diff --git a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_driver.php
index 817dfdc..b7763d9 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_driver.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 		else
 		{
 			// If no port is defined by the user, use the default value
-			$this->port == '' OR $this->port = 33000;
+			$this->port === '' OR $this->port = 33000;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
 	{
 		$sql = 'SHOW TABLES';
 
-		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE && $this->dbprefix != '')
+		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE && $this->dbprefix !== '')
 		{
 			return $sql." LIKE '".$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix)."%'";
 		}
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
 
 			foreach (array_keys($val) as $field)
 			{
-				if ($field != $index)
+				if ($field !== $index)
 				{
 					$final[$field][] = 'WHEN '.$index.' = '.$val[$index].' THEN '.$val[$field];
 				}
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
 		}
 
 		return 'UPDATE '.$table.' SET '.substr($cases, 0, -2)
-			.' WHERE '.(($where != '' && count($where) > 0) ? implode(' ', $where).' AND ' : '')
+			.' WHERE '.(($where !== '' && count($where) > 0) ? implode(' ', $where).' AND ' : '')
 			.$index.' IN ('.implode(',', $ids).')';
 	}
 
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _limit($sql, $limit, $offset)
 	{
-		return $sql.'LIMIT '.($offset == 0 ? '' : $offset.', ').$limit;
+		return $sql.'LIMIT '.($offset === 0 ? '' : $offset.', ').$limit;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_forge.php
index 4e66f81..fb97162 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_forge.php
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 		}
 
 		return $sql.$this->_process_fields($fields)
-			.($after_field != '' ? ' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field) : '');
+			.($after_field !== '' ? ' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field) : '');
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/interbase/interbase_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/interbase/interbase_driver.php
index 49d3cda..8cbbfa1 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/interbase/interbase_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/interbase/interbase_driver.php
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
 	{
 		$sql = 'SELECT "RDB$RELATION_NAME" FROM "RDB$RELATIONS" WHERE "RDB$RELATION_NAME" NOT LIKE \'RDB$%\' AND "RDB$RELATION_NAME" NOT LIKE \'MON$%\'';
 
-		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE && $this->dbprefix != '')
+		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE && $this->dbprefix !== '')
 		{
 			return $sql.' AND "RDB$RELATION_NAME" LIKE \''.$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix)."%' ".sprintf($this->_like_escape_str, $this->_like_escape_chr);
 		}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/interbase/interbase_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/interbase/interbase_forge.php
index c850656..5470179 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/interbase/interbase_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/interbase/interbase_forge.php
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
 
 		$sql .= " {$column_definition}";
 
-		if ($default_value != '')
+		if ($default_value !== '')
 		{
 			$sql .= " DEFAULT \"{$default_value}\"";
 		}
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 			$sql .= ' NOT NULL';
 		}
 
-		if ($after_field != '')
+		if ($after_field !== '')
 		{
 			$sql .= ' AFTER ' . $this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field);
 		}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
index 342ff26..5bd6669 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 	 */
 	public function db_connect()
 	{
-		if ($this->port != '')
+		if ($this->port !== '')
 		{
 			$this->hostname .= ','.$this->port;
 		}
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 	 */
 	public function db_pconnect()
 	{
-		if ($this->port != '')
+		if ($this->port !== '')
 		{
 			$this->hostname .= ','.$this->port;
 		}
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
 		$sql = "SELECT name FROM sysobjects WHERE type = 'U' ORDER BY name";
 
 		// for future compatibility
-		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE AND $this->dbprefix != '')
+		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE AND $this->dbprefix !== '')
 		{
 			//$sql .= " LIKE '".$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix)."%' ".sprintf($this->_like_escape_str, $this->_like_escape_chr);
 			return FALSE; // not currently supported
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_forge.php
index bbf2d96..3708c22 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_forge.php
@@ -155,21 +155,21 @@
 		$sql = 'ALTER TABLE '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($table).' '.$alter_type.' '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($column_name);
 
 		// DROP has everything it needs now.
-		if ($alter_type == 'DROP')
+		if ($alter_type === 'DROP')
 		{
 			return $sql;
 		}
 
 		$sql .= " ".$column_definition;
 
-		if ($default_value != '')
+		if ($default_value !== '')
 		{
 			$sql .= " DEFAULT '".$default_value."'";
 		}
 
 		$sql .= ($null === NULL) ? ' NULL' : ' NOT NULL';
 
-		if ($after_field != '')
+		if ($after_field !== '')
 		{
 			return $sql.' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field);
 		}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
index 7a1a7b9..41e86f3 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 	{
 		parent::__construct($params);
 
-		if ($this->port != '')
+		if ($this->port !== '')
 		{
 			$this->hostname .= ':'.$this->port;
 		}
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
 	{
 		$sql = 'SHOW TABLES FROM '.$this->_escape_char.$this->database.$this->_escape_char;
 
-		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE && $this->dbprefix != '')
+		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE && $this->dbprefix !== '')
 		{
 			return $sql." LIKE '".$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix)."%'";
 		}
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
 	 */
 	public function field_data($table = '')
 	{
-		if ($table == '')
+		if ($table === '')
 		{
 			return ($this->db_debug) ? $this->display_error('db_field_param_missing') : FALSE;
 		}
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
 
 			foreach (array_keys($val) as $field)
 			{
-				if ($field != $index)
+				if ($field !== $index)
 				{
 					$final[$field][] =  'WHEN '.$index.' = '.$val[$index].' THEN '.$val[$field];
 				}
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
 		}
 
 		return 'UPDATE '.$table.' SET '.substr($cases, 0, -2)
-			.' WHERE '.(($where != '' && count($where) > 0) ? implode(' ', $where).' AND ' : '')
+			.' WHERE '.(($where !== '' && count($where) > 0) ? implode(' ', $where).' AND ' : '')
 			.$index.' IN('.implode(',', $ids).')';
 	}
 
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _limit($sql, $limit, $offset)
 	{
-		return $sql.' LIMIT '.($offset == 0 ? '' : $offset.', ').$limit;
+		return $sql.' LIMIT '.($offset === 0 ? '' : $offset.', ').$limit;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_forge.php
index 0e39aff..ffd374f 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_forge.php
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 		}
 
 		return $sql.$this->_process_fields($fields)
-			.($after_field != '' ? ' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field) : '');
+			.($after_field !== '' ? ' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field) : '');
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php
index 642323d..643682f 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 			// Write out the table schema
 			$output .= '#'.$newline.'# TABLE STRUCTURE FOR: '.$table.$newline.'#'.$newline.$newline;
 
-			if ($add_drop == TRUE)
+			if ($add_drop === TRUE)
 			{
 				$output .= 'DROP TABLE IF EXISTS '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($table).';'.$newline.$newline;
 			}
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 			}
 
 			// If inserts are not needed we're done...
-			if ($add_insert == FALSE)
+			if ($add_insert === FALSE)
 			{
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 			// Grab all the data from the current table
 			$query = $this->db->query('SELECT * FROM '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($table));
 
-			if ($query->num_rows() == 0)
+			if ($query->num_rows() === 0)
 			{
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 					else
 					{
 						// Escape the data if it's not an integer
-						$val_str .= ($is_int[$i] == FALSE) ? $this->db->escape($v) : $v;
+						$val_str .= ($is_int[$i] === FALSE) ? $this->db->escape($v) : $v;
 					}
 
 					// Append a comma
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
index dd544f6..5814ace 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 	 */
 	public function db_connect()
 	{
-		return ($this->port != '')
+		return ($this->port !== '')
 			? @new mysqli($this->hostname, $this->username, $this->password, $this->database, $this->port)
 			: @new mysqli($this->hostname, $this->username, $this->password, $this->database);
 	}
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 			return $this->db_connect();
 		}
 
-		return ($this->port != '')
+		return ($this->port !== '')
 			? @new mysqli('p:'.$this->hostname, $this->username, $this->password, $this->database, $this->port)
 			: @new mysqli('p:'.$this->hostname, $this->username, $this->password, $this->database);
 	}
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
 	{
 		$sql = 'SHOW TABLES FROM '.$this->_escape_char.$this->database.$this->_escape_char;
 
-		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE && $this->dbprefix != '')
+		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE && $this->dbprefix !== '')
 		{
 			return $sql." LIKE '".$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix)."%'";
 		}
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
 	 */
 	public function field_data($table = '')
 	{
-		if ($table == '')
+		if ($table === '')
 		{
 			return ($this->db_debug) ? $this->display_error('db_field_param_missing') : FALSE;
 		}
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
 
 			foreach (array_keys($val) as $field)
 			{
-				if ($field != $index)
+				if ($field !== $index)
 				{
 					$final[$field][] =  'WHEN '.$index.' = '.$val[$index].' THEN '.$val[$field];
 				}
@@ -466,10 +466,10 @@
 				.'ELSE '.$k.' END, ';
 		}
 
-		$where = ($where != '' && count($where) > 0) ? implode(' ', $where).' AND ' : '';
+		$where = ($where !== '' && count($where) > 0) ? implode(' ', $where).' AND ' : '';
 
 		return 'UPDATE '.$table.' SET '.substr($cases, 0, -2)
-			.' WHERE '.(($where != '' && count($where) > 0) ? implode(' ', $where).' AND ' : '')
+			.' WHERE '.(($where !== '' && count($where) > 0) ? implode(' ', $where).' AND ' : '')
 			.$index.' IN('.implode(',', $ids).')';
 	}
 
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_forge.php
index 503574d..b00bfde 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_forge.php
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 		}
 
 		return $sql.$this->_process_fields($fields)
-			.($after_field != '' ? ' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field) : '');
+			.($after_field !== '' ? ' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field) : '');
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
index b979c8a..e780916 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
 	 */
 	public function stored_procedure($package, $procedure, $params)
 	{
-		if ($package == '' OR $procedure == '' OR ! is_array($params))
+		if ($package === '' OR $procedure === '' OR ! is_array($params))
 		{
 			if ($this->db_debug)
 			{
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@
 	{
 		$sql = 'SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM ALL_TABLES';
 
-		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE && $this->dbprefix != '')
+		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE && $this->dbprefix !== '')
 		{
 			return $sql." WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE '".$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix)."%' ".sprintf($this->_like_escape_str, $this->_like_escape_chr);
 		}
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
 	{
 		$this->limit_used = TRUE;
 		return 'SELECT * FROM (SELECT inner_query.*, rownum rnum FROM ('.$sql.') inner_query WHERE rownum < '.($offset + $limit).')'
-			.($offset != 0 ? ' WHERE rnum >= '.$offset : '');
+			.($offset !== 0 ? ' WHERE rnum >= '.$offset : '');
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_forge.php
index bd265b6..837e7ea 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_forge.php
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@
 		}
 
 		return $sql.' '.$column_definition
-			.($default_value != '' ? ' DEFAULT "'.$default_value.'"' : '')
+			.($default_value !== '' ? ' DEFAULT "'.$default_value.'"' : '')
 			.($null === NULL ? ' NULL' : ' NOT NULL')
-			.($after_field != '' ? ' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field) : '');
+			.($after_field !== '' ? ' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field) : '');
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_driver.php
index 98fd806..b493e93 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_driver.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 		$this->_random_keyword = ' RND('.time().')'; // database specific random keyword
 
 		// Legacy support for DSN in the hostname field
-		if ($this->dsn == '')
+		if ($this->dsn === '')
 		{
 			$this->dsn = $this->hostname;
 		}
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 	{
 		$sql = "SHOW TABLES FROM `".$this->database."`";
 
-		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE AND $this->dbprefix != '')
+		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE AND $this->dbprefix !== '')
 		{
 			//$sql .= " LIKE '".$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix)."%' ".sprintf($this->_like_escape_str, $this->_like_escape_chr);
 			return FALSE; // not currently supported
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_forge.php
index d59b8a9..ce7a1d2 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_forge.php
@@ -163,14 +163,14 @@
 		$sql = 'ALTER TABLE '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($table).' '.$alter_type.' '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($column_name);
 
 		// DROP has everything it needs now.
-		if ($alter_type == 'DROP')
+		if ($alter_type === 'DROP')
 		{
 			return $sql;
 		}
 
 		$sql .= " $column_definition";
 
-		if ($default_value != '')
+		if ($default_value !== '')
 		{
 			$sql .= " DEFAULT \"$default_value\"";
 		}
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 			$sql .= ' NOT NULL';
 		}
 
-		if ($after_field != '')
+		if ($after_field !== '')
 		{
 			return $sql.' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field);
 		}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
index ec7f3e1..dbbcda3 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 	{
 		parent::__construct($params);
 
-		if (preg_match('/([^;]+):/', $this->dsn, $match) && count($match) == 2)
+		if (preg_match('/([^;]+):/', $this->dsn, $match) && count($match) === 2)
 		{
 			// If there is a minimum valid dsn string pattern found, we're done
 			// This is for general PDO users, who tend to have a full DSN string.
@@ -418,12 +418,12 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _list_tables($prefix_limit = FALSE)
 	{
-		if ($this->pdodriver == 'pgsql')
+		if ($this->pdodriver === 'pgsql')
 		{
 			// Analog function to show all tables in postgre
 			$sql = "SELECT * FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'public'";
 		}
-		elseif ($this->pdodriver == 'sqlite')
+		elseif ($this->pdodriver === 'sqlite')
 		{
 			// Analog function to show all tables in sqlite
 			$sql = "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name NOT LIKE 'sqlite_%'";
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
 			$sql = 'SHOW TABLES FROM '.$this->escape_identifiers($this->database);
 		}
 
-		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE AND $this->dbprefix != '')
+		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE AND $this->dbprefix !== '')
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
@@ -468,17 +468,17 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _field_data($table)
 	{
-		if ($this->pdodriver == 'mysql' or $this->pdodriver == 'pgsql')
+		if ($this->pdodriver === 'mysql' or $this->pdodriver === 'pgsql')
 		{
 			// Analog function for mysql and postgre
 			return 'SELECT * FROM '.$this->escape_identifiers($table).' LIMIT 1';
 		}
-		elseif ($this->pdodriver == 'oci')
+		elseif ($this->pdodriver === 'oci')
 		{
 			// Analog function for oci
 			return 'SELECT * FROM '.$this->escape_identifiers($table).' WHERE ROWNUM <= 1';
 		}
-		elseif ($this->pdodriver == 'sqlite')
+		elseif ($this->pdodriver === 'sqlite')
 		{
 			// Analog function for sqlite
 			return 'PRAGMA table_info('.$this->escape_identifiers($table).')';
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@
 	protected function _update_batch($table, $values, $index, $where = NULL)
 	{
 		$ids   = array();
-		$where = ($where != '' && count($where) >=1) ? implode(" ", $where).' AND ' : '';
+		$where = ($where !== '' && count($where) >=1) ? implode(" ", $where).' AND ' : '';
 
 		foreach ($values as $key => $val)
 		{
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@
 
 			foreach (array_keys($val) as $field)
 			{
-				if ($field != $index)
+				if ($field !== $index)
 				{
 					$final[$field][] =  'WHEN '.$index.' = '.$val[$index].' THEN '.$val[$field];
 				}
@@ -620,9 +620,9 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _limit($sql, $limit, $offset)
 	{
-		if ($this->pdodriver == 'cubrid' OR $this->pdodriver == 'sqlite')
+		if ($this->pdodriver === 'cubrid' OR $this->pdodriver === 'sqlite')
 		{
-			$offset = ($offset == 0) ? '' : $offset.', ';
+			$offset = ($offset === 0) ? '' : $offset.', ';
 
 			return $sql.'LIMIT '.$offset.$limit;
 		}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_forge.php
index ca8657a..aee8f71 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_forge.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 				if (array_key_exists('CONSTRAINT', $attributes))
 				{
 					// Exception for Postgre numeric which not too happy with constraint within those type
-					if ( ! ($this->db->pdodriver == 'pgsql' && in_array($attributes['TYPE'], $numeric)))
+					if ( ! ($this->db->pdodriver === 'pgsql' && in_array($attributes['TYPE'], $numeric)))
 					{
 						$sql .= '('.$attributes['CONSTRAINT'].')';
 					}
@@ -168,14 +168,14 @@
 		$sql = 'ALTER TABLE `'.$this->db->protect_identifiers($table).'` '.$alter_type.' '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($column_name);
 
 		// DROP has everything it needs now.
-		if ($alter_type == 'DROP')
+		if ($alter_type === 'DROP')
 		{
 			return $sql;
 		}
 
 		$sql .= " $column_definition";
 
-		if ($default_value != '')
+		if ($default_value !== '')
 		{
 			$sql .= " DEFAULT \"$default_value\"";
 		}
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 			$sql .= ' NOT NULL';
 		}
 
-		if ($after_field != '')
+		if ($after_field !== '')
 		{
 			return $sql.' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field);
 		}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
index c2a1884..8c51684 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
@@ -356,13 +356,13 @@
 		$table	= (func_num_args() > 0) ? func_get_arg(0) : NULL;
 		$column	= (func_num_args() > 1) ? func_get_arg(1) : NULL;
 
-		if ($table == NULL && $v >= '8.1')
+		if ($table === NULL && $v >= '8.1')
 		{
 			$sql = 'SELECT LASTVAL() AS ins_id';
 		}
-		elseif ($table != NULL)
+		elseif ($table !== NULL)
 		{
-			if ($column != NULL && $v >= '8.0')
+			if ($column !== NULL && $v >= '8.0')
 			{
 				$sql = 'SELECT pg_get_serial_sequence(\''.$table."', '".$column."') AS seq";
 				$query = $this->query($sql);
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
 	{
 		$sql = "SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'public'";
 
-		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE && $this->dbprefix != '')
+		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE && $this->dbprefix !== '')
 		{
 			return $sql." AND table_name LIKE '".$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix)."%' ".sprintf($this->_like_escape_str, $this->_like_escape_chr);
 		}
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
 
 			foreach (array_keys($val) as $field)
 			{
-				if ($field != $index)
+				if ($field !== $index)
 				{
 					$final[$field][] =  'WHEN '.$val[$index].' THEN '.$val[$field];
 				}
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
 		}
 
 		return 'UPDATE '.$table.' SET '.substr($cases, 0, -2)
-			.' WHERE '.(($where != '' && count($where) > 0) ? implode(' ', $where).' AND ' : '')
+			.' WHERE '.(($where !== '' && count($where) > 0) ? implode(' ', $where).' AND ' : '')
 			.$index.' IN('.implode(',', $ids).')';
 	}
 
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _limit($sql, $limit, $offset)
 	{
-		return $sql.' LIMIT '.$limit.($offset == 0 ? '' : ' OFFSET '.$offset);
+		return $sql.' LIMIT '.$limit.($offset === 0 ? '' : ' OFFSET '.$offset);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php
index 94c97af..af1c45f 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
  		}
 
  		return $sql.$this->_process_fields($fields)
-			.($after_field != '' ? ' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field) : '');
+			.($after_field !== '' ? ' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field) : '');
  	}
 
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_driver.php
index d8b869c..e502390 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_driver.php
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
 	{
 		$sql = "SELECT name from sqlite_master WHERE type='table'";
 
-		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE AND $this->dbprefix != '')
+		if ($prefix_limit !== FALSE AND $this->dbprefix !== '')
 		{
 			$sql .= " AND 'name' LIKE '".$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix)."%' ".sprintf($this->_like_escape_str, $this->_like_escape_chr);
 		}
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _limit($sql, $limit, $offset)
 	{
-		if ($offset == 0)
+		if ($offset === 0)
 		{
 			$offset = '';
 		}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_forge.php
index dd6f0f7..35be1b7 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_forge.php
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 		$sql = 'ALTER TABLE '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($table).' '.$alter_type.' '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($column_name);
 
 		// DROP has everything it needs now.
-		if ($alter_type == 'DROP')
+		if ($alter_type === 'DROP')
 		{
 			// SQLite does not support dropping columns
 			// http://www.sqlite.org/omitted.html
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 
 		$sql .= " $column_definition";
 
-		if ($default_value != '')
+		if ($default_value !== '')
 		{
 			$sql .= " DEFAULT \"$default_value\"";
 		}
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 			$sql .= ' NOT NULL';
 		}
 
-		if ($after_field != '')
+		if ($after_field !== '')
 		{
 			return $sql.' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field);
 		}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_driver.php
index ea4cf2d..ea7e6d4 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_driver.php
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
 	protected function _list_tables($prefix_limit = FALSE)
 	{
 		return 'SELECT "NAME" FROM "SQLITE_MASTER" WHERE "TYPE" = \'table\''
-			.(($prefix_limit !== FALSE && $this->dbprefix != '')
+			.(($prefix_limit !== FALSE && $this->dbprefix !== '')
 				? ' AND "NAME" LIKE \''.$this->escape_like_str($this->dbprefix).'%\' '.sprintf($this->_like_escape_str, $this->_like_escape_chr)
 				: '');
 	}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_forge.php
index 20f1e6f..0a5dc92 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_forge.php
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 
 		return 'ALTER TABLE '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($table).' '.$alter_type.' '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($column_name)
 			.' '.$column_definition
-			.($default_value != '' ? ' DEFAULT '.$default_value : '')
+			.($default_value !== '' ? ' DEFAULT '.$default_value : '')
 			// If NOT NULL is specified, the field must have a DEFAULT value other than NULL
 			.(($null !== NULL && $default_value !== 'NULL') ? ' NOT NULL' : ' NULL');
 	}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_forge.php
index c817c2c..1529b2a 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_forge.php
@@ -155,21 +155,21 @@
 		$sql = 'ALTER TABLE '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($table).' '.$alter_type.' '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($column_name);
 
 		// DROP has everything it needs now.
-		if ($alter_type == 'DROP')
+		if ($alter_type === 'DROP')
 		{
 			return $sql;
 		}
 
 		$sql .= ' '.$column_definition;
 
-		if ($default_value != '')
+		if ($default_value !== '')
 		{
 			$sql .= " DEFAULT '".$default_value."'";
 		}
 
 		$sql .= ($null === NULL) ? ' NULL' : ' NOT NULL';
 
-		if ($after_field != '')
+		if ($after_field !== '')
 		{
 			return $sql.' AFTER '.$this->db->protect_identifiers($after_field);
 		}