3 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/system/libraries/Email.php b/system/libraries/Email.php
index dd5477e05..fdb9be4da 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Email.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Email.php
@@ -706,9 +706,9 @@ class CI_Email {
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	bool
 	 */
-	public function valid_email($address)
+	public function valid_email($email)
 	{
-		return (bool) preg_match('/^([a-z0-9\+_\-]+)(\.[a-z0-9\+_\-]+)*@([a-z0-9\-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$/ix', $address);
+		return (bool) filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
index 4bb29e41b..353624100 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ class CI_Form_validation {
 	 */
 	public function valid_email($str)
 	{
-		return (bool) preg_match('/^([a-z0-9\+_\-]+)(\.[a-z0-9\+_\-]+)*@([a-z0-9\-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$/ix', $str);
+		return (bool) filter_var($str, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ class CI_Form_validation {
 	 */
 	public function alpha($str)
 	{
-		return (bool) preg_match('/^[a-z]+$/i', $str);
+		return ctype_alpha($str);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ class CI_Form_validation {
 	 */
 	public function alpha_numeric($str)
 	{
-		return (bool) preg_match('/^[a-z0-9]+$/i', $str);
+		return ctype_alnum((string) $str);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ class CI_Form_validation {
 	 */
 	public function is_natural($str)
 	{
-		return (bool) preg_match('/^[0-9]+$/', $str);
+		return ctype_digit((string) $str);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ class CI_Form_validation {
 	 */
 	public function is_natural_no_zero($str)
 	{
-		return ($str !== 0 && preg_match('/^[0-9]+$/', $str));
+		return ($str != 0 && ctype_digit((string) $str));
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ class CI_Form_validation {
 	 */
 	public function strip_image_tags($str)
 	{
-		return $this->CI->input->strip_image_tags($str);
+		return $this->CI->security->strip_image_tags($str);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/libraries/Ftp.php b/system/libraries/Ftp.php
index 461e884fb..76f5e151a 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Ftp.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Ftp.php
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ class CI_FTP {
 	 * Set file permissions
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	the file path
-	 * @param	string	the permissions
+	 * @param	int	the permissions
 	 * @return	bool
 	 */
 	public function chmod($path, $perm)