mixed
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('set_value'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Form Value
+	 *
+	 * Grabs a value from the POST array for the specified field so you can
+	 * re-populate an input field or textarea. If Form Validation
+	 * is active it retrieves the info from the validation class
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	mixed
+	 */
 	function set_value($field = '', $default = '')
 	{
 		if (FALSE === ($OBJ =& _get_validation_object()))
@@ -661,19 +668,19 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_value'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Set Select
- *
- * Let's you set the selected value of a <select> menu via data in the POST array.
- * If Form Validation is active it retrieves the info from the validation class
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @param	bool
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('set_select'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Set Select
+	 *
+	 * Let's you set the selected value of a <select> menu via data in the POST array.
+	 * If Form Validation is active it retrieves the info from the validation class
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function set_select($field = '', $value = '', $default = FALSE)
 	{
 		$OBJ =& _get_validation_object();
@@ -682,7 +689,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_select'))
 		{
 			if ( ! isset($_POST[$field]))
 			{
-				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default == TRUE)
+				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default === TRUE)
 				{
 					return ' selected="selected"';
 				}
@@ -698,7 +705,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_select'))
 					return '';
 				}
 			}
-			elseif (($field == '' OR $value == '') OR ($field != $value))
+			elseif (($field == '' OR $value == '') OR $field !== $value)
 			{
 				return '';
 			}
@@ -712,19 +719,19 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_select'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Set Checkbox
- *
- * Let's you set the selected value of a checkbox via the value in the POST array.
- * If Form Validation is active it retrieves the info from the validation class
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @param	bool
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('set_checkbox'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Set Checkbox
+	 *
+	 * Let's you set the selected value of a checkbox via the value in the POST array.
+	 * If Form Validation is active it retrieves the info from the validation class
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function set_checkbox($field = '', $value = '', $default = FALSE)
 	{
 		$OBJ =& _get_validation_object();
@@ -733,7 +740,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_checkbox'))
 		{
 			if ( ! isset($_POST[$field]))
 			{
-				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default == TRUE)
+				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default === TRUE)
 				{
 					return ' checked="checked"';
 				}
@@ -749,7 +756,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_checkbox'))
 					return '';
 				}
 			}
-			elseif (($field == '' OR $value == '') OR ($field != $value))
+			elseif (($field == '' OR $value == '') OR $field !== $value)
 			{
 				return '';
 			}
@@ -763,19 +770,19 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_checkbox'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Set Radio
- *
- * Let's you set the selected value of a radio field via info in the POST array.
- * If Form Validation is active it retrieves the info from the validation class
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @param	bool
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('set_radio'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Set Radio
+	 *
+	 * Let's you set the selected value of a radio field via info in the POST array.
+	 * If Form Validation is active it retrieves the info from the validation class
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function set_radio($field = '', $value = '', $default = FALSE)
 	{
 		$OBJ =& _get_validation_object();
@@ -784,7 +791,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_radio'))
 		{
 			if ( ! isset($_POST[$field]))
 			{
-				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default == TRUE)
+				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default === TRUE)
 				{
 					return ' checked="checked"';
 				}
@@ -802,7 +809,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_radio'))
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				if (($field == '' OR $value == '') OR ($field != $value))
+				if (($field == '' OR $value == '') OR $field !== $value)
 				{
 					return '';
 				}
@@ -817,19 +824,20 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_radio'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Form Error
- *
- * Returns the error for a specific form field. This is a helper for the
- * form validation class.
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
+
 if ( ! function_exists('form_error'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Form Error
+	 *
+	 * Returns the error for a specific form field. This is a helper for the
+	 * form validation class.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function form_error($field = '', $prefix = '', $suffix = '')
 	{
 		if (FALSE === ($OBJ =& _get_validation_object()))
@@ -843,18 +851,18 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_error'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Validation Error String
- *
- * Returns all the errors associated with a form submission. This is a helper
- * function for the form validation class.
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('validation_errors'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Validation Error String
+	 *
+	 * Returns all the errors associated with a form submission. This is a helper
+	 * function for the form validation class.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function validation_errors($prefix = '', $suffix = '')
 	{
 		if (FALSE === ($OBJ =& _get_validation_object()))
@@ -868,17 +876,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('validation_errors'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Parse the form attributes
- *
- * Helper function used by some of the form helpers
- *
- * @param	array
- * @param	array
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('_parse_form_attributes'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Parse the form attributes
+	 *
+	 * Helper function used by some of the form helpers
+	 *
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function _parse_form_attributes($attributes, $default)
 	{
 		if (is_array($attributes))
@@ -902,7 +910,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('_parse_form_attributes'))
 
 		foreach ($default as $key => $val)
 		{
-			if ($key == 'value')
+			if ($key === 'value')
 			{
 				$val = form_prep($val, $default['name']);
 			}
@@ -916,27 +924,27 @@ if ( ! function_exists('_parse_form_attributes'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Attributes To String
- *
- * Helper function used by some of the form helpers
- *
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	bool
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('_attributes_to_string'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Attributes To String
+	 *
+	 * Helper function used by some of the form helpers
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function _attributes_to_string($attributes, $formtag = FALSE)
 	{
 		if (is_string($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')).'"';
 			}
@@ -975,16 +983,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('_attributes_to_string'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Validation Object
- *
- * Determines what the form validation class was instantiated as, fetches
- * the object and returns it.
- *
- * @return	mixed
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('_get_validation_object'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Validation Object
+	 *
+	 * Determines what the form validation class was instantiated as, fetches
+	 * the object and returns it.
+	 *
+	 * @return	mixed
+	 */
 	function &_get_validation_object()
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
diff --git a/system/helpers/html_helper.php b/system/helpers/html_helper.php
index 0417bd253..68ce70248 100644
--- a/system/helpers/html_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/html_helper.php
@@ -37,36 +37,37 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Heading
- *
- * Generates an HTML heading tag.
- *
- * @param	string	content
- * @param	int	heading level
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('heading'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Heading
+	 *
+	 * Generates an HTML heading tag.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	content
+	 * @param	int	heading level
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function heading($data = '', $h = '1', $attributes = '')
 	{
-		return '<h'.$h.($attributes != '' ? ' ' : '').$attributes.'>'.$data.'</h'.$h.'>';
+		return '<h'.$h.($attributes !== '' ? ' ' : '').$attributes.'>'.$data.'</h'.$h.'>';
 	}
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Unordered List
- *
- * Generates an HTML unordered list from an single or multi-dimensional array.
- *
- * @param	array
- * @param	mixed
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('ul'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Unordered List
+	 *
+	 * Generates an HTML unordered list from an single or multi-dimensional array.
+	 *
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function ul($list, $attributes = '')
 	{
 		return _list('ul', $list, $attributes);
@@ -75,17 +76,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('ul'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Ordered List
- *
- * Generates an HTML ordered list from an single or multi-dimensional array.
- *
- * @param	array
- * @param	mixed
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('ol'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Ordered List
+	 *
+	 * Generates an HTML ordered list from an single or multi-dimensional array.
+	 *
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function ol($list, $attributes = '')
 	{
 		return _list('ol', $list, $attributes);
@@ -94,19 +95,19 @@ if ( ! function_exists('ol'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Generates the list
- *
- * Generates an HTML ordered list from an single or multi-dimensional array.
- *
- * @param	string
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	int
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('_list'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Generates the list
+	 *
+	 * Generates an HTML ordered list from an single or multi-dimensional array.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	int
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function _list($type = 'ul', $list, $attributes = '', $depth = 0)
 	{
 		// If an array wasn't submitted there's nothing to do...
@@ -165,14 +166,14 @@ if ( ! function_exists('_list'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Generates HTML BR tags based on number supplied
- *
- * @param	int
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('br'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Generates HTML BR tags based on number supplied
+	 *
+	 * @param	int
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function br($num = 1)
 	{
 		return str_repeat('<br />', $num);
@@ -181,17 +182,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('br'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Image
- *
- * Generates an <img /> element
- *
- * @param	mixed
- * @param	bool
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('img'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Image
+	 *
+	 * Generates an <img /> element
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed
+	 * @param	bool
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function img($src = '', $index_page = FALSE)
 	{
 		if ( ! is_array($src) )
@@ -234,20 +235,20 @@ if ( ! function_exists('img'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Doctype
- *
- * Generates a page document type declaration
- *
- * Valid options are xhtml-11, xhtml-strict, xhtml-trans, xhtml-frame,
- * html4-strict, html4-trans, and html4-frame. Values are saved in the
- * doctypes config file.
- *
- * @param	string	type	The doctype to be generated
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('doctype'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Doctype
+	 *
+	 * Generates a page document type declaration
+	 *
+	 * Valid options are xhtml-11, xhtml-strict, xhtml-trans, xhtml-frame,
+	 * html4-strict, html4-trans, and html4-frame. Values are saved in the
+	 * doctypes config file.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	type	The doctype to be generated
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function doctype($type = 'xhtml1-strict')
 	{
 		global $_doctypes;
@@ -275,21 +276,21 @@ if ( ! function_exists('doctype'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Link
- *
- * Generates link to a CSS file
- *
- * @param	mixed	stylesheet hrefs or an array
- * @param	string	rel
- * @param	string	type
- * @param	string	title
- * @param	string	media
- * @param	bool	should index_page be added to the css path
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('link_tag'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Link
+	 *
+	 * Generates link to a CSS file
+	 *
+	 * @param	mixed	stylesheet hrefs or an array
+	 * @param	string	rel
+	 * @param	string	type
+	 * @param	string	title
+	 * @param	string	media
+	 * @param	bool	should index_page be added to the css path
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function link_tag($href = '', $rel = 'stylesheet', $type = 'text/css', $title = '', $media = '', $index_page = FALSE)
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
@@ -333,12 +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.'" ';
 			}
@@ -350,17 +351,17 @@ if ( ! function_exists('link_tag'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Generates meta tags from an array of key/values
- *
- * @param	array
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('meta'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Generates meta tags from an array of key/values
+	 *
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function meta($name = '', $content = '', $type = 'name', $newline = "\n")
 	{
 		// Since we allow the data to be passes as a string, a simple array
@@ -378,10 +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;
 		}
@@ -392,14 +393,14 @@ if ( ! function_exists('meta'))
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Generates non-breaking space entities based on number supplied
- *
- * @param	int
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('nbs'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Generates non-breaking space entities based on number supplied
+	 *
+	 * @param	int
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function nbs($num = 1)
 	{
 		return str_repeat('&nbsp;', $num);
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..fec4a1a10 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!
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('set_realpath'))
 		}
 
 		// Resolve the path
-		if (function_exists('realpath') && @realpath($path) !== FALSE)
+		if (@realpath($path) !== FALSE)
 		{
 			$path = realpath($path);
 		}
diff --git a/system/helpers/security_helper.php b/system/helpers/security_helper.php
index d6f134c9f..3e6e91435 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 +72,18 @@ if ( ! function_exists('sanitize_filename'))
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * Hash encode a string
- *
- * @param	string
- * @return	string
- */
 if ( ! function_exists('do_hash'))
 {
+	/**
+	 * Hash encode a string
+	 *
+	 * This function is DEPRECATED and should be removed in
+	 * CodeIgniter 3.1+. Use hash() instead.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	string
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
 	function do_hash($str, $type = 'sha1')
 	{
 		if ( ! in_array(strtolower($type), hash_algos()))
@@ -93,14 +97,14 @@ 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 +113,14 @@ 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 8dba74e73..b6b2afcf4 100644
--- a/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php
@@ -37,125 +37,112 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * 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);
 		}
 
 		if ($do_setup === TRUE)
 		{
-				$do_setup = FALSE;
+			$do_setup = FALSE;
+			$m = array();
 
-				$m = array();
-
-				if (is_array($alias))
+			if (is_array($alias))
+			{
+				foreach ($alias as $name => $id)
 				{
-					foreach ($alias as $name => $id)
-					{
-						$m[] = '"'.$name.'" : "'.$id.'"';
-					}
+					$m[] = '"'.$name.'" : "'.$id.'"';
 				}
+			}
 
-				$m = '{'.implode(',', $m).'}';
+			$m = '{'.implode(',', $m).'}';
 
-				$r .= <<<EOF
-				var smiley_map = {$m};
+			$r .= <<<EOF
+			var smiley_map = {$m};
 
-				function insert_smiley(smiley, field_id) {
-					var el = document.getElementById(field_id), newStart;
+			function insert_smiley(smiley, field_id) {
+				var el = document.getElementById(field_id), newStart;
 
-					if ( ! el && smiley_map[field_id]) {
-						el = document.getElementById(smiley_map[field_id]);
+				if ( ! el && smiley_map[field_id]) {
+					el = document.getElementById(smiley_map[field_id]);
 
-						if ( ! el)
-							return false;
-					}
+					if ( ! el)
+						return false;
+				}
 
-					el.focus();
-					smiley = " " + smiley;
+				el.focus();
+				smiley = " " + smiley;
 
-					if ('selectionStart' in el) {
-						newStart = el.selectionStart + smiley.length;
+				if ('selectionStart' in el) {
+					newStart = el.selectionStart + smiley.length;
 
-						el.value = el.value.substr(0, el.selectionStart) +
-										smiley +
-										el.value.substr(el.selectionEnd, el.value.length);
-						el.setSelectionRange(newStart, newStart);
-					}
-					else if (document.selection) {
-						document.selection.createRange().text = smiley;
-					}
+					el.value = el.value.substr(0, el.selectionStart) +
+									smiley +
+									el.value.substr(el.selectionEnd, el.value.length);
+					el.setSelectionRange(newStart, newStart);
 				}
+				else if (document.selection) {
+					document.selection.createRange().text = smiley;
+				}
+			}
 EOF;
 		}
-		else
+		elseif (is_array($alias))
 		{
-			if (is_array($alias))
+			foreach ($alias as $name => $id)
 			{
-				foreach ($alias as $name => $id)
-				{
-					$r .= 'smiley_map["'.$name.'"] = "'.$id.'";'."\n";
-				}
+				$r .= 'smiley_map["'.$name.'"] = "'.$id."\";\n";
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ($inline)
-		{
-			return '<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">/*<![CDATA[ */'.$r.'// ]]></script>';
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			return $r;
-		}
+		return ($inline) ? '<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">/*<![CDATA[ */'.$r.'// ]]></script>' : $r;
 	}
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * 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 = '', $smileys = NULL)
 	{
 		// For backward compatibility with js_insert_smiley
-
 		if (is_array($alias))
 		{
 			$smileys = $alias;
 		}
-
-		if ( ! is_array($smileys))
+		elseif (FALSE === ($smileys = _get_smiley_array()))
 		{
-			if (FALSE === ($smileys = _get_smiley_array()))
-			{
-				return $smileys;
-			}
+			return $smileys;
 		}
 
 		// Add a trailing slash to the file path if needed
@@ -165,7 +152,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('get_clickable_smileys'))
 		foreach ($smileys as $key => $val)
 		{
 			// Keep duplicates from being used, which can happen if the
-			// mapping array contains multiple identical replacements.  For example:
+			// mapping array contains multiple identical replacements. For example:
 			// :-) and :) might be replaced with the same image so both smileys
 			// will be in the array.
 			if (isset($used[$smileys[$key][0]]))
@@ -173,8 +160,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('get_clickable_smileys'))
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			$link[] = "<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"insert_smiley('".$key."', '".$alias."')\"><img src=\"".$image_url.$smileys[$key][0]."\" width=\"".$smileys[$key][1]."\" height=\"".$smileys[$key][2]."\" alt=\"".$smileys[$key][3]."\" style=\"border:0;\" /></a>";
-
+			$link[] = '<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="insert_smiley(\''.$key.'\', \''.$alias.'\')"><img src="'.$image_url.$smileys[$key][0].'" alt="'.$smileys[$key][3].'" style="width: '.$smileys[$key][1].'; height: '.$smileys[$key][2].'; border: 0;" /></a>';
 			$used[$smileys[$key][0]] = TRUE;
 		}
 
@@ -184,38 +170,31 @@ 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 == '')
+		if ($image_url === '' OR ( ! is_array($smileys) && FALSE === ($smileys = _get_smiley_array())))
 		{
 			return $str;
 		}
 
-		if ( ! is_array($smileys))
-		{
-			if (FALSE === ($smileys = _get_smiley_array()))
-			{
-				return $str;
-			}
-		}
-
 		// Add a trailing slash to the file path if needed
-		$image_url = preg_replace("/(.+?)\/*$/", "\\1/",  $image_url);
+		$image_url = rtrim($image_url, '/').'/';
 
 		foreach ($smileys as $key => $val)
 		{
-			$str = str_replace($key, "<img src=\"".$image_url.$smileys[$key][0]."\" width=\"".$smileys[$key][1]."\" height=\"".$smileys[$key][2]."\" alt=\"".$smileys[$key][3]."\" style=\"border:0;\" />", $str);
+			$str = str_replace($key, '<img src="'.$image_url.$smileys[$key][0].'" alt="'.$smileys[$key][3].'" style="width: '.$smileys[$key][1].'; height: '.$smileys[$key][2].'; border: 0;" />', $str);
 		}
 
 		return $str;
@@ -224,15 +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'))
@@ -244,40 +223,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('_get_smiley_array'))
 			include(APPPATH.'config/smileys.php');
 		}
 
-		if (isset($smileys) && is_array($smileys))
-		{
-			return $smileys;
-		}
-
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-}
-
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-/**
- * JS Insert Smiley
- *
- * Generates the javascript function needed to insert smileys into a form field
- *
- * DEPRECATED as of version 1.7.2, use smiley_js instead
- *
- * @param	string	form name
- * @param	string	field name
- * @return	string
- */
-if ( ! function_exists('js_insert_smiley'))
-{
-	function js_insert_smiley($form_name = '', $form_field = '')
-	{
-		return <<<EOF
-<script type="text/javascript">
-	function insert_smiley(smiley)
-	{
-		document.{$form_name}.{$form_field}.value += " " + smiley;
-	}
-</script>
-EOF;
+		return (isset($smileys) && is_array($smileys)) ? $smileys : FALSE;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/system/helpers/string_helper.php b/system/helpers/string_helper.php
index aed35c157..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, '/');
@@ -61,28 +61,26 @@ 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))
+		if ( ! is_array($str))
 		{
-			foreach ($str as $key => $val)
-			{
-				$str[$key] = strip_slashes($val);
-			}
+			return stripslashes($str);
 		}
-		else
+
+		foreach ($str as $key => $val)
 		{
-			$str = stripslashes($str);
+			$str[$key] = strip_slashes($val);
 		}
 
 		return $str;
@@ -91,16 +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);
@@ -109,16 +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);
@@ -127,23 +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);
@@ -152,131 +150,116 @@ 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, $str);
-
-		if ($trim === TRUE)
-		{
-			return trim($str, $character);
-		}
-
-		return $str;
+		return ($trim === TRUE) ? trim($str, $character) : $str;
 	}
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * 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)
+		switch ($type)
 		{
-			case 'basic'	: return mt_rand();
-				break;
-			case 'alnum'	:
-			case 'numeric'	:
-			case 'nozero'	:
-			case 'alpha'	:
-
-					switch ($type)
-					{
-						case 'alpha'	:	$pool = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
-							break;
-						case 'alnum'	:	$pool = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
-							break;
-						case 'numeric'	:	$pool = '0123456789';
-							break;
-						case 'nozero'	:	$pool = '123456789';
-							break;
-					}
-
-					$str = substr(str_shuffle(str_repeat($pool, ceil($len/strlen($pool)))),0,$len);
-
-					return $str;
-				break;
-			case 'unique'	:
-			case 'md5'		:
-
-						return md5(uniqid(mt_rand()));
-				break;
-			case 'encrypt'	:
-			case 'sha1'	:
-
-						$CI =& get_instance();
-						$CI->load->helper('security');
-
-						return do_hash(uniqid(mt_rand(), TRUE), 'sha1');
-				break;
+			case 'basic':
+				return mt_rand();
+			case 'alnum':
+			case 'numeric':
+			case 'nozero':
+			case 'alpha':
+				switch ($type)
+				{
+					case 'alpha':
+						$pool = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
+						break;
+					case 'alnum':
+						$pool = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
+						break;
+					case 'numeric':
+						$pool = '0123456789';
+						break;
+					case 'nozero':
+						$pool = '123456789';
+						break;
+				}
+				return substr(str_shuffle(str_repeat($pool, ceil($len / strlen($pool)))), 0, $len);
+			case 'unique':
+			case 'md5':
+				return md5(uniqid(mt_rand()));
+			case 'encrypt':
+			case 'sha1':
+				return sha1(uniqid(mt_rand(), TRUE));
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * 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, $match);
-
 		return isset($match[2]) ? $match[1].$separator.($match[2] + 1) : $str.$separator.$first;
 	}
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * 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 '';
@@ -288,15 +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 cc501c334..8a1f01b51 100644
--- a/system/helpers/text_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/text_helper.php
@@ -37,28 +37,28 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * 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;
 		}
 
 		preg_match('/^\s*+(?:\S++\s*+){1,'.(int) $limit.'}/', $str, $matches);
 
-		if (strlen($str) == strlen($matches[0]))
+		if (strlen($str) === strlen($matches[0]))
 		{
 			$end_char = '';
 		}
@@ -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)
@@ -89,14 +89,14 @@ if ( ! function_exists('character_limiter'))
 			return $str;
 		}
 
-		$str = preg_replace("/\s+/", ' ', str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r", "\n"), ' ', $str));
+		$str = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r", "\n"), ' ', $str));
 
 		if (strlen($str) <= $n)
 		{
 			return $str;
 		}
 
-		$out = "";
+		$out = '';
 		foreach (explode(' ', trim($str)) as $val)
 		{
 			$out .= $val.' ';
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('character_limiter'))
 			if (strlen($out) >= $n)
 			{
 				$out = trim($out);
-				return (strlen($out) == strlen($str)) ? $out : $out.$end_char;
+				return (strlen($out) === strlen($str)) ? $out : $out.$end_char;
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -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;
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('ascii_to_entities'))
 					If the $temp array has a value but we have moved on, then it seems only
 					fair that we output that entity and restart $temp before continuing. -Paul
 				*/
-				if (count($temp) == 1)
+				if (count($temp) === 1)
 				{
 					$out  .= '&#'.array_shift($temp).';';
 					$count = 1;
@@ -148,16 +148,18 @@ if ( ! function_exists('ascii_to_entities'))
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				if (count($temp) == 0)
+				if (count($temp) === 0)
 				{
 					$count = ($ordinal < 224) ? 2 : 3;
 				}
 
 				$temp[] = $ordinal;
 
-				if (count($temp) == $count)
+				if (count($temp) === $count)
 				{
-					$number = ($count == 3) ? (($temp['0'] % 16) * 4096) + (($temp['1'] % 64) * 64) + ($temp['2'] % 64) : (($temp['0'] % 32) * 64) + ($temp['1'] % 64);
+					$number = ($count === 3)
+							? (($temp[0] % 16) * 4096) + (($temp[1] % 64) * 64) + ($temp[2] % 64)
+							: (($temp[0] % 32) * 64) + ($temp[1] % 64);
 
 					$out .= '&#'.$number.';';
 					$count = 1;
@@ -172,25 +174,24 @@ 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, $matches))
 		{
-			for ($i = 0, $s = count($matches['0']); $i < $s; $i++)
+			for ($i = 0, $s = count($matches[0]); $i < $s; $i++)
 			{
-				$digits = $matches['1'][$i];
-
+				$digits = $matches[1][$i];
 				$out = '';
 
 				if ($digits < 128)
@@ -200,25 +201,24 @@ if ( ! function_exists('entities_to_ascii'))
 				}
 				elseif ($digits < 2048)
 				{
-					$out .= chr(192 + (($digits - ($digits % 64)) / 64));
-					$out .= chr(128 + ($digits % 64));
+					$out .= chr(192 + (($digits - ($digits % 64)) / 64)).chr(128 + ($digits % 64));
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					$out .= chr(224 + (($digits - ($digits % 4096)) / 4096));
-					$out .= chr(128 + ((($digits % 4096) - ($digits % 64)) / 64));
-					$out .= chr(128 + ($digits % 64));
+					$out .= chr(224 + (($digits - ($digits % 4096)) / 4096))
+						.chr(128 + ((($digits % 4096) - ($digits % 64)) / 64))
+						.chr(128 + ($digits % 64));
 				}
 
-				$str = str_replace($matches['0'][$i], $out, $str);
+				$str = str_replace($matches[0][$i], $out, $str);
 			}
 		}
 
 		if ($all)
 		{
-			$str = str_replace(array("&amp;", "&lt;", "&gt;", "&quot;", "&apos;", "&#45;"),
-								array("&","<",">","\"", "'", "-"),
-								$str);
+			return str_replace(array('&amp;', '&lt;', '&gt;', '&quot;', '&apos;', '&#45;'),
+						array('&', '<', '>', '"', "'", '-'),
+						$str);
 		}
 
 		return $str;
@@ -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);
 			}
@@ -274,39 +274,45 @@ 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
-		// brackets so we need them to start raw
-		$str = str_replace(array('&lt;', '&gt;'), array('<', '>'), $str);
-
-		// Replace any existing PHP tags to temporary markers so they don't accidentally
-		// break the string out of PHP, and thus, thwart the highlighting.
-		$str = str_replace(array('<?', '?>', '<%', '%>', '\\', '</script>'),
-					array('phptagopen', 'phptagclose', 'asptagopen', 'asptagclose', 'backslashtmp', 'scriptclose'),
+		/* The highlight string function encodes and highlights
+		 * brackets so we need them to start raw.
+		 *
+		 * Also replace any existing PHP tags to temporary markers
+		 * so they don't accidentally break the string out of PHP,
+		 * and thus, thwart the highlighting.
+		 */
+		$str = str_replace(array('&lt;', '&gt;', '<?', '?>', '<%', '%>', '\\', '</script>'),
+					array('<', '>', 'phptagopen', 'phptagclose', 'asptagopen', 'asptagclose', 'backslashtmp', 'scriptclose'),
 					$str);
 
 		// The highlight_string function requires that the text be surrounded
 		// by PHP tags, which we will remove later
-		$str = '<?php '.$str.' ?>'; // <?
-
-		// All the magic happens here, baby!
-		$str = highlight_string($str, TRUE);
+		$str = highlight_string('<?php '.$str.' ?>', TRUE);
 
 		// Remove our artificially added PHP, and the syntax highlighting that came with it
-		$str = preg_replace('/<span style="color: #([A-Z0-9]+)">&lt;\?php(&nbsp;| )/i', '<span style="color: #$1">', $str);
-		$str = preg_replace('/(<span style="color: #[A-Z0-9]+">.*?)\?&gt;<\/span>\n<\/span>\n<\/code>/is', "$1</span>\n</span>\n</code>", $str);
-		$str = preg_replace('/<span style="color: #[A-Z0-9]+"\><\/span>/i', '', $str);
+		$str = preg_replace(array(
+						'/<span style="color: #([A-Z0-9]+)">&lt;\?php(&nbsp;| )/i',
+						'/(<span style="color: #[A-Z0-9]+">.*?)\?&gt;<\/span>\n<\/span>\n<\/code>/is',
+						'/<span style="color: #[A-Z0-9]+"\><\/span>/i'
+					),
+					array(
+						'<span style="color: #$1">',
+						"$1</span>\n</span>\n</code>",
+						''
+					),
+					$str);
 
 		// Replace our markers back to PHP tags.
 		return str_replace(array('phptagopen', 'phptagclose', 'asptagopen', 'asptagclose', 'backslashtmp', 'scriptclose'),
@@ -317,29 +323,29 @@ 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, $str);
+			return preg_replace('/('.preg_quote($phrase, '/').')/i', $tag_open.'\\1'.$tag_close, $str);
 		}
 
 		return $str;
@@ -348,28 +354,33 @@ 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)
 	{
-		if (defined('ENVIRONMENT') && is_file(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/foreign_chars.php'))
-		{
-			include(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/foreign_chars.php');
-		}
-		elseif (is_file(APPPATH.'config/foreign_chars.php'))
-		{
-			include(APPPATH.'config/foreign_chars.php');
-		}
+		global $foreign_characters;
 
-		if ( ! isset($foreign_characters))
+		if ( ! isset($foreign_characters) OR ! is_array($foreign_characters))
 		{
-			return $str;
+			if (defined('ENVIRONMENT') && is_file(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/foreign_chars.php'))
+			{
+				include(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/foreign_chars.php');
+			}
+			elseif (is_file(APPPATH.'config/foreign_chars.php'))
+			{
+				include(APPPATH.'config/foreign_chars.php');
+			}
+
+			if ( ! isset($foreign_characters) OR ! is_array($foreign_characters))
+			{
+				return $str;
+			}
 		}
 
 		return preg_replace(array_keys($foreign_characters), array_values($foreign_characters), $str);
@@ -381,7 +392,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('convert_accented_characters'))
 /**
  * Word Wrap
  *
- * Wraps text at the specified character.  Maintains the integrity of words.
+ * Wraps text at the specified character. Maintains the integrity of words.
  * Anything placed between {unwrap}{/unwrap} will not be word wrapped, nor
  * will URLs.
  *
@@ -391,14 +402,16 @@ if ( ! function_exists('convert_accented_characters'))
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('word_wrap'))
 {
-	function word_wrap($str, $charlim = '76')
+	function word_wrap($str, $charlim = 76)
 	{
-		// Se the character limit
+		// Set the character limit
 		if ( ! is_numeric($charlim))
+		{
 			$charlim = 76;
+		}
 
 		// Reduce multiple spaces
-		$str = preg_replace("| +|", " ", $str);
+		$str = preg_replace('| +|', ' ', $str);
 
 		// Standardize newlines
 		if (strpos($str, "\r") !== FALSE)
@@ -409,22 +422,22 @@ if ( ! function_exists('word_wrap'))
 		// If the current word is surrounded by {unwrap} tags we'll
 		// strip the entire chunk and replace it with a marker.
 		$unwrap = array();
-		if (preg_match_all("|(\{unwrap\}.+?\{/unwrap\})|s", $str, $matches))
+		if (preg_match_all('|(\{unwrap\}.+?\{/unwrap\})|s', $str, $matches))
 		{
-			for ($i = 0; $i < count($matches['0']); $i++)
+			for ($i = 0, $c = count($matches[0]); $i < $c; $i++)
 			{
-				$unwrap[] = $matches['1'][$i];
-				$str = str_replace($matches['1'][$i], "{{unwrapped".$i."}}", $str);
+				$unwrap[] = $matches[1][$i];
+				$str = str_replace($matches[1][$i], '{{unwrapped'.$i.'}}', $str);
 			}
 		}
 
 		// Use PHP's native function to do the initial wordwrap.
 		// We set the cut flag to FALSE so that any individual words that are
-		// too long get left alone.  In the next step we'll deal with them.
+		// too long get left alone. In the next step we'll deal with them.
 		$str = wordwrap($str, $charlim, "\n", FALSE);
 
 		// Split the string into individual lines of text and cycle through them
-		$output = "";
+		$output = '';
 		foreach (explode("\n", $str) as $line)
 		{
 			// Is the line within the allowed character count?
@@ -439,28 +452,26 @@ if ( ! function_exists('word_wrap'))
 			while ((strlen($line)) > $charlim)
 			{
 				// If the over-length word is a URL we won't wrap it
-				if (preg_match("!\[url.+\]|://|wwww.!", $line))
+				if (preg_match('!\[url.+\]|://|wwww.!', $line))
 				{
 					break;
 				}
 
 				// Trim the word down
-				$temp .= substr($line, 0, $charlim-1);
-				$line = substr($line, $charlim-1);
+				$temp .= substr($line, 0, $charlim - 1);
+				$line = substr($line, $charlim - 1);
 			}
 
 			// 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;
+				$output .= $temp."\n".$line."\n";
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				$output .= $line;
+				$output .= $line."\n";
 			}
-
-			$output .= "\n";
 		}
 
 		// Put our markers back
@@ -468,32 +479,30 @@ if ( ! function_exists('word_wrap'))
 		{
 			foreach ($unwrap as $key => $val)
 			{
-				$output = str_replace("{{unwrapped".$key."}}", $val, $output);
+				$output = str_replace('{{unwrapped'.$key.'}}', $val, $output);
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Remove the unwrap tags
-		$output = str_replace(array('{unwrap}', '{/unwrap}'), '', $output);
-
-		return $output;
+		// Remove the unwrap tags and return
+		return str_replace(array('{unwrap}', '{/unwrap}'), '', $output);
 	}
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/**
- * 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
@@ -506,7 +515,6 @@ if ( ! function_exists('ellipsize'))
 		}
 
 		$beg = substr($str, 0, floor($max_length * $position));
-
 		$position = ($position > 1) ? 1 : $position;
 
 		if ($position === 1)
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);
 		}