config->item() now returns NULL instead of FALSE when the required item doesn't exist.

Uniformization with other functions. This also brings the ability to properly use booleans in configuration.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/system/core/Config.php b/system/core/Config.php
index 7e64444bc..14ade7248 100644
--- a/system/core/Config.php
+++ b/system/core/Config.php
@@ -184,16 +184,16 @@ class CI_Config {
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	$item	Config item name
 	 * @param	string	$index	Index name
-	 * @return	string|bool	The configuration item or FALSE on failure
+	 * @return	string|null	The configuration item or NULL on failure
 	 */
 	public function item($item, $index = '')
 	{
 		if ($index == '')
 		{
-			return isset($this->config[$item]) ? $this->config[$item] : FALSE;
+			return isset($this->config[$item]) ? $this->config[$item] : NULL;
 		}
 
-		return isset($this->config[$index], $this->config[$index][$item]) ? $this->config[$index][$item] : FALSE;
+		return isset($this->config[$index], $this->config[$index][$item]) ? $this->config[$index][$item] : NULL;
 	}
 
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