diff --git a/system/libraries/Email.php b/system/libraries/Email.php
index 09f2175..dd5477e 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Email.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Email.php
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
 			$name = $replyto;
 		}
 
-		if (strncmp($name, '"', 1) !== 0)
+		if (strpos($name, '"') !== 0)
 		{
 			$name = '"'.$name.'"';
 		}
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@
 
 		foreach ($this->_base_charsets as $charset)
 		{
-			if (strncmp($charset, $this->charset, strlen($charset)) === 0)
+			if (strpos($charset, $this->charset) === 0)
 			{
 				$this->_encoding = '7bit';
 			}
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@
 	protected function _set_date()
 	{
 		$timezone = date('Z');
-		$operator = (strncmp($timezone, '-', 1) === 0) ? '-' : '+';
+		$operator = ($timezone[0] === '-') ? '-' : '+';
 		$timezone = abs($timezone);
 		$timezone = floor($timezone/3600) * 100 + ($timezone % 3600) / 60;
 
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@
 
 		$this->_set_error_message($reply);
 
-		if (strncmp($reply, '250', 3) !== 0)
+		if (strpos($reply, '250') !== 0)
 		{
 			$this->_set_error_message('lang:email_smtp_error', $reply);
 			return FALSE;
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@
 
 		$reply = $this->_get_smtp_data();
 
-		if (strncmp($reply, '334', 3) !== 0)
+		if (strpos($reply, '334') !== 0)
 		{
 			$this->_set_error_message('lang:email_failed_smtp_login', $reply);
 			return FALSE;
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@
 
 		$reply = $this->_get_smtp_data();
 
-		if (strncmp($reply, '334', 3) !== 0)
+		if (strpos($reply, '334') !== 0)
 		{
 			$this->_set_error_message('lang:email_smtp_auth_un', $reply);
 			return FALSE;
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@
 
 		$reply = $this->_get_smtp_data();
 
-		if (strncmp($reply, '235', 3) !== 0)
+		if (strpos($reply, '235') !== 0)
 		{
 			$this->_set_error_message('lang:email_smtp_auth_pw', $reply);
 			return FALSE;
diff --git a/system/libraries/Javascript.php b/system/libraries/Javascript.php
index 98fec61..5c8b092 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Javascript.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Javascript.php
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@
 			$this->_javascript_location = $this->CI->config->item('javascript_location');
 		}
 
-		if ($relative === TRUE OR strncmp($external_file, 'http://', 7) === 0 OR strncmp($external_file, 'https://', 8) === 0)
+		if ($relative === TRUE OR strpos($external_file, 'http://') === 0 OR strpos($external_file, 'https://') === 0)
 		{
 			$str = $this->_open_script($external_file);
 		}
diff --git a/system/libraries/Xmlrpc.php b/system/libraries/Xmlrpc.php
index 6f35423..eac4ac1 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Xmlrpc.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Xmlrpc.php
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@
 		}
 
 		// Check for HTTP 200 Response
-		if (strncmp($data, 'HTTP', 4) === 0 && ! preg_match('/^HTTP\/[0-9\.]+ 200 /', $data))
+		if (strpos($data, 'HTTP') === 0 && ! preg_match('/^HTTP\/[0-9\.]+ 200 /', $data))
 		{
 			$errstr = substr($data, 0, strpos($data, "\n")-1);
 			return new XML_RPC_Response(0, $this->xmlrpcerr['http_error'], $this->xmlrpcstr['http_error'].' ('.$errstr.')');
diff --git a/system/libraries/Xmlrpcs.php b/system/libraries/Xmlrpcs.php
index be930b0..e81f2ca 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Xmlrpcs.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Xmlrpcs.php
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
 		$methName = $m->method_name;
 
 		// Check to see if it is a system call
-		$system_call = (strncmp($methName, 'system', 5) === 0);
+		$system_call = (strpos($methName, 'system') === 0);
 
 		if ($this->xss_clean === FALSE)
 		{