4 files changed, 88 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/system/helpers/date_helper.php b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
index 553e8d7ee..6c559bb25 100644
--- a/system/helpers/date_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
@@ -491,6 +491,72 @@ 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.
+ * 
+ * @access  public
+ * @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'))
+{
+	function nice_date($bad_date='', $format=false) 
+	{
+		if (empty($bad_date))
+		{
+			return 'Unknown';
+		}
+		// Date like: YYYYMM
+		if (preg_match('/^\d{6}$/',$bad_date)) 
+		{
+			//echo $bad_date." ";
+			if (in_array(substr($bad_date, 0, 2),array('19', '20'))) 
+			{
+				$year  = substr($bad_date, 0, 4);
+				$month = substr($bad_date, 4, 2);
+			} 
+			else 
+			{
+				$month  = substr($bad_date, 0, 2);
+				$year   = substr($bad_date, 2, 4);
+			}
+			return date($format, strtotime($year . '-' . $month . '-01'));
+		    
+		}
+		
+		// Date Like: YYYYMMDD
+		if (preg_match('/^\d{8}$/',$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/' . $year));
+		}
+		
+		// Date Like: MM-DD-YYYY __or__ M-D-YYYY (or anything in between)
+		if (preg_match('/^\d{1,2}-\d{1,2}-\d{4}$/',$bad_date))
+		{ 
+			list($m, $d, $y) = explode('-', $bad_date);
+			return date($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')
+		{ 
+			return "Invalid Date";
+		}
+		
+		// It's probably a valid-ish date format already
+		return date($format, strtotime($bad_date));
+	}
+}
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
  * Timezone Menu
  *
  * Generates a drop-down menu of timezones.
diff --git a/system/helpers/form_helper.php b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
index 2925d3c7c..d9305c00b 100644
--- a/system/helpers/form_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_open'))
 
 		$form .= '>';
 
-		// CSRF
-		if ($CI->config->item('csrf_protection') === TRUE)
+		// Add CSRF field if enabled, but leave it out for GET requests and requests to external websites	
+		if ($CI->config->item('csrf_protection') === TRUE AND ! (strpos($action, $CI->config->site_url()) === FALSE OR strpos($form, 'method="get"')))	
 		{
 			$hidden[$CI->security->get_csrf_token_name()] = $CI->security->get_csrf_hash();
 		}
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_open'))
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('form_open_multipart'))
 {
-	function form_open_multipart($action, $attributes = array(), $hidden = array())
+	function form_open_multipart($action = '', $attributes = array(), $hidden = array())
 	{
 		if (is_string($attributes))
 		{
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('form_textarea'))
 {
 	function form_textarea($data = '', $value = '', $extra = '')
 	{
-		$defaults = array('name' => (( ! is_array($data)) ? $data : ''), 'cols' => '90', 'rows' => '12');
+		$defaults = array('name' => (( ! is_array($data)) ? $data : ''), 'cols' => '40', 'rows' => '10');
 
 		if ( ! is_array($data) OR ! isset($data['value']))
 		{
diff --git a/system/helpers/string_helper.php b/system/helpers/string_helper.php
index 7765bba31..9fa69f46c 100644
--- a/system/helpers/string_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/string_helper.php
@@ -243,6 +243,23 @@ if ( ! function_exists('random_string'))
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 /**
+ * Add's _1 to a string or increment the ending number to allow _2, _3, etc
+ *
+ * @param   string  $str  required
+ * @param   string  $separator  What should the duplicate number be appended with
+ * @param   string  $first  Which number should be used for the first dupe increment
+ * @return  string
+ */
+function increment_string($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...
diff --git a/system/helpers/url_helper.php b/system/helpers/url_helper.php
index 9f4b85248..09d975621 100644
--- a/system/helpers/url_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/url_helper.php
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ if ( ! function_exists('url_title'))
  *
  * @access	public
  * @param	string	the URL
- * @param	string	the method: location or redirect
+ * @param	string	the method: location or refresh
  * @return	string
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('redirect'))