diff --git a/system/helpers/date_helper.php b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
index 66f21c1..f1ba364 100644
--- a/system/helpers/date_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
  * @filesource
  */
 
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 /**
  * CodeIgniter Date Helpers
  *
@@ -44,8 +42,7 @@
  *
  * Returns time() or its GMT equivalent based on the config file preference
  *
- * @access	public
- * @return	integer
+ * @return	int
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('now'))
 {
@@ -85,10 +82,9 @@
  * have to worry about escaping your text letters that
  * match the date codes.
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string
- * @param	integer
- * @return	integer
+ * @param	int
+ * @return	int
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('mdate'))
 {
@@ -118,9 +114,8 @@
  *
  * Returns a date formatted according to the submitted standard.
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string	the chosen format
- * @param	integer	Unix timestamp
+ * @param	int	Unix timestamp
  * @return	string
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('standard_date'))
@@ -157,10 +152,9 @@
  * Returns a span of seconds in this format:
  *	10 days 14 hours 36 minutes 47 seconds
  *
- * @access	public
- * @param	integer	a number of seconds
- * @param	integer	Unix timestamp
- * @param	integer	a number of display units
+ * @param	int	a number of seconds
+ * @param	int	Unix timestamp
+ * @param	int	a number of display units
  * @return	string
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('timespan'))
@@ -273,10 +267,9 @@
  * Takes a month/year as input and returns the number of days
  * for the given month/year. Takes leap years into consideration.
  *
- * @access	public
- * @param	integer a numeric month
- * @param	integer	a numeric year
- * @return	integer
+ * @param	int	a numeric month
+ * @param	int	a numeric year
+ * @return	int
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('days_in_month'))
 {
@@ -294,7 +287,7 @@
 
 		if ($month == 2)
 		{
-			if ($year % 400 == 0 OR ($year % 4 == 0 AND $year % 100 != 0))
+			if ($year % 400 == 0 OR ($year % 4 == 0 && $year % 100 != 0))
 			{
 				return 29;
 			}
@@ -310,9 +303,8 @@
 /**
  * Converts a local Unix timestamp to GMT
  *
- * @access	public
- * @param	integer Unix timestamp
- * @return	integer
+ * @param	int	Unix timestamp
+ * @return	int
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('local_to_gmt'))
 {
@@ -343,11 +335,10 @@
  * at the local value based on the timezone and DST setting
  * submitted
  *
- * @access	public
- * @param	integer Unix timestamp
+ * @param	int	Unix timestamp
  * @param	string	timezone
  * @param	bool	whether DST is active
- * @return	integer
+ * @return	int
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('gmt_to_local'))
 {
@@ -374,9 +365,8 @@
 /**
  * Converts a MySQL Timestamp to Unix
  *
- * @access	public
- * @param	integer Unix timestamp
- * @return	integer
+ * @param	int	Unix timestamp
+ * @return	int
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('mysql_to_unix'))
 {
@@ -409,8 +399,7 @@
  *
  * Formats Unix timestamp to the following prototype: 2006-08-21 11:35 PM
  *
- * @access	public
- * @param	integer Unix timestamp
+ * @param	int	Unix timestamp
  * @param	bool	whether to show seconds
  * @param	string	format: us or euro
  * @return	string
@@ -451,9 +440,8 @@
  *
  * Reverses the above process
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string	format: us or euro
- * @return	integer
+ * @return	int
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('human_to_unix'))
 {
@@ -499,12 +487,12 @@
 		{
 			$ampm = strtolower($split['2']);
 
-			if (substr($ampm, 0, 1) == 'p' AND $hour < 12)
+			if (substr($ampm, 0, 1) === 'p' && $hour < 12)
 			{
 				$hour = $hour + 12;
 			}
 
-			if (substr($ampm, 0, 1) == 'a' AND $hour == 12)
+			if (substr($ampm, 0, 1) === 'a' && $hour == 12)
 			{
 				$hour =  '00';
 			}
@@ -525,10 +513,9 @@
  * Turns many "reasonably-date-like" strings into something
  * that is actually useful. This only works for dates after unix epoch.
  *
- * @access  public
- * @param   string  The terribly formatted date-like string
- * @param   string  Date format to return (same as php date function)
- * @return  string
+ * @param	string	The terribly formatted date-like string
+ * @param	string	Date format to return (same as php date function)
+ * @return	string
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('nice_date'))
 {
@@ -593,7 +580,6 @@
  *
  * Generates a drop-down menu of timezones.
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string	timezone
  * @param	string	classname
  * @param	string	menu name
@@ -634,10 +620,9 @@
 /**
  * Timezones
  *
- * Returns an array of timezones.  This is a helper function
+ * Returns an array of timezones. This is a helper function
  * for various other ones in this library
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string	timezone
  * @return	string
  */
@@ -698,7 +683,7 @@
 
 		$tz = ($tz == 'GMT') ? 'UTC' : $tz;
 
-		return ( ! isset($zones[$tz])) ? 0 : $zones[$tz];
+		return isset($zones[$tz]) ? $zones[$tz] : 0;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/system/helpers/directory_helper.php b/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
index d7ca13e..4044ace 100644
--- a/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
@@ -85,4 +85,4 @@
 }
 
 /* End of file directory_helper.php */
-/* Location: ./system/helpers/directory_helper.php */
+/* Location: ./system/helpers/directory_helper.php */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php b/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
index 485806b..feeaf57 100644
--- a/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@
  *
  * Takes multiple words separated by the separator and changes them to spaces
  *
- * @param	string $str
- * @param 	string $separator
+ * @param	string	$str
+ * @param 	string	$separator
  * @return	str
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('humanize'))
@@ -214,19 +214,21 @@
 /**
  * Checks if the given word has a plural version.
  *
- * @param   string  the word to check
- * @return  bool    if the word is countable
+ * @param	string	the word to check
+ * @return	bool	if the word is countable
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('is_countable'))
 {
 	function is_countable($word)
 	{
-		return ! (in_array(strtolower(strval($word)), array(
-			'equipment', 'information', 'rice', 'money',
-			'species', 'series', 'fish', 'meta'
-		)));
+		return ! in_array(strtolower(strval($word)),
+					array(
+						'equipment', 'information', 'rice', 'money',
+						'species', 'series', 'fish', 'meta'
+					)
+			);
 	}
 }
 
 /* End of file inflector_helper.php */
-/* Location: ./system/helpers/inflector_helper.php */
+/* Location: ./system/helpers/inflector_helper.php */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system/helpers/security_helper.php b/system/helpers/security_helper.php
index 8c7adea..d6f134c 100644
--- a/system/helpers/security_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/security_helper.php
@@ -124,4 +124,4 @@
 }
 
 /* End of file security_helper.php */
-/* Location: ./system/helpers/security_helper.php */
+/* Location: ./system/helpers/security_helper.php */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php b/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php
index 790a152..8dba74e 100644
--- a/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
  * @filesource
  */
 
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 /**
  * CodeIgniter Smiley Helpers
  *
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@
  * Returns the javascript required for the smiley insertion.  Optionally takes
  * an array of aliases to loosely couple the smiley array to the view.
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	mixed	alias name or array of alias->field_id pairs
  * @param	string	field_id if alias name was passed in
  * @return	array
@@ -139,7 +136,6 @@
  * Returns an array of image tag links that can be clicked to be inserted
  * into a form field.
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string	the URL to the folder containing the smiley images
  * @return	array
  */
@@ -193,7 +189,6 @@
  *
  * Takes a string as input and swaps any contained smileys for the actual image
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string	the text to be parsed
  * @param	string	the URL to the folder containing the smiley images
  * @return	string
@@ -234,7 +229,6 @@
  *
  * Fetches the config/smiley.php file
  *
- * @access	private
  * @return	mixed
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('_get_smiley_array'))
@@ -268,7 +262,6 @@
  *
  * DEPRECATED as of version 1.7.2, use smiley_js instead
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string	form name
  * @param	string	field name
  * @return	string
diff --git a/system/helpers/text_helper.php b/system/helpers/text_helper.php
index 2d0f78d..cc501c3 100644
--- a/system/helpers/text_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/text_helper.php
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
  * @filesource
  */
 
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 /**
  * CodeIgniter Text Helpers
  *
@@ -44,9 +42,8 @@
  *
  * Limits a string to X number of words.
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string
- * @param	integer
+ * @param	int
  * @param	string	the end character. Usually an ellipsis
  * @return	string
  */
@@ -78,9 +75,8 @@
  * Limits the string based on the character count.  Preserves complete words
  * so the character count may not be exactly as specified.
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string
- * @param	integer
+ * @param	int
  * @param	string	the end character. Usually an ellipsis
  * @return	string
  */
@@ -121,7 +117,6 @@
  *
  * Converts High ascii text and MS Word special characters to character entities
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string
  * @return	string
  */
@@ -182,7 +177,6 @@
  *
  * Converts character entities back to ASCII
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string
  * @param	bool
  * @return	string
@@ -240,7 +234,6 @@
  * matched words will be converted to #### or to the replacement
  * word you've submitted.
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string	the text string
  * @param	string	the array of censoered words
  * @param	string	the optional replacement value
@@ -286,7 +279,6 @@
  *
  * Colorizes code strings
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string	the text string
  * @return	string
  */
@@ -330,7 +322,6 @@
  *
  * Highlights a phrase within a text string
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string	the text string
  * @param	string	the phrase you'd like to highlight
  * @param	string	the openging tag to precede the phrase with
@@ -360,7 +351,6 @@
 /**
  * Convert Accented Foreign Characters to ASCII
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string	the text string
  * @return	string
  */
@@ -368,7 +358,7 @@
 {
 	function convert_accented_characters($str)
 	{
-		if (defined('ENVIRONMENT') AND is_file(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/foreign_chars.php'))
+		if (defined('ENVIRONMENT') && is_file(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/foreign_chars.php'))
 		{
 			include(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/foreign_chars.php');
 		}
@@ -395,9 +385,8 @@
  * Anything placed between {unwrap}{/unwrap} will not be word wrapped, nor
  * will URLs.
  *
- * @access	public
  * @param	string	the text string
- * @param	integer	the number of characters to wrap at
+ * @param	int	the number of characters to wrap at
  * @return	string
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('word_wrap'))
@@ -497,11 +486,11 @@
  *
  * This function will strip tags from a string, split it at its max_length and ellipsize
  *
- * @param	string		string to ellipsize
- * @param	integer		max length of string
- * @param	mixed		int (1|0) or float, .5, .2, etc for position to split
- * @param	string		ellipsis ; Default '...'
- * @return	string		ellipsized string
+ * @param	string	string to ellipsize
+ * @param	int	max length of string
+ * @param	mixed	int (1|0) or float, .5, .2, etc for position to split
+ * @param	string	ellipsis ; Default '...'
+ * @return	string	ellipsized string
  */
 if ( ! function_exists('ellipsize'))
 {