diff --git a/system/helpers/file_helper.php b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
index 575b874..b8b7053 100644
--- a/system/helpers/file_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@
 	 */
 	function get_file_info($file, $returned_values = array('name', 'server_path', 'size', 'date'))
 	{
-
 		if ( ! file_exists($file))
 		{
 			return FALSE;
diff --git a/system/libraries/Ftp.php b/system/libraries/Ftp.php
index ef3b7d7..991769a 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Ftp.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Ftp.php
@@ -463,28 +463,26 @@
 		$filepath = preg_replace('/(.+?)\/*$/', '\\1/', $filepath);
 
 		$list = $this->list_files($filepath);
-
-		if ($list !== FALSE && count($list) > 0)
+		if ( ! empty($list))
 		{
-			foreach ($list as $item)
+			for ($i = 0, $c = count($list); $i < $c; $i++)
 			{
-				// If we can't delete the item it's probaly a folder so
-				// we'll recursively call delete_dir()
-				if ( ! @ftp_delete($this->conn_id, $item))
+				// If we can't delete the item it's probaly a directory,
+				// so we'll recursively call delete_dir()
+				if ( ! @ftp_delete($this->conn_id, $list[$i]))
 				{
-					$this->delete_dir($item);
+					$this->delete_dir($list[$i]);
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
-		$result = @ftp_rmdir($this->conn_id, $filepath);
-
-		if ($result === FALSE)
+		if (@ftp_rmdir($this->conn_id, $filepath) === FALSE)
 		{
 			if ($this->debug === TRUE)
 			{
 				$this->_error('ftp_unable_to_delete');
 			}
+
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 
@@ -507,14 +505,13 @@
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 
-		$result = @ftp_chmod($this->conn_id, $perm, $path);
-
-		if ($result === FALSE)
+		if (@ftp_chmod($this->conn_id, $perm, $path) === FALSE)
 		{
 			if ($this->debug === TRUE)
 			{
 				$this->_error('ftp_unable_to_chmod');
 			}
+
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 
@@ -531,12 +528,9 @@
 	 */
 	public function list_files($path = '.')
 	{
-		if ( ! $this->_is_conn())
-		{
-			return FALSE;
-		}
-
-		return ftp_nlist($this->conn_id, $path);
+		return $this->_is_conn()
+			? ftp_nlist($this->conn_id, $path)
+			: FALSE;
 	}
 
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -585,6 +579,7 @@
 					$this->upload($locpath.$file, $rempath.$file, $mode);
 				}
 			}
+
 			return TRUE;
 		}
 
@@ -601,13 +596,12 @@
 	 */
 	protected function _getext($filename)
 	{
-		if (FALSE === strpos($filename, '.'))
+		if (($dot = strrpos($filename, '.')) === FALSE)
 		{
 			return 'txt';
 		}
 
-		$x = explode('.', $filename);
-		return end($x);
+		return substr($filename, $dot + 1);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -621,20 +615,20 @@
 	protected function _settype($ext)
 	{
 		$text_types = array(
-					'txt',
-					'text',
-					'php',
-					'phps',
-					'php4',
-					'js',
-					'css',
-					'htm',
-					'html',
-					'phtml',
-					'shtml',
-					'log',
-					'xml'
-				);
+			'txt',
+			'text',
+			'php',
+			'phps',
+			'php4',
+			'js',
+			'css',
+			'htm',
+			'html',
+			'phtml',
+			'shtml',
+			'log',
+			'xml'
+		);
 
 		return in_array($ext, $text_types) ? 'ascii' : 'binary';
 	}
@@ -648,12 +642,9 @@
 	 */
 	public function close()
 	{
-		if ( ! $this->_is_conn())
-		{
-			return FALSE;
-		}
-
-		return @ftp_close($this->conn_id);
+		return $this->_is_conn()
+			? @ftp_close($this->conn_id)
+			: FALSE;
 	}
 
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/libraries/Pagination.php b/system/libraries/Pagination.php
index 99552ec..da2fe74 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Pagination.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Pagination.php
@@ -294,6 +294,13 @@
 	 */
 	protected $data_page_attr	= 'data-ci-pagination-page';
 
+	/**
+	 * CI Singleton
+	 *
+	 * @var	object
+	 */
+	protected $CI;
+
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
@@ -304,11 +311,11 @@
 	 */
 	public function __construct($params = array())
 	{
-		$CI =& get_instance();
-		$CI->load->language('pagination');
+		$this->CI =& get_instance();
+		$this->CI->load->language('pagination');
 		foreach (array('first_link', 'next_link', 'prev_link', 'last_link') as $key)
 		{
-			if (($val = $CI->lang->line('pagination_'.$key)) !== FALSE)
+			if (($val = $this->CI->lang->line('pagination_'.$key)) !== FALSE)
 			{
 				$this->$key = $val;
 			}
@@ -350,6 +357,11 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+		if ($this->CI->config->item('enable_query_strings') === TRUE)
+		{
+			$this->page_query_string = TRUE;
+		}
+
 		return $this;
 	}
 
@@ -386,13 +398,11 @@
 			show_error('Your number of links must be a positive number.');
 		}
 
-		$CI =& get_instance();
-
 		// Keep any existing query string items.
 		// Note: Has nothing to do with any other query string option.
 		if ($this->reuse_query_string === TRUE)
 		{
-			$get = $CI->input->get();
+			$get = $this->CI->input->get();
 
 			// Unset the controll, method, old-school routing options
 			unset($get['c'], $get['m'], $get[$this->query_string_segment]);
@@ -411,7 +421,7 @@
 		$query_string_sep = (strpos($base_url, '?') === FALSE) ? '?' : '&amp;';
 
 		// Are we using query strings?
-		if ($CI->config->item('enable_query_strings') === TRUE OR $this->page_query_string === TRUE)
+		if ($this->page_query_string === TRUE)
 		{
 			// If a custom first_url hasn't been specified, we'll create one from
 			// the base_url, but without the page item.
@@ -459,19 +469,19 @@
 		$base_page = ($this->use_page_numbers) ? 1 : 0;
 
 		// Are we using query strings?
-		if ($CI->config->item('enable_query_strings') === TRUE OR $this->page_query_string === TRUE)
+		if ($this->page_query_string === TRUE)
 		{
-			$this->cur_page = $CI->input->get($this->query_string_segment);
+			$this->cur_page = $this->CI->input->get($this->query_string_segment);
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			// Default to the last segment number if one hasn't been defined.
 			if ($this->uri_segment === 0)
 			{
-				$this->uri_segment = count($CI->uri->segment_array());
+				$this->uri_segment = count($this->CI->uri->segment_array());
 			}
 
-			$this->cur_page = $CI->uri->segment($this->uri_segment);
+			$this->cur_page = $this->CI->uri->segment($this->uri_segment);
 
 			// Remove any specified prefix/suffix from the segment.
 			if ($this->prefix !== '' OR $this->suffix !== '')
@@ -629,8 +639,8 @@
 	{
 		isset($attributes['rel']) OR $attributes['rel'] = TRUE;
 		$this->_link_types = ($attributes['rel'])
-					? array('start' => 'start', 'prev' => 'prev', 'next' => 'next')
-					: array();
+			? array('start' => 'start', 'prev' => 'prev', 'next' => 'next')
+			: array();
 		unset($attributes['rel']);
 
 		$this->_attributes = '';