diff --git a/system/helpers/xml_helper.php b/system/helpers/xml_helper.php
index f3ff576..67fd34b 100644
--- a/system/helpers/xml_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/xml_helper.php
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
  * @filesource
  */
 
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 /**
  * CodeIgniter XML Helpers
  *
@@ -42,8 +40,8 @@
 /**
  * Convert Reserved XML characters to Entities
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string
+ * @param	bool
  * @return	string
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('xml_convert'))
@@ -54,11 +52,11 @@
 
 		// Replace entities to temporary markers so that
 		// ampersands won't get messed up
-		$str = preg_replace("/&#(\d+);/", "$temp\\1;", $str);
+		$str = preg_replace('/&#(\d+);/', $temp.'\\1;', $str);
 
 		if ($protect_all == TRUE)
 		{
-			$str = preg_replace('/&(\w+);/', "$temp\\1;", $str);
+			$str = preg_replace('/&(\w+);/', $temp.'\\1;', $str);
 		}
 
 		$str = str_replace(array('&', '<', '>', '"', "'", '-'),
@@ -66,11 +64,11 @@
 					$str);
 
 		// Decode the temp markers back to entities
-		$str = preg_replace('/$temp(\d+);/', '&#\\1;', $str);
+		$str = preg_replace('/'.$temp.'(\d+);/', '&#\\1;', $str);
 
 		if ($protect_all == TRUE)
 		{
-			return preg_replace("/$temp(\w+);/", '&\\1;', $str);
+			return preg_replace('/'.$temp.'(\w+);/', '&\\1;', $str);
 		}
 
 		return $str;
@@ -78,4 +76,4 @@
 }
 
 /* End of file xml_helper.php */
-/* Location: ./system/helpers/xml_helper.php */
+/* Location: ./system/helpers/xml_helper.php */
\ No newline at end of file