Update Text and Inflector helpers to utilize mbstring, if available
Text: word_wrap(), ellipsize()
Inflector: humanize(), underscore() (rel #2855)
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index ce84b7f..16c30b7 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@
- :doc:`Inflector Helper <helpers/inflector_helper>` changes include:
- Changed :func:`humanize()` to allow passing an input separator as its second parameter.
- - Refactored :func:`plural()` and :func:`singular()` to avoid double pluralization and support more words.
+ - Changed :func:`humanize()` and :func:`underscore()` to utilize `mbstring <http://php.net/mbstring>`_, if available.
+ - Changed :func:`plural()` and :func:`singular()` to avoid double pluralization and support more words.
- :doc:`Download Helper <helpers/download_helper>` changes include:
@@ -132,10 +133,14 @@
- Added *colors* configuration to allow customization for the *background*, *border*, *text* and *grid* colors.
- Added *filename* to the returned array elements.
+ - :doc:`Text Helper <helpers/text_helper>` changes include:
+
+ - Changed the default tag for use in :func:`highlight_phrase()` to ``<mark>`` (formerly ``<strong>``).
+ - Changed :func:`character_limiter()`, :func:`word_wrap()` and :func:`ellipsize()` to utilize `mbstring <http://php.net/mbstring>`_ or `iconv <http://php.net/iconv>`_, if available.
+
- :doc:`Directory Helper <helpers/directory_helper>` :func:`directory_map()` will now append ``DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR`` to directory names in the returned array.
- :doc:`Array Helper <helpers/array_helper>` :func:`element()` and :func:`elements()` now return NULL instead of FALSE when the required elements don't exist.
- :doc:`Language Helper <helpers/language_helper>` :func:`lang()` now accepts an optional list of additional HTML attributes.
- - Changed the default tag for use in :doc:`Text Helper <helpers/text_helper>` :func:`highlight_phrase()` to ``<mark>`` (formerly ``<strong>``).
- Deprecated the :doc:`Email Helper <helpers/email_helper>` as its ``valid_email()``, ``send_email()`` functions are now only aliases for PHP native functions ``filter_var()`` and ``mail()`` respectively.
- Database
@@ -499,7 +504,7 @@
- ``UTF8_ENABLED`` now requires only one of `Multibyte String <http://php.net/mbstring>`_ or `iconv <http://php.net/iconv>`_ to be available instead of both.
- Changed method ``clean_string()`` to utilize ``mb_convert_encoding()`` if it is available but ``iconv()`` is not.
- - Added compatibility layers for PHP's `Multibyte string <http://php.net/mbstring>`_ (limited support) and `Password Hashing <http://php.net/password>` extensions.
+ - Added compatibility layers for PHP's `mbstring <http://php.net/mbstring>`_ (limited support) and `password <http://php.net/password>`_ extensions.
- Removed ``CI_CORE`` boolean constant from *CodeIgniter.php* (no longer Reactor and Core versions).
- Log Library will now try to create the **log_path** directory if it doesn't exist.
- Added support for HTTP-Only cookies with new config option *cookie_httponly* (default FALSE).