diff --git a/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php b/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
index b116706..4676b2a 100644
--- a/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ($img_path == '' OR $img_url == ''
+		if ($img_path === '' OR $img_url === ''
 			OR ! @is_dir($img_path) OR ! is_writeable($img_path)
 			OR ! extension_loaded('gd'))
 		{
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 		// Do we have a "word" yet?
 		// -----------------------------------
 
-		if ($word == '')
+		if ($word === '')
 		{
 			$pool = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
 			$word = '';
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 		//  Write the text
 		// -----------------------------------
 
-		$use_font = ($font_path != '' && file_exists($font_path) && function_exists('imagettftext'));
+		$use_font = ($font_path !== '' && file_exists($font_path) && function_exists('imagettftext'));
 		if ($use_font === FALSE)
 		{
 			$font_size = 5;
diff --git a/system/helpers/date_helper.php b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
index 5f0427f..0bda333 100644
--- a/system/helpers/date_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
 
-		if (strtolower($CI->config->item('time_reference')) == 'gmt')
+		if (strtolower($CI->config->item('time_reference')) === 'gmt')
 		{
 			$now = time();
 			$system_time = mktime(gmdate("H", $now), gmdate("i", $now), gmdate("s", $now), gmdate("m", $now), gmdate("d", $now), gmdate("Y", $now));
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@
 	 */
 	function mdate($datestr = '', $time = '')
 	{
-		if ($datestr == '')
+		if ($datestr === '')
 		{
 			return '';
 		}
 
-		$time = ($time == '') ? now() : $time;
+		$time = ($time === '') ? now() : $time;
 
 		$datestr = str_replace(
 			'%\\',
@@ -280,14 +280,14 @@
 			return 0;
 		}
 
-		if ( ! is_numeric($year) OR strlen($year) != 4)
+		if ( ! is_numeric($year) OR strlen($year) !== 4)
 		{
 			$year = date('Y');
 		}
 
-		if ($month == 2)
+		if ($month === 2)
 		{
-			if ($year % 400 == 0 OR ($year % 4 == 0 && $year % 100 != 0))
+			if ($year % 400 === 0 OR ($year % 4 === 0 && $year % 100 !== 0))
 			{
 				return 29;
 			}
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
 	 */
 	function local_to_gmt($time = '')
 	{
-		if ($time == '')
+		if ($time === '')
 		{
 			$time = time();
 		}
@@ -344,14 +344,14 @@
 	 */
 	function gmt_to_local($time = '', $timezone = 'UTC', $dst = FALSE)
 	{
-		if ($time == '')
+		if ($time === '')
 		{
 			return now();
 		}
 
 		$time += timezones($timezone) * 3600;
 
-		if ($dst == TRUE)
+		if ($dst === TRUE)
 		{
 			$time += 3600;
 		}
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
 	{
 		$r  = date('Y', $time).'-'.date('m', $time).'-'.date('d', $time).' ';
 
-		if ($fmt == 'us')
+		if ($fmt === 'us')
 		{
 			$r .= date('h', $time).':'.date('i', $time);
 		}
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
 			$r .= ':'.date('s', $time);
 		}
 
-		if ($fmt == 'us')
+		if ($fmt === 'us')
 		{
 			$r .= ' '.date('A', $time);
 		}
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
 	 */
 	function human_to_unix($datestr = '')
 	{
-		if ($datestr == '')
+		if ($datestr === '')
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
 				$hour += 12;
 			}
 
-			if (substr($ampm, 0, 1) === 'a' && $hour == 12)
+			if (substr($ampm, 0, 1) === 'a' && $hour === 12)
 			{
 				$hour =  '00';
 			}
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@
 		// Any other kind of string, when converted into UNIX time,
 		// produces "0 seconds after epoc..." is probably bad...
 		// return "Invalid Date".
-		if (date('U', strtotime($bad_date)) == '0')
+		if (date('U', strtotime($bad_date)) === '0')
 		{
 			return 'Invalid Date';
 		}
@@ -591,11 +591,11 @@
 		$CI =& get_instance();
 		$CI->lang->load('date');
 
-		$default = ($default == 'GMT') ? 'UTC' : $default;
+		$default = ($default === 'GMT') ? 'UTC' : $default;
 
 		$menu = '<select name="'.$name.'"';
 
-		if ($class != '')
+		if ($class !== '')
 		{
 			$menu .= ' class="'.$class.'"';
 		}
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@
 
 		foreach (timezones() as $key => $val)
 		{
-			$selected = ($default == $key) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
+			$selected = ($default === $key) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
 			$menu .= '<option value="'.$key.'"'.$selected.'>'.$CI->lang->line($key)."</option>\n";
 		}
 
@@ -673,12 +673,12 @@
 			'UP14'		=> +14
 		);
 
-		if ($tz == '')
+		if ($tz === '')
 		{
 			return $zones;
 		}
 
-		$tz = ($tz == 'GMT') ? 'UTC' : $tz;
+		$tz = ($tz === 'GMT') ? 'UTC' : $tz;
 
 		return isset($zones[$tz]) ? $zones[$tz] : 0;
 	}
diff --git a/system/helpers/directory_helper.php b/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
index bda8fe8..e7d3b5e 100644
--- a/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 			while (FALSE !== ($file = readdir($fp)))
 			{
 				// Remove '.', '..', and hidden files [optional]
-				if ( ! trim($file, '.') OR ($hidden == FALSE && $file[0] === '.'))
+				if ( ! trim($file, '.') OR ($hidden === FALSE && $file[0] === '.'))
 				{
 					continue;
 				}
diff --git a/system/helpers/download_helper.php b/system/helpers/download_helper.php
index 470b61e..9c390a7 100644
--- a/system/helpers/download_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/download_helper.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 	 */
 	function force_download($filename = '', $data = '', $set_mime = FALSE)
 	{
-		if ($filename == '' OR $data == '')
+		if ($filename === '' OR $data === '')
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
diff --git a/system/helpers/file_helper.php b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
index fb45034..0061c42 100644
--- a/system/helpers/file_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 		}
 		@closedir($current_dir);
 
-		if ($del_dir == TRUE && $level > 0)
+		if ($del_dir === TRUE && $level > 0)
 		{
 			return @rmdir($path);
 		}
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 				}
 				elseif ($file[0] !== '.')
 				{
-					$_filedata[] = ($include_path == TRUE) ? $source_dir.$file : $file;
+					$_filedata[] = ($include_path === TRUE) ? $source_dir.$file : $file;
 				}
 			}
 			closedir($fp);
diff --git a/system/helpers/form_helper.php b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
index eca6c5f..4109721 100644
--- a/system/helpers/form_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
 
-		if ($attributes == '')
+		if ($attributes === '')
 		{
 			$attributes = 'method="post"';
 		}
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
 			$selected = array($_POST[$name]);
 		}
 
-		if ($extra != '') $extra = ' '.$extra;
+		if ($extra !== '') $extra = ' '.$extra;
 
 		$multiple = (count($selected) > 1 && strpos($extra, 'multiple') === FALSE) ? ' multiple="multiple"' : '';
 
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
 		{
 			$checked = $data['checked'];
 
-			if ($checked == FALSE)
+			if ($checked === FALSE)
 			{
 				unset($data['checked']);
 			}
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ($checked == TRUE)
+		if ($checked === TRUE)
 		{
 			$defaults['checked'] = 'checked';
 		}
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
 
 		$label = '<label';
 
-		if ($id != '')
+		if ($id !== '')
 		{
 			$label .= ' for="'.$id.'"';
 		}
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
 	function form_fieldset($legend_text = '', $attributes = array())
 	{
 		$fieldset = '<fieldset'._attributes_to_string($attributes, FALSE).">\n";
-		if ($legend_text != '')
+		if ($legend_text !== '')
 		{
 			return $fieldset.'<legend>'.$legend_text."</legend>\n";
 		}
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@
 			return $str;
 		}
 
-		if ($field_name != '')
+		if ($field_name !== '')
 		{
 			$prepped_fields[$field_name] = $field_name;
 		}
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@
 		{
 			if ( ! isset($_POST[$field]))
 			{
-				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default == TRUE)
+				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default === TRUE)
 				{
 					return ' selected="selected"';
 				}
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@
 					return '';
 				}
 			}
-			elseif (($field == '' OR $value == '') OR ($field != $value))
+			elseif (($field === '' OR $value === '') OR ($field !== $value))
 			{
 				return '';
 			}
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@
 		{
 			if ( ! isset($_POST[$field]))
 			{
-				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default == TRUE)
+				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default === TRUE)
 				{
 					return ' checked="checked"';
 				}
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@
 					return '';
 				}
 			}
-			elseif (($field == '' OR $value == '') OR ($field != $value))
+			elseif (($field === '' OR $value === '') OR ($field !== $value))
 			{
 				return '';
 			}
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@
 		{
 			if ( ! isset($_POST[$field]))
 			{
-				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default == TRUE)
+				if (count($_POST) === 0 && $default === TRUE)
 				{
 					return ' checked="checked"';
 				}
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				if (($field == '' OR $value == '') OR ($field != $value))
+				if (($field === '' OR $value === '') OR ($field !== $value))
 				{
 					return '';
 				}
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@
 
 		foreach ($default as $key => $val)
 		{
-			if ($key == 'value')
+			if ($key === 'value')
 			{
 				$val = form_prep($val, $default['name']);
 			}
@@ -936,12 +936,12 @@
 	{
 		if (is_string($attributes) && strlen($attributes) > 0)
 		{
-			if ($formtag == TRUE && strpos($attributes, 'method=') === FALSE)
+			if ($formtag === TRUE && strpos($attributes, 'method=') === FALSE)
 			{
 				$attributes .= ' method="post"';
 			}
 
-			if ($formtag == TRUE && strpos($attributes, 'accept-charset=') === FALSE)
+			if ($formtag === TRUE && strpos($attributes, 'accept-charset=') === FALSE)
 			{
 				$attributes .= ' accept-charset="'.strtolower(config_item('charset')).'"';
 			}
diff --git a/system/helpers/html_helper.php b/system/helpers/html_helper.php
index 92a6db4..68ce702 100644
--- a/system/helpers/html_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/html_helper.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 	 */
 	function heading($data = '', $h = '1', $attributes = '')
 	{
-		return '<h'.$h.($attributes != '' ? ' ' : '').$attributes.'>'.$data.'</h'.$h.'>';
+		return '<h'.$h.($attributes !== '' ? ' ' : '').$attributes.'>'.$data.'</h'.$h.'>';
 	}
 }
 
@@ -334,12 +334,12 @@
 
 			$link .= 'rel="'.$rel.'" type="'.$type.'" ';
 
-			if ($media != '')
+			if ($media !== '')
 			{
 				$link .= 'media="'.$media.'" ';
 			}
 
-			if ($title != '')
+			if ($title !== '')
 			{
 				$link .= 'title="'.$title.'" ';
 			}
diff --git a/system/helpers/language_helper.php b/system/helpers/language_helper.php
index 34f0307..bd567ed 100644
--- a/system/helpers/language_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/language_helper.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 		$CI =& get_instance();
 		$line = $CI->lang->line($line);
 
-		if ($id != '')
+		if ($id !== '')
 		{
 			$line = '<label for="'.$id.'">'.$line.'</label>';
 		}
diff --git a/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php b/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php
index 5e6de08..b6b2afc 100644
--- a/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 		static $do_setup = TRUE;
 		$r = '';
 
-		if ($alias != '' && ! is_array($alias))
+		if ($alias !== '' && ! is_array($alias))
 		{
 			$alias = array($alias => $field_id);
 		}
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 	 */
 	function parse_smileys($str = '', $image_url = '', $smileys = NULL)
 	{
-		if ($image_url == '' OR ( ! is_array($smileys) && FALSE === ($smileys = _get_smiley_array())))
+		if ($image_url === '' OR ( ! is_array($smileys) && FALSE === ($smileys = _get_smiley_array())))
 		{
 			return $str;
 		}
diff --git a/system/helpers/string_helper.php b/system/helpers/string_helper.php
index 0c47d44..4eee2a2 100644
--- a/system/helpers/string_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/string_helper.php
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 	{
 		static $i;
 
-		if (func_num_args() == 0)
+		if (func_num_args() === 0)
 		{
 			$i = 0;
 			return '';
diff --git a/system/helpers/text_helper.php b/system/helpers/text_helper.php
index e4451ae..8a1f01b 100644
--- a/system/helpers/text_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/text_helper.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 	 */
 	function word_limiter($str, $limit = 100, $end_char = '&#8230;')
 	{
-		if (trim($str) == '')
+		if (trim($str) === '')
 		{
 			return $str;
 		}
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
 
 		foreach ($censored as $badword)
 		{
-			if ($replacement != '')
+			if ($replacement !== '')
 			{
 				$str = preg_replace("/({$delim})(".str_replace('\*', '\w*?', preg_quote($badword, '/')).")({$delim})/i", "\\1{$replacement}\\3", $str);
 			}
@@ -338,12 +338,12 @@
 	 */
 	function highlight_phrase($str, $phrase, $tag_open = '<strong>', $tag_close = '</strong>')
 	{
-		if ($str == '')
+		if ($str === '')
 		{
 			return '';
 		}
 
-		if ($phrase != '')
+		if ($phrase !== '')
 		{
 			return preg_replace('/('.preg_quote($phrase, '/').')/i', $tag_open.'\\1'.$tag_close, $str);
 		}
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
 
 			// If $temp contains data it means we had to split up an over-length
 			// word into smaller chunks so we'll add it back to our current line
-			if ($temp != '')
+			if ($temp !== '')
 			{
 				$output .= $temp."\n".$line."\n";
 			}
diff --git a/system/helpers/url_helper.php b/system/helpers/url_helper.php
index 0e933c1..2bd41b0 100644
--- a/system/helpers/url_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/url_helper.php
@@ -158,12 +158,12 @@
 			$site_url = site_url($uri);
 		}
 
-		if ($title == '')
+		if ($title === '')
 		{
 			$title = $site_url;
 		}
 
-		if ($attributes != '')
+		if ($attributes !== '')
 		{
 			$attributes = _parse_attributes($attributes);
 		}
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 		$title = (string) $title;
 		$site_url = preg_match('!^\w+://! i', $uri) ? $uri : site_url($uri);
 
-		if ($title == '')
+		if ($title === '')
 		{
 			$title = $site_url;
 		}
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
 			unset($attributes[$key]);
 		}
 
-		if ($attributes != '')
+		if ($attributes !== '')
 		{
 			$attributes = _parse_attributes($attributes);
 		}
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
 	{
 		$title = (string) $title;
 
-		if ($title == '')
+		if ($title === '')
 		{
 			$title = $email;
 		}
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
 	{
 		$title = (string) $title;
 
-		if ($title == '')
+		if ($title === '')
 		{
 			$title = $email;
 		}
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
 
 		$x[] = '"';
 
-		if ($attributes != '')
+		if ($attributes !== '')
 		{
 			if (is_array($attributes))
 			{
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
 	for ($i = 0, $c = count($x); $i < $c; $i++) { ?>l[<?php echo $i; ?>]='<?php echo $x[$i]; ?>';<?php } ?>
 
 	for (var i = l.length-1; i >= 0; i=i-1){
-	if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == '|') document.write("&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";");
+	if (l[i].substring(0, 1) === '|') document.write("&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";");
 	else document.write(unescape(l[i]));}
 	//]]>
 	</script><?php
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
 	 */
 	function prep_url($str = '')
 	{
-		if ($str === 'http://' OR $str == '')
+		if ($str === 'http://' OR $str === '')
 		{
 			return '';
 		}
@@ -562,13 +562,13 @@
 	{
 		if (is_string($attributes))
 		{
-			return ($attributes != '') ? ' '.$attributes : '';
+			return ($attributes !== '') ? ' '.$attributes : '';
 		}
 
 		$att = '';
 		foreach ($attributes as $key => $val)
 		{
-			if ($javascript == TRUE)
+			if ($javascript === TRUE)
 			{
 				$att .= $key.'='.$val.',';
 			}
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ($javascript == TRUE && $att != '')
+		if ($javascript === TRUE && $att !== '')
 		{
 			return substr($att, 0, -1);
 		}
diff --git a/system/helpers/xml_helper.php b/system/helpers/xml_helper.php
index 958c633..1431777 100644
--- a/system/helpers/xml_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/xml_helper.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		// ampersands won't get messed up
 		$str = preg_replace('/&#(\d+);/', $temp.'\\1;', $str);
 
-		if ($protect_all == TRUE)
+		if ($protect_all === TRUE)
 		{
 			$str = preg_replace('/&(\w+);/', $temp.'\\1;', $str);
 		}
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 		// Decode the temp markers back to entities
 		$str = preg_replace('/'.$temp.'(\d+);/', '&#\\1;', $str);
 
-		if ($protect_all == TRUE)
+		if ($protect_all === TRUE)
 		{
 			return preg_replace('/'.$temp.'(\w+);/', '&\\1;', $str);
 		}