diff --git a/system/helpers/email_helper.php b/system/helpers/email_helper.php
index e6a9003..f184031 100644
--- a/system/helpers/email_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/email_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:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 {
 	function valid_email($address)
 	{
-		return ( ! preg_match("/^([a-z0-9\+_\-]+)(\.[a-z0-9\+_\-]+)*@([a-z0-9\-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$/ix", $address)) ? FALSE : TRUE;
+		return (bool) preg_match('/^([a-z0-9\+_\-]+)(\.[a-z0-9\+_\-]+)*@([a-z0-9\-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$/ix', $address);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -69,6 +69,5 @@
 	}
 }
 
-
 /* End of file email_helper.php */
-/* Location: ./system/helpers/email_helper.php */
\ No newline at end of file
+/* Location: ./system/helpers/email_helper.php */
diff --git a/system/helpers/file_helper.php b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
index cc9dea2..9b39b8c 100644
--- a/system/helpers/file_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/file_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:
@@ -142,15 +142,11 @@
 
 		while (FALSE !== ($filename = @readdir($current_dir)))
 		{
-			if ($filename != "." and $filename != "..")
+			if ($filename !== '.' and $filename !== '..')
 			{
-				if (is_dir($path.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$filename))
+				if (is_dir($path.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$filename) && $filename[0] !== '.')
 				{
-					// Ignore empty folders
-					if (substr($filename, 0, 1) != '.')
-					{
-						delete_files($path.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$filename, $del_dir, $level + 1);
-					}
+					delete_files($path.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$filename, $del_dir, $level + 1);
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -209,12 +205,12 @@
 					$_filedata[] = ($include_path == TRUE) ? $source_dir.$file : $file;
 				}
 			}
+			closedir($source_dir);
+
 			return $_filedata;
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			return FALSE;
-		}
+
+		return FALSE;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -263,13 +259,12 @@
 					$_filedata[$file]['relative_path'] = $relative_path;
 				}
 			}
+			closedir($source_dir);
 
 			return $_filedata;
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			return FALSE;
-		}
+
+		return FALSE;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -391,10 +386,8 @@
 				return $mimes[$extension];
 			}
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			return FALSE;
-		}
+
+		return FALSE;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -414,31 +407,31 @@
 {
 	function symbolic_permissions($perms)
 	{
-		if (($perms & 0xC000) == 0xC000)
+		if (($perms & 0xC000) === 0xC000)
 		{
 			$symbolic = 's'; // Socket
 		}
-		elseif (($perms & 0xA000) == 0xA000)
+		elseif (($perms & 0xA000) === 0xA000)
 		{
 			$symbolic = 'l'; // Symbolic Link
 		}
-		elseif (($perms & 0x8000) == 0x8000)
+		elseif (($perms & 0x8000) === 0x8000)
 		{
 			$symbolic = '-'; // Regular
 		}
-		elseif (($perms & 0x6000) == 0x6000)
+		elseif (($perms & 0x6000) === 0x6000)
 		{
 			$symbolic = 'b'; // Block special
 		}
-		elseif (($perms & 0x4000) == 0x4000)
+		elseif (($perms & 0x4000) === 0x4000)
 		{
 			$symbolic = 'd'; // Directory
 		}
-		elseif (($perms & 0x2000) == 0x2000)
+		elseif (($perms & 0x2000) === 0x2000)
 		{
 			$symbolic = 'c'; // Character special
 		}
-		elseif (($perms & 0x1000) == 0x1000)
+		elseif (($perms & 0x1000) === 0x1000)
 		{
 			$symbolic = 'p'; // FIFO pipe
 		}
@@ -448,19 +441,19 @@
 		}
 
 		// Owner
-		$symbolic .= (($perms & 0x0100) ? 'r' : '-');
-		$symbolic .= (($perms & 0x0080) ? 'w' : '-');
-		$symbolic .= (($perms & 0x0040) ? (($perms & 0x0800) ? 's' : 'x' ) : (($perms & 0x0800) ? 'S' : '-'));
+		$symbolic .= (($perms & 0x0100) ? 'r' : '-')
+			. (($perms & 0x0080) ? 'w' : '-')
+			. (($perms & 0x0040) ? (($perms & 0x0800) ? 's' : 'x' ) : (($perms & 0x0800) ? 'S' : '-'));
 
 		// Group
-		$symbolic .= (($perms & 0x0020) ? 'r' : '-');
-		$symbolic .= (($perms & 0x0010) ? 'w' : '-');
-		$symbolic .= (($perms & 0x0008) ? (($perms & 0x0400) ? 's' : 'x' ) : (($perms & 0x0400) ? 'S' : '-'));
+		$symbolic .= (($perms & 0x0020) ? 'r' : '-')
+			. (($perms & 0x0010) ? 'w' : '-')
+			. (($perms & 0x0008) ? (($perms & 0x0400) ? 's' : 'x' ) : (($perms & 0x0400) ? 'S' : '-'));
 
 		// World
-		$symbolic .= (($perms & 0x0004) ? 'r' : '-');
-		$symbolic .= (($perms & 0x0002) ? 'w' : '-');
-		$symbolic .= (($perms & 0x0001) ? (($perms & 0x0200) ? 't' : 'x' ) : (($perms & 0x0200) ? 'T' : '-'));
+		$symbolic .= (($perms & 0x0004) ? 'r' : '-')
+			. (($perms & 0x0002) ? 'w' : '-')
+			. (($perms & 0x0001) ? (($perms & 0x0200) ? 't' : 'x' ) : (($perms & 0x0200) ? 'T' : '-'));
 
 		return $symbolic;
 	}
@@ -486,6 +479,5 @@
 	}
 }
 
-
 /* End of file file_helper.php */
-/* Location: ./system/helpers/file_helper.php */
\ No newline at end of file
+/* Location: ./system/helpers/file_helper.php */
diff --git a/system/helpers/form_helper.php b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
index 3a7f8fe..bed2cb2 100644
--- a/system/helpers/form_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/form_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:
@@ -70,14 +70,10 @@
 		// If no action is provided then set to the current url
 		$action OR $action = $CI->config->site_url($CI->uri->uri_string());
 
-		$form = '<form action="'.$action.'"';
+		$form = '<form action="'.$action.'"'._attributes_to_string($attributes, TRUE).">\n";
 
-		$form .= _attributes_to_string($attributes, TRUE);
-
-		$form .= '>';
-
-		// Add CSRF field if enabled, but leave it out for GET requests and requests to external websites	
-		if ($CI->config->item('csrf_protection') === TRUE AND ! (strpos($action, $CI->config->site_url()) === FALSE OR strpos($form, 'method="get"')))	
+		// Add CSRF field if enabled, but leave it out for GET requests and requests to external websites
+		if ($CI->config->item('csrf_protection') === TRUE AND ! (strpos($action, $CI->config->site_url()) === FALSE OR strpos($form, 'method="get"')))
 		{
 			$hidden[$CI->security->get_csrf_token_name()] = $CI->security->get_csrf_hash();
 		}
@@ -156,7 +152,7 @@
 
 		if ( ! is_array($value))
 		{
-			$form .= '<input type="hidden" name="'.$name.'" value="'.form_prep($value, $name).'" />'."\n";
+			$form .= '<input type="hidden" name="'.$name.'" value="'.form_prep($value, $name)."\" />\n";
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -188,7 +184,7 @@
 	{
 		$defaults = array('type' => 'text', 'name' => (( ! is_array($data)) ? $data : ''), 'value' => $value);
 
-		return "<input "._parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra." />";
+		return '<input '._parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra." />\n";
 	}
 }
 
@@ -274,7 +270,7 @@
 		}
 
 		$name = (is_array($data)) ? $data['name'] : $data;
-		return "<textarea "._parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra.">".form_prep($val, $name)."</textarea>";
+		return '<textarea '._parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra.'>'.form_prep($val, $name)."</textarea>\n";
 	}
 }
 
@@ -325,13 +321,9 @@
 		}
 
 		// If no selected state was submitted we will attempt to set it automatically
-		if (count($selected) === 0)
+		if (count($selected) === 0 && isset($_POST[$name]))
 		{
-			// If the form name appears in the $_POST array we have a winner!
-			if (isset($_POST[$name]))
-			{
-				$selected = array($_POST[$name]);
-			}
+			$selected = array($_POST[$name]);
 		}
 
 		if ($extra != '') $extra = ' '.$extra;
@@ -346,12 +338,11 @@
 
 			if (is_array($val) && ! empty($val))
 			{
-				$form .= '<optgroup label="'.$key.'">'."\n";
+				$form .= '<optgroup label="'.$key."\">\n";
 
 				foreach ($val as $optgroup_key => $optgroup_val)
 				{
 					$sel = (in_array($optgroup_key, $selected)) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
-
 					$form .= '<option value="'.$optgroup_key.'"'.$sel.'>'.(string) $optgroup_val."</option>\n";
 				}
 
@@ -359,13 +350,11 @@
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				$sel = (in_array($key, $selected)) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
-
-				$form .= '<option value="'.$key.'"'.$sel.'>'.(string) $val."</option>\n";
+				$form .= '<option value="'.$key.'"'.(in_array($key, $selected) ? ' selected="selected"' : '').'>'.(string) $val."</option>\n";
 			}
 		}
 
-		$form .= '</select>';
+		$form .= "</select>\n";
 
 		return $form;
 	}
@@ -412,7 +401,7 @@
 			unset($defaults['checked']);
 		}
 
-		return "<input "._parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra." />";
+		return '<input '._parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra." />\n";
 	}
 }
 
@@ -458,8 +447,7 @@
 	function form_submit($data = '', $value = '', $extra = '')
 	{
 		$defaults = array('type' => 'submit', 'name' => (( ! is_array($data)) ? $data : ''), 'value' => $value);
-
-		return "<input "._parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra." />";
+		return '<input '._parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra." />\n";
 	}
 }
 
@@ -479,8 +467,7 @@
 	function form_reset($data = '', $value = '', $extra = '')
 	{
 		$defaults = array('type' => 'reset', 'name' => (( ! is_array($data)) ? $data : ''), 'value' => $value);
-
-		return "<input "._parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra." />";
+		return '<input '._parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra." />\n";
 	}
 }
 
@@ -500,14 +487,13 @@
 	function form_button($data = '', $content = '', $extra = '')
 	{
 		$defaults = array('name' => (( ! is_array($data)) ? $data : ''), 'type' => 'button');
-
 		if ( is_array($data) AND isset($data['content']))
 		{
 			$content = $data['content'];
 			unset($data['content']); // content is not an attribute
 		}
 
-		return "<button "._parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra.">".$content."</button>";
+		return '<button '._parse_form_attributes($data, $defaults).$extra.'>'.$content."</button>\n";
 	}
 }
 
@@ -542,9 +528,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		$label .= ">$label_text</label>";
-
-		return $label;
+		return $label .= ">$label_text</label>";
 	}
 }
 
@@ -564,12 +548,7 @@
 {
 	function form_fieldset($legend_text = '', $attributes = array())
 	{
-		$fieldset = "<fieldset";
-
-		$fieldset .= _attributes_to_string($attributes, FALSE);
-
-		$fieldset .= ">\n";
-
+		$fieldset = '<fieldset'._attributes_to_string($attributes, FALSE).">\n";
 		if ($legend_text != '')
 		{
 			$fieldset .= "<legend>$legend_text</legend>\n";
@@ -654,15 +633,13 @@
 		{
 			return $str;
 		}
-		
-		$str = html_escape($str);
 
 		if ($field_name != '')
 		{
 			$prepped_fields[$field_name] = $field_name;
 		}
 
-		return $str;
+		return html_escape($str);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -992,7 +969,7 @@
 				$attributes .= ' accept-charset="'.strtolower(config_item('charset')).'"';
 			}
 
-		return ' '.$attributes;
+			return ' '.$attributes;
 		}
 
 		if (is_object($attributes) AND count($attributes) > 0)
@@ -1043,21 +1020,20 @@
 
 		// We set this as a variable since we're returning by reference.
 		$return = FALSE;
-		
+
 		if (FALSE !== ($object = $CI->load->is_loaded('form_validation')))
 		{
 			if ( ! isset($CI->$object) OR ! is_object($CI->$object))
 			{
 				return $return;
 			}
-			
+
 			return $CI->$object;
 		}
-		
+
 		return $return;
 	}
 }
 
-
 /* End of file form_helper.php */
 /* Location: ./system/helpers/form_helper.php */