diff --git a/system/core/Loader.php b/system/core/Loader.php
index 721c196..7c8b298 100644
--- a/system/core/Loader.php
+++ b/system/core/Loader.php
@@ -389,6 +389,21 @@
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
+	 * Get Variable
+	 *
+	 * Check if a variable is set and retrieve it.
+	 *
+	 * @param	array
+	 * @return	void
+	 */
+	public function get_var($key)
+	{
+		return isset($this->_ci_cached_vars[$key]) ? $this->_ci_cached_vars[$key] : NULL;
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
 	 * Load Helper
 	 *
 	 * This function loads the specified helper file.
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 95270fe..81307fe 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
 			<li>Altered Session to use a longer match against the user_agent string. See upgrade notes if using database sessions.</li>
 			<li class="reactor">Added <kbd>is_unique</kbd> to the <a href="libraries/form_validation.html">Form Validation library</a>.</li>
 			<li class="reactor">Added <kbd>$this->db->set_dbprefix()</kbd> to the <a href="database/queries.html">Database Driver</a>.</li>
+			<li class="reactor">Changed <kbd>$this->cart->insert()</kbd> in the <a href="libraries/cart.html">Cart Library</a> to return the Row ID if a single item was inserted successfully.</li>
+			<li class="reactor">Added <kbd>$this->load->get_var()</kbd> to the <a href="libraries/loader.html">Loader library</a> to retrieve global vars set with <kbd>$this->load->view()</kbd> and <kbd>$this->load->vars()</kbd>.</li>
 		</ul>
 	</li>
 </ul>
diff --git a/user_guide/libraries/loader.html b/user_guide/libraries/loader.html
index 1d93af5..a472730 100644
--- a/user_guide/libraries/loader.html
+++ b/user_guide/libraries/loader.html
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@
 </p>
 
 
+<h2>$this->load->get_var(<samp>$key</samp>)</h2>
+
+<p>This function checks the associative array of variables available to your views. This is useful if for any reason a var is set in a library or another controller method using $this->load->vars().
+</p>
+
+
 <h2>$this->load->helper('<var>file_name</var>')</h2>
 <p>This function loads helper files, where <var>file_name</var> is the name of the file, without the <kbd>_helper.php</kbd> extension.</p>