diff --git a/system/Autoloader/FileLocator.php b/system/Autoloader/FileLocator.php
index 4849b295e7..1a301aa035 100644
--- a/system/Autoloader/FileLocator.php
+++ b/system/Autoloader/FileLocator.php
@@ -151,6 +151,56 @@ class FileLocator
 
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+	/**
+	 * Examines a file and returns the fully qualified domain name.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $file
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getClassname(string $file) : string
+	{
+		$php    = file_get_contents($file);
+		$tokens = token_get_all($php);
+		$count  = count($tokens);
+		$dlm    = false;
+		$namespace = '';
+		$class_name = '';
+
+		for ($i = 2; $i < $count; $i++)
+		{
+			if ((isset($tokens[$i-2][1]) && ($tokens[$i-2][1] == "phpnamespace" || $tokens[$i-2][1] == "namespace")) || ($dlm && $tokens[$i-1][0] == T_NS_SEPARATOR && $tokens[$i][0] == T_STRING))
+			{
+				if (! $dlm)
+				{
+					$namespace = 0;
+				}
+				if (isset($tokens[$i][1]))
+				{
+					$namespace = $namespace ? $namespace."\\".$tokens[$i][1] : $tokens[$i][1];
+					$dlm       = true;
+				}
+			}
+			elseif ($dlm && ($tokens[$i][0] != T_NS_SEPARATOR) && ($tokens[$i][0] != T_STRING))
+			{
+				$dlm = false;
+			}
+			if (($tokens[$i-2][0] == T_CLASS || (isset($tokens[$i-2][1]) && $tokens[$i-2][1] == "phpclass"))
+				&& $tokens[$i-1][0] == T_WHITESPACE
+				&& $tokens[$i][0] == T_STRING)
+			{
+				$class_name = $tokens[$i][1];
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if( empty( $class_name ) ) return "";
+
+		return $namespace .'\\'. $class_name;
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 	/**
 	 * Searches through all of the defined namespaces looking for a file.
 	 * Returns an array of all found locations for the defined file.
diff --git a/system/Common.php b/system/Common.php
index 6fceec13f4..72cbe76ed9 100644
--- a/system/Common.php
+++ b/system/Common.php
@@ -85,6 +85,24 @@ if ( ! function_exists('cache'))
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+if ( ! function_exists('config'))
+{
+	/**
+	 * More simple way of getting config instances
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name
+	 * @param bool   $getShared
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	function config(string $name, bool $getShared = true)
+	{
+		return \CodeIgniter\Config\Config::get($name, $getShared);
+	}
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 if ( ! function_exists('view'))
 {
 
diff --git a/system/Config/BaseService.php b/system/Config/BaseService.php
index 1fa59aaa83..b8ffa3b27c 100644
--- a/system/Config/BaseService.php
+++ b/system/Config/BaseService.php
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
  * @filesource
  */
 
+use CodeIgniter\Autoloader\FileLocator;
+
 /**
  * Services Configuration file.
  *
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ class BaseService
 			// Get instances of all service classes and cache them locally.
 			foreach ($files as $file)
 			{
-				$classname = static::getClassName($file);
+				$classname = $locator->getClassname($file);
 
 				if (! in_array($classname, ['Config\\Services', 'CodeIgniter\\Config\\Services']))
 				{
@@ -214,50 +216,4 @@ class BaseService
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Examines a file and returns the fully qualified domain name.
-	 *
-	 * @param string $file
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	private static function getClassname(string $file)
-	{
-		$php    = file_get_contents($file);
-		$tokens = token_get_all($php);
-		$count  = count($tokens);
-		$dlm    = false;
-		$namespace = '';
-		$class_name = '';
-
-		for ($i = 2; $i < $count; $i++)
-		{
-			if ((isset($tokens[$i-2][1]) && ($tokens[$i-2][1] == "phpnamespace" || $tokens[$i-2][1] == "namespace")) || ($dlm && $tokens[$i-1][0] == T_NS_SEPARATOR && $tokens[$i][0] == T_STRING))
-			{
-				if (! $dlm)
-				{
-					$namespace = 0;
-				}
-				if (isset($tokens[$i][1]))
-				{
-					$namespace = $namespace ? $namespace."\\".$tokens[$i][1] : $tokens[$i][1];
-					$dlm       = true;
-				}
-			}
-			elseif ($dlm && ($tokens[$i][0] != T_NS_SEPARATOR) && ($tokens[$i][0] != T_STRING))
-			{
-				$dlm = false;
-			}
-			if (($tokens[$i-2][0] == T_CLASS || (isset($tokens[$i-2][1]) && $tokens[$i-2][1] == "phpclass"))
-			    && $tokens[$i-1][0] == T_WHITESPACE
-			    && $tokens[$i][0] == T_STRING)
-			{
-				$class_name = $tokens[$i][1];
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		return $namespace .'\\'. $class_name;
-	}
 }
diff --git a/system/Config/Config.php b/system/Config/Config.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0cf79dd3e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/Config/Config.php
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+<?php namespace CodeIgniter\Config;
+
+/**
+ * CodeIgniter
+ *
+ * An open source application development framework for PHP
+ *
+ * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018 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
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * @package    CodeIgniter
+ * @author     CodeIgniter Dev Team
+ * @copyright  2014-2018 British Columbia Institute of Technology (https://bcit.ca/)
+ * @license    https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
+ * @link       https://codeigniter.com
+ * @since      Version 3.0.0
+ * @filesource
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Class Config
+ *
+ * @package CodeIgniter\Config
+ */
+class Config
+{
+	/**
+	 * Cache for instance of any configurations that
+	 * have been requested as "shared" instance.
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	static private $instances = [];
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Create new configuration instances or return
+	 * a shared instance
+	 *
+	 * @param string  $name      Configuration name
+	 * @param boolean $getShared Use shared instance
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed|null
+	 */
+	public static function get(string $name, bool $getShared = true)
+	{
+		$class = $name;
+		if (($pos = strrpos($name, '\\')) !== false)
+		{
+			$class = substr($name, $pos + 1);
+		}
+
+		$class = strtolower($class);
+
+		if (! $getShared)
+		{
+			return self::createClass($name);
+		}
+
+		if (! isset( self::$instances[$class] ))
+		{
+			self::$instances[$class] = self::createClass($name);
+		}
+		return self::$instances[$class];
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Find configuration class and create instance
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name Classname
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed|null
+	 */
+	private static function createClass(string $name)
+	{
+		if (class_exists($name))
+		{
+			return new $name();
+		}
+
+		$locator = Services::locator();
+		$file    = $locator->locateFile($name, 'Config');
+
+		if (empty($file))
+		{
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		$name = $locator->getClassname($file);
+
+		if (empty($name))
+		{
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		return new $name();
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
+}
diff --git a/tests/system/Config/ConfigTest.php b/tests/system/Config/ConfigTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1e8397fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/system/Config/ConfigTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php namespace CodeIgniter\Config;
+
+use Config\Email;
+
+class ConfigTest extends \CIUnitTestCase
+{
+
+	public function testCreateSingleInstance()
+	{
+		$Config = Config::get('email', false);
+		$UpperConfig = Config::get('Email', false);
+		$NamespaceConfig = Config::get('Config\\Email', false);
+
+		$this->assertInstanceOf(Email::class, $Config);
+		$this->assertInstanceOf(Email::class, $UpperConfig);
+		$this->assertInstanceOf(Email::class, $NamespaceConfig);
+	}
+
+	public function testCreateInvalidInstance()
+	{
+		$Config = Config::get('gfnusvjai', false);
+
+		$this->assertNull($Config);
+	}
+
+	public function testCreateSharedInstance()
+	{
+		$Config = Config::get('email' );
+		$Config2 = Config::get('Config\\Email');
+
+		$this->assertTrue($Config === $Config2);
+	}
+
+	public function testCreateNonConfig()
+	{
+		$Config = Config::get('constants', false);
+
+		$this->assertNull($Config);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/general/configuration.rst b/user_guide_src/source/general/configuration.rst
index af63b1b05d..cd3860602e 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/general/configuration.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/general/configuration.rst
@@ -11,11 +11,21 @@ create an instance of the class and all your settings are there for you.
 Accessing Config Files
 ======================
 
-You can access config files within your classes by creating a new instance. All of the properties
+You can access config files within your classes by creating a new instance or using the config function. All of the properties
 are public, so you access the settings like any other property::
 
+	// Creating new class by hand
 	$config = new \Config\EmailConfig();
 
+	// Creating new class with config function
+	$config = config( 'EmailConfig', false );
+
+	// Get shared instance with config function
+	$config = config( 'EmailConfig' );
+
+	// Access config class with namespace
+	$config = config( 'Config\\EmailConfig' );
+
 	// Access settings as class properties
 	$protocol = $config->protocol;
 	$mailpath = $config->mailpath;