diff --git a/system/core/Config.php b/system/core/Config.php
index 3e26354..55da4e3 100755
--- a/system/core/Config.php
+++ b/system/core/Config.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:
@@ -45,32 +45,32 @@
 	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	var $config = array();
+	public $config = array();
 	/**
 	 * List of all loaded config files
 	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	var $is_loaded = array();
+	public $is_loaded = array();
 	/**
-	 * List of paths to search when trying to load a config file
+	 * List of paths to search when trying to load a config file.
+	 * This must be public as it's used by the Loader class.
 	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	var $_config_paths = array(APPPATH);
+	public $_config_paths = array(APPPATH);
 
 	/**
 	 * Constructor
 	 *
 	 * Sets the $config data from the primary config.php file as a class variable
 	 *
-	 * @access   public
 	 * @param   string	the config file name
 	 * @param   boolean  if configuration values should be loaded into their own section
 	 * @param   boolean  true if errors should just return false, false if an error message should be displayed
 	 * @return  boolean  if the file was successfully loaded or not
 	 */
-	function __construct()
+	public function __construct()
 	{
 		$this->config =& get_config();
 		log_message('debug', "Config Class Initialized");
@@ -81,10 +81,9 @@
 			if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']))
 			{
 				$base_url = isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTPS']) !== 'off' ? 'https' : 'http';
-				$base_url .= '://'. $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
-				$base_url .= str_replace(basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']), '', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
+				$base_url .= '://'. $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']
+					. str_replace(basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']), '', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
 			}
-
 			else
 			{
 				$base_url = 'http://localhost/';
@@ -99,27 +98,25 @@
 	/**
 	 * Load Config File
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string	the config file name
-	 * @param   boolean  if configuration values should be loaded into their own section
-	 * @param   boolean  true if errors should just return false, false if an error message should be displayed
+	 * @param	boolean	if configuration values should be loaded into their own section
+	 * @param	boolean	true if errors should just return false, false if an error message should be displayed
 	 * @return	boolean	if the file was loaded correctly
 	 */
-	function load($file = '', $use_sections = FALSE, $fail_gracefully = FALSE)
+	public function load($file = '', $use_sections = FALSE, $fail_gracefully = FALSE)
 	{
 		$file = ($file == '') ? 'config' : str_replace('.php', '', $file);
-		$found = FALSE;
-		$loaded = FALSE;
+		$found = $loaded = FALSE;
 
 		foreach ($this->_config_paths as $path)
 		{
 			$check_locations = defined('ENVIRONMENT')
-				? array(ENVIRONMENT.'/'.$file, $file)
+				? array(ENVIRONMENT.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$file, $file)
 				: array($file);
 
 			foreach ($check_locations as $location)
 			{
-				$file_path = $path.'config/'.$location.'.php';
+				$file_path = $path.'config'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$location.'.php';
 
 				if (in_array($file_path, $this->is_loaded, TRUE))
 				{
@@ -192,39 +189,19 @@
 	 * Fetch a config file item
 	 *
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string	the config item name
 	 * @param	string	the index name
 	 * @param	bool
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function item($item, $index = '')
+	public function item($item, $index = '')
 	{
 		if ($index == '')
 		{
-			if ( ! isset($this->config[$item]))
-			{
-				return FALSE;
-			}
-
-			$pref = $this->config[$item];
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			if ( ! isset($this->config[$index]))
-			{
-				return FALSE;
-			}
-
-			if ( ! isset($this->config[$index][$item]))
-			{
-				return FALSE;
-			}
-
-			$pref = $this->config[$index][$item];
+			return isset($this->config[$item]) ? $this->config[$item] : FALSE;
 		}
 
-		return $pref;
+		return isset($this->config[$index], $this->config[$index][$item]) ? $this->config[$index][$item] : FALSE;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -232,18 +209,17 @@
 	/**
 	 * Fetch a config file item - adds slash after item (if item is not empty)
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string	the config item name
 	 * @param	bool
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function slash_item($item)
+	public function slash_item($item)
 	{
 		if ( ! isset($this->config[$item]))
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
-		if( trim($this->config[$item]) == '')
+		elseif (trim($this->config[$item]) == '')
 		{
 			return '';
 		}
@@ -257,11 +233,10 @@
 	 * Site URL
 	 * Returns base_url . index_page [. uri_string]
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string	the URI string
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function site_url($uri = '')
+	public function site_url($uri = '')
 	{
 		if ($uri == '')
 		{
@@ -285,11 +260,10 @@
 	 * Base URL
 	 * Returns base_url [. uri_string]
 	 *
-	 * @access public
 	 * @param string $uri
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	function base_url($uri = '')
+	public function base_url($uri = '')
 	{
 		return $this->slash_item('base_url').ltrim($this->_uri_string($uri),'/');
 	}
@@ -299,8 +273,7 @@
 	/**
 	 * Build URI string for use in Config::site_url() and Config::base_url()
 	 *
-	 * @access protected
-	 * @param  $uri
+	 * @param  mixed $uri
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	protected function _uri_string($uri)
@@ -311,23 +284,21 @@
 			{
 				$uri = implode('/', $uri);
 			}
-			$uri = trim($uri, '/');
+			return trim($uri, '/');
 		}
-		else
+		elseif (is_array($uri))
 		{
-			if (is_array($uri))
+			$i = 0;
+			$str = '';
+			foreach ($uri as $key => $val)
 			{
-				$i = 0;
-				$str = '';
-				foreach ($uri as $key => $val)
-				{
-					$prefix = ($i == 0) ? '' : '&';
-					$str .= $prefix.$key.'='.$val;
-					$i++;
-				}
-				$uri = $str;
+				$prefix = ($i === 0) ? '' : '&';
+				$str .= $prefix.$key.'='.$val;
+				$i++;
 			}
+			return $str;
 		}
+
 		return $uri;
 	}
 
@@ -336,12 +307,11 @@
 	/**
 	 * System URL
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function system_url()
+	public function system_url()
 	{
-		$x = explode("/", preg_replace("|/*(.+?)/*$|", "\\1", BASEPATH));
+		$x = explode('/', preg_replace('|/*(.+?)/*$|', '\\1', BASEPATH));
 		return $this->slash_item('base_url').end($x).'/';
 	}
 
@@ -350,12 +320,11 @@
 	/**
 	 * Set a config file item
 	 *
-	 * @access	public
 	 * @param	string	the config item key
 	 * @param	string	the config item value
 	 * @return	void
 	 */
-	function set_item($item, $value)
+	public function set_item($item, $value)
 	{
 		$this->config[$item] = $value;
 	}
@@ -366,14 +335,13 @@
 	 * Assign to Config
 	 *
 	 * This function is called by the front controller (CodeIgniter.php)
-	 * after the Config class is instantiated.  It permits config items
+	 * after the Config class is instantiated. It permits config items
 	 * to be assigned or overriden by variables contained in the index.php file
 	 *
-	 * @access	private
 	 * @param	array
 	 * @return	void
 	 */
-	function _assign_to_config($items = array())
+	public function _assign_to_config($items = array())
 	{
 		if (is_array($items))
 		{
@@ -385,7 +353,5 @@
 	}
 }
 
-// END CI_Config class
-
 /* End of file Config.php */
 /* Location: ./system/core/Config.php */