diff --git a/system/Helpers/html_helper.php b/system/Helpers/html_helper.php
index 8fd4231dc9..0f7e154a02 100755
--- a/system/Helpers/html_helper.php
+++ b/system/Helpers/html_helper.php
@@ -66,7 +66,14 @@ if (! function_exists('_list')) {
         foreach ($list as $key => $val) {
             $out .= str_repeat(' ', $depth + 2) . '<li>';
 
-            $out .= ! is_array($val) ? $val : $key . "\n" . _list($type, $val, '', $depth + 4) . str_repeat(' ', $depth + 2);
+            if (! is_array($val)) {
+                $out .= $val;
+            } else {
+                $out .= $key
+                    . "\n"
+                    . _list($type, $val, '', $depth + 4)
+                    . str_repeat(' ', $depth + 2);
+            }
 
             $out .= "</li>\n";
         }
@@ -102,7 +109,11 @@ if (! function_exists('img')) {
 
         // Check for a relative URI
         if (! preg_match('#^([a-z]+:)?//#i', $src['src']) && strpos($src['src'], 'data:') !== 0) {
-            $img .= $indexPage === true ? ' src="' . site_url($src['src']) . '"' : ' src="' . slash_item('baseURL') . $src['src'] . '"';
+            if ($indexPage === true) {
+                $img .= ' src="' . site_url($src['src']) . '"';
+            } else {
+                $img .= ' src="' . slash_item('baseURL') . $src['src'] . '"';
+            }
 
             unset($src['src']);
         }
@@ -192,7 +203,11 @@ if (! function_exists('script_tag')) {
 
         foreach ($src as $k => $v) {
             if ($k === 'src' && ! preg_match('#^([a-z]+:)?//#i', $v)) {
-                $script .= $indexPage === true ? 'src="' . site_url($v) . '" ' : 'src="' . slash_item('baseURL') . $v . '" ';
+                if ($indexPage === true) {
+                    $script .= 'src="' . site_url($v) . '" ';
+                } else {
+                    $script .= 'src="' . slash_item('baseURL') . $v . '" ';
+                }
             } else {
                 // for attributes without values, like async or defer, use NULL.
                 $script .= $k . (null === $v ? ' ' : '="' . $v . '" ');
@@ -280,7 +295,13 @@ if (! function_exists('video')) {
 
         $video = '<video';
 
-        $video .= _has_protocol($src) ? ' src="' . $src . '"' : ($indexPage === true ? ' src="' . site_url($src) . '"' : ' src="' . slash_item('baseURL') . $src . '"');
+        if (_has_protocol($src)) {
+            $video .= ' src="' . $src . '"';
+        } elseif ($indexPage === true) {
+            $video .= ' src="' . site_url($src) . '"';
+        } else {
+            $video .= ' src="' . slash_item('baseURL') . $src . '"';
+        }
 
         if ($attributes !== '') {
             $video .= ' ' . $attributes;
@@ -320,7 +341,13 @@ if (! function_exists('audio')) {
 
         $audio = '<audio';
 
-        $audio .= _has_protocol($src) ? ' src="' . $src . '"' : ($indexPage === true ? ' src="' . site_url($src) . '"' : ' src="' . slash_item('baseURL') . $src . '"');
+        if (_has_protocol($src)) {
+            $audio .= ' src="' . $src . '"';
+        } elseif ($indexPage === true) {
+            $audio .= ' src="' . site_url($src) . '"';
+        } else {
+            $audio .= ' src="' . slash_item('baseURL') . $src . '"';
+        }
 
         if ($attributes !== '') {
             $audio .= ' ' . $attributes;
diff --git a/system/Helpers/text_helper.php b/system/Helpers/text_helper.php
index af476067d6..7db126fae2 100755
--- a/system/Helpers/text_helper.php
+++ b/system/Helpers/text_helper.php
@@ -387,7 +387,11 @@ if (! function_exists('word_wrap')) {
 
             // 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
-            $output .= $temp !== '' ? $temp . "\n" . $line . "\n" : $line . "\n";
+            if ($temp !== '') {
+                $output .= $temp . "\n" . $line . "\n";
+            } else {
+                $output .= $line . "\n";
+            }
         }
 
         // Put our markers back
@@ -426,7 +430,11 @@ if (! function_exists('ellipsize')) {
         $beg      = mb_substr($str, 0, (int) floor($maxLength * $position));
         $position = ($position > 1) ? 1 : $position;
 
-        $end = $position === 1 ? mb_substr($str, 0, -($maxLength - mb_strlen($beg))) : mb_substr($str, -($maxLength - mb_strlen($beg)));
+        if ($position === 1) {
+            $end = mb_substr($str, 0, -($maxLength - mb_strlen($beg)));
+        } else {
+            $end = mb_substr($str, -($maxLength - mb_strlen($beg)));
+        }
 
         return $beg . $ellipsis . $end;
     }