3 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/system/libraries/Config.php b/system/libraries/Config.php
index c4ea9b4ee..28409fbc4 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Config.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Config.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class CI_Config {
 	 */
 	function CI_Config()
 	{
-		$this->config = get_config();
+		$this->config =& get_config();
 		log_message('debug', "Config Class Initialized");
 	}  	
   	
diff --git a/system/libraries/Loader.php b/system/libraries/Loader.php
index 709d9fe3d..117626567 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Loader.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Loader.php
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ class CI_Loader {
 		// do a little string replacement, changing the short tags
 		// to standard PHP echo statements.
 		
-		if ((bool) @ini_get('short_open_tag') === FALSE)
+		if ((bool) @ini_get('short_open_tag') === FALSE AND config_item('rewrite_short_tags') == TRUE)
 		{
 			echo eval('?>'.preg_replace("/;*\s*\?>/", "; ?>", str_replace('<?=', '<?php echo ', file_get_contents($path))).'<?php ');
 		}
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ class CI_Loader {
 		
 		log_message('debug', 'File loaded: '.$path);
 		
-		// Return the file data if requested to
+		// Return the file data if requested
 		if ($return === TRUE)
 		{		
 			$buffer = ob_get_contents();
diff --git a/system/libraries/Log.php b/system/libraries/Log.php
index 03dc64005..b21096c50 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Log.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Log.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class CI_Log {
 	 */
 	function CI_Log()
 	{
-		$config = get_config();
+		$config =& get_config();
 		
 		$this->log_path = ($config['log_path'] != '') ? $config['log_path'] : BASEPATH.'logs/';