diff --git a/application/config/constants.php b/application/config/constants.php
index d22d296..62a18e7 100644
--- a/application/config/constants.php
+++ b/application/config/constants.php
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@
 |
 */
 
-define('FOPEN_READ',							'rb');
-define('FOPEN_READ_WRITE',						'r+b');
-define('FOPEN_WRITE_CREATE_DESTRUCTIVE',		'wb'); // truncates existing file data, use with care
-define('FOPEN_READ_WRITE_CREATE_DESTRUCTIVE',	'w+b'); // truncates existing file data, use with care
-define('FOPEN_WRITE_CREATE',					'ab');
-define('FOPEN_READ_WRITE_CREATE',				'a+b');
-define('FOPEN_WRITE_CREATE_STRICT',				'xb');
-define('FOPEN_READ_WRITE_CREATE_STRICT',		'x+b');
+define('FOPEN_READ', 'rb');
+define('FOPEN_READ_WRITE', 'r+b');
+define('FOPEN_WRITE_CREATE_DESTRUCTIVE', 'wb'); // truncates existing file data, use with care
+define('FOPEN_READ_WRITE_CREATE_DESTRUCTIVE', 'w+b'); // truncates existing file data, use with care
+define('FOPEN_WRITE_CREATE', 'ab');
+define('FOPEN_READ_WRITE_CREATE', 'a+b');
+define('FOPEN_WRITE_CREATE_STRICT', 'xb');
+define('FOPEN_READ_WRITE_CREATE_STRICT', 'x+b');
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/core/Loader.php b/system/core/Loader.php
index 0d05649..89b2028 100644
--- a/system/core/Loader.php
+++ b/system/core/Loader.php
@@ -779,11 +779,11 @@
 			$_ci_ext = pathinfo($_ci_view, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
 			$_ci_file = ($_ci_ext === '') ? $_ci_view.'.php' : $_ci_view;
 
-			foreach ($this->_ci_view_paths as $view_file => $cascade)
+			foreach ($this->_ci_view_paths as $_ci_view_file => $cascade)
 			{
-				if (file_exists($view_file.$_ci_file))
+				if (file_exists($_ci_view_file.$_ci_file))
 				{
-					$_ci_path = $view_file.$_ci_file;
+					$_ci_path = $_ci_view_file.$_ci_file;
 					$file_exists = TRUE;
 					break;
 				}
diff --git a/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php b/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
index a4383c9..57ef9e2 100644
--- a/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@
 		$current_dir = @opendir($img_path);
 		while ($filename = @readdir($current_dir))
 		{
-			if ($filename !== '.' && $filename !== '..' && $filename !== 'index.html'
-				&& (str_replace('.jpg', '', $filename) + $expiration) < $now)
+			if (strpos($filename, ".jpg") !== FALSE && (str_replace('.jpg', '', $filename) + $expiration) < $now)
 			{
 				@unlink($img_path.$filename);
 			}
diff --git a/system/language/english/date_lang.php b/system/language/english/date_lang.php
index 229d33d..6683e4c 100644
--- a/system/language/english/date_lang.php
+++ b/system/language/english/date_lang.php
@@ -25,20 +25,20 @@
  * @filesource
  */
 
-$lang['date_year'] = "Year";
-$lang['date_years'] = "Years";
-$lang['date_month'] = "Month";
-$lang['date_months'] = "Months";
-$lang['date_week'] = "Week";
-$lang['date_weeks'] = "Weeks";
-$lang['date_day'] = "Day";
-$lang['date_days'] = "Days";
-$lang['date_hour'] = "Hour";
-$lang['date_hours'] = "Hours";
-$lang['date_minute'] = "Minute";
-$lang['date_minutes'] = "Minutes";
-$lang['date_second'] = "Second";
-$lang['date_seconds'] = "Seconds";
+$lang['date_year'] = 'Year';
+$lang['date_years'] = 'Years';
+$lang['date_month'] = 'Month';
+$lang['date_months'] = 'Months';
+$lang['date_week'] = 'Week';
+$lang['date_weeks'] = 'Weeks';
+$lang['date_day'] = 'Day';
+$lang['date_days'] = 'Days';
+$lang['date_hour'] = 'Hour';
+$lang['date_hours'] = 'Hours';
+$lang['date_minute'] = 'Minute';
+$lang['date_minutes'] = 'Minutes';
+$lang['date_second'] = 'Second';
+$lang['date_seconds'] = 'Seconds';
 
 $lang['UM12']	= '(UTC -12:00) Baker/Howland Island';
 $lang['UM11']	= '(UTC -11:00) Niue';
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index eb4f1e7..578e60e 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@
 -  Fixed a bug (#1613) - :doc:`Form Helper <helpers/form_helper>` functions ``form_multiselect()``, ``form_dropdown()`` didn't properly handle empty array option groups.
 -  Fixed a bug (#1605) - :doc:`Pagination Library <libraries/pagination>` produced incorrect *previous* and *next* link values.
 -  Fixed a bug in SQLSRV's ``affected_rows()`` method where an erroneous function name was used.
+-  Fixed a bug (#1000) - Change syntax of $view_file to $_ci_view_file to prevent being overwritten by application.
 
 Version 2.1.2
 =============
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
index 3bcad7b..39f7874 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
@@ -884,7 +884,6 @@
                                      0, 1, 2, 3, etc.
 **is_natural_no_zero**    No         Returns FALSE if the form element contains anything other than a natural
                                      number, but not zero: 1, 2, 3, etc.
-**is_unique**             Yes        Returns FALSE if the form element is not unique in a database table.                          is_unique[table.field] 
 **valid_email**           No         Returns FALSE if the form element does not contain a valid email address.
 **valid_emails**          No         Returns FALSE if any value provided in a comma separated list is not a valid email.
 **valid_ip**              No         Returns FALSE if the supplied IP is not valid.