diff --git a/system/core/Benchmark.php b/system/core/Benchmark.php
index b1d74f7..b3ac79c 100644
--- a/system/core/Benchmark.php
+++ b/system/core/Benchmark.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/core/CodeIgniter.php b/system/core/CodeIgniter.php
index 2525eda..0d03293 100644
--- a/system/core/CodeIgniter.php
+++ b/system/core/CodeIgniter.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
  * @var	string
  *
  */
-	define('CI_VERSION', '3.1.0');
+	const CI_VERSION = '3.1.6';
 
 /*
  * ------------------------------------------------------
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@
 		require_once(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/constants.php');
 	}
 
-	require_once(APPPATH.'config/constants.php');
+	if (file_exists(APPPATH.'config/constants.php'))
+	{
+		require_once(APPPATH.'config/constants.php');
+	}
 
 /*
  * ------------------------------------------------------
@@ -416,14 +419,29 @@ function &get_instance()
 			$params = array($method, array_slice($URI->rsegments, 2));
 			$method = '_remap';
 		}
-		// WARNING: It appears that there are issues with is_callable() even in PHP 5.2!
-		// Furthermore, there are bug reports and feature/change requests related to it
-		// that make it unreliable to use in this context. Please, DO NOT change this
-		// work-around until a better alternative is available.
-		elseif ( ! in_array(strtolower($method), array_map('strtolower', get_class_methods($class)), TRUE))
+		elseif ( ! method_exists($class, $method))
 		{
 			$e404 = TRUE;
 		}
+		/**
+		 * DO NOT CHANGE THIS, NOTHING ELSE WORKS!
+		 *
+		 * - method_exists() returns true for non-public methods, which passes the previous elseif
+		 * - is_callable() returns false for PHP 4-style constructors, even if there's a __construct()
+		 * - method_exists($class, '__construct') won't work because CI_Controller::__construct() is inherited
+		 * - People will only complain if this doesn't work, even though it is documented that it shouldn't.
+		 *
+		 * ReflectionMethod::isConstructor() is the ONLY reliable check,
+		 * knowing which method will be executed as a constructor.
+		 */
+		elseif ( ! is_callable(array($class, $method)))
+		{
+			$reflection = new ReflectionMethod($class, $method);
+			if ( ! $reflection->isPublic() OR $reflection->isConstructor())
+			{
+				$e404 = TRUE;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if ($e404)
diff --git a/system/core/Common.php b/system/core/Common.php
index d66649f..d6a1fdb 100644
--- a/system/core/Common.php
+++ b/system/core/Common.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ function is_really_writable($file)
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	the class name being requested
 	 * @param	string	the directory where the class should be found
-	 * @param	string	an optional argument to pass to the class constructor
+	 * @param	mixed	an optional argument to pass to the class constructor
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
 	function &load_class($class, $directory = 'libraries', $param = NULL)
@@ -319,17 +319,13 @@ function &get_mimes()
 
 		if (empty($_mimes))
 		{
+			$_mimes = file_exists(APPPATH.'config/mimes.php')
+				? include(APPPATH.'config/mimes.php')
+				: array();
+
 			if (file_exists(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/mimes.php'))
 			{
-				$_mimes = include(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/mimes.php');
-			}
-			elseif (file_exists(APPPATH.'config/mimes.php'))
-			{
-				$_mimes = include(APPPATH.'config/mimes.php');
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				$_mimes = array();
+				$_mimes = array_merge($_mimes, include(APPPATH.'config/'.ENVIRONMENT.'/mimes.php'));
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -410,11 +406,6 @@ function show_error($message, $status_code = 500, $heading = 'An Error Was Encou
 		if ($status_code < 100)
 		{
 			$exit_status = $status_code + 9; // 9 is EXIT__AUTO_MIN
-			if ($exit_status > 125) // 125 is EXIT__AUTO_MAX
-			{
-				$exit_status = 1; // EXIT_ERROR
-			}
-
 			$status_code = 500;
 		}
 		else
@@ -544,13 +535,18 @@ function set_status_header($code = 200, $text = '')
 				416	=> 'Requested Range Not Satisfiable',
 				417	=> 'Expectation Failed',
 				422	=> 'Unprocessable Entity',
+				426	=> 'Upgrade Required',
+				428	=> 'Precondition Required',
+				429	=> 'Too Many Requests',
+				431	=> 'Request Header Fields Too Large',
 
 				500	=> 'Internal Server Error',
 				501	=> 'Not Implemented',
 				502	=> 'Bad Gateway',
 				503	=> 'Service Unavailable',
 				504	=> 'Gateway Timeout',
-				505	=> 'HTTP Version Not Supported'
+				505	=> 'HTTP Version Not Supported',
+				511	=> 'Network Authentication Required',
 			);
 
 			if (isset($stati[$code]))
@@ -566,12 +562,12 @@ function set_status_header($code = 200, $text = '')
 		if (strpos(PHP_SAPI, 'cgi') === 0)
 		{
 			header('Status: '.$code.' '.$text, TRUE);
+			return;
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			$server_protocol = isset($_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL']) ? $_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL'] : 'HTTP/1.1';
-			header($server_protocol.' '.$code.' '.$text, TRUE, $code);
-		}
+
+		$server_protocol = (isset($_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL']) && in_array($_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL'], array('HTTP/1.0', 'HTTP/1.1', 'HTTP/2'), TRUE))
+			? $_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL'] : 'HTTP/1.1';
+		header($server_protocol.' '.$code.' '.$text, TRUE, $code);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -598,7 +594,7 @@ function set_status_header($code = 200, $text = '')
 	 */
 	function _error_handler($severity, $message, $filepath, $line)
 	{
-		$is_error = (((E_ERROR | E_COMPILE_ERROR | E_CORE_ERROR | E_USER_ERROR) & $severity) === $severity);
+		$is_error = (((E_ERROR | E_PARSE | E_COMPILE_ERROR | E_CORE_ERROR | E_USER_ERROR) & $severity) === $severity);
 
 		// When an error occurred, set the status header to '500 Internal Server Error'
 		// to indicate to the client something went wrong.
@@ -656,6 +652,7 @@ function _exception_handler($exception)
 		$_error =& load_class('Exceptions', 'core');
 		$_error->log_exception('error', 'Exception: '.$exception->getMessage(), $exception->getFile(), $exception->getLine());
 
+		is_cli() OR set_status_header(500);
 		// Should we display the error?
 		if (str_ireplace(array('off', 'none', 'no', 'false', 'null'), '', ini_get('display_errors')))
 		{
@@ -718,6 +715,7 @@ function remove_invisible_characters($str, $url_encoded = TRUE)
 		{
 			$non_displayables[] = '/%0[0-8bcef]/i';	// url encoded 00-08, 11, 12, 14, 15
 			$non_displayables[] = '/%1[0-9a-f]/i';	// url encoded 16-31
+			$non_displayables[] = '/%7f/i';	// url encoded 127
 		}
 
 		$non_displayables[] = '/[\x00-\x08\x0B\x0C\x0E-\x1F\x7F]+/S';	// 00-08, 11, 12, 14-31, 127
@@ -821,7 +819,7 @@ function _stringify_attributes($attributes, $js = FALSE)
 	 * terminate script execution if a disabled function is executed.
 	 *
 	 * The above described behavior turned out to be a bug in Suhosin,
-	 * but even though a fix was commited for 0.9.34 on 2012-02-12,
+	 * but even though a fix was committed for 0.9.34 on 2012-02-12,
 	 * that version is yet to be released. This function will therefore
 	 * be just temporary, but would probably be kept for a few years.
 	 *
diff --git a/system/core/Config.php b/system/core/Config.php
index 9fd3e4a..cda6224 100644
--- a/system/core/Config.php
+++ b/system/core/Config.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/core/Controller.php b/system/core/Controller.php
index 83b3df2..59a9167 100644
--- a/system/core/Controller.php
+++ b/system/core/Controller.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/core/Exceptions.php b/system/core/Exceptions.php
index a1c6a19..5269096 100644
--- a/system/core/Exceptions.php
+++ b/system/core/Exceptions.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ public function show_exception($exception)
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			set_status_header(500);
 			$templates_path .= 'html'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
 		}
 
@@ -232,7 +231,7 @@ public function show_exception($exception)
 	 * @param	string	$message	Error message
 	 * @param	string	$filepath	File path
 	 * @param	int	$line		Line number
-	 * @return	string	Error page output
+	 * @return	void
 	 */
 	public function show_php_error($severity, $message, $filepath, $line)
 	{
diff --git a/system/core/Hooks.php b/system/core/Hooks.php
index 856795c..f2d6f21 100644
--- a/system/core/Hooks.php
+++ b/system/core/Hooks.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/core/Input.php b/system/core/Input.php
index b81d51e..af4f87c 100644
--- a/system/core/Input.php
+++ b/system/core/Input.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ public function input_stream($index = NULL, $xss_clean = NULL)
 	 * @param	bool		$httponly	Whether to only makes the cookie accessible via HTTP (no javascript)
 	 * @return	void
 	 */
-	public function set_cookie($name, $value = '', $expire = '', $domain = '', $path = '/', $prefix = '', $secure = FALSE, $httponly = FALSE)
+	public function set_cookie($name, $value = '', $expire = '', $domain = '', $path = '/', $prefix = '', $secure = NULL, $httponly = NULL)
 	{
 		if (is_array($name))
 		{
@@ -388,15 +388,13 @@ public function set_cookie($name, $value = '', $expire = '', $domain = '', $path
 			$path = config_item('cookie_path');
 		}
 
-		if ($secure === FALSE && config_item('cookie_secure') === TRUE)
-		{
-			$secure = config_item('cookie_secure');
-		}
+		$secure = ($secure === NULL && config_item('cookie_secure') !== NULL)
+			? (bool) config_item('cookie_secure')
+			: (bool) $secure;
 
-		if ($httponly === FALSE && config_item('cookie_httponly') !== FALSE)
-		{
-			$httponly = config_item('cookie_httponly');
-		}
+		$httponly = ($httponly === NULL && config_item('cookie_httponly') !== NULL)
+			? (bool) config_item('cookie_httponly')
+			: (bool) $httponly;
 
 		if ( ! is_numeric($expire))
 		{
@@ -521,7 +519,7 @@ public function ip_address()
 						$netaddr = explode(':', str_replace('::', str_repeat(':', 9 - substr_count($netaddr, ':')), $netaddr));
 						for ($j = 0; $j < 8; $j++)
 						{
-							$netaddr[$i] = intval($netaddr[$j], 16);
+							$netaddr[$j] = intval($netaddr[$j], 16);
 						}
 					}
 					else
diff --git a/system/core/Lang.php b/system/core/Lang.php
index 1fcff07..569b023 100644
--- a/system/core/Lang.php
+++ b/system/core/Lang.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/core/Loader.php b/system/core/Loader.php
index d2c3508..085c5b5 100644
--- a/system/core/Loader.php
+++ b/system/core/Loader.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public function is_loaded($class)
 	 * Loads and instantiates libraries.
 	 * Designed to be called from application controllers.
 	 *
-	 * @param	string	$library	Library name
+	 * @param	mixed	$library	Library name
 	 * @param	array	$params		Optional parameters to pass to the library class constructor
 	 * @param	string	$object_name	An optional object name to assign to
 	 * @return	object
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ class_exists('CI_DB', FALSE) OR $this->database();
 	 */
 	public function view($view, $vars = array(), $return = FALSE)
 	{
-		return $this->_ci_load(array('_ci_view' => $view, '_ci_vars' => $this->_ci_object_to_array($vars), '_ci_return' => $return));
+		return $this->_ci_load(array('_ci_view' => $view, '_ci_vars' => $this->_ci_prepare_view_vars($vars), '_ci_return' => $return));
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -519,19 +519,13 @@ public function file($path, $return = FALSE)
 	 */
 	public function vars($vars, $val = '')
 	{
-		if (is_string($vars))
-		{
-			$vars = array($vars => $val);
-		}
-
-		$vars = $this->_ci_object_to_array($vars);
+		$vars = is_string($vars)
+			? array($vars => $val)
+			: $this->_ci_prepare_view_vars($vars);
 
-		if (is_array($vars) && count($vars) > 0)
+		foreach ($vars as $key => $val)
 		{
-			foreach ($vars as $key => $val)
-			{
-				$this->_ci_cached_vars[$key] = $val;
-			}
+			$this->_ci_cached_vars[$key] = $val;
 		}
 
 		return $this;
@@ -591,15 +585,21 @@ public function get_vars()
 	 */
 	public function helper($helpers = array())
 	{
-		foreach ($this->_ci_prep_filename($helpers, '_helper') as $helper)
+		is_array($helpers) OR $helpers = array($helpers);
+		foreach ($helpers as &$helper)
 		{
+			$filename = basename($helper);
+			$filepath = ($filename === $helper) ? '' : substr($helper, 0, strlen($helper) - strlen($filename));
+			$filename = strtolower(preg_replace('#(_helper)?(\.php)?$#i', '', $filename)).'_helper';
+			$helper   = $filepath.$filename;
+
 			if (isset($this->_ci_helpers[$helper]))
 			{
 				continue;
 			}
 
 			// Is this a helper extension request?
-			$ext_helper = config_item('subclass_prefix').$helper;
+			$ext_helper = config_item('subclass_prefix').$filename;
 			$ext_loaded = FALSE;
 			foreach ($this->_ci_helper_paths as $path)
 			{
@@ -934,18 +934,7 @@ protected function _ci_load($_ci_data)
 		 * the two types and cache them so that views that are embedded within
 		 * other views can have access to these variables.
 		 */
-		if (is_array($_ci_vars))
-		{
-			foreach (array_keys($_ci_vars) as $key)
-			{
-				if (strncmp($key, '_ci_', 4) === 0)
-				{
-					unset($_ci_vars[$key]);
-				}
-			}
-
-			$this->_ci_cached_vars = array_merge($this->_ci_cached_vars, $_ci_vars);
-		}
+		empty($_ci_vars) OR $this->_ci_cached_vars = array_merge($this->_ci_cached_vars, $_ci_vars);
 		extract($this->_ci_cached_vars);
 
 		/*
@@ -1048,6 +1037,26 @@ protected function _ci_load_library($class, $params = NULL, $object_name = NULL)
 			return $this->_ci_load_stock_library($class, $subdir, $params, $object_name);
 		}
 
+		// Safety: Was the class already loaded by a previous call?
+		if (class_exists($class, FALSE))
+		{
+			$property = $object_name;
+			if (empty($property))
+			{
+				$property = strtolower($class);
+				isset($this->_ci_varmap[$property]) && $property = $this->_ci_varmap[$property];
+			}
+
+			$CI =& get_instance();
+			if (isset($CI->$property))
+			{
+				log_message('debug', $class.' class already loaded. Second attempt ignored.');
+				return;
+			}
+
+			return $this->_ci_init_library($class, '', $params, $object_name);
+		}
+
 		// Let's search for the requested library file and load it.
 		foreach ($this->_ci_library_paths as $path)
 		{
@@ -1058,27 +1067,8 @@ protected function _ci_load_library($class, $params = NULL, $object_name = NULL)
 			}
 
 			$filepath = $path.'libraries/'.$subdir.$class.'.php';
-
-			// Safety: Was the class already loaded by a previous call?
-			if (class_exists($class, FALSE))
-			{
-				// Before we deem this to be a duplicate request, let's see
-				// if a custom object name is being supplied. If so, we'll
-				// return a new instance of the object
-				if ($object_name !== NULL)
-				{
-					$CI =& get_instance();
-					if ( ! isset($CI->$object_name))
-					{
-						return $this->_ci_init_library($class, '', $params, $object_name);
-					}
-				}
-
-				log_message('debug', $class.' class already loaded. Second attempt ignored.');
-				return;
-			}
 			// Does the file exist? No? Bummer...
-			elseif ( ! file_exists($filepath))
+			if ( ! file_exists($filepath))
 			{
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -1123,16 +1113,17 @@ protected function _ci_load_stock_library($library_name, $file_path, $params, $o
 				$prefix = config_item('subclass_prefix');
 			}
 
-			// Before we deem this to be a duplicate request, let's see
-			// if a custom object name is being supplied. If so, we'll
-			// return a new instance of the object
-			if ($object_name !== NULL)
+			$property = $object_name;
+			if (empty($property))
 			{
-				$CI =& get_instance();
-				if ( ! isset($CI->$object_name))
-				{
-					return $this->_ci_init_library($library_name, $prefix, $params, $object_name);
-				}
+				$property = strtolower($library_name);
+				isset($this->_ci_varmap[$property]) && $property = $this->_ci_varmap[$property];
+			}
+
+			$CI =& get_instance();
+			if ( ! isset($CI->$property))
+			{
+				return $this->_ci_init_library($library_name, $prefix, $params, $object_name);
 			}
 
 			log_message('debug', $library_name.' class already loaded. Second attempt ignored.');
@@ -1154,10 +1145,8 @@ protected function _ci_load_stock_library($library_name, $file_path, $params, $o
 				{
 					return $this->_ci_init_library($library_name, $prefix, $params, $object_name);
 				}
-				else
-				{
-					log_message('debug', $path.' exists, but does not declare '.$prefix.$library_name);
-				}
+
+				log_message('debug', $path.' exists, but does not declare '.$prefix.$library_name);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1175,10 +1164,8 @@ protected function _ci_load_stock_library($library_name, $file_path, $params, $o
 					$prefix = config_item('subclass_prefix');
 					break;
 				}
-				else
-				{
-					log_message('debug', $path.' exists, but does not declare '.$subclass);
-				}
+
+				log_message('debug', $path.' exists, but does not declare '.$subclass);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1376,17 +1363,32 @@ protected function _ci_autoloader()
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
-	 * CI Object to Array translator
+	 * Prepare variables for _ci_vars, to be later extract()-ed inside views
 	 *
-	 * Takes an object as input and converts the class variables to
-	 * an associative array with key/value pairs.
+	 * Converts objects to associative arrays and filters-out internal
+	 * variable names (i.e. keys prefixed with '_ci_').
 	 *
-	 * @param	object	$object	Object data to translate
+	 * @param	mixed	$vars
 	 * @return	array
 	 */
-	protected function _ci_object_to_array($object)
+	protected function _ci_prepare_view_vars($vars)
 	{
-		return is_object($object) ? get_object_vars($object) : $object;
+		if ( ! is_array($vars))
+		{
+			$vars = is_object($vars)
+				? get_object_vars($vars)
+				: array();
+		}
+
+		foreach (array_keys($vars) as $key)
+		{
+			if (strncmp($key, '_ci_', 4) === 0)
+			{
+				unset($vars[$key]);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $vars;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1404,34 +1406,4 @@ protected function &_ci_get_component($component)
 		$CI =& get_instance();
 		return $CI->$component;
 	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/**
-	 * Prep filename
-	 *
-	 * This function prepares filenames of various items to
-	 * make their loading more reliable.
-	 *
-	 * @param	string|string[]	$filename	Filename(s)
-	 * @param 	string		$extension	Filename extension
-	 * @return	array
-	 */
-	protected function _ci_prep_filename($filename, $extension)
-	{
-		if ( ! is_array($filename))
-		{
-			return array(strtolower(str_replace(array($extension, '.php'), '', $filename).$extension));
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			foreach ($filename as $key => $val)
-			{
-				$filename[$key] = strtolower(str_replace(array($extension, '.php'), '', $val).$extension);
-			}
-
-			return $filename;
-		}
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/system/core/Log.php b/system/core/Log.php
index 9861215..d443aed 100644
--- a/system/core/Log.php
+++ b/system/core/Log.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ class CI_Log {
 	 */
 	protected $_levels = array('ERROR' => 1, 'DEBUG' => 2, 'INFO' => 3, 'ALL' => 4);
 
+	/**
+	 * mbstring.func_overload flag
+	 *
+	 * @var	bool
+	 */
+	protected static $func_overload;
+
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
@@ -115,6 +122,8 @@ public function __construct()
 	{
 		$config =& get_config();
 
+		isset(self::$func_overload) OR self::$func_overload = (extension_loaded('mbstring') && ini_get('mbstring.func_overload'));
+
 		$this->_log_path = ($config['log_path'] !== '') ? $config['log_path'] : APPPATH.'logs/';
 		$this->_file_ext = (isset($config['log_file_extension']) && $config['log_file_extension'] !== '')
 			? ltrim($config['log_file_extension'], '.') : 'php';
@@ -208,9 +217,9 @@ public function write_log($level, $msg)
 
 		$message .= $this->_format_line($level, $date, $msg);
 
-		for ($written = 0, $length = strlen($message); $written < $length; $written += $result)
+		for ($written = 0, $length = self::strlen($message); $written < $length; $written += $result)
 		{
-			if (($result = fwrite($fp, substr($message, $written))) === FALSE)
+			if (($result = fwrite($fp, self::substr($message, $written))) === FALSE)
 			{
 				break;
 			}
@@ -244,4 +253,44 @@ protected function _format_line($level, $date, $message)
 	{
 		return $level.' - '.$date.' --> '.$message."\n";
 	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Byte-safe strlen()
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	$str
+	 * @return	int
+	 */
+	protected static function strlen($str)
+	{
+		return (self::$func_overload)
+			? mb_strlen($str, '8bit')
+			: strlen($str);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Byte-safe substr()
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	$str
+	 * @param	int	$start
+	 * @param	int	$length
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	protected static function substr($str, $start, $length = NULL)
+	{
+		if (self::$func_overload)
+		{
+			// mb_substr($str, $start, null, '8bit') returns an empty
+			// string on PHP 5.3
+			isset($length) OR $length = ($start >= 0 ? self::strlen($str) - $start : -$start);
+			return mb_substr($str, $start, $length, '8bit');
+		}
+
+		return isset($length)
+			? substr($str, $start, $length)
+			: substr($str, $start);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/system/core/Model.php b/system/core/Model.php
index 941881a..c809e7b 100644
--- a/system/core/Model.php
+++ b/system/core/Model.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/core/Output.php b/system/core/Output.php
index 06ff101..a3155fe 100644
--- a/system/core/Output.php
+++ b/system/core/Output.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ class CI_Output {
 	 */
 	public $parse_exec_vars = TRUE;
 
+	/**
+	 * mbstring.func_overload flag
+	 *
+	 * @var	bool
+	 */
+	protected static $func_overload;
+
 	/**
 	 * Class constructor
 	 *
@@ -138,6 +145,8 @@ public function __construct()
 			&& extension_loaded('zlib')
 		);
 
+		isset(self::$func_overload) OR self::$func_overload = (extension_loaded('mbstring') && ini_get('mbstring.func_overload'));
+
 		// Get mime types for later
 		$this->mimes =& get_mimes();
 
@@ -302,11 +311,12 @@ public function get_header($header)
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
-		for ($i = 0, $c = count($headers); $i < $c; $i++)
+		// Count backwards, in order to get the last matching header
+		for ($c = count($headers) - 1; $c > -1; $c--)
 		{
-			if (strncasecmp($header, $headers[$i], $l = strlen($header)) === 0)
+			if (strncasecmp($header, $headers[$c], $l = self::strlen($header)) === 0)
 			{
-				return trim(substr($headers[$i], $l+1));
+				return trim(self::substr($headers[$c], $l+1));
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -480,13 +490,13 @@ public function _display($output = '')
 				if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING']) && strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING'], 'gzip') !== FALSE)
 				{
 					header('Content-Encoding: gzip');
-					header('Content-Length: '.strlen($output));
+					header('Content-Length: '.self::strlen($output));
 				}
 				else
 				{
 					// User agent doesn't support gzip compression,
 					// so we'll have to decompress our cache
-					$output = gzinflate(substr($output, 10, -8));
+					$output = gzinflate(self::substr($output, 10, -8));
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -576,62 +586,59 @@ public function _write_cache($output)
 			return;
 		}
 
-		if (flock($fp, LOCK_EX))
+		if ( ! flock($fp, LOCK_EX))
 		{
-			// If output compression is enabled, compress the cache
-			// itself, so that we don't have to do that each time
-			// we're serving it
-			if ($this->_compress_output === TRUE)
-			{
-				$output = gzencode($output);
+			log_message('error', 'Unable to secure a file lock for file at: '.$cache_path);
+			fclose($fp);
+			return;
+		}
 
-				if ($this->get_header('content-type') === NULL)
-				{
-					$this->set_content_type($this->mime_type);
-				}
+		// If output compression is enabled, compress the cache
+		// itself, so that we don't have to do that each time
+		// we're serving it
+		if ($this->_compress_output === TRUE)
+		{
+			$output = gzencode($output);
+
+			if ($this->get_header('content-type') === NULL)
+			{
+				$this->set_content_type($this->mime_type);
 			}
+		}
 
-			$expire = time() + ($this->cache_expiration * 60);
+		$expire = time() + ($this->cache_expiration * 60);
 
-			// Put together our serialized info.
-			$cache_info = serialize(array(
-				'expire'	=> $expire,
-				'headers'	=> $this->headers
-			));
+		// Put together our serialized info.
+		$cache_info = serialize(array(
+			'expire'	=> $expire,
+			'headers'	=> $this->headers
+		));
 
-			$output = $cache_info.'ENDCI--->'.$output;
+		$output = $cache_info.'ENDCI--->'.$output;
 
-			for ($written = 0, $length = strlen($output); $written < $length; $written += $result)
+		for ($written = 0, $length = self::strlen($output); $written < $length; $written += $result)
+		{
+			if (($result = fwrite($fp, self::substr($output, $written))) === FALSE)
 			{
-				if (($result = fwrite($fp, substr($output, $written))) === FALSE)
-				{
-					break;
-				}
+				break;
 			}
-
-			flock($fp, LOCK_UN);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			log_message('error', 'Unable to secure a file lock for file at: '.$cache_path);
-			return;
 		}
 
+		flock($fp, LOCK_UN);
 		fclose($fp);
 
-		if (is_int($result))
-		{
-			chmod($cache_path, 0640);
-			log_message('debug', 'Cache file written: '.$cache_path);
-
-			// Send HTTP cache-control headers to browser to match file cache settings.
-			$this->set_cache_header($_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'], $expire);
-		}
-		else
+		if ( ! is_int($result))
 		{
 			@unlink($cache_path);
 			log_message('error', 'Unable to write the complete cache content at: '.$cache_path);
+			return;
 		}
+
+		chmod($cache_path, 0640);
+		log_message('debug', 'Cache file written: '.$cache_path);
+
+		// Send HTTP cache-control headers to browser to match file cache settings.
+		$this->set_cache_header($_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'], $expire);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -698,11 +705,9 @@ public function _display_cache(&$CFG, &$URI)
 			log_message('debug', 'Cache file has expired. File deleted.');
 			return FALSE;
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			// Or else send the HTTP cache control headers.
-			$this->set_cache_header($last_modified, $expire);
-		}
+
+		// Send the HTTP cache control headers
+		$this->set_cache_header($last_modified, $expire);
 
 		// Add headers from cache file.
 		foreach ($cache_info['headers'] as $header)
@@ -711,7 +716,7 @@ public function _display_cache(&$CFG, &$URI)
 		}
 
 		// Display the cache
-		$this->_display(substr($cache, strlen($match[0])));
+		$this->_display(self::substr($cache, self::strlen($match[0])));
 		log_message('debug', 'Cache file is current. Sending it to browser.');
 		return TRUE;
 	}
@@ -788,13 +793,50 @@ public function set_cache_header($last_modified, $expiration)
 			$this->set_status_header(304);
 			exit;
 		}
-		else
+
+		header('Pragma: public');
+		header('Cache-Control: max-age='.$max_age.', public');
+		header('Expires: '.gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', $expiration).' GMT');
+		header('Last-modified: '.gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', $last_modified).' GMT');
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Byte-safe strlen()
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	$str
+	 * @return	int
+	 */
+	protected static function strlen($str)
+	{
+		return (self::$func_overload)
+			? mb_strlen($str, '8bit')
+			: strlen($str);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Byte-safe substr()
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	$str
+	 * @param	int	$start
+	 * @param	int	$length
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	protected static function substr($str, $start, $length = NULL)
+	{
+		if (self::$func_overload)
 		{
-			header('Pragma: public');
-			header('Cache-Control: max-age='.$max_age.', public');
-			header('Expires: '.gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', $expiration).' GMT');
-			header('Last-modified: '.gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', $last_modified).' GMT');
+			// mb_substr($str, $start, null, '8bit') returns an empty
+			// string on PHP 5.3
+			isset($length) OR $length = ($start >= 0 ? self::strlen($str) - $start : -$start);
+			return mb_substr($str, $start, $length, '8bit');
 		}
-	}
 
+		return isset($length)
+			? substr($str, $start, $length)
+			: substr($str, $start);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/system/core/Router.php b/system/core/Router.php
index 045d366..1abe4c4 100644
--- a/system/core/Router.php
+++ b/system/core/Router.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/core/Security.php b/system/core/Security.php
index d5305d1..082ffa9 100644
--- a/system/core/Security.php
+++ b/system/core/Security.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -133,15 +133,16 @@ class CI_Security {
 	 * @var	array
 	 */
 	protected $_never_allowed_str =	array(
-		'document.cookie'	=> '[removed]',
-		'document.write'	=> '[removed]',
-		'.parentNode'		=> '[removed]',
-		'.innerHTML'		=> '[removed]',
-		'-moz-binding'		=> '[removed]',
-		'<!--'				=> '&lt;!--',
-		'-->'				=> '--&gt;',
-		'<![CDATA['			=> '&lt;![CDATA[',
-		'<comment>'			=> '&lt;comment&gt;'
+		'document.cookie' => '[removed]',
+		'document.write'  => '[removed]',
+		'.parentNode'     => '[removed]',
+		'.innerHTML'      => '[removed]',
+		'-moz-binding'    => '[removed]',
+		'<!--'            => '&lt;!--',
+		'-->'             => '--&gt;',
+		'<![CDATA['       => '&lt;![CDATA[',
+		'<comment>'	  => '&lt;comment&gt;',
+		'<%'              => '&lt;&#37;'
 	);
 
 	/**
@@ -223,14 +224,11 @@ public function csrf_verify()
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Do the tokens exist in both the _POST and _COOKIE arrays?
-		if ( ! isset($_POST[$this->_csrf_token_name], $_COOKIE[$this->_csrf_cookie_name])
-			OR $_POST[$this->_csrf_token_name] !== $_COOKIE[$this->_csrf_cookie_name]) // Do the tokens match?
-		{
-			$this->csrf_show_error();
-		}
+		// Check CSRF token validity, but don't error on mismatch just yet - we'll want to regenerate
+		$valid = isset($_POST[$this->_csrf_token_name], $_COOKIE[$this->_csrf_cookie_name])
+			&& hash_equals($_POST[$this->_csrf_token_name], $_COOKIE[$this->_csrf_cookie_name]);
 
-		// We kill this since we're done and we don't want to polute the _POST array
+		// We kill this since we're done and we don't want to pollute the _POST array
 		unset($_POST[$this->_csrf_token_name]);
 
 		// Regenerate on every submission?
@@ -244,6 +242,11 @@ public function csrf_verify()
 		$this->_csrf_set_hash();
 		$this->csrf_set_cookie();
 
+		if ($valid !== TRUE)
+		{
+			$this->csrf_show_error();
+		}
+
 		log_message('info', 'CSRF token verified');
 		return $this;
 	}
@@ -351,9 +354,9 @@ public function xss_clean($str, $is_image = FALSE)
 		// Is the string an array?
 		if (is_array($str))
 		{
-			while (list($key) = each($str))
+			foreach ($str as $key => &$value)
 			{
-				$str[$key] = $this->xss_clean($str[$key]);
+				$str[$key] = $this->xss_clean($value);
 			}
 
 			return $str;
@@ -371,11 +374,17 @@ public function xss_clean($str, $is_image = FALSE)
 		 *
 		 * Note: Use rawurldecode() so it does not remove plus signs
 		 */
-		do
+		if (stripos($str, '%') !== false)
 		{
-			$str = rawurldecode($str);
+			do
+			{
+				$oldstr = $str;
+				$str = rawurldecode($str);
+				$str = preg_replace_callback('#%(?:\s*[0-9a-f]){2,}#i', array($this, '_urldecodespaces'), $str);
+			}
+			while ($oldstr !== $str);
+			unset($oldstr);
 		}
-		while (preg_match('/%[0-9a-f]{2,}/i', $str));
 
 		/*
 		 * Convert character entities to ASCII
@@ -466,7 +475,7 @@ public function xss_clean($str, $is_image = FALSE)
 
 			if (preg_match('/<a/i', $str))
 			{
-				$str = preg_replace_callback('#<a[^a-z0-9>]+([^>]*?)(?:>|$)#si', array($this, '_js_link_removal'), $str);
+				$str = preg_replace_callback('#<a(?:rea)?[^a-z0-9>]+([^>]*?)(?:>|$)#si', array($this, '_js_link_removal'), $str);
 			}
 
 			if (preg_match('/<img/i', $str))
@@ -492,7 +501,7 @@ public function xss_clean($str, $is_image = FALSE)
 		 * Becomes: &lt;blink&gt;
 		 */
 		$pattern = '#'
-			.'<((?<slash>/*\s*)(?<tagName>[a-z0-9]+)(?=[^a-z0-9]|$)' // tag start and name, followed by a non-tag character
+			.'<((?<slash>/*\s*)((?<tagName>[a-z0-9]+)(?=[^a-z0-9]|$)|.+)' // tag start and name, followed by a non-tag character
 			.'[^\s\042\047a-z0-9>/=]*' // a valid attribute character immediately after the tag would count as a separator
 			// optional attributes
 			.'(?<attributes>(?:[\s\042\047/=]*' // non-attribute characters, excluding > (tag close) for obvious reasons
@@ -669,6 +678,22 @@ public function entity_decode($str, $charset = NULL)
 			? ENT_COMPAT | ENT_HTML5
 			: ENT_COMPAT;
 
+		if ( ! isset($_entities))
+		{
+			$_entities = array_map('strtolower', get_html_translation_table(HTML_ENTITIES, $flag, $charset));
+
+			// If we're not on PHP 5.4+, add the possibly dangerous HTML 5
+			// entities to the array manually
+			if ($flag === ENT_COMPAT)
+			{
+				$_entities[':'] = '&colon;';
+				$_entities['('] = '&lpar;';
+				$_entities[')'] = '&rpar;';
+				$_entities["\n"] = '&NewLine;';
+				$_entities["\t"] = '&Tab;';
+			}
+		}
+
 		do
 		{
 			$str_compare = $str;
@@ -676,27 +701,6 @@ public function entity_decode($str, $charset = NULL)
 			// Decode standard entities, avoiding false positives
 			if (preg_match_all('/&[a-z]{2,}(?![a-z;])/i', $str, $matches))
 			{
-				if ( ! isset($_entities))
-				{
-					$_entities = array_map(
-						'strtolower',
-						is_php('5.3.4')
-							? get_html_translation_table(HTML_ENTITIES, $flag, $charset)
-							: get_html_translation_table(HTML_ENTITIES, $flag)
-					);
-
-					// If we're not on PHP 5.4+, add the possibly dangerous HTML 5
-					// entities to the array manually
-					if ($flag === ENT_COMPAT)
-					{
-						$_entities[':'] = '&colon;';
-						$_entities['('] = '&lpar;';
-						$_entities[')'] = '&rpar;';
-						$_entities["\n"] = '&newline;';
-						$_entities["\t"] = '&tab;';
-					}
-				}
-
 				$replace = array();
 				$matches = array_unique(array_map('strtolower', $matches[0]));
 				foreach ($matches as &$match)
@@ -707,7 +711,7 @@ public function entity_decode($str, $charset = NULL)
 					}
 				}
 
-				$str = str_ireplace(array_keys($replace), array_values($replace), $str);
+				$str = str_replace(array_keys($replace), array_values($replace), $str);
 			}
 
 			// Decode numeric & UTF16 two byte entities
@@ -716,6 +720,11 @@ public function entity_decode($str, $charset = NULL)
 				$flag,
 				$charset
 			);
+
+			if ($flag === ENT_COMPAT)
+			{
+				$str = str_replace(array_values($_entities), array_keys($_entities), $str);
+			}
 		}
 		while ($str_compare !== $str);
 		return $str;
@@ -774,6 +783,24 @@ public function strip_image_tags($str)
 
 	// ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
+	/**
+	 * URL-decode taking spaces into account
+	 *
+	 * @see		https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/issues/4877
+	 * @param	array	$matches
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	protected function _urldecodespaces($matches)
+	{
+		$input    = $matches[0];
+		$nospaces = preg_replace('#\s+#', '', $input);
+		return ($nospaces === $input)
+			? $input
+			: rawurldecode($nospaces);
+	}
+
+	// ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
 	/**
 	 * Compact Exploded Words
 	 *
@@ -803,7 +830,7 @@ protected function _compact_exploded_words($matches)
 	protected function _sanitize_naughty_html($matches)
 	{
 		static $naughty_tags    = array(
-			'alert', 'prompt', 'confirm', 'applet', 'audio', 'basefont', 'base', 'behavior', 'bgsound',
+			'alert', 'area', 'prompt', 'confirm', 'applet', 'audio', 'basefont', 'base', 'behavior', 'bgsound',
 			'blink', 'body', 'embed', 'expression', 'form', 'frameset', 'frame', 'head', 'html', 'ilayer',
 			'iframe', 'input', 'button', 'select', 'isindex', 'layer', 'link', 'meta', 'keygen', 'object',
 			'plaintext', 'style', 'script', 'textarea', 'title', 'math', 'video', 'svg', 'xml', 'xss'
@@ -842,7 +869,7 @@ protected function _sanitize_naughty_html($matches)
 			// Each iteration filters a single attribute
 			do
 			{
-				// Strip any non-alpha characters that may preceed an attribute.
+				// Strip any non-alpha characters that may precede an attribute.
 				// Browsers often parse these incorrectly and that has been a
 				// of numerous XSS issues we've had.
 				$matches['attributes'] = preg_replace('#^[^a-z]+#i', '', $matches['attributes']);
@@ -900,7 +927,7 @@ protected function _js_link_removal($match)
 		return str_replace(
 			$match[1],
 			preg_replace(
-				'#href=.*?(?:(?:alert|prompt|confirm)(?:\(|&\#40;)|javascript:|livescript:|mocha:|charset=|window\.|document\.|\.cookie|<script|<xss|data\s*:)#si',
+				'#href=.*?(?:(?:alert|prompt|confirm)(?:\(|&\#40;)|javascript:|livescript:|mocha:|charset=|window\.|document\.|\.cookie|<script|<xss|d\s*a\s*t\s*a\s*:)#si',
 				'',
 				$this->_filter_attributes($match[1])
 			),
diff --git a/system/core/URI.php b/system/core/URI.php
index 544f6c8..3ccdfa7 100644
--- a/system/core/URI.php
+++ b/system/core/URI.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/core/Utf8.php b/system/core/Utf8.php
index f2f42e6..dfbbfff 100644
--- a/system/core/Utf8.php
+++ b/system/core/Utf8.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.0.0
diff --git a/system/core/compat/hash.php b/system/core/compat/hash.php
index 6854e4c..c65203a 100644
--- a/system/core/compat/hash.php
+++ b/system/core/compat/hash.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function hash_equals($known_string, $user_string)
 	 */
 	function hash_pbkdf2($algo, $password, $salt, $iterations, $length = 0, $raw_output = FALSE)
 	{
-		if ( ! in_array($algo, hash_algos(), TRUE))
+		if ( ! in_array(strtolower($algo), hash_algos(), TRUE))
 		{
 			trigger_error('hash_pbkdf2(): Unknown hashing algorithm: '.$algo, E_USER_WARNING);
 			return FALSE;
@@ -173,7 +173,9 @@ function hash_pbkdf2($algo, $password, $salt, $iterations, $length = 0, $raw_out
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 
-		$hash_length = strlen(hash($algo, NULL, TRUE));
+		$hash_length = defined('MB_OVERLOAD_STRING')
+			? mb_strlen(hash($algo, NULL, TRUE), '8bit')
+			: strlen(hash($algo, NULL, TRUE));
 		empty($length) && $length = $hash_length;
 
 		// Pre-hash password inputs longer than the algorithm's block size
@@ -221,14 +223,14 @@ function hash_pbkdf2($algo, $password, $salt, $iterations, $length = 0, $raw_out
 			'whirlpool' => 64
 		);
 
-		if (isset($block_sizes[$algo]) && strlen($password) > $block_sizes[$algo])
+		if (isset($block_sizes[$algo], $password[$block_sizes[$algo]]))
 		{
 			$password = hash($algo, $password, TRUE);
 		}
 
 		$hash = '';
 		// Note: Blocks are NOT 0-indexed
-		for ($bc = ceil($length / $hash_length), $bi = 1; $bi <= $bc; $bi++)
+		for ($bc = (int) ceil($length / $hash_length), $bi = 1; $bi <= $bc; $bi++)
 		{
 			$key = $derived_key = hash_hmac($algo, $salt.pack('N', $bi), $password, TRUE);
 			for ($i = 1; $i < $iterations; $i++)
@@ -240,6 +242,13 @@ function hash_pbkdf2($algo, $password, $salt, $iterations, $length = 0, $raw_out
 		}
 
 		// This is not RFC-compatible, but we're aiming for natural PHP compatibility
-		return substr($raw_output ? $hash : bin2hex($hash), 0, $length);
+		if ( ! $raw_output)
+		{
+			$hash = bin2hex($hash);
+		}
+
+		return defined('MB_OVERLOAD_STRING')
+			? mb_substr($hash, 0, $length, '8bit')
+			: substr($hash, 0, $length);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/system/core/compat/mbstring.php b/system/core/compat/mbstring.php
index 554d100..1b2f2c6 100644
--- a/system/core/compat/mbstring.php
+++ b/system/core/compat/mbstring.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 	 * @link	http://php.net/mb_strlen
 	 * @param	string	$str
 	 * @param	string	$encoding
-	 * @return	string
+	 * @return	int
 	 */
 	function mb_strlen($str, $encoding = NULL)
 	{
diff --git a/system/core/compat/password.php b/system/core/compat/password.php
index 76dd2cf..8176f00 100644
--- a/system/core/compat/password.php
+++ b/system/core/compat/password.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-if (is_php('5.5') OR ! is_php('5.3.7') OR ! defined('CRYPT_BLOWFISH') OR CRYPT_BLOWFISH !== 1 OR defined('HHVM_VERSION'))
+if (is_php('5.5') OR ! defined('CRYPT_BLOWFISH') OR CRYPT_BLOWFISH !== 1 OR defined('HHVM_VERSION'))
 {
 	return;
 }
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ function password_get_info($hash)
 	 */
 	function password_hash($password, $algo, array $options = array())
 	{
-		static $func_override;
-		isset($func_override) OR $func_override = (extension_loaded('mbstring') && ini_get('mbstring.func_override'));
+		static $func_overload;
+		isset($func_overload) OR $func_overload = (extension_loaded('mbstring') && ini_get('mbstring.func_overload'));
 
 		if ($algo !== 1)
 		{
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function password_hash($password, $algo, array $options = array())
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($options['salt']) && ($saltlen = ($func_override ? mb_strlen($options['salt'], '8bit') : strlen($options['salt']))) < 22)
+		if (isset($options['salt']) && ($saltlen = ($func_overload ? mb_strlen($options['salt'], '8bit') : strlen($options['salt']))) < 22)
 		{
 			trigger_error('password_hash(): Provided salt is too short: '.$saltlen.' expecting 22', E_USER_WARNING);
 			return NULL;
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ function password_hash($password, $algo, array $options = array())
 				is_php('5.4') && stream_set_chunk_size($fp, 16);
 
 				$options['salt'] = '';
-				for ($read = 0; $read < 16; $read = ($func_override) ? mb_strlen($options['salt'], '8bit') : strlen($options['salt']))
+				for ($read = 0; $read < 16; $read = ($func_overload) ? mb_strlen($options['salt'], '8bit') : strlen($options['salt']))
 				{
 					if (($read = fread($fp, 16 - $read)) === FALSE)
 					{
diff --git a/system/core/compat/standard.php b/system/core/compat/standard.php
index c54cab9..7db2efb 100644
--- a/system/core/compat/standard.php
+++ b/system/core/compat/standard.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ function array_column(array $array, $column_key, $index_key = NULL)
 	 */
 	function hex2bin($data)
 	{
-		if (in_array($type = gettype($data), array('array', 'double', 'object'), TRUE))
+		if (in_array($type = gettype($data), array('array', 'double', 'object', 'resource'), TRUE))
 		{
 			if ($type === 'object' && method_exists($data, '__toString'))
 			{
@@ -180,210 +180,3 @@ function hex2bin($data)
 		return pack('H*', $data);
 	}
 }
-
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-if (is_php('5.3'))
-{
-	return;
-}
-
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-if ( ! function_exists('array_replace'))
-{
-	/**
-	 * array_replace()
-	 *
-	 * @link	http://php.net/array_replace
-	 * @return	array
-	 */
-	function array_replace()
-	{
-		$arrays = func_get_args();
-
-		if (($c = count($arrays)) === 0)
-		{
-			trigger_error('array_replace() expects at least 1 parameter, 0 given', E_USER_WARNING);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		elseif ($c === 1)
-		{
-			if ( ! is_array($arrays[0]))
-			{
-				trigger_error('array_replace(): Argument #1 is not an array', E_USER_WARNING);
-				return NULL;
-			}
-
-			return $arrays[0];
-		}
-
-		$array = array_shift($arrays);
-		$c--;
-
-		for ($i = 0; $i < $c; $i++)
-		{
-			if ( ! is_array($arrays[$i]))
-			{
-				trigger_error('array_replace(): Argument #'.($i + 2).' is not an array', E_USER_WARNING);
-				return NULL;
-			}
-			elseif (empty($arrays[$i]))
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			foreach (array_keys($arrays[$i]) as $key)
-			{
-				$array[$key] = $arrays[$i][$key];
-			}
-		}
-
-		return $array;
-	}
-}
-
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-if ( ! function_exists('array_replace_recursive'))
-{
-	/**
-	 * array_replace_recursive()
-	 *
-	 * @link	http://php.net/array_replace_recursive
-	 * @return	array
-	 */
-	function array_replace_recursive()
-	{
-		$arrays = func_get_args();
-
-		if (($c = count($arrays)) === 0)
-		{
-			trigger_error('array_replace_recursive() expects at least 1 parameter, 0 given', E_USER_WARNING);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		elseif ($c === 1)
-		{
-			if ( ! is_array($arrays[0]))
-			{
-				trigger_error('array_replace_recursive(): Argument #1 is not an array', E_USER_WARNING);
-				return NULL;
-			}
-
-			return $arrays[0];
-		}
-
-		$array = array_shift($arrays);
-		$c--;
-
-		for ($i = 0; $i < $c; $i++)
-		{
-			if ( ! is_array($arrays[$i]))
-			{
-				trigger_error('array_replace_recursive(): Argument #'.($i + 2).' is not an array', E_USER_WARNING);
-				return NULL;
-			}
-			elseif (empty($arrays[$i]))
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			foreach (array_keys($arrays[$i]) as $key)
-			{
-				$array[$key] = (is_array($arrays[$i][$key]) && isset($array[$key]) && is_array($array[$key]))
-					? array_replace_recursive($array[$key], $arrays[$i][$key])
-					: $arrays[$i][$key];
-			}
-		}
-
-		return $array;
-	}
-}
-
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-if ( ! function_exists('quoted_printable_encode'))
-{
-	/**
-	 * quoted_printable_encode()
-	 *
-	 * @link	http://php.net/quoted_printable_encode
-	 * @param	string	$str
-	 * @return	string
-	 */
-	function quoted_printable_encode($str)
-	{
-		if (strlen($str) === 0)
-		{
-			return '';
-		}
-		elseif (in_array($type = gettype($str), array('array', 'object'), TRUE))
-		{
-			if ($type === 'object' && method_exists($str, '__toString'))
-			{
-				$str = (string) $str;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				trigger_error('quoted_printable_encode() expects parameter 1 to be string, '.$type.' given', E_USER_WARNING);
-				return NULL;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (function_exists('imap_8bit'))
-		{
-			return imap_8bit($str);
-		}
-
-		$i = $lp = 0;
-		$output = '';
-		$hex = '0123456789ABCDEF';
-		$length = (extension_loaded('mbstring') && ini_get('mbstring.func_overload'))
-			? mb_strlen($str, '8bit')
-			: strlen($str);
-
-		while ($length--)
-		{
-			if ((($c = $str[$i++]) === "\015") && isset($str[$i]) && ($str[$i] === "\012") && $length > 0)
-			{
-				$output .= "\015".$str[$i++];
-				$length--;
-				$lp = 0;
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			if (
-				ctype_cntrl($c)
-				OR (ord($c) === 0x7f)
-				OR (ord($c) & 0x80)
-				OR ($c === '=')
-				OR ($c === ' ' && isset($str[$i]) && $str[$i] === "\015")
-			)
-			{
-				if (
-					(($lp += 3) > 75 && ord($c) <= 0x7f)
-					OR (ord($c) > 0x7f && ord($c) <= 0xdf && ($lp + 3) > 75)
-					OR (ord($c) > 0xdf && ord($c) <= 0xef && ($lp + 6) > 75)
-					OR (ord($c) > 0xef && ord($c) <= 0xf4 && ($lp + 9) > 75)
-				)
-				{
-					$output .= "=\015\012";
-					$lp = 3;
-				}
-
-				$output .= '='.$hex[ord($c) >> 4].$hex[ord($c) & 0xf];
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			if ((++$lp) > 75)
-			{
-				$output .= "=\015\012";
-				$lp = 1;
-			}
-
-			$output .= $c;
-		}
-
-		return $output;
-	}
-}
diff --git a/system/database/DB.php b/system/database/DB.php
index b4b7767..c19eef7 100644
--- a/system/database/DB.php
+++ b/system/database/DB.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/DB_cache.php b/system/database/DB_cache.php
index 8855cc1..7c8ee5f 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_cache.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_cache.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public function read($sql)
 		$segment_two = ($this->CI->uri->segment(2) == FALSE) ? 'index' : $this->CI->uri->segment(2);
 		$filepath = $this->db->cachedir.$segment_one.'+'.$segment_two.'/'.md5($sql);
 
-		if (FALSE === ($cachedata = @file_get_contents($filepath)))
+		if ( ! is_file($filepath) OR FALSE === ($cachedata = file_get_contents($filepath)))
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
diff --git a/system/database/DB_driver.php b/system/database/DB_driver.php
index 848516a..0b13a2f 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -916,6 +916,7 @@ public function trans_begin($test_mode = FALSE)
 
 		if ($this->_trans_begin())
 		{
+			$this->_trans_status = TRUE;
 			$this->_trans_depth++;
 			return TRUE;
 		}
@@ -980,7 +981,7 @@ public function trans_rollback()
 	 */
 	public function compile_binds($sql, $binds)
 	{
-		if (empty($binds) OR empty($this->bind_marker) OR strpos($sql, $this->bind_marker) === FALSE)
+		if (empty($this->bind_marker) OR strpos($sql, $this->bind_marker) === FALSE)
 		{
 			return $sql;
 		}
@@ -1000,7 +1001,7 @@ public function compile_binds($sql, $binds)
 		$ml = strlen($this->bind_marker);
 
 		// Make sure not to replace a chunk inside a string that happens to match the bind marker
-		if ($c = preg_match_all("/'[^']*'/i", $sql, $matches))
+		if ($c = preg_match_all("/'[^']*'|\"[^\"]*\"/i", $sql, $matches))
 		{
 			$c = preg_match_all('/'.preg_quote($this->bind_marker, '/').'/i',
 				str_replace($matches[0],
@@ -1044,7 +1045,7 @@ public function compile_binds($sql, $binds)
 	 */
 	public function is_write_type($sql)
 	{
-		return (bool) preg_match('/^\s*"?(SET|INSERT|UPDATE|DELETE|REPLACE|CREATE|DROP|TRUNCATE|LOAD|COPY|ALTER|RENAME|GRANT|REVOKE|LOCK|UNLOCK|REINDEX)\s/i', $sql);
+		return (bool) preg_match('/^\s*"?(SET|INSERT|UPDATE|DELETE|REPLACE|CREATE|DROP|TRUNCATE|LOAD|COPY|ALTER|RENAME|GRANT|REVOKE|LOCK|UNLOCK|REINDEX|MERGE)\s/i', $sql);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1173,14 +1174,14 @@ public function escape_like_str($str)
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
-	 * Platform-dependant string escape
+	 * Platform-dependent string escape
 	 *
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
 	protected function _escape_str($str)
 	{
-		return str_replace("'", "''", remove_invisible_characters($str));
+		return str_replace("'", "''", remove_invisible_characters($str, FALSE));
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/DB_forge.php b/system/database/DB_forge.php
index 826aa1e..3cb02ca 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public function create_database($db_name)
 		{
 			return ($this->db->db_debug) ? $this->db->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
 		}
-		elseif ( ! $this->db->query(sprintf($this->_create_database, $db_name, $this->db->char_set, $this->db->dbcollat)))
+		elseif ( ! $this->db->query(sprintf($this->_create_database, $this->db->escape_identifiers($db_name), $this->db->char_set, $this->db->dbcollat)))
 		{
 			return ($this->db->db_debug) ? $this->db->display_error('db_unable_to_drop') : FALSE;
 		}
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ public function drop_database($db_name)
 		{
 			return ($this->db->db_debug) ? $this->db->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
 		}
-		elseif ( ! $this->db->query(sprintf($this->_drop_database, $db_name)))
+		elseif ( ! $this->db->query(sprintf($this->_drop_database, $this->db->escape_identifiers($db_name))))
 		{
 			return ($this->db->db_debug) ? $this->db->display_error('db_unable_to_drop') : FALSE;
 		}
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ public function create_table($table, $if_not_exists = FALSE, array $attributes =
 
 		if (($result = $this->db->query($sql)) !== FALSE)
 		{
-			empty($this->db->data_cache['table_names']) OR $this->db->data_cache['table_names'][] = $table;
+			isset($this->db->data_cache['table_names']) && $this->db->data_cache['table_names'][] = $table;
 
 			// Most databases don't support creating indexes from within the CREATE TABLE statement
 			if ( ! empty($this->keys))
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ public function drop_table($table_name, $if_exists = FALSE)
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	$table		Table name
 	 * @param	bool	$if_exists	Whether to add an IF EXISTS condition
-	 * @return	string
+	 * @return	mixed	(Returns a platform-specific DROP table string, or TRUE to indicate there's nothing to do)
 	 */
 	protected function _drop_table($table, $if_exists)
 	{
@@ -979,8 +979,8 @@ protected function _process_primary_keys($table)
 	/**
 	 * Process indexes
 	 *
-	 * @param	string	$table
-	 * @return	string
+	 * @param	string	$table	Table name
+	 * @return	string[] list of SQL statements
 	 */
 	protected function _process_indexes($table)
 	{
diff --git a/system/database/DB_query_builder.php b/system/database/DB_query_builder.php
index 713bf18..81603bf 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_query_builder.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_query_builder.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -149,6 +149,13 @@ abstract class CI_DB_query_builder extends CI_DB_driver {
 	 */
 	protected $qb_set			= array();
 
+	/**
+	 * QB data set for update_batch()
+	 *
+	 * @var	array
+	 */
+	protected $qb_set_ub			= array();
+
 	/**
 	 * QB aliased tables list
 	 *
@@ -207,6 +214,13 @@ abstract class CI_DB_query_builder extends CI_DB_driver {
 	 */
 	protected $qb_cache_join			= array();
 
+	/**
+	 * QB Cache aliased tables list
+	 *
+	 * @var	array
+	 */
+	protected $qb_cache_aliased_tables			= array();
+
 	/**
 	 * QB Cache WHERE data
 	 *
@@ -679,7 +693,7 @@ protected function _wh($qb_key, $key, $value = NULL, $type = 'AND ', $escape = N
 				// value appears not to have been set, assign the test to IS NULL
 				$k .= ' IS NULL';
 			}
-			elseif (preg_match('/\s*(!?=|<>|IS(?:\s+NOT)?)\s*$/i', $k, $match, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE))
+			elseif (preg_match('/\s*(!?=|<>|\sIS(?:\s+NOT)?\s)\s*$/i', $k, $match, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE))
 			{
 				$k = substr($k, 0, $match[0][1]).($match[1][0] === '=' ? ' IS NULL' : ' IS NOT NULL');
 			}
@@ -1271,7 +1285,7 @@ public function offset($offset)
 	 */
 	protected function _limit($sql)
 	{
-		return $sql.' LIMIT '.($this->qb_offset ? $this->qb_offset.', ' : '').$this->qb_limit;
+		return $sql.' LIMIT '.($this->qb_offset ? $this->qb_offset.', ' : '').(int) $this->qb_limit;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1389,13 +1403,11 @@ public function count_all_results($table = '', $reset = TRUE)
 		// ORDER BY usage is often problematic here (most notably
 		// on Microsoft SQL Server) and ultimately unnecessary
 		// for selecting COUNT(*) ...
-		if ( ! empty($this->qb_orderby))
-		{
-			$orderby = $this->qb_orderby;
-			$this->qb_orderby = NULL;
-		}
+		$qb_orderby       = $this->qb_orderby;
+		$qb_cache_orderby = $this->qb_cache_orderby;
+		$this->qb_orderby = $this->qb_cache_orderby = NULL;
 
-		$result = ($this->qb_distinct === TRUE OR ! empty($this->qb_groupby))
+		$result = ($this->qb_distinct === TRUE OR ! empty($this->qb_groupby) OR ! empty($this->qb_cache_groupby) OR $this->qb_limit OR $this->qb_offset)
 			? $this->query($this->_count_string.$this->protect_identifiers('numrows')."\nFROM (\n".$this->_compile_select()."\n) CI_count_all_results")
 			: $this->query($this->_compile_select($this->_count_string.$this->protect_identifiers('numrows')));
 
@@ -1403,10 +1415,10 @@ public function count_all_results($table = '', $reset = TRUE)
 		{
 			$this->_reset_select();
 		}
-		// If we've previously reset the qb_orderby values, get them back
-		elseif ( ! isset($this->qb_orderby))
+		else
 		{
-			$this->qb_orderby = $orderby;
+			$this->qb_orderby       = $qb_orderby;
+			$this->qb_cache_orderby = $qb_cache_orderby;
 		}
 
 		if ($result->num_rows() === 0)
@@ -1546,7 +1558,7 @@ public function set_insert_batch($key, $value = '', $escape = NULL)
 
 		is_bool($escape) OR $escape = $this->_protect_identifiers;
 
-		$keys = array_keys($this->_object_to_array(current($key)));
+		$keys = array_keys($this->_object_to_array(reset($key)));
 		sort($keys);
 
 		foreach ($key as $row)
@@ -1886,7 +1898,7 @@ public function update_batch($table, $set = NULL, $index = NULL, $batch_size = 1
 
 		if ($set === NULL)
 		{
-			if (empty($this->qb_set))
+			if (empty($this->qb_set_ub))
 			{
 				return ($this->db_debug) ? $this->display_error('db_must_use_set') : FALSE;
 			}
@@ -1913,9 +1925,9 @@ public function update_batch($table, $set = NULL, $index = NULL, $batch_size = 1
 
 		// Batch this baby
 		$affected_rows = 0;
-		for ($i = 0, $total = count($this->qb_set); $i < $total; $i += $batch_size)
+		for ($i = 0, $total = count($this->qb_set_ub); $i < $total; $i += $batch_size)
 		{
-			if ($this->query($this->_update_batch($this->protect_identifiers($table, TRUE, NULL, FALSE), array_slice($this->qb_set, $i, $batch_size), $this->protect_identifiers($index))))
+			if ($this->query($this->_update_batch($this->protect_identifiers($table, TRUE, NULL, FALSE), array_slice($this->qb_set_ub, $i, $batch_size), $index)))
 			{
 				$affected_rows += $this->affected_rows();
 			}
@@ -1944,13 +1956,13 @@ protected function _update_batch($table, $values, $index)
 		$ids = array();
 		foreach ($values as $key => $val)
 		{
-			$ids[] = $val[$index];
+			$ids[] = $val[$index]['value'];
 
 			foreach (array_keys($val) as $field)
 			{
 				if ($field !== $index)
 				{
-					$final[$field][] = 'WHEN '.$index.' = '.$val[$index].' THEN '.$val[$field];
+					$final[$val[$field]['field']][] = 'WHEN '.$val[$index]['field'].' = '.$val[$index]['value'].' THEN '.$val[$field]['value'];
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -1963,7 +1975,7 @@ protected function _update_batch($table, $values, $index)
 				.'ELSE '.$k.' END, ';
 		}
 
-		$this->where($index.' IN('.implode(',', $ids).')', NULL, FALSE);
+		$this->where($val[$index]['field'].' IN('.implode(',', $ids).')', NULL, FALSE);
 
 		return 'UPDATE '.$table.' SET '.substr($cases, 0, -2).$this->_compile_wh('qb_where');
 	}
@@ -2000,7 +2012,10 @@ public function set_update_batch($key, $index = '', $escape = NULL)
 					$index_set = TRUE;
 				}
 
-				$clean[$this->protect_identifiers($k2, FALSE, $escape)] = ($escape === FALSE) ? $v2 : $this->escape($v2);
+				$clean[$k2] = array(
+					'field'  => $this->protect_identifiers($k2, FALSE, $escape),
+					'value'  => ($escape === FALSE ? $v2 : $this->escape($v2))
+				);
 			}
 
 			if ($index_set === FALSE)
@@ -2008,7 +2023,7 @@ public function set_update_batch($key, $index = '', $escape = NULL)
 				return $this->display_error('db_batch_missing_index');
 			}
 
-			$this->qb_set[] = $clean;
+			$this->qb_set_ub[] = $clean;
 		}
 
 		return $this;
@@ -2271,9 +2286,14 @@ protected function _track_aliases($table)
 			$table = trim(strrchr($table, ' '));
 
 			// Store the alias, if it doesn't already exist
-			if ( ! in_array($table, $this->qb_aliased_tables))
+			if ( ! in_array($table, $this->qb_aliased_tables, TRUE))
 			{
 				$this->qb_aliased_tables[] = $table;
+				if ($this->qb_caching === TRUE && ! in_array($table, $this->qb_cache_aliased_tables, TRUE))
+				{
+					$this->qb_cache_aliased_tables[] = $table;
+					$this->qb_cache_exists[] = 'aliased_tables';
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -2340,7 +2360,7 @@ protected function _compile_select($select_override = FALSE)
 			.$this->_compile_order_by(); // ORDER BY
 
 		// LIMIT
-		if ($this->qb_limit)
+		if ($this->qb_limit OR $this->qb_offset)
 		{
 			return $this->_limit($sql."\n");
 		}
@@ -2431,7 +2451,7 @@ protected function _compile_wh($qb_key)
 	 *
 	 * Escapes identifiers in GROUP BY statements at execution time.
 	 *
-	 * Required so that aliases are tracked properly, regardless of wether
+	 * Required so that aliases are tracked properly, regardless of whether
 	 * group_by() is called prior to from(), join() and dbprefix is added
 	 * only if needed.
 	 *
@@ -2467,7 +2487,7 @@ protected function _compile_group_by()
 	 *
 	 * Escapes identifiers in ORDER BY statements at execution time.
 	 *
-	 * Required so that aliases are tracked properly, regardless of wether
+	 * Required so that aliases are tracked properly, regardless of whether
 	 * order_by() is called prior to from(), join() and dbprefix is added
 	 * only if needed.
 	 *
@@ -2475,26 +2495,27 @@ protected function _compile_group_by()
 	 */
 	protected function _compile_order_by()
 	{
-		if (is_array($this->qb_orderby) && count($this->qb_orderby) > 0)
+		if (empty($this->qb_orderby))
+		{
+			return '';
+		}
+
+		for ($i = 0, $c = count($this->qb_orderby); $i < $c; $i++)
 		{
-			for ($i = 0, $c = count($this->qb_orderby); $i < $c; $i++)
+			if (is_string($this->qb_orderby[$i]))
 			{
-				if ($this->qb_orderby[$i]['escape'] !== FALSE && ! $this->_is_literal($this->qb_orderby[$i]['field']))
-				{
-					$this->qb_orderby[$i]['field'] = $this->protect_identifiers($this->qb_orderby[$i]['field']);
-				}
+				continue;
+			}
 
-				$this->qb_orderby[$i] = $this->qb_orderby[$i]['field'].$this->qb_orderby[$i]['direction'];
+			if ($this->qb_orderby[$i]['escape'] !== FALSE && ! $this->_is_literal($this->qb_orderby[$i]['field']))
+			{
+				$this->qb_orderby[$i]['field'] = $this->protect_identifiers($this->qb_orderby[$i]['field']);
 			}
 
-			return $this->qb_orderby = "\nORDER BY ".implode(', ', $this->qb_orderby);
-		}
-		elseif (is_string($this->qb_orderby))
-		{
-			return $this->qb_orderby;
+			$this->qb_orderby[$i] = $this->qb_orderby[$i]['field'].$this->qb_orderby[$i]['direction'];
 		}
 
-		return '';
+		return "\nORDER BY ".implode(', ', $this->qb_orderby);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2615,7 +2636,8 @@ public function flush_cache()
 			'qb_cache_orderby'		=> array(),
 			'qb_cache_set'			=> array(),
 			'qb_cache_exists'		=> array(),
-			'qb_cache_no_escape'	=> array()
+			'qb_cache_no_escape'	=> array(),
+			'qb_cache_aliased_tables'	=> array()
 		));
 
 		return $this;
@@ -2666,13 +2688,6 @@ protected function _merge_cache()
 				$this->qb_no_escape = $qb_no_escape;
 			}
 		}
-
-		// If we are "protecting identifiers" we need to examine the "from"
-		// portion of the query to determine if there are any aliases
-		if ($this->_protect_identifiers === TRUE && count($this->qb_cache_from) > 0)
-		{
-			$this->_track_aliases($this->qb_from);
-		}
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2775,6 +2790,7 @@ protected function _reset_write()
 	{
 		$this->_reset_run(array(
 			'qb_set'	=> array(),
+			'qb_set_ub'	=> array(),
 			'qb_from'	=> array(),
 			'qb_join'	=> array(),
 			'qb_where'	=> array(),
diff --git a/system/database/DB_result.php b/system/database/DB_result.php
index d9d1fcc..98d8876 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_result.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_result.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ protected function _fetch_assoc()
 	 */
 	protected function _fetch_object($class_name = 'stdClass')
 	{
-		return array();
+		return new $class_name();
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/system/database/DB_utility.php b/system/database/DB_utility.php
index 7052828..25d842c 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_utility.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_driver.php
index 77f591c..6e8aff7 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.1.0
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ protected function _trans_rollback()
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
-	 * Platform-dependant string escape
+	 * Platform-dependent string escape
 	 *
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	string
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ public function field_data($table)
 	 * Error
 	 *
 	 * Returns an array containing code and message of the last
-	 * database error that has occured.
+	 * database error that has occurred.
 	 *
 	 * @return	array
 	 */
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_forge.php
index 46a3b21..27bfc14 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.1.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_result.php b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_result.php
index 9cccb25..251b70a 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_result.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.1.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_utility.php
index 942fa3b..555ae7a 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_utility.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.1.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_driver.php
index c1055c1..3069d66 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public function field_data($table)
 	 * Error
 	 *
 	 * Returns an array containing code and message of the last
-	 * database error that has occured.
+	 * database error that has occurred.
 	 *
 	 * @return	array
 	 */
@@ -383,6 +383,23 @@ protected function _limit($sql)
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+	/**
+	 * Insert batch statement
+	 *
+	 * Generates a platform-specific insert string from the supplied data.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	$table	Table name
+	 * @param	array	$keys	INSERT keys
+	 * @param	array	$values	INSERT values
+	 * @return	string|bool
+	 */
+	protected function _insert_batch($table, $keys, $values)
+	{
+		return ($this->db_debug) ? $this->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 	/**
 	 * Close DB Connection
 	 *
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_forge.php
index 9c358c3..31352f1 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class CI_DB_ibase_forge extends CI_DB_forge {
 	 * Create database
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	$db_name
-	 * @return	string
+	 * @return	bool
 	 */
 	public function create_database($db_name)
 	{
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public function create_database($db_name)
 	 * @param	string	$db_name	(ignored)
 	 * @return	bool
 	 */
-	public function drop_database($db_name = '')
+	public function drop_database($db_name)
 	{
 		if ( ! ibase_drop_db($this->conn_id))
 		{
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_result.php b/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_result.php
index f3c21fc..7d7dd79 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_result.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_utility.php
index 619ebad..3c15210 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/ibase/ibase_utility.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
index 66d7572..cb89f3b 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ public function field_data($table)
 	 * Error
 	 *
 	 * Returns an array containing code and message of the last
-	 * database error that has occured.
+	 * database error that has occurred.
 	 *
 	 * @return	array
 	 */
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ protected function _limit($sql)
 			$sql = trim(substr($sql, 0, strrpos($sql, $orderby)));
 
 			// Get the fields to select from our subquery, so that we can avoid CI_rownum appearing in the actual results
-			if (count($this->qb_select) === 0)
+			if (count($this->qb_select) === 0 OR strpos(implode(',', $this->qb_select), '*') !== FALSE)
 			{
 				$select = '*'; // Inevitable
 			}
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ protected function _insert_batch($table, $keys, $values)
 			return parent::_insert_batch($table, $keys, $values);
 		}
 
-		return ($this->db->db_debug) ? $this->db->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
+		return ($this->db_debug) ? $this->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_forge.php
index 91b5794..6b61098 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_result.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_result.php
index b62bf75..38a0a05 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_result.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_utility.php
index cd23be8..95ce88f 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_utility.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
index 7804dda..71dad67 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ protected function _trans_rollback()
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
-	 * Platform-dependant string escape
+	 * Platform-dependent string escape
 	 *
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	string
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ public function field_data($table)
 	 * Error
 	 *
 	 * Returns an array containing code and message of the last
-	 * database error that has occured.
+	 * database error that has occurred.
 	 *
 	 * @return	array
 	 */
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_forge.php
index fa84be3..7ed8f8d 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_result.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_result.php
index 20cade2..7aa265e 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_result.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php
index 4c1f239..bc01fc5 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
index f52163c..b59e894 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ public function db_connect($persistent = FALSE)
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			// Persistent connection support was added in PHP 5.3.0
-			$hostname = ($persistent === TRUE && is_php('5.3'))
+			$hostname = ($persistent === TRUE)
 				? 'p:'.$this->hostname : $this->hostname;
 			$port = empty($this->port) ? NULL : $this->port;
 			$socket = NULL;
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ public function db_connect($persistent = FALSE)
 					// https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68344
 					elseif (defined('MYSQLI_CLIENT_SSL_DONT_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT'))
 					{
-						$this->_mysqli->options(MYSQLI_CLIENT_SSL_DONT_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT, TRUE);
+						$client_flags |= MYSQLI_CLIENT_SSL_DONT_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT;
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ public function db_connect($persistent = FALSE)
 				$this->_mysqli->close();
 				$message = 'MySQLi was configured for an SSL connection, but got an unencrypted connection instead!';
 				log_message('error', $message);
-				return ($this->db->db_debug) ? $this->db->display_error($message, '', TRUE) : FALSE;
+				return ($this->db_debug) ? $this->display_error($message, '', TRUE) : FALSE;
 			}
 
 			return $this->_mysqli;
@@ -382,7 +381,7 @@ protected function _trans_rollback()
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
-	 * Platform-dependant string escape
+	 * Platform-dependent string escape
 	 *
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	string
@@ -502,8 +501,8 @@ public function error()
 		if ( ! empty($this->_mysqli->connect_errno))
 		{
 			return array(
-				'code' => $this->_mysqli->connect_errno,
-				'message' => is_php('5.2.9') ? $this->_mysqli->connect_error : mysqli_connect_error()
+				'code'    => $this->_mysqli->connect_errno,
+				'message' => $this->_mysqli->connect_error
 			);
 		}
 
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_forge.php
index c17f729..c5b23b6 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php
index 0ce0741..0b3d9c2 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_result.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ public function field_data()
 		{
 			$retval[$i]			= new stdClass();
 			$retval[$i]->name		= $field_data[$i]->name;
-			$retval[$i]->type		= $field_data[$i]->type;
+			$retval[$i]->type		= static::_get_field_type($field_data[$i]->type);
 			$retval[$i]->max_length		= $field_data[$i]->max_length;
-			$retval[$i]->primary_key	= (int) ($field_data[$i]->flags & 2);
+			$retval[$i]->primary_key	= (int) ($field_data[$i]->flags & MYSQLI_PRI_KEY_FLAG);
 			$retval[$i]->default		= $field_data[$i]->def;
 		}
 
@@ -123,6 +123,60 @@ public function field_data()
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+	/**
+	 * Get field type
+	 *
+	 * Extracts field type info from the bitflags returned by
+	 * mysqli_result::fetch_fields()
+	 *
+	 * @used-by	CI_DB_mysqli_result::field_data()
+	 * @param	int	$flags
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	private static function _get_field_type($flags)
+	{
+		static $map;
+		isset($map) OR $map = array(
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_DECIMAL     => 'decimal',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_BIT         => 'bit',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_TINY        => 'tinyint',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_SHORT       => 'smallint',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_INT24       => 'mediumint',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_LONG        => 'int',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_LONGLONG    => 'bigint',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_FLOAT       => 'float',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_DOUBLE      => 'double',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_TIMESTAMP   => 'timestamp',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_DATE        => 'date',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_TIME        => 'time',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_DATETIME    => 'datetime',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_YEAR        => 'year',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_NEWDATE     => 'date',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_INTERVAL    => 'interval',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_ENUM        => 'enum',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_SET         => 'set',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_TINY_BLOB   => 'tinyblob',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_MEDIUM_BLOB => 'mediumblob',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_BLOB        => 'blob',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_LONG_BLOB   => 'longblob',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_STRING      => 'char',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_VAR_STRING  => 'varchar',
+			MYSQLI_TYPE_GEOMETRY    => 'geometry'
+		);
+
+		foreach ($map as $flag => $name)
+		{
+			if ($flags & $flag)
+			{
+				return $name;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $flags;
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 	/**
 	 * Free the result
 	 *
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_utility.php
index 79d9f36..1699b61 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_utility.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
@@ -155,9 +155,11 @@ protected function _backup($params = array())
 			while ($field = $query->result_id->fetch_field())
 			{
 				// Most versions of MySQL store timestamp as a string
-				$is_int[$i] = in_array(strtolower($field->type),
-							array('tinyint', 'smallint', 'mediumint', 'int', 'bigint'), //, 'timestamp'),
-							TRUE);
+				$is_int[$i] = ($field->type & MYSQLI_TYPE_TINY)
+						OR ($field->type & MYSQLI_TYPE_SHORT)
+						OR ($field->type & MYSQLI_TYPE_INT24)
+						OR ($field->type & MYSQLI_TYPE_LONG)
+						OR ($field->type & MYSQLI_TYPE_LONGLONG);
 
 				// Create a string of field names
 				$field_str .= $this->db->escape_identifiers($field->name).', ';
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
index df7e084..fb2f6b3 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.4.1
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ protected function _bind_params($params)
 	 */
 	protected function _trans_begin()
 	{
-		$this->commit_mode = is_php('5.3.2') ? OCI_NO_AUTO_COMMIT : OCI_DEFAULT;
+		$this->commit_mode = OCI_NO_AUTO_COMMIT;
 		return TRUE;
 	}
 
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ public function field_data($table)
 	 * Error
 	 *
 	 * Returns an array containing code and message of the last
-	 * database error that has occured.
+	 * database error that has occurred.
 	 *
 	 * @return	array
 	 */
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_forge.php
index 23e0257..724a76d 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.4.1
@@ -124,8 +124,10 @@ protected function _alter_table($alter_type, $table, $field)
 				if ($alter_type === 'MODIFY' && ! empty($field[$i]['new_name']))
 				{
 					$sqls[] = $sql.' RENAME COLUMN '.$this->db->escape_identifiers($field[$i]['name'])
-						.' '.$this->db->escape_identifiers($field[$i]['new_name']);
+						.' TO '.$this->db->escape_identifiers($field[$i]['new_name']);
 				}
+
+				$field[$i] = "\n\t".$field[$i]['_literal'];
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ protected function _alter_table($alter_type, $table, $field)
 
 		// RENAME COLUMN must be executed after MODIFY
 		array_unshift($sqls, $sql);
-		return $sql;
+		return $sqls;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php
index fc860ea..0c35433 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_result.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.4.1
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_utility.php
index ebe49c4..ce0dfc5 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_utility.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.4.1
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_driver.php
index 63df296..ef982fc 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public function compile_binds($sql, $binds)
 		$ml = strlen($this->bind_marker);
 
 		// Make sure not to replace a chunk inside a string that happens to match the bind marker
-		if ($c = preg_match_all("/'[^']*'/i", $sql, $matches))
+		if ($c = preg_match_all("/'[^']*'|\"[^\"]*\"/i", $sql, $matches))
 		{
 			$c = preg_match_all('/'.preg_quote($this->bind_marker, '/').'/i',
 				str_replace($matches[0],
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ protected function _trans_rollback()
 	 */
 	public function is_write_type($sql)
 	{
-		if (preg_match('#^(INSERT|UPDATE).*RETURNING\s.+(\,\s?.+)*$#i', $sql))
+		if (preg_match('#^(INSERT|UPDATE).*RETURNING\s.+(\,\s?.+)*$#is', $sql))
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
@@ -309,14 +309,14 @@ public function is_write_type($sql)
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
-	 * Platform-dependant string escape
+	 * Platform-dependent string escape
 	 *
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
 	protected function _escape_str($str)
 	{
-		$this->db->display_error('db_unsupported_feature');
+		$this->display_error('db_unsupported_feature');
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ public function affected_rows()
 	 */
 	public function insert_id()
 	{
-		return ($this->db->db_debug) ? $this->db->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
+		return ($this->db_debug) ? $this->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ protected function _field_data($table)
 	 * Error
 	 *
 	 * Returns an array containing code and message of the last
-	 * database error that has occured.
+	 * database error that has occurred.
 	 *
 	 * @return	array
 	 */
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_forge.php
index bac30be..77b2fdf 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_result.php b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_result.php
index 110d6ab..845aa9c 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_result.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_utility.php
index 2e34496..643f6ec 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_utility.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
index c27607e..6afc999 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.1.0
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ protected function _trans_rollback()
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
-	 * Platform-dependant string escape
+	 * Platform-dependent string escape
 	 *
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	string
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ protected function _field_data($table)
 	 * Error
 	 *
 	 * Returns an array containing code and message of the last
-	 * database error that has occured.
+	 * database error that has occurred.
 	 *
 	 * @return	array
 	 */
@@ -310,52 +310,6 @@ public function error()
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-	/**
-	 * Update_Batch statement
-	 *
-	 * Generates a platform-specific batch update string from the supplied data
-	 *
-	 * @param	string	$table	Table name
-	 * @param	array	$values	Update data
-	 * @param	string	$index	WHERE key
-	 * @return	string
-	 */
-	protected function _update_batch($table, $values, $index)
-	{
-		$ids = array();
-		foreach ($values as $key => $val)
-		{
-			$ids[] = $val[$index];
-
-			foreach (array_keys($val) as $field)
-			{
-				if ($field !== $index)
-				{
-					$final[$field][] = 'WHEN '.$index.' = '.$val[$index].' THEN '.$val[$field];
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		$cases = '';
-		foreach ($final as $k => $v)
-		{
-			$cases .= $k.' = CASE '."\n";
-
-			foreach ($v as $row)
-			{
-				$cases .= $row."\n";
-			}
-
-			$cases .= 'ELSE '.$k.' END, ';
-		}
-
-		$this->where($index.' IN('.implode(',', $ids).')', NULL, FALSE);
-
-		return 'UPDATE '.$table.' SET '.substr($cases, 0, -2).$this->_compile_wh('qb_where');
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 	/**
 	 * Truncate statement
 	 *
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_forge.php
index 2595f7b..685b677 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.1.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_result.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_result.php
index d1809be..bbc2cdc 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_result.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.1.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_utility.php
index 384661b..5029cac 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_utility.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.1.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_4d_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_4d_driver.php
index 3dedfd9..7eaeaa1 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_4d_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_4d_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_4d_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_4d_forge.php
index 41994f9..3f636d3 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_4d_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_4d_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_cubrid_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_cubrid_driver.php
index 8377798..fc49e0d 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_cubrid_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_cubrid_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -170,47 +170,6 @@ public function field_data($table)
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-	/**
-	 * Update_Batch statement
-	 *
-	 * Generates a platform-specific batch update string from the supplied data
-	 *
-	 * @param	string	$table	Table name
-	 * @param	array	$values	Update data
-	 * @param	string	$index	WHERE key
-	 * @return	string
-	 */
-	protected function _update_batch($table, $values, $index)
-	{
-		$ids = array();
-		foreach ($values as $key => $val)
-		{
-			$ids[] = $val[$index];
-
-			foreach (array_keys($val) as $field)
-			{
-				if ($field !== $index)
-				{
-					$final[$field][] = 'WHEN '.$index.' = '.$val[$index].' THEN '.$val[$field];
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		$cases = '';
-		foreach ($final as $k => $v)
-		{
-			$cases .= $k." = CASE \n"
-				.implode("\n", $v)."\n"
-				.'ELSE '.$k.' END), ';
-		}
-
-		$this->where($index.' IN('.implode(',', $ids).')', NULL, FALSE);
-
-		return 'UPDATE '.$table.' SET '.substr($cases, 0, -2).$this->_compile_wh('qb_where');
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 	/**
 	 * Truncate statement
 	 *
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_cubrid_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_cubrid_forge.php
index b5b9507..276cbb6 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_cubrid_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_cubrid_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_dblib_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_dblib_driver.php
index 9a1cbca..b9b86f7 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_dblib_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_dblib_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ protected function _limit($sql)
 			$sql = trim(substr($sql, 0, strrpos($sql, $orderby)));
 
 			// Get the fields to select from our subquery, so that we can avoid CI_rownum appearing in the actual results
-			if (count($this->qb_select) === 0)
+			if (count($this->qb_select) === 0 OR strpos(implode(',', $this->qb_select), '*') !== FALSE)
 			{
 				$select = '*'; // Inevitable
 			}
@@ -331,7 +331,23 @@ protected function _insert_batch($table, $keys, $values)
 			return parent::_insert_batch($table, $keys, $values);
 		}
 
-		return ($this->db->db_debug) ? $this->db->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
+		return ($this->db_debug) ? $this->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
 	}
 
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Database version number
+	 *
+	 * @return      string
+	 */
+	public function version()
+	{
+		if (isset($this->data_cache['version']))
+		{
+			return $this->data_cache['version'];
+		}
+
+		return $this->data_cache['version'] = $this->conn_id->query("SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('ProductVersion') AS ver")->fetchColumn(0);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_dblib_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_dblib_forge.php
index 8302003..d0cca38 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_dblib_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_dblib_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_firebird_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_firebird_driver.php
index 96dcc5e..cb93f19 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_firebird_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_firebird_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -260,4 +260,20 @@ protected function _limit($sql)
 		return preg_replace('`SELECT`i', 'SELECT '.$select, $sql);
 	}
 
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Insert batch statement
+	 *
+	 * Generates a platform-specific insert string from the supplied data.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	$table	Table name
+	 * @param	array	$keys	INSERT keys
+	 * @param	array	$values	INSERT values
+	 * @return	string|bool
+	 */
+	protected function _insert_batch($table, $keys, $values)
+	{
+		return ($this->db_debug) ? $this->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_firebird_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_firebird_forge.php
index 256fa14..20c5a68 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_firebird_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_firebird_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public function create_database($db_name)
 	 * @param	string	$db_name	(ignored)
 	 * @return	bool
 	 */
-	public function drop_database($db_name = '')
+	public function drop_database($db_name)
 	{
 		if ( ! ibase_drop_db($this->conn_id))
 		{
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_ibm_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_ibm_driver.php
index 2366c40..26b556a 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_ibm_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_ibm_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_ibm_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_ibm_forge.php
index a2dbfc2..4238ca0 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_ibm_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_ibm_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_informix_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_informix_driver.php
index d40d17a..050171f 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_informix_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_informix_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_informix_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_informix_forge.php
index 5af39b1..2ddc2a9 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_informix_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_informix_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_mysql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_mysql_driver.php
index 38a5a8a..64b13d8 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_mysql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_mysql_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public function __construct($params)
 			empty($this->database) OR $this->dsn .= ';dbname='.$this->database;
 			empty($this->char_set) OR $this->dsn .= ';charset='.$this->char_set;
 		}
-		elseif ( ! empty($this->char_set) && strpos($this->dsn, 'charset=', 6) === FALSE && is_php('5.3.6'))
+		elseif ( ! empty($this->char_set) && strpos($this->dsn, 'charset=', 6) === FALSE)
 		{
 			$this->dsn .= ';charset='.$this->char_set;
 		}
@@ -122,17 +122,6 @@ public function __construct($params)
 	 */
 	public function db_connect($persistent = FALSE)
 	{
-		/* Prior to PHP 5.3.6, even if the charset was supplied in the DSN
-		 * on connect - it was ignored. This is a work-around for the issue.
-		 *
-		 * Reference: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdo-mysql.connection.php
-		 */
-		if ( ! is_php('5.3.6') && ! empty($this->char_set))
-		{
-			$this->options[PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND] = 'SET NAMES '.$this->char_set
-				.(empty($this->dbcollat) ? '' : ' COLLATE '.$this->dbcollat);
-		}
-
 		if (isset($this->stricton))
 		{
 			if ($this->stricton)
@@ -169,8 +158,7 @@ public function db_connect($persistent = FALSE)
 			$this->options[PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_COMPRESS] = TRUE;
 		}
 
-		// SSL support was added to PDO_MYSQL in PHP 5.3.7
-		if (is_array($this->encrypt) && is_php('5.3.7'))
+		if (is_array($this->encrypt))
 		{
 			$ssl = array();
 			empty($this->encrypt['ssl_key'])    OR $ssl[PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_KEY]    = $this->encrypt['ssl_key'];
@@ -194,7 +182,7 @@ public function db_connect($persistent = FALSE)
 		{
 			$message = 'PDO_MYSQL was configured for an SSL connection, but got an unencrypted connection instead!';
 			log_message('error', $message);
-			return ($this->db->db_debug) ? $this->db->display_error($message, '', TRUE) : FALSE;
+			return ($this->db_debug) ? $this->display_error($message, '', TRUE) : FALSE;
 		}
 
 		return $pdo;
@@ -227,6 +215,55 @@ public function db_select($database = '')
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+	/**
+	 * Begin Transaction
+	 *
+	 * @return	bool
+	 */
+	protected function _trans_begin()
+	{
+		$this->conn_id->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_AUTOCOMMIT, FALSE);
+		return $this->conn_id->beginTransaction();
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Commit Transaction
+	 *
+	 * @return	bool
+	 */
+	protected function _trans_commit()
+	{
+		if ($this->conn_id->commit())
+		{
+			$this->conn_id->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_AUTOCOMMIT, TRUE);
+			return TRUE;
+		}
+
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Rollback Transaction
+	 *
+	 * @return	bool
+	 */
+	protected function _trans_rollback()
+	{
+		if ($this->conn_id->rollBack())
+		{
+			$this->conn_id->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_AUTOCOMMIT, TRUE);
+			return TRUE;
+		}
+
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 	/**
 	 * Show table query
 	 *
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_mysql_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_mysql_forge.php
index 9d04a8a..c7a92b8 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_mysql_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_mysql_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_oci_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_oci_driver.php
index dd1d31c..abf9167 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_oci_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_oci_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_oci_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_oci_forge.php
index 705b1c7..813207b 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_oci_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_oci_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ protected function _alter_table($alter_type, $table, $field)
 				if ($alter_type === 'MODIFY' && ! empty($field[$i]['new_name']))
 				{
 					$sqls[] = $sql.' RENAME COLUMN '.$this->db->escape_identifiers($field[$i]['name'])
-						.' '.$this->db->escape_identifiers($field[$i]['new_name']);
+						.' TO '.$this->db->escape_identifiers($field[$i]['new_name']);
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_odbc_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_odbc_driver.php
index 82554ec..066dd96 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_odbc_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_odbc_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -161,14 +161,14 @@ public function __construct($params)
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
-	 * Platform-dependant string escape
+	 * Platform-dependent string escape
 	 *
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
 	protected function _escape_str($str)
 	{
-		$this->db->display_error('db_unsupported_feature');
+		$this->display_error('db_unsupported_feature');
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ protected function _escape_str($str)
 	 */
 	public function is_write_type($sql)
 	{
-		if (preg_match('#^(INSERT|UPDATE).*RETURNING\s.+(\,\s?.+)*$#i', $sql))
+		if (preg_match('#^(INSERT|UPDATE).*RETURNING\s.+(\,\s?.+)*$#is', $sql))
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_odbc_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_odbc_forge.php
index 7c65daa..a2a3bad 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_odbc_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_odbc_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_pgsql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_pgsql_driver.php
index ee8f763..9aed3a2 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_pgsql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_pgsql_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public function insert_id($name = NULL)
 	 */
 	public function is_write_type($sql)
 	{
-		if (preg_match('#^(INSERT|UPDATE).*RETURNING\s.+(\,\s?.+)*$#i', $sql))
+		if (preg_match('#^(INSERT|UPDATE).*RETURNING\s.+(\,\s?.+)*$#is', $sql))
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
@@ -326,13 +326,13 @@ protected function _update_batch($table, $values, $index)
 		$ids = array();
 		foreach ($values as $key => $val)
 		{
-			$ids[] = $val[$index];
+			$ids[] = $val[$index]['value'];
 
 			foreach (array_keys($val) as $field)
 			{
 				if ($field !== $index)
 				{
-					$final[$field][] = 'WHEN '.$val[$index].' THEN '.$val[$field];
+					$final[$val[$field]['field']][] = 'WHEN '.$val[$index]['value'].' THEN '.$val[$field]['value'];
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -340,12 +340,12 @@ protected function _update_batch($table, $values, $index)
 		$cases = '';
 		foreach ($final as $k => $v)
 		{
-			$cases .= $k.' = (CASE '.$index."\n"
+			$cases .= $k.' = (CASE '.$val[$index]['field']."\n"
 				.implode("\n", $v)."\n"
 				.'ELSE '.$k.' END), ';
 		}
 
-		$this->where($index.' IN('.implode(',', $ids).')', NULL, FALSE);
+		$this->where($val[$index]['field'].' IN('.implode(',', $ids).')', NULL, FALSE);
 
 		return 'UPDATE '.$table.' SET '.substr($cases, 0, -2).$this->_compile_wh('qb_where');
 	}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_pgsql_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_pgsql_forge.php
index 214b6f5..b00af4a 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_pgsql_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_pgsql_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ protected function _alter_table($alter_type, $table, $field)
 	 */
 	protected function _attr_type(&$attributes)
 	{
-		// Reset field lenghts for data types that don't support it
+		// Reset field lengths for data types that don't support it
 		if (isset($attributes['CONSTRAINT']) && stripos($attributes['TYPE'], 'int') !== FALSE)
 		{
 			$attributes['CONSTRAINT'] = NULL;
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlite_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlite_driver.php
index 6269013..9b70f3e 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlite_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlite_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class CI_DB_pdo_sqlite_driver extends CI_DB_pdo_driver {
 	 *
 	 * @var	array
 	 */
-	protected $_random_keyword = ' RANDOM()';
+	protected $_random_keyword = array('RANDOM()', 'RANDOM()');
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlite_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlite_forge.php
index f6f9bb4..18c475b 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlite_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlite_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public function __construct(&$db)
 	 * @param	string	$db_name	(ignored)
 	 * @return	bool
 	 */
-	public function create_database($db_name = '')
+	public function create_database($db_name)
 	{
 		// In SQLite, a database is created when you connect to the database.
 		// We'll return TRUE so that an error isn't generated
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public function create_database($db_name = '')
 	 * @param	string	$db_name	(ignored)
 	 * @return	bool
 	 */
-	public function drop_database($db_name = '')
+	public function drop_database($db_name)
 	{
 		// In SQLite, a database is dropped when we delete a file
 		if (file_exists($this->db->database))
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlsrv_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlsrv_driver.php
index dfccb7d..a9fb4d1 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlsrv_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlsrv_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ protected function _limit($sql)
 			$sql = trim(substr($sql, 0, strrpos($sql, $orderby)));
 
 			// Get the fields to select from our subquery, so that we can avoid CI_rownum appearing in the actual results
-			if (count($this->qb_select) === 0)
+			if (count($this->qb_select) === 0 OR strpos(implode(',', $this->qb_select), '*') !== FALSE)
 			{
 				$select = '*'; // Inevitable
 			}
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ protected function _insert_batch($table, $keys, $values)
 			return parent::_insert_batch($table, $keys, $values);
 		}
 
-		return ($this->db->db_debug) ? $this->db->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
+		return ($this->db_debug) ? $this->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlsrv_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlsrv_forge.php
index 56bf87f..82a0d51 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlsrv_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/pdo/subdrivers/pdo_sqlsrv_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
index 58d4451..bcdfc06 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ public function __construct($params)
 		 */
 		foreach (array('connect_timeout', 'options', 'sslmode', 'service') as $key)
 		{
-			if (isset($this->$key) && is_string($this->key) && $this->key !== '')
+			if (isset($this->$key) && is_string($this->$key) && $this->$key !== '')
 			{
-				$this->dsn .= $key."='".$this->key."' ";
+				$this->dsn .= $key."='".$this->$key."' ";
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ protected function _trans_rollback()
 	 */
 	public function is_write_type($sql)
 	{
-		if (preg_match('#^(INSERT|UPDATE).*RETURNING\s.+(\,\s?.+)*$#i', $sql))
+		if (preg_match('#^(INSERT|UPDATE).*RETURNING\s.+(\,\s?.+)*$#is', $sql))
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ public function is_write_type($sql)
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
-	 * Platform-dependant string escape
+	 * Platform-dependent string escape
 	 *
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	string
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ public function field_data($table)
 	 * Error
 	 *
 	 * Returns an array containing code and message of the last
-	 * database error that has occured.
+	 * database error that has occurred.
 	 *
 	 * @return	array
 	 */
@@ -550,13 +550,13 @@ protected function _update_batch($table, $values, $index)
 		$ids = array();
 		foreach ($values as $key => $val)
 		{
-			$ids[] = $val[$index];
+			$ids[] = $val[$index]['value'];
 
 			foreach (array_keys($val) as $field)
 			{
 				if ($field !== $index)
 				{
-					$final[$field][] = 'WHEN '.$val[$index].' THEN '.$val[$field];
+					$final[$val[$field]['field']][] = 'WHEN '.$val[$index]['value'].' THEN '.$val[$field]['value'];
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -564,12 +564,12 @@ protected function _update_batch($table, $values, $index)
 		$cases = '';
 		foreach ($final as $k => $v)
 		{
-			$cases .= $k.' = (CASE '.$index."\n"
+			$cases .= $k.' = (CASE '.$val[$index]['field']."\n"
 				.implode("\n", $v)."\n"
 				.'ELSE '.$k.' END), ';
 		}
 
-		$this->where($index.' IN('.implode(',', $ids).')', NULL, FALSE);
+		$this->where($val[$index]['field'].' IN('.implode(',', $ids).')', NULL, FALSE);
 
 		return 'UPDATE '.$table.' SET '.substr($cases, 0, -2).$this->_compile_wh('qb_where');
 	}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php
index 8d985ba..cdbff4c 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ protected function _alter_table($alter_type, $table, $field)
 	 */
 	protected function _attr_type(&$attributes)
 	{
-		// Reset field lenghts for data types that don't support it
+		// Reset field lengths for data types that don't support it
 		if (isset($attributes['CONSTRAINT']) && stripos($attributes['TYPE'], 'int') !== FALSE)
 		{
 			$attributes['CONSTRAINT'] = NULL;
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php
index 354bb08..57864a7 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_result.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php
index bb5e6e0..5ca358d 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_utility.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_driver.php
index 16b8c29..03c96e4 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_forge.php
index 8a16594..a0fc0cd 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class CI_DB_sqlite_forge extends CI_DB_forge {
 	 * @param	string	$db_name	(ignored)
 	 * @return	bool
 	 */
-	public function create_database($db_name = '')
+	public function create_database($db_name)
 	{
 		// In SQLite, a database is created when you connect to the database.
 		// We'll return TRUE so that an error isn't generated
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public function create_database($db_name = '')
 	 * @param	string	$db_name	(ignored)
 	 * @return	bool
 	 */
-	public function drop_database($db_name = '')
+	public function drop_database($db_name)
 	{
 		if ( ! file_exists($this->db->database) OR ! @unlink($this->db->database))
 		{
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_result.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_result.php
index d40b98a..34d3ac3 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_result.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_utility.php
index 59c46f9..90ca4b1 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_utility.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_driver.php
index 9743499..d131baa 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ protected function _trans_rollback()
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
-	 * Platform-dependant string escape
+	 * Platform-dependent string escape
 	 *
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @return	string
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ public function field_data($table)
 	 * Error
 	 *
 	 * Returns an array containing code and message of the last
-	 * database error that has occured.
+	 * database error that has occurred.
 	 *
 	 * @return	array
 	 */
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_forge.php
index 43cbe33..5ee6daa 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public function __construct(&$db)
 	 * @param	string	$db_name
 	 * @return	bool
 	 */
-	public function create_database($db_name = '')
+	public function create_database($db_name)
 	{
 		// In SQLite, a database is created when you connect to the database.
 		// We'll return TRUE so that an error isn't generated
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public function create_database($db_name = '')
 	 * @param	string	$db_name	(ignored)
 	 * @return	bool
 	 */
-	public function drop_database($db_name = '')
+	public function drop_database($db_name)
 	{
 		// In SQLite, a database is dropped when we delete a file
 		if (file_exists($this->db->database))
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_result.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_result.php
index aa559ee..03751f0 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_result.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_utility.php
index b47c086..20d562f 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlite3/sqlite3_utility.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
index c55d5f7..4edcc7f 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.0.3
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ public function field_data($table)
 	 * Error
 	 *
 	 * Returns an array containing code and message of the last
-	 * database error that has occured.
+	 * database error that has occurred.
 	 *
 	 * @return	array
 	 */
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ protected function _limit($sql)
 			$sql = trim(substr($sql, 0, strrpos($sql, $orderby)));
 
 			// Get the fields to select from our subquery, so that we can avoid CI_rownum appearing in the actual results
-			if (count($this->qb_select) === 0)
+			if (count($this->qb_select) === 0 OR strpos(implode(',', $this->qb_select), '*') !== FALSE)
 			{
 				$select = '*'; // Inevitable
 			}
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ protected function _insert_batch($table, $keys, $values)
 			return parent::_insert_batch($table, $keys, $values);
 		}
 
-		return ($this->db->db_debug) ? $this->db->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
+		return ($this->db_debug) ? $this->display_error('db_unsupported_feature') : FALSE;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_forge.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_forge.php
index 4f0ce9d..aa8490e 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_forge.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_forge.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.0.3
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_result.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_result.php
index fde7264..f784ebe 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_result.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_result.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.0.3
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_utility.php
index 726fe3e..19c93d0 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_utility.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.0.3
diff --git a/system/helpers/array_helper.php b/system/helpers/array_helper.php
index 3fdccf9..74c7c15 100644
--- a/system/helpers/array_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/array_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php b/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
index 3c1e006..8f44806 100644
--- a/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/captcha_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ function create_captcha($data = '', $img_path = '', $img_url = '', $font_path =
 		$current_dir = @opendir($img_path);
 		while ($filename = @readdir($current_dir))
 		{
-			if (substr($filename, -4) === '.jpg' && (str_replace('.jpg', '', $filename) + $expiration) < $now)
+			if (in_array(substr($filename, -4), array('.jpg', '.png'))
+				&& (str_replace(array('.jpg', '.png'), '', $filename) + $expiration) < $now)
 			{
 				@unlink($img_path.$filename);
 			}
diff --git a/system/helpers/cookie_helper.php b/system/helpers/cookie_helper.php
index ca43244..b943edb 100644
--- a/system/helpers/cookie_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/cookie_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 	 * @param	bool	true makes the cookie accessible via http(s) only (no javascript)
 	 * @return	void
 	 */
-	function set_cookie($name, $value = '', $expire = '', $domain = '', $path = '/', $prefix = '', $secure = FALSE, $httponly = FALSE)
+	function set_cookie($name, $value = '', $expire = '', $domain = '', $path = '/', $prefix = '', $secure = NULL, $httponly = NULL)
 	{
 		// Set the config file options
 		get_instance()->input->set_cookie($name, $value, $expire, $domain, $path, $prefix, $secure, $httponly);
diff --git a/system/helpers/date_helper.php b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
index c43209f..bb15042 100644
--- a/system/helpers/date_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ function human_to_unix($datestr = '')
 	 * Turns many "reasonably-date-like" strings into something
 	 * that is actually useful. This only works for dates after unix epoch.
 	 *
+	 * @deprecated	3.1.3	Use DateTime::createFromFormat($input_format, $input)->format($output_format);
 	 * @param	string	The terribly formatted date-like string
 	 * @param	string	Date format to return (same as php date function)
 	 * @return	string
@@ -529,9 +530,9 @@ function nice_date($bad_date = '', $format = FALSE)
 		}
 
 		// Date Like: YYYYMMDD
-		if (preg_match('/^(\d{2})\d{2}(\d{4})$/i', $bad_date, $matches))
+		if (preg_match('/^\d{8}$/i', $bad_date, $matches))
 		{
-			return date($format, strtotime($matches[1].'/01/'.$matches[2]));
+			return DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', $bad_date)->format($format);
 		}
 
 		// Date Like: MM-DD-YYYY __or__ M-D-YYYY (or anything in between)
@@ -707,87 +708,32 @@ function date_range($unix_start = '', $mixed = '', $is_unix = TRUE, $format = 'Y
 
 		$range = array();
 
-		/* NOTE: Even though the DateTime object has many useful features, it appears that
-		 *	 it doesn't always handle properly timezones, when timestamps are passed
-		 *	 directly to its constructor. Neither of the following gave proper results:
-		 *
-		 *		new DateTime('<timestamp>')
-		 *		new DateTime('<timestamp>', '<timezone>')
-		 *
-		 *	 --- available in PHP 5.3:
-		 *
-		 *		DateTime::createFromFormat('<format>', '<timestamp>')
-		 *		DateTime::createFromFormat('<format>', '<timestamp>', '<timezone')
-		 *
-		 *	 ... so we'll have to set the timestamp after the object is instantiated.
-		 *	 Furthermore, in PHP 5.3 we can use DateTime::setTimestamp() to do that and
-		 *	 given that we have UNIX timestamps - we should use it.
-		*/
 		$from = new DateTime();
+		$from->setTimestamp($unix_start);
 
-		if (is_php('5.3'))
-		{
-			$from->setTimestamp($unix_start);
-			if ($is_unix)
-			{
-				$arg = new DateTime();
-				$arg->setTimestamp($mixed);
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				$arg = (int) $mixed;
-			}
-
-			$period = new DatePeriod($from, new DateInterval('P1D'), $arg);
-			foreach ($period as $date)
-			{
-				$range[] = $date->format($format);
-			}
-
-			/* If a period end date was passed to the DatePeriod constructor, it might not
-			 * be in our results. Not sure if this is a bug or it's just possible because
-			 * the end date might actually be less than 24 hours away from the previously
-			 * generated DateTime object, but either way - we have to append it manually.
-			 */
-			if ( ! is_int($arg) && $range[count($range) - 1] !== $arg->format($format))
-			{
-				$range[] = $arg->format($format);
-			}
-
-			return $range;
-		}
-
-		$from->setDate(date('Y', $unix_start), date('n', $unix_start), date('j', $unix_start));
-		$from->setTime(date('G', $unix_start), date('i', $unix_start), date('s', $unix_start));
 		if ($is_unix)
 		{
 			$arg = new DateTime();
-			$arg->setDate(date('Y', $mixed), date('n', $mixed), date('j', $mixed));
-			$arg->setTime(date('G', $mixed), date('i', $mixed), date('s', $mixed));
+			$arg->setTimestamp($mixed);
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			$arg = (int) $mixed;
 		}
-		$range[] = $from->format($format);
 
-		if (is_int($arg)) // Day intervals
+		$period = new DatePeriod($from, new DateInterval('P1D'), $arg);
+		foreach ($period as $date)
 		{
-			do
-			{
-				$from->modify('+1 day');
-				$range[] = $from->format($format);
-			}
-			while (--$arg > 0);
+			$range[] = $date->format($format);
 		}
-		else // end date UNIX timestamp
-		{
-			for ($from->modify('+1 day'), $end_check = $arg->format('Ymd'); $from->format('Ymd') < $end_check; $from->modify('+1 day'))
-			{
-				$range[] = $from->format($format);
-			}
 
-			// Our loop only appended dates prior to our end date
+		/* If a period end date was passed to the DatePeriod constructor, it might not
+		 * be in our results. Not sure if this is a bug or it's just possible because
+		 * the end date might actually be less than 24 hours away from the previously
+		 * generated DateTime object, but either way - we have to append it manually.
+		 */
+		if ( ! is_int($arg) && $range[count($range) - 1] !== $arg->format($format))
+		{
 			$range[] = $arg->format($format);
 		}
 
diff --git a/system/helpers/directory_helper.php b/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
index cdc4c16..2785241 100644
--- a/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/helpers/download_helper.php b/system/helpers/download_helper.php
index a6463df..b2a1458 100644
--- a/system/helpers/download_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/download_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/helpers/email_helper.php b/system/helpers/email_helper.php
index 35944fc..b3755d4 100644
--- a/system/helpers/email_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/email_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/helpers/file_helper.php b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
index 3cb36a5..d227f46 100644
--- a/system/helpers/file_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/helpers/form_helper.php b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
index 8825ecc..13f1963 100644
--- a/system/helpers/form_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/form_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -90,18 +90,47 @@ function form_open($action = '', $attributes = array(), $hidden = array())
 
 		$form = '<form action="'.$action.'"'.$attributes.">\n";
 
-		// Add CSRF field if enabled, but leave it out for GET requests and requests to external websites
-		if ($CI->config->item('csrf_protection') === TRUE && strpos($action, $CI->config->base_url()) !== FALSE && ! stripos($form, 'method="get"'))
+		if (is_array($hidden))
 		{
-			$hidden[$CI->security->get_csrf_token_name()] = $CI->security->get_csrf_hash();
+			foreach ($hidden as $name => $value)
+			{
+				$form .= '<input type="hidden" name="'.$name.'" value="'.html_escape($value).'" />'."\n";
+			}
 		}
 
-		if (is_array($hidden))
+		// Add CSRF field if enabled, but leave it out for GET requests and requests to external websites
+		if ($CI->config->item('csrf_protection') === TRUE && strpos($action, $CI->config->base_url()) !== FALSE && ! stripos($form, 'method="get"'))
 		{
-			foreach ($hidden as $name => $value)
+			// Prepend/append random-length "white noise" around the CSRF
+			// token input, as a form of protection against BREACH attacks
+			if (FALSE !== ($noise = $CI->security->get_random_bytes(1)))
+			{
+				list(, $noise) = unpack('c', $noise);
+			}
+			else
 			{
-				$form .= '<input type="hidden" name="'.$name.'" value="'.html_escape($value).'" style="display:none;" />'."\n";
+				$noise = mt_rand(-128, 127);
 			}
+
+			// Prepend if $noise has a negative value, append if positive, do nothing for zero
+			$prepend = $append = '';
+			if ($noise < 0)
+			{
+				$prepend = str_repeat(" ", abs($noise));
+			}
+			elseif ($noise > 0)
+			{
+				$append  = str_repeat(" ", $noise);
+			}
+
+			$form .= sprintf(
+				'%s<input type="hidden" name="%s" value="%s" />%s%s',
+				$prepend,
+				$CI->security->get_csrf_token_name(),
+				$CI->security->get_csrf_hash(),
+				$append,
+				"\n"
+			);
 		}
 
 		return $form;
@@ -568,7 +597,7 @@ function form_button($data = '', $content = '', $extra = '')
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	The text to appear onscreen
 	 * @param	string	The id the label applies to
-	 * @param	array	Additional attributes
+	 * @param	mixed	Additional attributes
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
 	function form_label($label_text = '', $id = '', $attributes = array())
@@ -581,13 +610,7 @@ function form_label($label_text = '', $id = '', $attributes = array())
 			$label .= ' for="'.$id.'"';
 		}
 
-		if (is_array($attributes) && count($attributes) > 0)
-		{
-			foreach ($attributes as $key => $val)
-			{
-				$label .= ' '.$key.'="'.$val.'"';
-			}
-		}
+		$label .= _attributes_to_string($attributes);
 
 		return $label.'>'.$label_text.'</label>';
 	}
diff --git a/system/helpers/html_helper.php b/system/helpers/html_helper.php
index fdc463f..87a5f9b 100644
--- a/system/helpers/html_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/html_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ function img($src = '', $index_page = FALSE, $attributes = '')
 
 		foreach ($src as $k => $v)
 		{
-			if ($k === 'src' && ! preg_match('#^([a-z]+:)?//#i', $v))
+			if ($k === 'src' && ! preg_match('#^(data:[a-z,;])|(([a-z]+:)?(?<!data:)//)#i', $v))
 			{
 				if ($index_page === TRUE)
 				{
diff --git a/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php b/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
index c064d8d..4a6805f 100644
--- a/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/inflector_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ function singular($str)
 			'/(s)tatuses$/'		=> '\1\2tatus',
 			'/(c)hildren$/'		=> '\1\2hild',
 			'/(n)ews$/'		=> '\1\2ews',
+			'/(quiz)zes$/'		=> '\1',
 			'/([^us])s$/'		=> '\1'
 		);
 
@@ -238,8 +239,37 @@ function is_countable($word)
 		return ! in_array(
 			strtolower($word),
 			array(
-				'equipment', 'information', 'rice', 'money',
-				'species', 'series', 'fish', 'meta'
+				'audio',
+				'bison',
+				'chassis',
+				'compensation',
+				'coreopsis',
+				'data',
+				'deer',
+				'education',
+				'emoji',
+				'equipment',
+				'fish',
+				'furniture',
+				'gold',
+				'information',
+				'knowledge',
+				'love',
+				'rain',
+				'money',
+				'moose',
+				'nutrition',
+				'offspring',
+				'plankton',
+				'pokemon',
+				'police',
+				'rice',
+				'series',
+				'sheep',
+				'species',
+				'swine',
+				'traffic',
+				'wheat'
 			)
 		);
 	}
diff --git a/system/helpers/language_helper.php b/system/helpers/language_helper.php
index 3721164..d26cf5b 100644
--- a/system/helpers/language_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/language_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/helpers/number_helper.php b/system/helpers/number_helper.php
index e7810c7..cc8a776 100644
--- a/system/helpers/number_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/number_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/helpers/path_helper.php b/system/helpers/path_helper.php
index 6c846a2..6896cb9 100644
--- a/system/helpers/path_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/path_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/helpers/security_helper.php b/system/helpers/security_helper.php
index 4eb6388..5e2970a 100644
--- a/system/helpers/security_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/security_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php b/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php
index 688ca24..2c9a3b4 100644
--- a/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/smiley_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/helpers/string_helper.php b/system/helpers/string_helper.php
index db531fa..93446b8 100644
--- a/system/helpers/string_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/string_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -195,9 +195,7 @@ function reduce_multiples($str, $character = ',', $trim = FALSE)
 if ( ! function_exists('random_string'))
 {
 	/**
-	 * Create a Random String
-	 *
-	 * Useful for generating passwords or hashes.
+	 * Create a "Random" String
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	type of random string.  basic, alpha, alnum, numeric, nozero, unique, md5, encrypt and sha1
 	 * @param	int	number of characters
diff --git a/system/helpers/text_helper.php b/system/helpers/text_helper.php
index 4f9210f..217729b 100644
--- a/system/helpers/text_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/text_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function character_limiter($str, $n = 500, $end_char = '&#8230;')
 		}
 
 		// a bit complicated, but faster than preg_replace with \s+
-		$str = preg_replace('/ {2,}/', ' ', str_replace(array("\r", "\n", "\t", "\x0B", "\x0C"), ' ', $str));
+		$str = preg_replace('/ {2,}/', ' ', str_replace(array("\r", "\n", "\t", "\v", "\f"), ' ', $str));
 
 		if (mb_strlen($str) <= $n)
 		{
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ function character_limiter($str, $n = 500, $end_char = '&#8230;')
 	function ascii_to_entities($str)
 	{
 		$out = '';
-		for ($i = 0, $s = strlen($str) - 1, $count = 1, $temp = array(); $i <= $s; $i++)
+		$length = defined('MB_OVERLOAD_STRING')
+			? mb_strlen($str, '8bit') - 1
+			: strlen($str) - 1;
+		for ($i = 0, $count = 1, $temp = array(); $i <= $length; $i++)
 		{
 			$ordinal = ord($str[$i]);
 
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ function ascii_to_entities($str)
 					$temp = array();
 				}
 				// If this is the last iteration, just output whatever we have
-				elseif ($i === $s)
+				elseif ($i === $length)
 				{
 					$out .= '&#'.implode(';', $temp).';';
 				}
diff --git a/system/helpers/typography_helper.php b/system/helpers/typography_helper.php
index 928cb6d..183e117 100644
--- a/system/helpers/typography_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/typography_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/helpers/url_helper.php b/system/helpers/url_helper.php
index fd7b5e1..84023af 100644
--- a/system/helpers/url_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/url_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/helpers/xml_helper.php b/system/helpers/xml_helper.php
index 3489da9..a12ee25 100644
--- a/system/helpers/xml_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/xml_helper.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/language/english/calendar_lang.php b/system/language/english/calendar_lang.php
index 8af5e80..77911e9 100644
--- a/system/language/english/calendar_lang.php
+++ b/system/language/english/calendar_lang.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/language/english/date_lang.php b/system/language/english/date_lang.php
index 39af5a2..bb454ed 100644
--- a/system/language/english/date_lang.php
+++ b/system/language/english/date_lang.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/language/english/db_lang.php b/system/language/english/db_lang.php
index ed93452..b44bda9 100644
--- a/system/language/english/db_lang.php
+++ b/system/language/english/db_lang.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/language/english/email_lang.php b/system/language/english/email_lang.php
index 84fb091..22dc0fa 100644
--- a/system/language/english/email_lang.php
+++ b/system/language/english/email_lang.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/language/english/form_validation_lang.php b/system/language/english/form_validation_lang.php
index 92d6d5e..aa9ff33 100644
--- a/system/language/english/form_validation_lang.php
+++ b/system/language/english/form_validation_lang.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/language/english/ftp_lang.php b/system/language/english/ftp_lang.php
index 9e72bce..eada3e5 100644
--- a/system/language/english/ftp_lang.php
+++ b/system/language/english/ftp_lang.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/language/english/imglib_lang.php b/system/language/english/imglib_lang.php
index 7f23233..218874c 100644
--- a/system/language/english/imglib_lang.php
+++ b/system/language/english/imglib_lang.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 $lang['imglib_image_process_failed'] = 'Image processing failed. Please verify that your server supports the chosen protocol and that the path to your image library is correct.';
 $lang['imglib_rotation_angle_required'] = 'An angle of rotation is required to rotate the image.';
 $lang['imglib_invalid_path'] = 'The path to the image is not correct.';
+$lang['imglib_invalid_image'] = 'The provided image is not valid.';
 $lang['imglib_copy_failed'] = 'The image copy routine failed.';
 $lang['imglib_missing_font'] = 'Unable to find a font to use.';
 $lang['imglib_save_failed'] = 'Unable to save the image. Please make sure the image and file directory are writable.';
diff --git a/system/language/english/migration_lang.php b/system/language/english/migration_lang.php
index bce9210..1684960 100644
--- a/system/language/english/migration_lang.php
+++ b/system/language/english/migration_lang.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/language/english/number_lang.php b/system/language/english/number_lang.php
index 0aaf51e..9723ce5 100644
--- a/system/language/english/number_lang.php
+++ b/system/language/english/number_lang.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/language/english/pagination_lang.php b/system/language/english/pagination_lang.php
index 4d36bde..d24dd04 100644
--- a/system/language/english/pagination_lang.php
+++ b/system/language/english/pagination_lang.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/language/english/profiler_lang.php b/system/language/english/profiler_lang.php
index 2d8fa51..20949a2 100644
--- a/system/language/english/profiler_lang.php
+++ b/system/language/english/profiler_lang.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/language/english/unit_test_lang.php b/system/language/english/unit_test_lang.php
index 29a4137..a89cb2d 100644
--- a/system/language/english/unit_test_lang.php
+++ b/system/language/english/unit_test_lang.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/language/english/upload_lang.php b/system/language/english/upload_lang.php
index 058dca9..ec611f9 100644
--- a/system/language/english/upload_lang.php
+++ b/system/language/english/upload_lang.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/libraries/Cache/Cache.php b/system/libraries/Cache/Cache.php
index 349af15..267dffb 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Cache/Cache.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Cache/Cache.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.0.0
diff --git a/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_apc.php b/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_apc.php
index fb8df03..c873eb6 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_apc.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_apc.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.0.0
@@ -80,14 +80,7 @@ public function get($id)
 		$success = FALSE;
 		$data = apc_fetch($id, $success);
 
-		if ($success === TRUE)
-		{
-			return is_array($data)
-				? unserialize($data[0])
-				: $data;
-		}
-
-		return FALSE;
+		return ($success === TRUE) ? $data : FALSE;
 	}
 
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -98,18 +91,12 @@ public function get($id)
 	 * @param	string	$id	Cache ID
 	 * @param	mixed	$data	Data to store
 	 * @param	int	$ttl	Length of time (in seconds) to cache the data
-	 * @param	bool	$raw	Whether to store the raw value
+	 * @param	bool	$raw	Whether to store the raw value (unused)
 	 * @return	bool	TRUE on success, FALSE on failure
 	 */
 	public function save($id, $data, $ttl = 60, $raw = FALSE)
 	{
-		$ttl = (int) $ttl;
-
-		return apc_store(
-			$id,
-			($raw === TRUE ? $data : array(serialize($data), time(), $ttl)),
-			$ttl
-		);
+		return apc_store($id, $data, (int) $ttl);
 	}
 
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -188,21 +175,30 @@ public function cache_info($type = NULL)
 	 */
 	public function get_metadata($id)
 	{
-		$success = FALSE;
-		$stored = apc_fetch($id, $success);
-
-		if ($success === FALSE OR count($stored) !== 3)
+		$cache_info = apc_cache_info('user', FALSE);
+		if (empty($cache_info) OR empty($cache_info['cache_list']))
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 
-		list($data, $time, $ttl) = $stored;
+		foreach ($cache_info['cache_list'] as &$entry)
+		{
+			if ($entry['info'] !== $id)
+			{
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			$success  = FALSE;
+			$metadata = array(
+				'expire' => ($entry['ttl'] ? $entry['mtime'] + $entry['ttl'] : 0),
+				'mtime'  => $entry['ttl'],
+				'data'   => apc_fetch($id, $success)
+			);
+
+			return ($success === TRUE) ? $metadata : FALSE;
+		}
 
-		return array(
-			'expire'	=> $time + $ttl,
-			'mtime'		=> $time,
-			'data'		=> unserialize($data)
-		);
+		return FALSE;
 	}
 
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_dummy.php b/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_dummy.php
index 4323a68..c6d9a61 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_dummy.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_dummy.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.0
diff --git a/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_file.php b/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_file.php
index e1ce16a..8a36e9d 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_file.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_file.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.0
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public function save($id, $data, $ttl = 60, $raw = FALSE)
 	 */
 	public function delete($id)
 	{
-		return file_exists($this->_cache_path.$id) ? unlink($this->_cache_path.$id) : FALSE;
+		return is_file($this->_cache_path.$id) ? unlink($this->_cache_path.$id) : FALSE;
 	}
 
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public function cache_info($type = NULL)
 	 */
 	public function get_metadata($id)
 	{
-		if ( ! file_exists($this->_cache_path.$id))
+		if ( ! is_file($this->_cache_path.$id))
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
@@ -227,13 +227,13 @@ public function get_metadata($id)
 		{
 			$mtime = filemtime($this->_cache_path.$id);
 
-			if ( ! isset($data['ttl']))
+			if ( ! isset($data['ttl'], $data['time']))
 			{
 				return FALSE;
 			}
 
 			return array(
-				'expire' => $mtime + $data['ttl'],
+				'expire' => $data['time'] + $data['ttl'],
 				'mtime'	 => $mtime
 			);
 		}
diff --git a/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_memcached.php b/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_memcached.php
index 836336d..b642a2c 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_memcached.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_memcached.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.0
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public function __construct()
 
 			if ($this->_memcached instanceof Memcache)
 			{
-				// Third parameter is persistance and defaults to TRUE.
+				// Third parameter is persistence and defaults to TRUE.
 				$this->_memcached->addServer(
 					$cache_server['hostname'],
 					$cache_server['port'],
diff --git a/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_redis.php b/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_redis.php
index d4d95eb..ac67be0 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_redis.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_redis.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_wincache.php b/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_wincache.php
index d6a0d4f..f296a5e 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_wincache.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Cache/drivers/Cache_wincache.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/libraries/Calendar.php b/system/libraries/Calendar.php
index 1f8ef81..edb0fb4 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Calendar.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Calendar.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/libraries/Cart.php b/system/libraries/Cart.php
index 44d87e0..734c434 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Cart.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Cart.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/libraries/Driver.php b/system/libraries/Driver.php
index 38c6aef..00e8416 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Driver.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/libraries/Email.php b/system/libraries/Email.php
index be89d65..0e9cf05 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Email.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Email.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -374,6 +374,13 @@ class CI_Email {
 		5 => '5 (Lowest)'
 	);
 
+	/**
+	 * mbstring.func_overload flag
+	 *
+	 * @var	bool
+	 */
+	protected static $func_overload;
+
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
@@ -390,6 +397,8 @@ public function __construct(array $config = array())
 		$this->initialize($config);
 		$this->_safe_mode = ( ! is_php('5.4') && ini_get('safe_mode'));
 
+		isset(self::$func_overload) OR self::$func_overload = (extension_loaded('mbstring') && ini_get('mbstring.func_overload'));
+
 		log_message('info', 'Email Class Initialized');
 	}
 
@@ -449,7 +458,6 @@ public function clear($clear_attachments = FALSE)
 		$this->_headers		= array();
 		$this->_debug_msg	= array();
 
-		$this->set_header('User-Agent', $this->useragent);
 		$this->set_header('Date', $this->_set_date());
 
 		if ($clear_attachments !== FALSE)
@@ -905,18 +913,13 @@ protected function _get_message_id()
 	/**
 	 * Get Mail Protocol
 	 *
-	 * @param	bool
 	 * @return	mixed
 	 */
-	protected function _get_protocol($return = TRUE)
+	protected function _get_protocol()
 	{
 		$this->protocol = strtolower($this->protocol);
 		in_array($this->protocol, $this->_protocols, TRUE) OR $this->protocol = 'mail';
-
-		if ($return === TRUE)
-		{
-			return $this->protocol;
-		}
+		return $this->protocol;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -924,25 +927,21 @@ protected function _get_protocol($return = TRUE)
 	/**
 	 * Get Mail Encoding
 	 *
-	 * @param	bool
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	protected function _get_encoding($return = TRUE)
+	protected function _get_encoding()
 	{
 		in_array($this->_encoding, $this->_bit_depths) OR $this->_encoding = '8bit';
 
 		foreach ($this->_base_charsets as $charset)
 		{
-			if (strpos($charset, $this->charset) === 0)
+			if (strpos($this->charset, $charset) === 0)
 			{
 				$this->_encoding = '7bit';
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ($return === TRUE)
-		{
-			return $this->_encoding;
-		}
+		return $this->_encoding;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1037,7 +1036,7 @@ public function valid_email($email)
 	{
 		if (function_exists('idn_to_ascii') && $atpos = strpos($email, '@'))
 		{
-			$email = substr($email, 0, ++$atpos).idn_to_ascii(substr($email, $atpos));
+			$email = self::substr($email, 0, ++$atpos).idn_to_ascii(self::substr($email, $atpos));
 		}
 
 		return (bool) filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
@@ -1154,7 +1153,7 @@ public function word_wrap($str, $charlim = NULL)
 		{
 			// Is the line within the allowed character count?
 			// If so we'll join it to the output and continue
-			if (mb_strlen($line) <= $charlim)
+			if (self::strlen($line) <= $charlim)
 			{
 				$output .= $line.$this->newline;
 				continue;
@@ -1170,10 +1169,10 @@ public function word_wrap($str, $charlim = NULL)
 				}
 
 				// Trim the word down
-				$temp .= mb_substr($line, 0, $charlim - 1);
-				$line = mb_substr($line, $charlim - 1);
+				$temp .= self::substr($line, 0, $charlim - 1);
+				$line = self::substr($line, $charlim - 1);
 			}
-			while (mb_strlen($line) > $charlim);
+			while (self::strlen($line) > $charlim);
 
 			// If $temp contains data it means we had to split up an over-length
 			// word into smaller chunks so we'll add it back to our current line
@@ -1202,10 +1201,11 @@ public function word_wrap($str, $charlim = NULL)
 	/**
 	 * Build final headers
 	 *
-	 * @return	string
+	 * @return	void
 	 */
 	protected function _build_headers()
 	{
+		$this->set_header('User-Agent', $this->useragent);
 		$this->set_header('X-Sender', $this->clean_email($this->_headers['From']));
 		$this->set_header('X-Mailer', $this->useragent);
 		$this->set_header('X-Priority', $this->_priorities[$this->priority]);
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ protected function _build_message()
 					$this->_header_str .= $hdr;
 				}
 
-				strlen($body) && $body .= $this->newline.$this->newline;
+				self::strlen($body) && $body .= $this->newline.$this->newline;
 				$body .= $this->_get_mime_message().$this->newline.$this->newline
 					.'--'.$last_boundary.$this->newline
 
@@ -1468,7 +1468,8 @@ protected function _append_attachments(&$body, $boundary, $multipart = null)
 				.'Content-Type: '.$this->_attachments[$i]['type'].'; name="'.$name.'"'.$this->newline
 				.'Content-Disposition: '.$this->_attachments[$i]['disposition'].';'.$this->newline
 				.'Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64'.$this->newline
-				.(empty($this->_attachments[$i]['cid']) ? '' : 'Content-ID: <'.$this->_attachments[$i]['cid'].'>'.$this->newline.$this->newline)
+				.(empty($this->_attachments[$i]['cid']) ? '' : 'Content-ID: <'.$this->_attachments[$i]['cid'].'>'.$this->newline)
+				.$this->newline
 				.$this->_attachments[$i]['content'].$this->newline;
 		}
 
@@ -1514,14 +1515,7 @@ protected function _prep_quoted_printable($str)
 		// which only works with "\n".
 		if ($this->crlf === "\r\n")
 		{
-			if (is_php('5.3'))
-			{
-				return quoted_printable_encode($str);
-			}
-			elseif (function_exists('imap_8bit'))
-			{
-				return imap_8bit($str);
-			}
+			return quoted_printable_encode($str);
 		}
 
 		// Reduce multiple spaces & remove nulls
@@ -1538,7 +1532,7 @@ protected function _prep_quoted_printable($str)
 
 		foreach (explode("\n", $str) as $line)
 		{
-			$length = strlen($line);
+			$length = self::strlen($line);
 			$temp = '';
 
 			// Loop through each character in the line to add soft-wrap
@@ -1573,7 +1567,7 @@ protected function _prep_quoted_printable($str)
 
 				// If we're at the character limit, add the line to the output,
 				// reset our temp variable, and keep on chuggin'
-				if ((strlen($temp) + strlen($char)) >= 76)
+				if ((self::strlen($temp) + self::strlen($char)) >= 76)
 				{
 					$output .= $temp.$escape.$this->crlf;
 					$temp = '';
@@ -1588,7 +1582,7 @@ protected function _prep_quoted_printable($str)
 		}
 
 		// get rid of extra CRLF tacked onto the end
-		return substr($output, 0, strlen($this->crlf) * -1);
+		return self::substr($output, 0, self::strlen($this->crlf) * -1);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1630,7 +1624,7 @@ protected function _prep_q_encoding($str)
 					// iconv_mime_encode() will always put a header field name.
 					// We've passed it an empty one, but it still prepends our
 					// encoded string with ': ', so we need to strip it.
-					return substr($output, 2);
+					return self::substr($output, 2);
 				}
 
 				$chars = iconv_strlen($str, 'UTF-8');
@@ -1642,10 +1636,10 @@ protected function _prep_q_encoding($str)
 		}
 
 		// We might already have this set for UTF-8
-		isset($chars) OR $chars = strlen($str);
+		isset($chars) OR $chars = self::strlen($str);
 
 		$output = '=?'.$this->charset.'?Q?';
-		for ($i = 0, $length = strlen($output); $i < $chars; $i++)
+		for ($i = 0, $length = self::strlen($output); $i < $chars; $i++)
 		{
 			$chr = ($this->charset === 'UTF-8' && ICONV_ENABLED === TRUE)
 				? '='.implode('=', str_split(strtoupper(bin2hex(iconv_substr($str, $i, 1, $this->charset))), 2))
@@ -1653,11 +1647,11 @@ protected function _prep_q_encoding($str)
 
 			// RFC 2045 sets a limit of 76 characters per line.
 			// We'll append ?= to the end of each line though.
-			if ($length + ($l = strlen($chr)) > 74)
+			if ($length + ($l = self::strlen($chr)) > 74)
 			{
 				$output .= '?='.$this->crlf // EOL
 					.' =?'.$this->charset.'?Q?'.$chr; // New line
-				$length = 6 + strlen($this->charset) + $l; // Reset the length for the new line
+				$length = 6 + self::strlen($this->charset) + $l; // Reset the length for the new line
 			}
 			else
 			{
@@ -1750,14 +1744,14 @@ public function batch_bcc_send()
 
 			if ($i === $float)
 			{
-				$chunk[] = substr($set, 1);
+				$chunk[] = self::substr($set, 1);
 				$float += $this->bcc_batch_size;
 				$set = '';
 			}
 
 			if ($i === $c-1)
 			{
-				$chunk[] = substr($set, 1);
+				$chunk[] = self::substr($set, 1);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1826,19 +1820,47 @@ protected function _spool_email()
 	{
 		$this->_unwrap_specials();
 
-		$method = '_send_with_'.$this->_get_protocol();
+		$protocol = $this->_get_protocol();
+		$method   = '_send_with_'.$protocol;
 		if ( ! $this->$method())
 		{
-			$this->_set_error_message('lang:email_send_failure_'.($this->_get_protocol() === 'mail' ? 'phpmail' : $this->_get_protocol()));
+			$this->_set_error_message('lang:email_send_failure_'.($protocol === 'mail' ? 'phpmail' : $protocol));
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 
-		$this->_set_error_message('lang:email_sent', $this->_get_protocol());
+		$this->_set_error_message('lang:email_sent', $protocol);
 		return TRUE;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+	/**
+	 * Validate email for shell
+	 *
+	 * Applies stricter, shell-safe validation to email addresses.
+	 * Introduced to prevent RCE via sendmail's -f option.
+	 *
+	 * @see	https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/issues/4963
+	 * @see	https://gist.github.com/Zenexer/40d02da5e07f151adeaeeaa11af9ab36
+	 * @license	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/	CC0 1.0, Public Domain
+	 *
+	 * Credits for the base concept go to Paul Buonopane <paul@namepros.com>
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	$email
+	 * @return	bool
+	 */
+	protected function _validate_email_for_shell(&$email)
+	{
+		if (function_exists('idn_to_ascii') && $atpos = strpos($email, '@'))
+		{
+			$email = self::substr($email, 0, ++$atpos).idn_to_ascii(self::substr($email, $atpos));
+		}
+
+		return (filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) === $email && preg_match('#\A[a-z0-9._+-]+@[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}\z#i', $email));
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 	/**
 	 * Send using mail()
 	 *
@@ -1851,7 +1873,11 @@ protected function _send_with_mail()
 			$this->_recipients = implode(', ', $this->_recipients);
 		}
 
-		if ($this->_safe_mode === TRUE)
+		// _validate_email_for_shell() below accepts by reference,
+		// so this needs to be assigned to a variable
+		$from = $this->clean_email($this->_headers['Return-Path']);
+
+		if ($this->_safe_mode === TRUE || ! $this->_validate_email_for_shell($from))
 		{
 			return mail($this->_recipients, $this->_subject, $this->_finalbody, $this->_header_str);
 		}
@@ -1859,7 +1885,7 @@ protected function _send_with_mail()
 		{
 			// most documentation of sendmail using the "-f" flag lacks a space after it, however
 			// we've encountered servers that seem to require it to be in place.
-			return mail($this->_recipients, $this->_subject, $this->_finalbody, $this->_header_str, '-f '.$this->clean_email($this->_headers['Return-Path']));
+			return mail($this->_recipients, $this->_subject, $this->_finalbody, $this->_header_str, '-f '.$from);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1872,13 +1898,22 @@ protected function _send_with_mail()
 	 */
 	protected function _send_with_sendmail()
 	{
+		// _validate_email_for_shell() below accepts by reference,
+		// so this needs to be assigned to a variable
+		$from = $this->clean_email($this->_headers['From']);
+		if ($this->_validate_email_for_shell($from))
+		{
+			$from = '-f '.$from;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$from = '';
+		}
+
 		// is popen() enabled?
-		if ( ! function_usable('popen')
-			OR FALSE === ($fp = @popen(
-						$this->mailpath.' -oi -f '.$this->clean_email($this->_headers['From']).' -t'
-						, 'w'))
-		) // server probably has popen disabled, so nothing we can do to get a verbose error.
+		if ( ! function_usable('popen')	OR FALSE === ($fp = @popen($this->mailpath.' -oi '.$from.' -t', 'w')))
 		{
+			// server probably has popen disabled, so nothing we can do to get a verbose error.
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 
@@ -2052,7 +2087,7 @@ protected function _smtp_connect()
 	 *
 	 * @param	string
 	 * @param	string
-	 * @return	string
+	 * @return	bool
 	 */
 	protected function _send_command($cmd, $data = '')
 	{
@@ -2115,7 +2150,7 @@ protected function _send_command($cmd, $data = '')
 
 		$this->_debug_msg[] = '<pre>'.$cmd.': '.$reply.'</pre>';
 
-		if ((int) substr($reply, 0, 3) !== $resp)
+		if ((int) self::substr($reply, 0, 3) !== $resp)
 		{
 			$this->_set_error_message('lang:email_smtp_error', $reply);
 			return FALSE;
@@ -2202,9 +2237,9 @@ protected function _smtp_authenticate()
 	protected function _send_data($data)
 	{
 		$data .= $this->newline;
-		for ($written = $timestamp = 0, $length = strlen($data); $written < $length; $written += $result)
+		for ($written = $timestamp = 0, $length = self::strlen($data); $written < $length; $written += $result)
 		{
-			if (($result = fwrite($this->_smtp_connect, substr($data, $written))) === FALSE)
+			if (($result = fwrite($this->_smtp_connect, self::substr($data, $written))) === FALSE)
 			{
 				break;
 			}
@@ -2388,4 +2423,44 @@ public function __destruct()
 	{
 		is_resource($this->_smtp_connect) && $this->_send_command('quit');
 	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Byte-safe strlen()
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	$str
+	 * @return	int
+	 */
+	protected static function strlen($str)
+	{
+		return (self::$func_overload)
+			? mb_strlen($str, '8bit')
+			: strlen($str);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Byte-safe substr()
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	$str
+	 * @param	int	$start
+	 * @param	int	$length
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	protected static function substr($str, $start, $length = NULL)
+	{
+		if (self::$func_overload)
+		{
+			// mb_substr($str, $start, null, '8bit') returns an empty
+			// string on PHP 5.3
+			isset($length) OR $length = ($start >= 0 ? self::strlen($str) - $start : -$start);
+			return mb_substr($str, $start, $length, '8bit');
+		}
+
+		return isset($length)
+			? substr($str, $start, $length)
+			: substr($str, $start);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/system/libraries/Encrypt.php b/system/libraries/Encrypt.php
index 1372a31..ebcc6e8 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Encrypt.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Encrypt.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public function get_key($key = '')
 
 			$key = config_item('encryption_key');
 
-			if ( ! strlen($key))
+			if ( ! self::strlen($key))
 			{
 				show_error('In order to use the encryption class requires that you set an encryption key in your config file.');
 			}
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ protected function _xor_decode($string, $key)
 		$string = $this->_xor_merge($string, $key);
 
 		$dec = '';
-		for ($i = 0, $l = strlen($string); $i < $l; $i++)
+		for ($i = 0, $l = self::strlen($string); $i < $l; $i++)
 		{
 			$dec .= ($string[$i++] ^ $string[$i]);
 		}
@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ protected function _xor_merge($string, $key)
 	{
 		$hash = $this->hash($key);
 		$str = '';
-		for ($i = 0, $ls = strlen($string), $lh = strlen($hash); $i < $ls; $i++)
+
+		for ($i = 0, $ls = self::strlen($string), $lh = self::strlen($hash); $i < $ls; $i++)
 		{
 			$str .= $string[$i] ^ $hash[($i % $lh)];
 		}
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ protected function _xor_merge($string, $key)
 	public function mcrypt_encode($data, $key)
 	{
 		$init_size = mcrypt_get_iv_size($this->_get_cipher(), $this->_get_mode());
-		$init_vect = mcrypt_create_iv($init_size, MCRYPT_RAND);
+		$init_vect = mcrypt_create_iv($init_size, MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM);
 		return $this->_add_cipher_noise($init_vect.mcrypt_encrypt($this->_get_cipher(), $key, $data, $this->_get_mode(), $init_vect), $key);
 	}
 
@@ -313,13 +314,14 @@ public function mcrypt_decode($data, $key)
 		$data = $this->_remove_cipher_noise($data, $key);
 		$init_size = mcrypt_get_iv_size($this->_get_cipher(), $this->_get_mode());
 
-		if ($init_size > strlen($data))
+		if ($init_size > self::strlen($data))
 		{
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 
-		$init_vect = substr($data, 0, $init_size);
-		$data = substr($data, $init_size);
+		$init_vect = self::substr($data, 0, $init_size);
+		$data      = self::substr($data, $init_size);
+
 		return rtrim(mcrypt_decrypt($this->_get_cipher(), $key, $data, $this->_get_mode(), $init_vect), "\0");
 	}
 
@@ -339,7 +341,7 @@ protected function _add_cipher_noise($data, $key)
 		$key = $this->hash($key);
 		$str = '';
 
-		for ($i = 0, $j = 0, $ld = strlen($data), $lk = strlen($key); $i < $ld; ++$i, ++$j)
+		for ($i = 0, $j = 0, $ld = self::strlen($data), $lk = self::strlen($key); $i < $ld; ++$i, ++$j)
 		{
 			if ($j >= $lk)
 			{
@@ -369,7 +371,7 @@ protected function _remove_cipher_noise($data, $key)
 		$key = $this->hash($key);
 		$str = '';
 
-		for ($i = 0, $j = 0, $ld = strlen($data), $lk = strlen($key); $i < $ld; ++$i, ++$j)
+		for ($i = 0, $j = 0, $ld = self::strlen($data), $lk = self::strlen($key); $i < $ld; ++$i, ++$j)
 		{
 			if ($j >= $lk)
 			{
@@ -477,4 +479,43 @@ public function hash($str)
 		return hash($this->_hash_type, $str);
 	}
 
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Byte-safe strlen()
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	$str
+	 * @return	int
+	 */
+	protected static function strlen($str)
+	{
+		return defined('MB_OVERLOAD_STRING')
+			? mb_strlen($str, '8bit')
+			: strlen($str);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Byte-safe substr()
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	$str
+	 * @param	int	$start
+	 * @param	int	$length
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	protected static function substr($str, $start, $length = NULL)
+	{
+		if (defined('MB_OVERLOAD_STRING'))
+		{
+			// mb_substr($str, $start, null, '8bit') returns an empty
+			// string on PHP 5.3
+			isset($length) OR $length = ($start >= 0 ? self::strlen($str) - $start : -$start);
+			return mb_substr($str, $start, $length, '8bit');
+		}
+
+		return isset($length)
+			? substr($str, $start, $length)
+			: substr($str, $start);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/system/libraries/Encryption.php b/system/libraries/Encryption.php
index a10a5c2..c1e454d 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Encryption.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Encryption.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ class CI_Encryption {
 	);
 
 	/**
-	 * mbstring.func_override flag
+	 * mbstring.func_overload flag
 	 *
 	 * @var	bool
 	 */
-	protected static $func_override;
+	protected static $func_overload;
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -152,10 +152,8 @@ class CI_Encryption {
 	public function __construct(array $params = array())
 	{
 		$this->_drivers = array(
-			'mcrypt' => defined('MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM'),
-			// While OpenSSL is available for PHP 5.3.0, an IV parameter
-			// for the encrypt/decrypt functions is only available since 5.3.3
-			'openssl' => (is_php('5.3.3') && extension_loaded('openssl'))
+			'mcrypt'  => defined('MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM'),
+			'openssl' => extension_loaded('openssl')
 		);
 
 		if ( ! $this->_drivers['mcrypt'] && ! $this->_drivers['openssl'])
@@ -163,7 +161,7 @@ public function __construct(array $params = array())
 			show_error('Encryption: Unable to find an available encryption driver.');
 		}
 
-		isset(self::$func_override) OR self::$func_override = (extension_loaded('mbstring') && ini_get('mbstring.func_override'));
+		isset(self::$func_overload) OR self::$func_overload = (extension_loaded('mbstring') && ini_get('mbstring.func_overload'));
 		$this->initialize($params);
 
 		if ( ! isset($this->_key) && self::strlen($key = config_item('encryption_key')) > 0)
@@ -909,11 +907,11 @@ public function __get($key)
 	 * Byte-safe strlen()
 	 *
 	 * @param	string	$str
-	 * @return	integer
+	 * @return	int
 	 */
 	protected static function strlen($str)
 	{
-		return (self::$func_override)
+		return (self::$func_overload)
 			? mb_strlen($str, '8bit')
 			: strlen($str);
 	}
@@ -930,7 +928,7 @@ protected static function strlen($str)
 	 */
 	protected static function substr($str, $start, $length = NULL)
 	{
-		if (self::$func_override)
+		if (self::$func_overload)
 		{
 			// mb_substr($str, $start, null, '8bit') returns an empty
 			// string on PHP 5.3
diff --git a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
index 04445f5..71d0e64 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Form_validation.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ public function valid_url($str)
 			{
 				return FALSE;
 			}
-			elseif ( ! in_array($matches[1], array('http', 'https'), TRUE))
+			elseif ( ! in_array(strtolower($matches[1]), array('http', 'https'), TRUE))
 			{
 				return FALSE;
 			}
@@ -1216,18 +1216,7 @@ public function valid_url($str)
 			$str = 'ipv6.host'.substr($str, strlen($matches[1]) + 2);
 		}
 
-		$str = 'http://'.$str;
-
-		// There's a bug affecting PHP 5.2.13, 5.3.2 that considers the
-		// underscore to be a valid hostname character instead of a dash.
-		// Reference: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51192
-		if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.2.13', '==') OR version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.3.2', '=='))
-		{
-			sscanf($str, 'http://%[^/]', $host);
-			$str = substr_replace($str, strtr($host, array('_' => '-', '-' => '_')), 7, strlen($host));
-		}
-
-		return (filter_var($str, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) !== FALSE);
+		return (filter_var('http://'.$str, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) !== FALSE);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1240,9 +1229,9 @@ public function valid_url($str)
 	 */
 	public function valid_email($str)
 	{
-		if (function_exists('idn_to_ascii') && $atpos = strpos($str, '@'))
+		if (function_exists('idn_to_ascii') && preg_match('#\A([^@]+)@(.+)\z#', $str, $matches))
 		{
-			$str = substr($str, 0, ++$atpos).idn_to_ascii(substr($str, $atpos));
+			$str = $matches[1].'@'.idn_to_ascii($matches[2]);
 		}
 
 		return (bool) filter_var($str, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
diff --git a/system/libraries/Ftp.php b/system/libraries/Ftp.php
index 88f2658..86e5b8f 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Ftp.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Ftp.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ public function delete_dir($filepath)
 		{
 			for ($i = 0, $c = count($list); $i < $c; $i++)
 			{
-				// If we can't delete the item it's probaly a directory,
+				// If we can't delete the item it's probably a directory,
 				// so we'll recursively call delete_dir()
 				if ( ! preg_match('#/\.\.?$#', $list[$i]) && ! @ftp_delete($this->conn_id, $list[$i]))
 				{
diff --git a/system/libraries/Image_lib.php b/system/libraries/Image_lib.php
index 24fe8c6..8786d9d 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Image_lib.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Image_lib.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -392,6 +392,16 @@ public function __construct($props = array())
 			$this->initialize($props);
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * A work-around for some improperly formatted, but
+		 * usable JPEGs; known to be produced by Samsung
+		 * smartphones' front-facing cameras.
+		 *
+		 * @see	https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/issues/4967
+		 * @see	https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72404
+		 */
+		ini_set('gd.jpeg_ignore_warning', 1);
+
 		log_message('info', 'Image Lib Class Initialized');
 	}
 
@@ -544,37 +554,30 @@ public function initialize($props = array())
 		 */
 		if ($this->new_image === '')
 		{
-			$this->dest_image = $this->source_image;
+			$this->dest_image  = $this->source_image;
 			$this->dest_folder = $this->source_folder;
 		}
-		elseif (strpos($this->new_image, '/') === FALSE)
+		elseif (strpos($this->new_image, '/') === FALSE && strpos($this->new_image, '\\') === FALSE)
 		{
+			$this->dest_image  = $this->new_image;
 			$this->dest_folder = $this->source_folder;
-			$this->dest_image = $this->new_image;
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			if (strpos($this->new_image, '/') === FALSE && strpos($this->new_image, '\\') === FALSE)
-			{
-				$full_dest_path = str_replace('\\', '/', realpath($this->new_image));
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				$full_dest_path = $this->new_image;
-			}
-
 			// Is there a file name?
-			if ( ! preg_match('#\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png)$#i', $full_dest_path))
+			if ( ! preg_match('#\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png)$#i', $this->new_image))
 			{
-				$this->dest_folder = $full_dest_path.'/';
-				$this->dest_image = $this->source_image;
+				$this->dest_image  = $this->source_image;
+				$this->dest_folder = $this->new_image;
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				$x = explode('/', $full_dest_path);
-				$this->dest_image = end($x);
-				$this->dest_folder = str_replace($this->dest_image, '', $full_dest_path);
+				$x = explode('/', str_replace('\\', '/', $this->new_image));
+				$this->dest_image  = end($x);
+				$this->dest_folder = str_replace($this->dest_image, '', $this->new_image);
 			}
+
+			$this->dest_folder = realpath($this->dest_folder).'/';
 		}
 
 		/* Compile the finalized filenames/paths
@@ -886,7 +889,7 @@ public function image_process_imagemagick($action = 'resize')
 			}
 		}
 
-		$cmd .= ' "'.escapeshellarg($this->full_src_path).'" "'.escapeshellarg($this->full_dst_path).'" 2>&1';
+		$cmd .= ' '.escapeshellarg($this->full_src_path).' '.escapeshellarg($this->full_dst_path).' 2>&1';
 
 		$retval = 1;
 		// exec() might be disabled
@@ -969,7 +972,7 @@ public function image_process_netpbm($action = 'resize')
 			$cmd_inner = 'pnmscale -xysize '.$this->width.' '.$this->height;
 		}
 
-		$cmd = $this->library_path.$cmd_in.' '.$this->full_src_path.' | '.$cmd_inner.' | '.$cmd_out.' > '.$this->dest_folder.'netpbm.tmp';
+		$cmd = $this->library_path.$cmd_in.' '.escapeshellarg($this->full_src_path).' | '.$cmd_inner.' | '.$cmd_out.' > '.$this->dest_folder.'netpbm.tmp';
 
 		$retval = 1;
 		// exec() might be disabled
@@ -1646,25 +1649,31 @@ public function get_image_properties($path = '', $return = FALSE)
 		}
 
 		$vals = getimagesize($path);
+		if ($vals === FALSE)
+		{
+			$this->set_error('imglib_invalid_image');
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+
 		$types = array(1 => 'gif', 2 => 'jpeg', 3 => 'png');
-		$mime = (isset($types[$vals[2]])) ? 'image/'.$types[$vals[2]] : 'image/jpg';
+		$mime = isset($types[$vals[2]]) ? 'image/'.$types[$vals[2]] : 'image/jpg';
 
 		if ($return === TRUE)
 		{
 			return array(
-					'width' =>	$vals[0],
-					'height' =>	$vals[1],
-					'image_type' =>	$vals[2],
-					'size_str' =>	$vals[3],
-					'mime_type' =>	$mime
-				);
-		}
-
-		$this->orig_width	= $vals[0];
-		$this->orig_height	= $vals[1];
-		$this->image_type	= $vals[2];
-		$this->size_str		= $vals[3];
-		$this->mime_type	= $mime;
+				'width'      => $vals[0],
+				'height'     => $vals[1],
+				'image_type' => $vals[2],
+				'size_str'   => $vals[3],
+				'mime_type'  => $mime
+			);
+		}
+
+		$this->orig_width  = $vals[0];
+		$this->orig_height = $vals[1];
+		$this->image_type  = $vals[2];
+		$this->size_str    = $vals[3];
+		$this->mime_type   = $mime;
 
 		return TRUE;
 	}
diff --git a/system/libraries/Javascript.php b/system/libraries/Javascript.php
index dcf9337..7648526 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Javascript.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Javascript.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/libraries/Javascript/Jquery.php b/system/libraries/Javascript/Jquery.php
index 9df1be1..ee5f9de 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Javascript/Jquery.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Javascript/Jquery.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/libraries/Migration.php b/system/libraries/Migration.php
index 316c94a..2a87d9d 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Migration.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Migration.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -288,10 +288,7 @@ public function version($target_version)
 				$this->_error_string = sprintf($this->lang->line('migration_class_doesnt_exist'), $class);
 				return FALSE;
 			}
-			// method_exists() returns true for non-public methods,
-			// while is_callable() can't be used without instantiating.
-			// Only get_class_methods() satisfies both conditions.
-			elseif ( ! in_array($method, array_map('strtolower', get_class_methods($class))))
+			elseif ( ! is_callable(array($class, $method)))
 			{
 				$this->_error_string = sprintf($this->lang->line('migration_missing_'.$method.'_method'), $class);
 				return FALSE;
diff --git a/system/libraries/Pagination.php b/system/libraries/Pagination.php
index 44f848f..f26f8a4 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Pagination.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Pagination.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ public function create_links()
 		{
 			$get = $this->CI->input->get();
 
-			// Unset the controll, method, old-school routing options
+			// Unset the control, method, old-school routing options
 			unset($get['c'], $get['m'], $get[$this->query_string_segment]);
 		}
 		else
diff --git a/system/libraries/Parser.php b/system/libraries/Parser.php
index 22cffb2..fdd958b 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Parser.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Parser.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/libraries/Profiler.php b/system/libraries/Profiler.php
index cf455d3..cb3eaed 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Profiler.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Profiler.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ protected function _compile_get()
 			{
 				is_int($key) OR $key = "'".htmlspecialchars($key, ENT_QUOTES, config_item('charset'))."'";
 				$val = (is_array($val) OR is_object($val))
-					? '<pre>'.htmlspecialchars(print_r($val, TRUE), ENT_QUOTES, config_item('charset'))
+					? '<pre>'.htmlspecialchars(print_r($val, TRUE), ENT_QUOTES, config_item('charset')).'</pre>'
 					: htmlspecialchars($val, ENT_QUOTES, config_item('charset'));
 
 				$output .= '<tr><td style="width:50%;color:#000;background-color:#ddd;padding:5px;">&#36;_GET['
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ protected function _compile_post()
 			{
 				is_int($key) OR $key = "'".htmlspecialchars($key, ENT_QUOTES, config_item('charset'))."'";
 				$val = (is_array($val) OR is_object($val))
-					? '<pre>'.htmlspecialchars(print_r($val, TRUE), ENT_QUOTES, config_item('charset'))
+					? '<pre>'.htmlspecialchars(print_r($val, TRUE), ENT_QUOTES, config_item('charset')).'</pre>'
 					: htmlspecialchars($val, ENT_QUOTES, config_item('charset'));
 
 				$output .= '<tr><td style="width:50%;padding:5px;color:#000;background-color:#ddd;">&#36;_POST['
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ protected function _compile_post()
 			{
 				is_int($key) OR $key = "'".htmlspecialchars($key, ENT_QUOTES, config_item('charset'))."'";
 				$val = (is_array($val) OR is_object($val))
-					? '<pre>'.htmlspecialchars(print_r($val, TRUE), ENT_QUOTES, config_item('charset'))
+					? '<pre>'.htmlspecialchars(print_r($val, TRUE), ENT_QUOTES, config_item('charset')).'</pre>'
 					: htmlspecialchars($val, ENT_QUOTES, config_item('charset'));
 
 				$output .= '<tr><td style="width:50%;padding:5px;color:#000;background-color:#ddd;">&#36;_FILES['
@@ -484,13 +484,19 @@ protected function _compile_config()
 
 		foreach ($this->CI->config->config as $config => $val)
 		{
+			$pre       = '';
+			$pre_close = '';
+                        
 			if (is_array($val) OR is_object($val))
 			{
 				$val = print_r($val, TRUE);
+                                
+				$pre       = '<pre>' ;
+ 				$pre_close = '</pre>';
 			}
 
 			$output .= '<tr><td style="padding:5px;vertical-align:top;color:#900;background-color:#ddd;">'
-				.$config.'&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td style="padding:5px;color:#000;background-color:#ddd;">'.htmlspecialchars($val)."</td></tr>\n";
+				.$config.'&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td style="padding:5px;color:#000;background-color:#ddd;">'.$pre.htmlspecialchars($val, ENT_QUOTES, config_item('charset')).$pre_close."</td></tr>\n";
 		}
 
 		return $output."</table>\n</fieldset>";
@@ -516,13 +522,19 @@ protected function _compile_session_data()
 
 		foreach ($this->CI->session->userdata() as $key => $val)
 		{
+			$pre       = '';
+			$pre_close = '';
+                        
 			if (is_array($val) OR is_object($val))
 			{
 				$val = print_r($val, TRUE);
+                                
+				$pre       = '<pre>' ;
+ 				$pre_close = '</pre>';
 			}
 
 			$output .= '<tr><td style="padding:5px;vertical-align:top;color:#900;background-color:#ddd;">'
-				.$key.'&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td style="padding:5px;color:#000;background-color:#ddd;">'.htmlspecialchars($val)."</td></tr>\n";
+				.$key.'&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td style="padding:5px;color:#000;background-color:#ddd;">'.$pre.htmlspecialchars($val, ENT_QUOTES, config_item('charset')).$pre_close."</td></tr>\n";
 		}
 
 		return $output."</table>\n</fieldset>";
diff --git a/system/libraries/Session/Session.php b/system/libraries/Session/Session.php
index 3b391a8..eb433de 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Session/Session.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Session/Session.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 2.0.0
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class CI_Session {
 
 	protected $_driver = 'files';
 	protected $_config;
+	protected $_sid_regexp;
 
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ public function __construct(array $params = array())
 
 		// Configuration ...
 		$this->_configure($params);
+		$this->_config['_sid_regexp'] = $this->_sid_regexp;
 
 		$class = new $class($this->_config);
 		if ($class instanceof SessionHandlerInterface)
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ public function __construct(array $params = array())
 		if (isset($_COOKIE[$this->_config['cookie_name']])
 			&& (
 				! is_string($_COOKIE[$this->_config['cookie_name']])
-				OR ! preg_match('/^[0-9a-f]{40}$/', $_COOKIE[$this->_config['cookie_name']])
+				OR ! preg_match('#\A'.$this->_sid_regexp.'\z#', $_COOKIE[$this->_config['cookie_name']])
 			)
 		)
 		{
@@ -315,8 +317,82 @@ protected function _configure(&$params)
 		ini_set('session.use_strict_mode', 1);
 		ini_set('session.use_cookies', 1);
 		ini_set('session.use_only_cookies', 1);
-		ini_set('session.hash_function', 1);
-		ini_set('session.hash_bits_per_character', 4);
+
+		$this->_configure_sid_length();
+	}
+
+	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Configure session ID length
+	 *
+	 * To make life easier, we used to force SHA-1 and 4 bits per
+	 * character on everyone. And of course, someone was unhappy.
+	 *
+	 * Then PHP 7.1 broke backwards-compatibility because ext/session
+	 * is such a mess that nobody wants to touch it with a pole stick,
+	 * and the one guy who does, nobody has the energy to argue with.
+	 *
+	 * So we were forced to make changes, and OF COURSE something was
+	 * going to break and now we have this pile of shit. -- Narf
+	 *
+	 * @return	void
+	 */
+	protected function _configure_sid_length()
+	{
+		if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 70100)
+		{
+			$hash_function = ini_get('session.hash_function');
+			if (ctype_digit($hash_function))
+			{
+				if ($hash_function !== '1')
+				{
+					ini_set('session.hash_function', 1);
+				}
+
+				$bits = 160;
+			}
+			elseif ( ! in_array($hash_function, hash_algos(), TRUE))
+			{
+				ini_set('session.hash_function', 1);
+				$bits = 160;
+			}
+			elseif (($bits = strlen(hash($hash_function, 'dummy', false)) * 4) < 160)
+			{
+				ini_set('session.hash_function', 1);
+				$bits = 160;
+			}
+
+			$bits_per_character = (int) ini_get('session.hash_bits_per_character');
+			$sid_length         = (int) ceil($bits / $bits_per_character);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$bits_per_character = (int) ini_get('session.sid_bits_per_character');
+			$sid_length         = (int) ini_get('session.sid_length');
+			if (($bits = $sid_length * $bits_per_character) < 160)
+			{
+				// Add as many more characters as necessary to reach at least 160 bits
+				$sid_length += (int) ceil((160 % $bits) / $bits_per_character);
+				ini_set('session.sid_length', $sid_length);
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Yes, 4,5,6 are the only known possible values as of 2016-10-27
+		switch ($bits_per_character)
+		{
+			case 4:
+				$this->_sid_regexp = '[0-9a-f]';
+				break;
+			case 5:
+				$this->_sid_regexp = '[0-9a-v]';
+				break;
+			case 6:
+				$this->_sid_regexp = '[0-9a-zA-Z,-]';
+				break;
+		}
+
+		$this->_sid_regexp .= '{'.$sid_length.'}';
 	}
 
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/libraries/Session/SessionHandlerInterface.php b/system/libraries/Session/SessionHandlerInterface.php
index b3533dd..2eef61d 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Session/SessionHandlerInterface.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Session/SessionHandlerInterface.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/libraries/Session/Session_driver.php b/system/libraries/Session/Session_driver.php
index 55ddb25..f32f14a 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Session/Session_driver.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Session/Session_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
diff --git a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php
index cb152f9..b519b78 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public function write($session_id, $session_data)
 		$this->_db->reset_query();
 
 		// Was the ID regenerated?
-		if ($session_id !== $this->_session_id)
+		if (isset($this->_session_id) && $session_id !== $this->_session_id)
 		{
 			if ( ! $this->_release_lock() OR ! $this->_get_lock($session_id))
 			{
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ protected function _get_lock($session_id)
 	{
 		if ($this->_platform === 'mysql')
 		{
-			$arg = $session_id.($this->_config['match_ip'] ? '_'.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] : '');
+			$arg = md5($session_id.($this->_config['match_ip'] ? '_'.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] : ''));
 			if ($this->_db->query("SELECT GET_LOCK('".$arg."', 300) AS ci_session_lock")->row()->ci_session_lock)
 			{
 				$this->_lock = $arg;
@@ -417,4 +417,4 @@ protected function _release_lock()
 
 		return parent::_release_lock();
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_files_driver.php b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_files_driver.php
index 57c3777..8860ef6 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_files_driver.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_files_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -76,6 +76,20 @@ class CI_Session_files_driver extends CI_Session_driver implements SessionHandle
 	 */
 	protected $_file_new;
 
+	/**
+	 * Validate SID regular expression
+	 *
+	 * @var	string
+	 */
+	protected $_sid_regexp;
+
+	/**
+	 * mbstring.func_overload flag
+	 *
+	 * @var	bool
+	 */
+	protected static $func_overload;
+
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
@@ -98,6 +112,10 @@ public function __construct(&$params)
 			log_message('debug', 'Session: "sess_save_path" is empty; using "session.save_path" value from php.ini.');
 			$this->_config['save_path'] = rtrim(ini_get('session.save_path'), '/\\');
 		}
+
+		$this->_sid_regexp = $this->_config['_sid_regexp'];
+
+		isset(self::$func_overload) OR self::$func_overload = (extension_loaded('mbstring') && ini_get('mbstring.func_overload'));
 	}
 
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -149,18 +167,9 @@ public function read($session_id)
 		// which re-reads session data
 		if ($this->_file_handle === NULL)
 		{
-			// Just using fopen() with 'c+b' mode would be perfect, but it is only
-			// available since PHP 5.2.6 and we have to set permissions for new files,
-			// so we'd have to hack around this ...
-			if (($this->_file_new = ! file_exists($this->_file_path.$session_id)) === TRUE)
-			{
-				if (($this->_file_handle = fopen($this->_file_path.$session_id, 'w+b')) === FALSE)
-				{
-					log_message('error', "Session: File '".$this->_file_path.$session_id."' doesn't exist and cannot be created.");
-					return $this->_failure;
-				}
-			}
-			elseif (($this->_file_handle = fopen($this->_file_path.$session_id, 'r+b')) === FALSE)
+			$this->_file_new = ! file_exists($this->_file_path.$session_id);
+
+			if (($this->_file_handle = fopen($this->_file_path.$session_id, 'c+b')) === FALSE)
 			{
 				log_message('error', "Session: Unable to open file '".$this->_file_path.$session_id."'.");
 				return $this->_failure;
@@ -196,7 +205,7 @@ public function read($session_id)
 		}
 
 		$session_data = '';
-		for ($read = 0, $length = filesize($this->_file_path.$session_id); $read < $length; $read += strlen($buffer))
+		for ($read = 0, $length = filesize($this->_file_path.$session_id); $read < $length; $read += self::strlen($buffer))
 		{
 			if (($buffer = fread($this->_file_handle, $length - $read)) === FALSE)
 			{
@@ -352,10 +361,13 @@ public function gc($maxlifetime)
 
 		$ts = time() - $maxlifetime;
 
+		$pattern = ($this->_config['match_ip'] === TRUE)
+			? '[0-9a-f]{32}'
+			: '';
+
 		$pattern = sprintf(
-			'/^%s[0-9a-f]{%d}$/',
-			preg_quote($this->_config['cookie_name'], '/'),
-			($this->_config['match_ip'] === TRUE ? 72 : 40)
+			'#\A%s'.$pattern.$this->_sid_regexp.'\z#',
+			preg_quote($this->_config['cookie_name'])
 		);
 
 		while (($file = readdir($directory)) !== FALSE)
@@ -377,4 +389,18 @@ public function gc($maxlifetime)
 		return $this->_success;
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Byte-safe strlen()
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	$str
+	 * @return	int
+	 */
+	protected static function strlen($str)
+	{
+		return (self::$func_overload)
+			? mb_strlen($str, '8bit')
+			: strlen($str);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_memcached_driver.php b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_memcached_driver.php
index 88eb4b3..5e90539 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_memcached_driver.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_memcached_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public function read($session_id)
 	 */
 	public function write($session_id, $session_data)
 	{
-		if ( ! isset($this->_memcached))
+		if ( ! isset($this->_memcached, $this->_lock_key))
 		{
 			return $this->_fail();
 		}
@@ -202,32 +202,25 @@ public function write($session_id, $session_data)
 			$this->_session_id = $session_id;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($this->_lock_key))
-		{
-			$key = $this->_key_prefix.$session_id;
-
-			$this->_memcached->replace($this->_lock_key, time(), 300);
-			if ($this->_fingerprint !== ($fingerprint = md5($session_data)))
-			{
-				if (
-					$this->_memcached->replace($key, $session_data, $this->_config['expiration'])
-					OR ($this->_memcached->getResultCode() === Memcached::RES_NOTFOUND && $this->_memcached->set($key, $session_data, $this->_config['expiration']))
-				)
-				{
-					$this->_fingerprint = $fingerprint;
-					return $this->_success;
-				}
-
-				return $this->_fail();
-			}
+		$key = $this->_key_prefix.$session_id;
 
-			if (
-				$this->_memcached->touch($key, $this->_config['expiration'])
-				OR ($this->_memcached->getResultCode() === Memcached::RES_NOTFOUND && $this->_memcached->set($key, $session_data, $this->_config['expiration']))
-			)
+		$this->_memcached->replace($this->_lock_key, time(), 300);
+		if ($this->_fingerprint !== ($fingerprint = md5($session_data)))
+		{
+			if ($this->_memcached->set($key, $session_data, $this->_config['expiration']))
 			{
+				$this->_fingerprint = $fingerprint;
 				return $this->_success;
 			}
+
+			return $this->_fail();
+		}
+		elseif (
+			$this->_memcached->touch($key, $this->_config['expiration'])
+			OR ($this->_memcached->getResultCode() === Memcached::RES_NOTFOUND && $this->_memcached->set($key, $session_data, $this->_config['expiration']))
+		)
+		{
+			return $this->_success;
 		}
 
 		return $this->_fail();
@@ -317,7 +310,7 @@ protected function _get_lock($session_id)
 			if ( ! $this->_memcached->replace($this->_lock_key, time(), 300))
 			{
 				return ($this->_memcached->getResultCode() === Memcached::RES_NOTFOUND)
-					? $this->_memcached->set($this->_lock_key, time(), 300)
+					? $this->_memcached->add($this->_lock_key, time(), 300)
 					: FALSE;
 			}
 		}
@@ -333,7 +326,8 @@ protected function _get_lock($session_id)
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if ( ! $this->_memcached->set($lock_key, time(), 300))
+			$method = ($this->_memcached->getResultCode() === Memcached::RES_NOTFOUND) ? 'add' : 'set';
+			if ( ! $this->_memcached->$method($lock_key, time(), 300))
 			{
 				log_message('error', 'Session: Error while trying to obtain lock for '.$this->_key_prefix.$session_id);
 				return FALSE;
@@ -379,4 +373,4 @@ protected function _release_lock()
 
 		return TRUE;
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_redis_driver.php b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_redis_driver.php
index 8db74c0..a9e655a 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_redis_driver.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_redis_driver.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class CI_Session_redis_driver extends CI_Session_driver implements SessionHandle
 	/**
 	 * phpRedis instance
 	 *
-	 * @var	resource
+	 * @var	Redis
 	 */
 	protected $_redis;
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public function read($session_id)
 	 */
 	public function write($session_id, $session_data)
 	{
-		if ( ! isset($this->_redis))
+		if ( ! isset($this->_redis, $this->_lock_key))
 		{
 			return $this->_fail();
 		}
@@ -215,27 +215,22 @@ public function write($session_id, $session_data)
 			$this->_session_id = $session_id;
 		}
 
-		if (isset($this->_lock_key))
+		$this->_redis->setTimeout($this->_lock_key, 300);
+		if ($this->_fingerprint !== ($fingerprint = md5($session_data)) OR $this->_key_exists === FALSE)
 		{
-			$this->_redis->setTimeout($this->_lock_key, 300);
-			if ($this->_fingerprint !== ($fingerprint = md5($session_data)) OR $this->_key_exists === FALSE)
+			if ($this->_redis->set($this->_key_prefix.$session_id, $session_data, $this->_config['expiration']))
 			{
-				if ($this->_redis->set($this->_key_prefix.$session_id, $session_data, $this->_config['expiration']))
-				{
-					$this->_fingerprint = $fingerprint;
-					$this->_key_exists = TRUE;
-					return $this->_success;
-				}
-
-				return $this->_fail();
+				$this->_fingerprint = $fingerprint;
+				$this->_key_exists = TRUE;
+				return $this->_success;
 			}
 
-			return ($this->_redis->setTimeout($this->_key_prefix.$session_id, $this->_config['expiration']))
-				? $this->_success
-				: $this->_fail();
+			return $this->_fail();
 		}
 
-		return $this->_fail();
+		return ($this->_redis->setTimeout($this->_key_prefix.$session_id, $this->_config['expiration']))
+			? $this->_success
+			: $this->_fail();
 	}
 
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -346,7 +341,11 @@ protected function _get_lock($session_id)
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if ( ! $this->_redis->setex($lock_key, 300, time()))
+			$result = ($ttl === -2)
+				? $this->_redis->set($lock_key, time(), array('nx', 'ex' => 300))
+				: $this->_redis->setex($lock_key, 300, time());
+
+			if ( ! $result)
 			{
 				log_message('error', 'Session: Error while trying to obtain lock for '.$this->_key_prefix.$session_id);
 				return FALSE;
diff --git a/system/libraries/Table.php b/system/libraries/Table.php
index 3bce294..50c5e35 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Table.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Table.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.1
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ protected function _prep_args($args)
 	public function set_caption($caption)
 	{
 		$this->caption = $caption;
+		return $this;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -434,7 +435,7 @@ public function clear()
 	/**
 	 * Set table data from a database result object
 	 *
-	 * @param	CI_DB_result	$db_result	Database result object
+	 * @param	CI_DB_result	$object	Database result object
 	 * @return	void
 	 */
 	protected function _set_from_db_result($object)
diff --git a/system/libraries/Trackback.php b/system/libraries/Trackback.php
index a9b2564..55e9a0e 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Trackback.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Trackback.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ public function validate_url(&$url)
 	{
 		$url = trim($url);
 
-		if (strpos($url, 'http') !== 0)
+		if (stripos($url, 'http') !== 0)
 		{
 			$url = 'http://'.$url;
 		}
diff --git a/system/libraries/Typography.php b/system/libraries/Typography.php
index c45398b..b25d8fd 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Typography.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Typography.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public function auto_typography($str, $reduce_linebreaks = FALSE)
 						// Clean up stray paragraph tags that appear before block level elements
 						'#<p></p><('.$this->block_elements.')#'	=> '<$1',
 
-						// Clean up stray non-breaking spaces preceeding block elements
+						// Clean up stray non-breaking spaces preceding block elements
 						'#(&nbsp;\s*)+<('.$this->block_elements.')#'	=> '  <$2',
 
 						// Replace the temporary markers we added earlier
diff --git a/system/libraries/Unit_test.php b/system/libraries/Unit_test.php
index 3ac6af7..38e0fbd 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Unit_test.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Unit_test.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.3.1
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ public function run($test, $expected = TRUE, $test_name = 'undefined', $notes =
 
 		if (in_array($expected, array('is_object', 'is_string', 'is_bool', 'is_true', 'is_false', 'is_int', 'is_numeric', 'is_float', 'is_double', 'is_array', 'is_null', 'is_resource'), TRUE))
 		{
-			$expected = str_replace('is_double', 'is_float', $expected);
 			$result = $expected($test);
 			$extype = str_replace(array('true', 'false'), 'bool', str_replace('is_', '', $expected));
 		}
@@ -291,7 +290,7 @@ public function result($results = array())
 				{
 					continue;
 				}
-				elseif (in_array($key, array('test_name', 'test_datatype', 'test_res_datatype', 'result'), TRUE))
+				elseif (in_array($key, array('test_name', 'test_datatype', 'res_datatype', 'result'), TRUE))
 				{
 					if (FALSE !== ($line = $CI->lang->line(strtolower('ut_'.$val), FALSE)))
 					{
diff --git a/system/libraries/Upload.php b/system/libraries/Upload.php
index 056f6de..0ad8dd3 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Upload.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Upload.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -1083,16 +1083,27 @@ public function do_xss_clean()
 			return FALSE;
 		}
 
-		if (memory_get_usage() && ($memory_limit = ini_get('memory_limit')))
+		if (memory_get_usage() && ($memory_limit = ini_get('memory_limit')) > 0)
 		{
-			$memory_limit *= 1024 * 1024;
-
-			// There was a bug/behavioural change in PHP 5.2, where numbers over one million get output
-			// into scientific notation. number_format() ensures this number is an integer
-			// http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43053
-
-			$memory_limit = number_format(ceil(filesize($file) + $memory_limit), 0, '.', '');
+			$memory_limit = str_split($memory_limit, strspn($memory_limit, '1234567890'));
+			if ( ! empty($memory_limit[1]))
+			{
+				switch ($memory_limit[1][0])
+				{
+					case 'g':
+					case 'G':
+						$memory_limit[0] *= 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+						break;
+					case 'm':
+					case 'M':
+						$memory_limit[0] *= 1024 * 1024;
+						break;
+					default:
+						break;
+				}
+			}
 
+			$memory_limit = (int) ceil(filesize($file) + $memory_limit[0]);
 			ini_set('memory_limit', $memory_limit); // When an integer is used, the value is measured in bytes. - PHP.net
 		}
 
@@ -1207,10 +1218,13 @@ protected function _file_mime_type($file)
 		// We'll need this to validate the MIME info string (e.g. text/plain; charset=us-ascii)
 		$regexp = '/^([a-z\-]+\/[a-z0-9\-\.\+]+)(;\s.+)?$/';
 
-		/* Fileinfo extension - most reliable method
+		/**
+		 * Fileinfo extension - most reliable method
 		 *
-		 * Unfortunately, prior to PHP 5.3 - it's only available as a PECL extension and the
-		 * more convenient FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE flag doesn't exist.
+		 * Apparently XAMPP, CentOS, cPanel and who knows what
+		 * other PHP distribution channels EXPLICITLY DISABLE
+		 * ext/fileinfo, which is otherwise enabled by default
+		 * since PHP 5.3 ...
 		 */
 		if (function_exists('finfo_file'))
 		{
@@ -1298,7 +1312,7 @@ protected function _file_mime_type($file)
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Fall back to the deprecated mime_content_type(), if available (still better than $_FILES[$field]['type'])
+		// Fall back to mime_content_type(), if available (still better than $_FILES[$field]['type'])
 		if (function_exists('mime_content_type'))
 		{
 			$this->file_type = @mime_content_type($file['tmp_name']);
diff --git a/system/libraries/User_agent.php b/system/libraries/User_agent.php
index 60d1599..cda3ef0 100644
--- a/system/libraries/User_agent.php
+++ b/system/libraries/User_agent.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
diff --git a/system/libraries/Xmlrpc.php b/system/libraries/Xmlrpc.php
index f965858..6fa7918 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Xmlrpc.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Xmlrpc.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class CI_Xmlrpc {
 	public $result;
 
 	/**
-	 * XML-RPC Reponse
+	 * XML-RPC Response
 	 *
 	 * @var	array
 	 */
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ public function initialize($config = array())
 	 */
 	public function server($url, $port = 80, $proxy = FALSE, $proxy_port = 8080)
 	{
-		if (strpos($url, 'http') !== 0)
+		if (stripos($url, 'http') !== 0)
 		{
 			$url = 'http://'.$url;
 		}
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ public function values_parsing($value)
 			{
 				if (is_array($value[0]) && ($value[1] === 'struct' OR $value[1] === 'array'))
 				{
-					while (list($k) = each($value[0]))
+					foreach (array_keys($value[0]) as $k)
 					{
 						$value[0][$k] = $this->values_parsing($value[0][$k]);
 					}
@@ -735,6 +735,8 @@ public function sendPayload($msg)
 			.'Content-Length: '.strlen($msg->payload).$r.$r
 			.$msg->payload;
 
+		stream_set_timeout($fp, $this->timeout); // set timeout for subsequent operations
+
 		for ($written = $timestamp = 0, $length = strlen($op); $written < $length; $written += $result)
 		{
 			if (($result = fwrite($fp, substr($op, $written))) === FALSE)
@@ -753,9 +755,6 @@ public function sendPayload($msg)
 					$result = FALSE;
 					break;
 				}
-
-				usleep(250000);
-				continue;
 			}
 			else
 			{
@@ -932,15 +931,15 @@ public function decode($array = NULL)
 
 		if (is_array($array))
 		{
-			while (list($key) = each($array))
+			foreach ($array as $key => &$value)
 			{
-				if (is_array($array[$key]))
+				if (is_array($value))
 				{
-					$array[$key] = $this->decode($array[$key]);
+					$array[$key] = $this->decode($value);
 				}
 				elseif ($this->xss_clean)
 				{
-					$array[$key] = $CI->security->xss_clean($array[$key]);
+					$array[$key] = $CI->security->xss_clean($value);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -994,10 +993,11 @@ public function xmlrpc_decoder($xmlrpc_val)
 			reset($xmlrpc_val->me['struct']);
 			$arr = array();
 
-			while (list($key,$value) = each($xmlrpc_val->me['struct']))
+			foreach ($xmlrpc_val->me['struct'] as $key => &$value)
 			{
 				$arr[$key] = $this->xmlrpc_decoder($value);
 			}
+
 			return $arr;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1563,17 +1563,17 @@ public function output_parameters(array $array = array())
 
 		if ( ! empty($array))
 		{
-			while (list($key) = each($array))
+			foreach ($array as $key => &$value)
 			{
-				if (is_array($array[$key]))
+				if (is_array($value))
 				{
-					$array[$key] = $this->output_parameters($array[$key]);
+					$array[$key] = $this->output_parameters($value);
 				}
 				elseif ($key !== 'bits' && $this->xss_clean)
 				{
 					// 'bits' is for the MetaWeblog API image bits
 					// @todo - this needs to be made more general purpose
-					$array[$key] = $CI->security->xss_clean($array[$key]);
+					$array[$key] = $CI->security->xss_clean($value);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ public function decode_message($param)
 			reset($param->me['struct']);
 			$arr = array();
 
-			while (list($key,$value) = each($param->me['struct']))
+			foreach ($param->me['struct'] as $key => &$value)
 			{
 				$arr[$key] = $this->decode_message($value);
 			}
@@ -1824,7 +1824,7 @@ public function serializedata($typ, $val)
 				// struct
 				$rs .= "<struct>\n";
 				reset($val);
-				while (list($key2, $val2) = each($val))
+				foreach ($val as $key2 => &$val2)
 				{
 					$rs .= "<member>\n<name>{$key2}</name>\n".$this->serializeval($val2)."</member>\n";
 				}
@@ -1885,11 +1885,9 @@ public function serialize_class()
 	 */
 	public function serializeval($o)
 	{
-		$ar = $o->me;
-		reset($ar);
-
-		list($typ, $val) = each($ar);
-		return "<value>\n".$this->serializedata($typ, $val)."</value>\n";
+		$array = $o->me;
+		list($value, $type) = array(reset($array), key($array));
+		return "<value>\n".$this->serializedata($type, $value)."</value>\n";
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1901,8 +1899,7 @@ public function serializeval($o)
 	 */
 	public function scalarval()
 	{
-		reset($this->me);
-		return current($this->me);
+		return reset($this->me);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/libraries/Xmlrpcs.php b/system/libraries/Xmlrpcs.php
index afcdbe6..0274f13 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Xmlrpcs.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Xmlrpcs.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -339,11 +339,11 @@ protected function _execute($m)
 		//-------------------------------------
 
 		$method_parts = explode('.', $this->methods[$methName]['function']);
-		$objectCall = (isset($method_parts[1]) && $method_parts[1] !== '');
+		$objectCall   = ! empty($method_parts[1]);
 
 		if ($system_call === TRUE)
 		{
-			if ( ! is_callable(array($this,$method_parts[1])))
+			if ( ! is_callable(array($this, $method_parts[1])))
 			{
 				return new XML_RPC_Response(0, $this->xmlrpcerr['unknown_method'], $this->xmlrpcstr['unknown_method']);
 			}
@@ -400,11 +400,11 @@ protected function _execute($m)
 			}
 			elseif ($this->object === FALSE)
 			{
-				return get_instance()->$method_parts[1]($m);
+				return get_instance()->{$method_parts[1]}($m);
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				return $this->object->$method_parts[1]($m);
+				return $this->object->{$method_parts[1]}($m);
 			}
 		}
 		else
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ public function do_multicall($call)
 			return $this->multicall_error('nomethod');
 		}
 
-		list($scalar_type, $scalar_value) = each($methName->me);
+		list($scalar_value, $scalar_type) = array(reset($methName->me), key($methName->me));
 		$scalar_type = $scalar_type === $this->xmlrpcI4 ? $this->xmlrpcInt : $scalar_type;
 
 		if ($methName->kindOf() !== 'scalar' OR $scalar_type !== 'string')
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ public function do_multicall($call)
 			return $this->multicall_error('notarray');
 		}
 
-		list($a, $b) = each($params->me);
+		list($b, $a) = array(reset($params->me), key($params->me));
 
 		$msg = new XML_RPC_Message($scalar_value);
 		for ($i = 0, $numParams = count($b); $i < $numParams; $i++)
diff --git a/system/libraries/Zip.php b/system/libraries/Zip.php
index 140ad72..2c71e1f 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Zip.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Zip.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * @package	CodeIgniter
  * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
  * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014, EllisLab, Inc. (https://ellislab.com/)
- * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2016, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
+ * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2017, British Columbia Institute of Technology (http://bcit.ca/)
  * @license	http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
  * @link	https://codeigniter.com
  * @since	Version 1.0.0
@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ class CI_Zip {
 	 */
 	public $compression_level = 2;
 
+	/**
+	 * mbstring.func_overload flag
+	 *
+	 * @var	bool
+	 */
+	protected static $func_overload;
+
 	/**
 	 * Initialize zip compression class
 	 *
@@ -112,6 +119,8 @@ class CI_Zip {
 	 */
 	public function __construct()
 	{
+		isset(self::$func_overload) OR self::$func_overload = (extension_loaded('mbstring') && ini_get('mbstring.func_overload'));
+
 		$this->now = time();
 		log_message('info', 'Zip Compression Class Initialized');
 	}
@@ -182,7 +191,7 @@ protected function _add_dir($dir, $file_mtime, $file_mdate)
 			.pack('V', 0) // crc32
 			.pack('V', 0) // compressed filesize
 			.pack('V', 0) // uncompressed filesize
-			.pack('v', strlen($dir)) // length of pathname
+			.pack('v', self::strlen($dir)) // length of pathname
 			.pack('v', 0) // extra field length
 			.$dir
 			// below is "data descriptor" segment
@@ -197,7 +206,7 @@ protected function _add_dir($dir, $file_mtime, $file_mdate)
 			.pack('V',0) // crc32
 			.pack('V',0) // compressed filesize
 			.pack('V',0) // uncompressed filesize
-			.pack('v', strlen($dir)) // length of pathname
+			.pack('v', self::strlen($dir)) // length of pathname
 			.pack('v', 0) // extra field length
 			.pack('v', 0) // file comment length
 			.pack('v', 0) // disk number start
@@ -206,7 +215,7 @@ protected function _add_dir($dir, $file_mtime, $file_mdate)
 			.pack('V', $this->offset) // relative offset of local header
 			.$dir;
 
-		$this->offset = strlen($this->zipdata);
+		$this->offset = self::strlen($this->zipdata);
 		$this->entries++;
 	}
 
@@ -255,10 +264,10 @@ protected function _add_data($filepath, $data, $file_mtime, $file_mdate)
 	{
 		$filepath = str_replace('\\', '/', $filepath);
 
-		$uncompressed_size = strlen($data);
+		$uncompressed_size = self::strlen($data);
 		$crc32  = crc32($data);
-		$gzdata = substr(gzcompress($data, $this->compression_level), 2, -4);
-		$compressed_size = strlen($gzdata);
+		$gzdata = self::substr(gzcompress($data, $this->compression_level), 2, -4);
+		$compressed_size = self::strlen($gzdata);
 
 		$this->zipdata .=
 			"\x50\x4b\x03\x04\x14\x00\x00\x00\x08\x00"
@@ -267,7 +276,7 @@ protected function _add_data($filepath, $data, $file_mtime, $file_mdate)
 			.pack('V', $crc32)
 			.pack('V', $compressed_size)
 			.pack('V', $uncompressed_size)
-			.pack('v', strlen($filepath)) // length of filename
+			.pack('v', self::strlen($filepath)) // length of filename
 			.pack('v', 0) // extra field length
 			.$filepath
 			.$gzdata; // "file data" segment
@@ -279,7 +288,7 @@ protected function _add_data($filepath, $data, $file_mtime, $file_mdate)
 			.pack('V', $crc32)
 			.pack('V', $compressed_size)
 			.pack('V', $uncompressed_size)
-			.pack('v', strlen($filepath)) // length of filename
+			.pack('v', self::strlen($filepath)) // length of filename
 			.pack('v', 0) // extra field length
 			.pack('v', 0) // file comment length
 			.pack('v', 0) // disk number start
@@ -288,7 +297,7 @@ protected function _add_data($filepath, $data, $file_mtime, $file_mdate)
 			.pack('V', $this->offset) // relative offset of local header
 			.$filepath;
 
-		$this->offset = strlen($this->zipdata);
+		$this->offset = self::strlen($this->zipdata);
 		$this->entries++;
 		$this->file_num++;
 	}
@@ -401,8 +410,8 @@ public function get_zip()
 			.$this->directory."\x50\x4b\x05\x06\x00\x00\x00\x00"
 			.pack('v', $this->entries) // total # of entries "on this disk"
 			.pack('v', $this->entries) // total # of entries overall
-			.pack('V', strlen($this->directory)) // size of central dir
-			.pack('V', strlen($this->zipdata)) // offset to start of central dir
+			.pack('V', self::strlen($this->directory)) // size of central dir
+			.pack('V', self::strlen($this->zipdata)) // offset to start of central dir
 			."\x00\x00"; // .zip file comment length
 	}
 
@@ -425,9 +434,9 @@ public function archive($filepath)
 
 		flock($fp, LOCK_EX);
 
-		for ($result = $written = 0, $data = $this->get_zip(), $length = strlen($data); $written < $length; $written += $result)
+		for ($result = $written = 0, $data = $this->get_zip(), $length = self::strlen($data); $written < $length; $written += $result)
 		{
-			if (($result = fwrite($fp, substr($data, $written))) === FALSE)
+			if (($result = fwrite($fp, self::substr($data, $written))) === FALSE)
 			{
 				break;
 			}
@@ -481,4 +490,43 @@ public function clear_data()
 		return $this;
 	}
 
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Byte-safe strlen()
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	$str
+	 * @return	int
+	 */
+	protected static function strlen($str)
+	{
+		return (self::$func_overload)
+			? mb_strlen($str, '8bit')
+			: strlen($str);
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Byte-safe substr()
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	$str
+	 * @param	int	$start
+	 * @param	int	$length
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	protected static function substr($str, $start, $length = NULL)
+	{
+		if (self::$func_overload)
+		{
+			// mb_substr($str, $start, null, '8bit') returns an empty
+			// string on PHP 5.3
+			isset($length) OR $length = ($start >= 0 ? self::strlen($str) - $start : -$start);
+			return mb_substr($str, $start, $length, '8bit');
+		}
+
+		return isset($length)
+			? substr($str, $start, $length)
+			: substr($str, $start);
+	}
 }