diff --git a/cake/libs/validation.php b/cake/libs/validation.php
index fd2606c5f..ee8db26d4 100644
--- a/cake/libs/validation.php
+++ b/cake/libs/validation.php
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ class Validation extends Object {
 		$_this =& Validation::getInstance();
 		$_this->check = $check;
 		$validChars = '([' . preg_quote('!"$&\'()*+,-.@_:;=') . '\/0-9a-z]|(%[0-9a-f]{2}))';
-		$_this->regex = '/^(?:(?:https?|ftps?|file|news|gopher):\/\/)' . ife($strict, '', '?') .
+		$_this->regex = '/^(?:(?:https?|ftps?|file|news|gopher):\/\/)' . (!empty($strict) ? '' : '?') .
 			'(?:' . $_this->__pattern['ip'] . '|' . $_this->__pattern['hostname'] . ')(?::[1-9][0-9]{0,3})?' .
 			'(?:\/?|\/' . $validChars . '*)?' .
 			'(?:\?' . $validChars . '*)?' .
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/javascript.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/javascript.php
index ff439571e..a018130b1 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/javascript.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/javascript.php
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ class JavascriptHelper extends AppHelper {
 				$val = 'null';
 			break;
 			case (is_bool($val)):
-				$val = ife($val, 'true', 'false');
+				$val = !empty($val) ? 'true' : 'false';
 			break;
 			case (is_int($val)):
 				$val = $val;