diff --git a/system/helpers/array_helper.php b/system/helpers/array_helper.php
index c46c4d1..45eaa4c 100644
--- a/system/helpers/array_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/array_helper.php
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
+<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
 /**
  * CodeIgniter
  *
  * An open source application development framework for PHP 5.1.6 or newer
  *
  * NOTICE OF LICENSE
- * 
+ *
  * Licensed under the Open Software License version 3.0
- * 
+ *
  * This source file is subject to the Open Software License (OSL 3.0) that is
  * bundled with this package in the files license.txt / license.rst.  It is
  * also available through the world wide web at this URL:
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
  * @filesource
  */
 
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 /**
  * CodeIgniter Array Helpers
  *
@@ -55,12 +53,7 @@
 {
 	function element($item, $array, $default = FALSE)
 	{
-		if ( ! isset($array[$item]) OR $array[$item] == "")
-		{
-			return $default;
-		}
-
-		return $array[$item];
+		return ( ! isset($array[$item]) OR $array[$item] == '') ? $default : $array[$item];
 	}
 }
 
@@ -77,12 +70,7 @@
 {
 	function random_element($array)
 	{
-		if ( ! is_array($array))
-		{
-			return $array;
-		}
-
-		return $array[array_rand($array)];
+		return is_array($array) ? $array[array_rand($array)] : $array;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -105,22 +93,14 @@
 	function elements($items, $array, $default = FALSE)
 	{
 		$return = array();
-		
 		if ( ! is_array($items))
 		{
 			$items = array($items);
 		}
-		
+
 		foreach ($items as $item)
 		{
-			if (isset($array[$item]))
-			{
-				$return[$item] = $array[$item];
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				$return[$item] = $default;
-			}
+			$return[$item] = isset($array[$item]) ? $array[$item] : $default;
 		}
 
 		return $return;
@@ -128,4 +108,4 @@
 }
 
 /* End of file array_helper.php */
-/* Location: ./system/helpers/array_helper.php */
\ No newline at end of file
+/* Location: ./system/helpers/array_helper.php */
diff --git a/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php b/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
index 4a48df2..865a675 100644
--- a/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
+<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
 /**
  * CodeIgniter
  *
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
  * @filesource
  */
 
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 /**
  * CodeIgniter CAPTCHA Helper
  *
@@ -57,12 +55,9 @@
 
 		foreach ($defaults as $key => $val)
 		{
-			if ( ! is_array($data))
+			if ( ! is_array($data) && ( ! isset($$key) OR $$key == ''))
 			{
-				if ( ! isset($$key) OR $$key == '')
-				{
-					$$key = $val;
-				}
+				$$key = $val;
 			}
 			else
 			{
@@ -70,22 +65,9 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ($img_path == '' OR $img_url == '')
-		{
-			return FALSE;
-		}
-
-		if ( ! @is_dir($img_path))
-		{
-			return FALSE;
-		}
-
-		if ( ! is_writable($img_path))
-		{
-			return FALSE;
-		}
-
-		if ( ! extension_loaded('gd'))
+		if ($img_path == '' OR $img_url == ''
+			OR ! @is_dir($img_path) OR ! is_writeable($img_path)
+			OR ! extension_loaded('gd'))
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
@@ -97,17 +79,12 @@
 		$now = microtime(TRUE);
 
 		$current_dir = @opendir($img_path);
-
 		while ($filename = @readdir($current_dir))
 		{
-			if ($filename != '.' && $filename != '..' && $filename != 'index.html')
+			if ($filename !== '.' && $filename !== '..' && $filename !== 'index.html'
+				&& (str_replace('.jpg', '', $filename) + $expiration) < $now)
 			{
-				$name = str_replace('.jpg', '', $filename);
-
-				if (($name + $expiration) < $now)
-				{
-					@unlink($img_path.$filename);
-				}
+				@unlink($img_path.$filename);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -117,141 +94,115 @@
 		// Do we have a "word" yet?
 		// -----------------------------------
 
-	   if ($word == '')
-	   {
+		if ($word == '')
+		{
 			$pool = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
-
-			$str = '';
-			for ($i = 0; $i < 8; $i++)
+			$word = '';
+			for ($i = 0, $mt_rand_max = strlen($pool) - 1; $i < 8; $i++)
 			{
-				$str .= substr($pool, mt_rand(0, strlen($pool) -1), 1);
+				$word .= $pool[mt_rand(0, $mt_rand_max)];
 			}
 
-			$word = $str;
-	   }
+		}
 
 		// -----------------------------------
 		// Determine angle and position
 		// -----------------------------------
-
 		$length	= strlen($word);
 		$angle	= ($length >= 6) ? rand(-($length-6), ($length-6)) : 0;
 		$x_axis	= rand(6, (360/$length)-16);
-		$y_axis = ($angle >= 0 ) ? rand($img_height, $img_width) : rand(6, $img_height);
+		$y_axis = ($angle >= 0) ? rand($img_height, $img_width) : rand(6, $img_height);
 
-		// -----------------------------------
 		// Create image
-		// -----------------------------------
-
 		// PHP.net recommends imagecreatetruecolor(), but it isn't always available
-		if (function_exists('imagecreatetruecolor'))
-		{
-			$im = imagecreatetruecolor($img_width, $img_height);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			$im = imagecreate($img_width, $img_height);
-		}
+		$im = function_exists('imagecreatetruecolor')
+			? imagecreatetruecolor($img_width, $img_height)
+			: imagecreate($img_width, $img_height);
 
 		// -----------------------------------
 		//  Assign colors
 		// -----------------------------------
-
 		$bg_color		= imagecolorallocate ($im, 255, 255, 255);
 		$border_color	= imagecolorallocate ($im, 153, 102, 102);
 		$text_color		= imagecolorallocate ($im, 204, 153, 153);
 		$grid_color		= imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 182, 182);
 		$shadow_color	= imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 240, 240);
 
-		// -----------------------------------
 		//  Create the rectangle
-		// -----------------------------------
-
 		ImageFilledRectangle($im, 0, 0, $img_width, $img_height, $bg_color);
 
 		// -----------------------------------
 		//  Create the spiral pattern
 		// -----------------------------------
-
 		$theta		= 1;
 		$thetac		= 7;
 		$radius		= 16;
 		$circles	= 20;
 		$points		= 32;
 
-		for ($i = 0; $i < ($circles * $points) - 1; $i++)
+		for ($i = 0, $cp = $circles * $points; $i < $cp - 1; $i++)
 		{
-			$theta = $theta + $thetac;
-			$rad = $radius * ($i / $points );
+			$theta += $thetac;
+			$rad = $radius * ($i / $points);
 			$x = ($rad * cos($theta)) + $x_axis;
 			$y = ($rad * sin($theta)) + $y_axis;
-			$theta = $theta + $thetac;
+			$theta += $thetac;
 			$rad1 = $radius * (($i + 1) / $points);
 			$x1 = ($rad1 * cos($theta)) + $x_axis;
-			$y1 = ($rad1 * sin($theta )) + $y_axis;
+			$y1 = ($rad1 * sin($theta)) + $y_axis;
 			imageline($im, $x, $y, $x1, $y1, $grid_color);
-			$theta = $theta - $thetac;
+			$theta -= $thetac;
 		}
 
 		// -----------------------------------
 		//  Write the text
 		// -----------------------------------
 
-		$use_font = ($font_path != '' && file_exists($font_path) && function_exists('imagettftext')) ? TRUE : FALSE;
-
-		if ($use_font == FALSE)
+		$use_font = ($font_path != '' && file_exists($font_path) && function_exists('imagettftext'));
+		if ($use_font === FALSE)
 		{
 			$font_size = 5;
-			$x = rand(0, $img_width/($length/3));
+			$x = rand(0, $img_width / ($length / 3));
 			$y = 0;
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			$font_size	= 16;
-			$x = rand(0, $img_width/($length/1.5));
-			$y = $font_size+2;
+			$font_size = 16;
+			$x = rand(0, $img_width / ($length / 1.5));
+			$y = $font_size + 2;
 		}
 
-		for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($word); $i++)
+		for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++)
 		{
-			if ($use_font == FALSE)
+			if ($use_font === FALSE)
 			{
-				$y = rand(0 , $img_height/2);
-				imagestring($im, $font_size, $x, $y, substr($word, $i, 1), $text_color);
-				$x += ($font_size*2);
+				$y = rand(0 , $img_height / 2);
+				imagestring($im, $font_size, $x, $y, $word[$i], $text_color);
+				$x += ($font_size * 2);
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				$y = rand($img_height/2, $img_height-3);
-				imagettftext($im, $font_size, $angle, $x, $y, $text_color, $font_path, substr($word, $i, 1));
+				$y = rand($img_height / 2, $img_height - 3);
+				imagettftext($im, $font_size, $angle, $x, $y, $text_color, $font_path, $word[$i]);
 				$x += $font_size;
 			}
 		}
 
 
-		// -----------------------------------
-		//  Create the border
-		// -----------------------------------
-
-		imagerectangle($im, 0, 0, $img_width-1, $img_height-1, $border_color);
+		// Create the border
+		imagerectangle($im, 0, 0, $img_width - 1, $img_height - 1, $border_color);
 
 		// -----------------------------------
 		//  Generate the image
 		// -----------------------------------
-
 		$img_name = $now.'.jpg';
-
 		ImageJPEG($im, $img_path.$img_name);
-
-		$img = "<img src=\"$img_url$img_name\" width=\"$img_width\" height=\"$img_height\" style=\"border:0;\" alt=\" \" />";
-
+		$img = '<img src="'.$img_url.$img_name.'" style="width: '.$img_width.'; height: '.$img_height .'; border: 0;" alt=" " />';
 		ImageDestroy($im);
 
 		return array('word' => $word, 'time' => $now, 'image' => $img);
 	}
 }
 
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 /* End of file captcha_helper.php */
-/* Location: ./system/helpers/captcha_helper.php */
\ No newline at end of file
+/* Location: ./system/helpers/captcha_helper.php */
diff --git a/system/helpers/cookie_helper.php b/system/helpers/cookie_helper.php
index 7b439c4..af2e1df 100644
--- a/system/helpers/cookie_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/cookie_helper.php
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
+<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
 /**
  * CodeIgniter
  *
  * An open source application development framework for PHP 5.1.6 or newer
  *
  * NOTICE OF LICENSE
- * 
+ *
  * Licensed under the Open Software License version 3.0
- * 
+ *
  * This source file is subject to the Open Software License (OSL 3.0) that is
  * bundled with this package in the files license.txt / license.rst.  It is
  * also available through the world wide web at this URL:
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
  * @filesource
  */
 
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 /**
  * CodeIgniter Cookie Helpers
  *
@@ -79,13 +77,7 @@
 	function get_cookie($index = '', $xss_clean = FALSE)
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
-
-		$prefix = '';
-
-		if ( ! isset($_COOKIE[$index]) && config_item('cookie_prefix') != '')
-		{
-			$prefix = config_item('cookie_prefix');
-		}
+		$prefix = (isset($_COOKIE[$index])) ? '' : config_item('cookie_prefix');
 
 		return $CI->input->cookie($prefix.$index, $xss_clean);
 	}
@@ -97,7 +89,7 @@
  * Delete a COOKIE
  *
  * @param	mixed
- * @param	string	the cookie domain.  Usually:  .yourdomain.com
+ * @param	string	the cookie domain. Usually: .yourdomain.com
  * @param	string	the cookie path
  * @param	string	the cookie prefix
  * @return	void
@@ -110,6 +102,5 @@
 	}
 }
 
-
 /* End of file cookie_helper.php */
-/* Location: ./system/helpers/cookie_helper.php */
\ No newline at end of file
+/* Location: ./system/helpers/cookie_helper.php */