diff --git a/system/core/Common.php b/system/core/Common.php
index db9fbeb..3d6931b 100644
--- a/system/core/Common.php
+++ b/system/core/Common.php
@@ -536,5 +536,29 @@
 	}
 }
 
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+* Returns HTML escaped variable
+*
+* @access	public
+* @param	mixed
+* @return	mixed
+*/
+if ( ! function_exists('html_escape'))
+{
+	function html_escape($var)
+	{
+		if (is_array($var))
+		{
+			return array_map('html_escape', $var);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return htmlspecialchars($var, ENT_QUOTES, config_item('charset'));
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /* End of file Common.php */
 /* Location: ./system/core/Common.php */
\ No newline at end of file