diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php
index a92b3fd41..06a465e84 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php
@@ -540,7 +540,8 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 
 		if ($text === null) {
 			if (strpos($fieldName, '.') !== false) {
-				$text = array_pop(explode('.', $fieldName));
+				$fieldElements = explode('.', $fieldName);
+				$text = array_pop($fieldElements);
 			} else {
 				$text = $fieldName;
 			}
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php
index 9fcecaab9..41f0ffbd5 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php
@@ -155,20 +155,6 @@ class JsHelper extends AppHelper {
 		trigger_error(__('JsHelper:: Missing Method %s is undefined', $method), E_USER_WARNING);
 	}
 
-/**
- * Workaround for Object::Object() existing. Since Object::object exists, it does not
- * fall into call__ and is not passed onto the engine helper. See JsBaseEngineHelper::object() for
- * more information on this method.
- *
- * @param mixed $data Data to convert into JSON
- * @param array $options Options to use for encoding JSON.  See JsBaseEngineHelper::object() for more details.
- * @return string encoded JSON
- * @deprecated Remove when support for PHP4 and Object::object are removed.
- */
-	public function object($data = array(), $options = array()) {
-		return $this->{$this->__engineName}->object($data, $options);
-	}
-
 /**
  * Overwrite inherited Helper::value()
  * See JsBaseEngineHelper::value() for more information on this method.
@@ -203,7 +189,6 @@ class JsHelper extends AppHelper {
  */
 	public function writeBuffer($options = array()) {
 		$domReady = $this->request->is('ajax');
-		// $domReady = isset($this->params['isAjax']) ? !$this->params['isAjax'] : true;
 		$defaults = array(
 			'onDomReady' => $domReady, 'inline' => true, 
 			'cache' => false, 'clear' => true, 'safe' => true
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helper.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helper.test.php
index ba401fe6e..4ef761091 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helper.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helper.test.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class HelperTestPost extends Model {
  * @access public
  * @return void
  */
-	function schema() {
+	function schema($field = false) {
 		$this->_schema = array(
 			'id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'default' => '', 'length' => '8'),
 			'title' => array('type' => 'string', 'null' => false, 'default' => '', 'length' => '255'),
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class HelperTestComment extends Model {
  * @access public
  * @return void
  */
-	function schema() {
+	function schema($field = false) {
 		$this->_schema = array(
 			'id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'default' => '', 'length' => '8'),
 			'author_id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'default' => '', 'length' => '8'),
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class HelperTestTag extends Model {
  * @access public
  * @return void
  */
-	function schema() {
+	function schema($field = false) {
 		$this->_schema = array(
 			'id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'default' => '', 'length' => '8'),
 			'name' => array('type' => 'string', 'null' => false, 'default' => '', 'length' => '255'),
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class HelperTestPostsTag extends Model {
  * @access public
  * @return void
  */
-	function schema() {
+	function schema($field = false) {
 		$this->_schema = array(
 			'helper_test_post_id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'default' => '', 'length' => '8'),
 			'helper_test_tag_id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'default' => '', 'length' => '8'),
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/form.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/form.test.php
index 143570711..8c01f95eb 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/form.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/form.test.php
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class ContactNonStandardPk extends Contact {
  * @access public
  * @return void
  */
-	function schema() {
+	function schema($field = false) {
 		$this->_schema = parent::schema();
 		$this->_schema['pk'] = $this->_schema['id'];
 		unset($this->_schema['id']);
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ class OpenidUrl extends CakeTestModel {
  * @access public
  * @return void
  */
-	function beforeValidate() {
+	function beforeValidate($options = array()) {
 		$this->invalidate('openid_not_registered');
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ class ValidateUser extends CakeTestModel {
  * @access public
  * @return void
  */
-	function beforeValidate() {
+	function beforeValidate($options = array()) {
 		$this->invalidate('email');
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ class ValidateProfile extends CakeTestModel {
  * @access public
  * @return void
  */
-	function beforeValidate() {
+	function beforeValidate($options = array()) {
 		$this->invalidate('full_name');
 		$this->invalidate('city');
 		return false;
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ class ValidateItem extends CakeTestModel {
  * @access public
  * @return void
  */
-	function beforeValidate() {
+	function beforeValidate($options = array()) {
 		$this->invalidate('description');
 		return false;
 	}
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/rss.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/rss.test.php
index afc3e54e9..f836d890f 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/rss.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/rss.test.php
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class RssHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'title',
 			'/title',
 			'<link',
-			RssHelper::url('/', true),
+			$this->Rss->url('/', true),
 			'/link',
 			'<description',
 			'content',
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ class RssHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'<description',
 			'<![CDATA[descriptive words]]',
 			'/description',
-			'enclosure' => array('url' => RssHelper::url('/test.flv', true)),
+			'enclosure' => array('url' => $this->Rss->url('/test.flv', true)),
 			'<pubDate',
 			date('r', strtotime('2008-05-31 12:00:00')),
 			'/pubDate',