3 files changed, 28 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/system/codeigniter/Base4.php b/system/codeigniter/Base4.php
index 8b3dc92f3..9366b4588 100644
--- a/system/codeigniter/Base4.php
+++ b/system/codeigniter/Base4.php
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
  * This file is used only when Code Igniter is being run under PHP 4.
  * 
  * In order to allow CI to work under PHP 4 we had to make the Loader class 
- * the parent class of the Controller Base class.  It's the only way we 
- * could enable functions like $this->load->library('email') to instantiate 
+ * the parent of the Controller Base class.  It's the only way we enabled
+ * enable functions like $this->load->library('email') to instantiate 
  * classes that can then be used within controllers as $this->email->send()
  *
  * PHP 4 also has trouble referencing the CI super object within application 
diff --git a/system/codeigniter/CodeIgniter.php b/system/codeigniter/CodeIgniter.php
index 63ae45864..611b1a621 100644
--- a/system/codeigniter/CodeIgniter.php
+++ b/system/codeigniter/CodeIgniter.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ set_magic_quotes_runtime(0); // Kill magic quotes
  * ------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-$BM =& _load_class('Benchmark');
+$BM =& load_class('Benchmark');
 $BM->mark('total_execution_time_start');
 $BM->mark('loading_time_base_clases_start');
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ $BM->mark('loading_time_base_clases_start');
  * ------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-$EXT =& _load_class('Hooks');
+$EXT =& load_class('Hooks');
 
 /*
  * ------------------------------------------------------
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ $EXT->_call_hook('pre_system');
  * ------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-$CFG =& _load_class('Config');
-$RTR =& _load_class('Router');
-$OUT =& _load_class('Output');
+$CFG =& load_class('Config');
+$RTR =& load_class('Router');
+$OUT =& load_class('Output');
 
 /*
  * ------------------------------------------------------
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ if ($EXT->_call_hook('cache_override') === FALSE)
  * ------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-$IN		=& _load_class('Input');
-$URI	=& _load_class('URI');
-$LANG	=& _load_class('Language');
+$IN		=& load_class('Input');
+$URI	=& load_class('URI');
+$LANG	=& load_class('Language');
 
 /*
  * ------------------------------------------------------
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ $LANG	=& _load_class('Language');
  * 
  */
  
-_load_class('Loader', FALSE); 
+load_class('Loader', FALSE); 
   
 if (floor(phpversion()) < 5)
 {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ else
 	require(BASEPATH.'codeigniter/Base5'.EXT);
 }
 
-_load_class('Controller', FALSE); 
+load_class('Controller', FALSE); 
 
 require(APPPATH.'controllers/'.$RTR->fetch_directory().$RTR->fetch_class().EXT);
 
diff --git a/system/codeigniter/Common.php b/system/codeigniter/Common.php
index a801c0821..8ac80d634 100644
--- a/system/codeigniter/Common.php
+++ b/system/codeigniter/Common.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 * @param	bool	optional flag that lets classes get loaded but not instantiated
 * @return	object
 */
-function _load_class($class, $instantiate = TRUE)
+function &load_class($class, $instantiate = TRUE)
 {
 	static $objects = array();
 
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ function _load_class($class, $instantiate = TRUE)
 	// which we don't need to load.  We only instantiate it.
 	if ($class == 'Instance')
 	{
-		return $objects[$class] =& new $class();	
+		$objects[$class] =& new $class();
+		return $objects[$class];
 	}
 		
 	// If the requested class does not exist in the application/libraries
@@ -104,18 +105,21 @@ function _load_class($class, $instantiate = TRUE)
 
 	if ($instantiate == FALSE)
 	{
-		return $objects[$class] = TRUE;
+		$objects[$class] = TRUE;
+		return $objects[$class];
 	}
 		
 	if ($is_subclass == TRUE)
 	{
 		$name = 'MY_'.$class;
-		return $objects[$class] =& new $name();
+		$objects[$class] =& new $name();
+		return $objects[$class];
 	}
 
 	$name = ($class != 'Controller') ? 'CI_'.$class : $class;
 	
-	return $objects[$class] =& new $name();	
+	$objects[$class] =& new $name();
+	return $objects[$class];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -124,7 +128,7 @@ function _load_class($class, $instantiate = TRUE)
 * @access	private
 * @return	array
 */
-function &_get_config()
+function &get_config()
 {
 	static $main_conf;
 		
@@ -162,7 +166,7 @@ function &_get_config()
 */
 function show_error($message)
 {
-	$error =& _load_class('Exceptions');
+	$error =& load_class('Exceptions');
 	echo $error->show_error('An Error Was Encountered', $message);
 	exit;
 }
@@ -180,7 +184,7 @@ function show_error($message)
 */
 function show_404($page = '')
 {
-	$error =& _load_class('Exceptions');
+	$error =& load_class('Exceptions');
 	$error->show_404($page);
 	exit;
 }
@@ -199,13 +203,13 @@ function log_message($level = 'error', $message, $php_error = FALSE)
 {
 	static $LOG;
 	
-	$config =& _get_config();
+	$config = get_config();
 	if ($config['log_errors'] === FALSE)
 	{
 		return;
 	}
 
-	$LOG =& _load_class('Log');	
+	$LOG =& load_class('Log');	
 	$LOG->write_log($level, $message, $php_error);
 }
 
@@ -238,7 +242,7 @@ function _exception_handler($severity, $message, $filepath, $line)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	$error =& _load_class('Exceptions');
+	$error =& load_class('Exceptions');
 
 	// Should we display the error?  
 	// We'll get the current error_reporting level and add its bits
@@ -250,7 +254,7 @@ function _exception_handler($severity, $message, $filepath, $line)
 	}
 	
 	// Should we log the error?  No?  We're done...
-	$config =& _get_config();
+	$config = get_config();
 	if ($config['log_errors'] === FALSE)
 	{
 		return;