diff --git a/system/helpers/text_helper.php b/system/helpers/text_helper.php
index 20bf323..30cec31 100644
--- a/system/helpers/text_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/text_helper.php
@@ -38,27 +38,30 @@
  * @param	string	the end character. Usually an ellipsis
  * @return	string
  */	
-function word_limiter($str, $n = 100, $end_char = '&#8230;')
+if (! function_exists('word_limiter'))
 {
-	if (strlen($str) < $n)
+	function word_limiter($str, $n = 100, $end_char = '&#8230;')
 	{
-		return $str;
-	}
+		if (strlen($str) < $n)
+		{
+			return $str;
+		}
 	
-	$words = explode(' ', preg_replace("/\s+/", ' ', preg_replace("/(\r\n|\r|\n)/", " ", $str)));
+		$words = explode(' ', preg_replace("/\s+/", ' ', preg_replace("/(\r\n|\r|\n)/", " ", $str)));
 	
-	if (count($words) <= $n)
-	{
-		return $str;
-	}
+		if (count($words) <= $n)
+		{
+			return $str;
+		}
 			
-	$str = '';
-	for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++)
-	{
-		$str .= $words[$i].' ';
-	}
+		$str = '';
+		for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++)
+		{
+			$str .= $words[$i].' ';
+		}
 
-	return trim($str).$end_char;
+		return trim($str).$end_char;
+	}
 }
 	
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -75,28 +78,31 @@
  * @param	string	the end character. Usually an ellipsis
  * @return	string
  */	
-function character_limiter($str, $n = 500, $end_char = '&#8230;')
+if (! function_exists('character_limiter'))
 {
-	if (strlen($str) < $n)
+	function character_limiter($str, $n = 500, $end_char = '&#8230;')
 	{
-		return $str;
-	}
-		
-	$str = preg_replace("/\s+/", ' ', preg_replace("/(\r\n|\r|\n)/", " ", $str));
-
-	if (strlen($str) <= $n)
-	{
-		return $str;
-	}
-									
-	$out = "";
-	foreach (explode(' ', trim($str)) as $val)
-	{
-		$out .= $val.' ';			
-		if (strlen($out) >= $n)
+		if (strlen($str) < $n)
 		{
-			return trim($out).$end_char;
-		}		
+			return $str;
+		}
+		
+		$str = preg_replace("/\s+/", ' ', preg_replace("/(\r\n|\r|\n)/", " ", $str));
+
+		if (strlen($str) <= $n)
+		{
+			return $str;
+		}
+									
+		$out = "";
+		foreach (explode(' ', trim($str)) as $val)
+		{
+			$out .= $val.' ';			
+			if (strlen($out) >= $n)
+			{
+				return trim($out).$end_char;
+			}		
+		}
 	}
 }
 	
@@ -111,41 +117,44 @@
  * @param	string
  * @return	string
  */	
-function ascii_to_entities($str)
+if (! function_exists('ascii_to_entities'))
 {
-   $count	= 1;
-   $out	= '';
-   $temp	= array();
+	function ascii_to_entities($str)
+	{
+	   $count	= 1;
+	   $out	= '';
+	   $temp	= array();
 	
-   for ($i = 0, $s = strlen($str); $i < $s; $i++)
-   {
-	   $ordinal = ord($str[$i]);
+	   for ($i = 0, $s = strlen($str); $i < $s; $i++)
+	   {
+		   $ordinal = ord($str[$i]);
 	
-	   if ($ordinal < 128)
-	   {
-		   $out .= $str[$i];
-	   }
-	   else
-	   {
-		   if (count($temp) == 0)
+		   if ($ordinal < 128)
 		   {
-			   $count = ($ordinal < 224) ? 2 : 3;
+			   $out .= $str[$i];
 		   }
-		
-		   $temp[] = $ordinal;
-		
-		   if (count($temp) == $count)
+		   else
 		   {
-			   $number = ($count == 3) ? (($temp['0'] % 16) * 4096) + (($temp['1'] % 64) * 64) + ($temp['2'] % 64) : (($temp['0'] % 32) * 64) + ($temp['1'] % 64);
+			   if (count($temp) == 0)
+			   {
+				   $count = ($ordinal < 224) ? 2 : 3;
+			   }
+		
+			   $temp[] = $ordinal;
+		
+			   if (count($temp) == $count)
+			   {
+				   $number = ($count == 3) ? (($temp['0'] % 16) * 4096) + (($temp['1'] % 64) * 64) + ($temp['2'] % 64) : (($temp['0'] % 32) * 64) + ($temp['1'] % 64);
 
-			   $out .= '&#'.$number.';';
-			   $count = 1;
-			   $temp = array();
+				   $out .= '&#'.$number.';';
+				   $count = 1;
+				   $temp = array();
+			   }
 		   }
 	   }
-   }
 
-   return $out;
+	   return $out;
+	}
 }
 	
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -160,45 +169,48 @@
  * @param	bool
  * @return	string
  */	
-function entities_to_ascii($str, $all = TRUE)
+if (! function_exists('entities_to_ascii'))
 {
-   if (preg_match_all('/\&#(\d+)\;/', $str, $matches))
-   {
-	   for ($i = 0, $s = count($matches['0']); $i < $s; $i++)
-	   {				
-		   $digits = $matches['1'][$i];
+	function entities_to_ascii($str, $all = TRUE)
+	{
+	   if (preg_match_all('/\&#(\d+)\;/', $str, $matches))
+	   {
+		   for ($i = 0, $s = count($matches['0']); $i < $s; $i++)
+		   {				
+			   $digits = $matches['1'][$i];
 
-		   $out = '';
+			   $out = '';
 
-		   if ($digits < 128)
-		   {
-			   $out .= chr($digits);
+			   if ($digits < 128)
+			   {
+				   $out .= chr($digits);
 		
-		   }
-		   elseif ($digits < 2048)
-		   {
-			   $out .= chr(192 + (($digits - ($digits % 64)) / 64));
-			   $out .= chr(128 + ($digits % 64));
-		   }
-		   else
-		   {
-			   $out .= chr(224 + (($digits - ($digits % 4096)) / 4096));
-			   $out .= chr(128 + ((($digits % 4096) - ($digits % 64)) / 64));
-			   $out .= chr(128 + ($digits % 64));
-		   }
+			   }
+			   elseif ($digits < 2048)
+			   {
+				   $out .= chr(192 + (($digits - ($digits % 64)) / 64));
+				   $out .= chr(128 + ($digits % 64));
+			   }
+			   else
+			   {
+				   $out .= chr(224 + (($digits - ($digits % 4096)) / 4096));
+				   $out .= chr(128 + ((($digits % 4096) - ($digits % 64)) / 64));
+				   $out .= chr(128 + ($digits % 64));
+			   }
 
-		   $str = str_replace($matches['0'][$i], $out, $str);				
+			   $str = str_replace($matches['0'][$i], $out, $str);				
+		   }
 	   }
-   }
 
-   if ($all)
-   {
-	   $str = str_replace(array("&amp;", "&lt;", "&gt;", "&quot;", "&apos;", "&#45;"),
-						  array("&","<",">","\"", "'", "-"),
-						  $str);
-   }
+	   if ($all)
+	   {
+		   $str = str_replace(array("&amp;", "&lt;", "&gt;", "&quot;", "&apos;", "&#45;"),
+							  array("&","<",">","\"", "'", "-"),
+							  $str);
+	   }
 
-   return $str;
+	   return $str;
+	}
 }
 	
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -216,27 +228,30 @@
  * @param	string	the optional replacement value
  * @return	string
  */	
-function word_censor($str, $censored, $replacement = '')
+if (! function_exists('word_censor'))
 {
-	if ( ! is_array($censored))
+	function word_censor($str, $censored, $replacement = '')
 	{
-		return $str;
-	}
+		if ( ! is_array($censored))
+		{
+			return $str;
+		}
 
-	$str = ' '.$str.' ';
-	foreach ($censored as $badword)
-	{
-		if ($replacement != '')
+		$str = ' '.$str.' ';
+		foreach ($censored as $badword)
 		{
-			$str = preg_replace("/\b(".str_replace('\*', '\w*?', preg_quote($badword)).")\b/i", $replacement, $str);
+			if ($replacement != '')
+			{
+				$str = preg_replace("/\b(".str_replace('\*', '\w*?', preg_quote($badword)).")\b/i", $replacement, $str);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				$str = preg_replace("/\b(".str_replace('\*', '\w*?', preg_quote($badword)).")\b/ie", "str_repeat('#', strlen('\\1'))", $str);
+			}
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			$str = preg_replace("/\b(".str_replace('\*', '\w*?', preg_quote($badword)).")\b/ie", "str_repeat('#', strlen('\\1'))", $str);
-		}
-	}
 	
-	return trim($str);
+		return trim($str);
+	}
 }
 	
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -250,45 +265,48 @@
  * @param	string	the text string
  * @return	string
  */	
-function highlight_code($str)
-{		
-	// The highlight string function encodes and highlights
-	// brackets so we need them to start raw
-	$str = str_replace(array('&lt;', '&gt;'), array('<', '>'), $str);
+if (! function_exists('highlight_code'))
+{
+	function highlight_code($str)
+	{		
+		// The highlight string function encodes and highlights
+		// brackets so we need them to start raw
+		$str = str_replace(array('&lt;', '&gt;'), array('<', '>'), $str);
 	
-	// Replace any existing PHP tags to temporary markers so they don't accidentally
-	// break the string out of PHP, and thus, thwart the highlighting.
+		// Replace any existing PHP tags to temporary markers so they don't accidentally
+		// break the string out of PHP, and thus, thwart the highlighting.
 	
-	$str = str_replace(array('<?', '?>', '<%', '%>', '\\', '</script>'), 
-						array('phptagopen', 'phptagclose', 'asptagopen', 'asptagclose', 'backslashtmp', 'scriptclose'), $str);
+		$str = str_replace(array('<?', '?>', '<%', '%>', '\\', '</script>'), 
+							array('phptagopen', 'phptagclose', 'asptagopen', 'asptagclose', 'backslashtmp', 'scriptclose'), $str);
 
-	// The highlight_string function requires that the text be surrounded
-	// by PHP tags.  Since we don't know if A) the submitted text has PHP tags,
-	// or B) whether the PHP tags enclose the entire string, we will add our
-	// own PHP tags around the string along with some markers to make replacement easier later
+		// The highlight_string function requires that the text be surrounded
+		// by PHP tags.  Since we don't know if A) the submitted text has PHP tags,
+		// or B) whether the PHP tags enclose the entire string, we will add our
+		// own PHP tags around the string along with some markers to make replacement easier later
 	
-	$str = '<?php tempstart'."\n".$str.'tempend ?>';
+		$str = '<?php tempstart'."\n".$str.'tempend ?>';
 	
-	// All the magic happens here, baby!
-	$str = highlight_string($str, TRUE);
+		// All the magic happens here, baby!
+		$str = highlight_string($str, TRUE);
 
-	// Prior to PHP 5, the highlight function used icky font tags
-	// so we'll replace them with span tags.	
-	if (abs(phpversion()) < 5)
-	{
-		$str = str_replace(array('<font ', '</font>'), array('<span ', '</span>'), $str);
-		$str = preg_replace('#color="(.*?)"#', 'style="color: \\1"', $str);
-	}
+		// Prior to PHP 5, the highlight function used icky font tags
+		// so we'll replace them with span tags.	
+		if (abs(phpversion()) < 5)
+		{
+			$str = str_replace(array('<font ', '</font>'), array('<span ', '</span>'), $str);
+			$str = preg_replace('#color="(.*?)"#', 'style="color: \\1"', $str);
+		}
 	
-	// Remove our artificially added PHP
-	$str = preg_replace("#\<code\>.+?tempstart\<br />(?:\</span\>)?#is", "<code>\n", $str);
-	$str = preg_replace("#tempend.+#is", "</span>\n</code>", $str);	
+		// Remove our artificially added PHP
+		$str = preg_replace("#\<code\>.+?tempstart\<br />(?:\</span\>)?#is", "<code>\n", $str);
+		$str = preg_replace("#tempend.+#is", "</span>\n</code>", $str);	
 	
-	// Replace our markers back to PHP tags.
-	$str = str_replace(array('phptagopen', 'phptagclose', 'asptagopen', 'asptagclose', 'backslashtmp', 'scriptclose'),
-						array('&lt;?', '?&gt;', '&lt;%', '%&gt;', '\\', '&lt;/script&gt;'), $str);
+		// Replace our markers back to PHP tags.
+		$str = str_replace(array('phptagopen', 'phptagclose', 'asptagopen', 'asptagclose', 'backslashtmp', 'scriptclose'),
+							array('&lt;?', '?&gt;', '&lt;%', '%&gt;', '\\', '&lt;/script&gt;'), $str);
 										
-	return $str;
+		return $str;
+	}
 }
 	
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -305,19 +323,22 @@
  * @param	string	the closing tag to end the phrase with
  * @return	string
  */	
-function highlight_phrase($str, $phrase, $tag_open = '<strong>', $tag_close = '</strong>')
+if (! function_exists('highlight_phrase'))
 {
-	if ($str == '')
+	function highlight_phrase($str, $phrase, $tag_open = '<strong>', $tag_close = '</strong>')
 	{
-		return '';
-	}
+		if ($str == '')
+		{
+			return '';
+		}
 	
-	if ($phrase != '')
-	{
-		return preg_replace('/('.preg_quote($phrase, '/').')/i', $tag_open."\\1".$tag_close, $str);
-	}
+		if ($phrase != '')
+		{
+			return preg_replace('/('.preg_quote($phrase, '/').')/i', $tag_open."\\1".$tag_close, $str);
+		}
 
-	return $str;
+		return $str;
+	}
 }
 	
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -334,89 +355,91 @@
  * @param	integer	the number of characters to wrap at
  * @return	string
  */	
-function word_wrap($str, $charlim = '76')
+if (! function_exists('word_wrap'))
 {
-	// Se the character limit
-	if ( ! is_numeric($charlim))
-		$charlim = 76;
-	
-	// Reduce multiple spaces
-	$str = preg_replace("| +|", " ", $str);
-	
-	// Standardize newlines
-	$str = preg_replace("/\r\n|\r/", "\n", $str);
-	
-	// If the current word is surrounded by {unwrap} tags we'll 
-	// strip the entire chunk and replace it with a marker.
-	$unwrap = array();
-	if (preg_match_all("|(\{unwrap\}.+?\{/unwrap\})|s", $str, $matches))
+	function word_wrap($str, $charlim = '76')
 	{
-		for ($i = 0; $i < count($matches['0']); $i++)
-		{
-			$unwrap[] = $matches['1'][$i];				
-			$str = str_replace($matches['1'][$i], "{{unwrapped".$i."}}", $str);
-		}
-	}
+		// Se the character limit
+		if ( ! is_numeric($charlim))
+			$charlim = 76;
 	
-	// Use PHP's native function to do the initial wordwrap.  
-	// We set the cut flag to FALSE so that any individual words that are 
-	// too long get left alone.  In the next step we'll deal with them.
-	$str = wordwrap($str, $charlim, "\n", FALSE);
+		// Reduce multiple spaces
+		$str = preg_replace("| +|", " ", $str);
 	
-	// Split the string into individual lines of text and cycle through them
-	$output = "";
-	foreach (explode("\n", $str) as $line) 
-	{
-		// Is the line within the allowed character count?
-		// If so we'll join it to the output and continue
-		if (strlen($line) <= $charlim)
+		// Standardize newlines
+		$str = preg_replace("/\r\n|\r/", "\n", $str);
+	
+		// If the current word is surrounded by {unwrap} tags we'll 
+		// strip the entire chunk and replace it with a marker.
+		$unwrap = array();
+		if (preg_match_all("|(\{unwrap\}.+?\{/unwrap\})|s", $str, $matches))
 		{
-			$output .= $line."\n";			
-			continue;
-		}
-			
-		$temp = '';
-		while((strlen($line)) > $charlim) 
-		{
-			// If the over-length word is a URL we won't wrap it
-			if (preg_match("!\[url.+\]|://|wwww.!", $line))
+			for ($i = 0; $i < count($matches['0']); $i++)
 			{
-				break;
+				$unwrap[] = $matches['1'][$i];				
+				$str = str_replace($matches['1'][$i], "{{unwrapped".$i."}}", $str);
+			}
+		}
+	
+		// Use PHP's native function to do the initial wordwrap.  
+		// We set the cut flag to FALSE so that any individual words that are 
+		// too long get left alone.  In the next step we'll deal with them.
+		$str = wordwrap($str, $charlim, "\n", FALSE);
+	
+		// Split the string into individual lines of text and cycle through them
+		$output = "";
+		foreach (explode("\n", $str) as $line) 
+		{
+			// Is the line within the allowed character count?
+			// If so we'll join it to the output and continue
+			if (strlen($line) <= $charlim)
+			{
+				$output .= $line."\n";			
+				continue;
+			}
+			
+			$temp = '';
+			while((strlen($line)) > $charlim) 
+			{
+				// If the over-length word is a URL we won't wrap it
+				if (preg_match("!\[url.+\]|://|wwww.!", $line))
+				{
+					break;
+				}
+
+				// Trim the word down
+				$temp .= substr($line, 0, $charlim-1);
+				$line = substr($line, $charlim-1);
+			}
+		
+			// If $temp contains data it means we had to split up an over-length 
+			// word into smaller chunks so we'll add it back to our current line
+			if ($temp != '')
+			{
+				$output .= $temp . "\n" . $line; 
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				$output .= $line;
 			}
 
-			// Trim the word down
-			$temp .= substr($line, 0, $charlim-1);
-			$line = substr($line, $charlim-1);
-		}
-		
-		// If $temp contains data it means we had to split up an over-length 
-		// word into smaller chunks so we'll add it back to our current line
-		if ($temp != '')
-		{
-			$output .= $temp . "\n" . $line; 
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			$output .= $line;
+			$output .= "\n";
 		}
 
-		$output .= "\n";
+		// Put our markers back
+		if (count($unwrap) > 0)
+		{	
+			foreach ($unwrap as $key => $val)
+			{
+				$output = str_replace("{{unwrapped".$key."}}", $val, $output);
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Remove the unwrap tags
+		$output = str_replace(array('{unwrap}', '{/unwrap}'), '', $output);
+
+		return $output;	
 	}
-
-	// Put our markers back
-	if (count($unwrap) > 0)
-	{	
-		foreach ($unwrap as $key => $val)
-		{
-			$output = str_replace("{{unwrapped".$key."}}", $val, $output);
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Remove the unwrap tags
-	$output = str_replace(array('{unwrap}', '{/unwrap}'), '', $output);
-
-	return $output;	
 }
- 
 
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file