diff --git a/cake/libs/controller/components/security.php b/cake/libs/controller/components/security.php
index c0fb15898..b09f27b46 100644
--- a/cake/libs/controller/components/security.php
+++ b/cake/libs/controller/components/security.php
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class SecurityComponent extends Object {
  * @access private
  */
 	function __requireMethod($method, $actions = array()) {
-		$this->{'require' . $method} = ife(empty($actions), array('*'), $actions);
+		$this->{'require' . $method} = (empty($actions)) ? array('*'): $actions;
 	}
 /**
  * Check if HTTP methods are required
diff --git a/cake/libs/controller/controller.php b/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
index 5889a2975..d352c269e 100644
--- a/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
+++ b/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
@@ -505,53 +505,58 @@ class Controller extends Object {
 
 		if (!empty($status)) {
 			$codes = array(
-				100 => "Continue",
-				101 => "Switching Protocols",
-				200 => "OK",
-				201 => "Created",
-				202 => "Accepted",
-				203 => "Non-Authoritative Information",
-				204 => "No Content",
-				205 => "Reset Content",
-				206 => "Partial Content",
-				300 => "Multiple Choices",
-				301 => "Moved Permanently",
-				302 => "Found",
-				303 => "See Other",
-				304 => "Not Modified",
-				305 => "Use Proxy",
-				307 => "Temporary Redirect",
-				400 => "Bad Request",
-				401 => "Unauthorized",
-				402 => "Payment Required",
-				403 => "Forbidden",
-				404 => "Not Found",
-				405 => "Method Not Allowed",
-				406 => "Not Acceptable",
-				407 => "Proxy Authentication Required",
-				408 => "Request Time-out",
-				409 => "Conflict",
-				410 => "Gone",
-				411 => "Length Required",
-				412 => "Precondition Failed",
-				413 => "Request Entity Too Large",
-				414 => "Request-URI Too Large",
-				415 => "Unsupported Media Type",
-				416 => "Requested range not satisfiable",
-				417 => "Expectation Failed",
-				500 => "Internal Server Error",
-				501 => "Not Implemented",
-				502 => "Bad Gateway",
-				503 => "Service Unavailable",
-				504 => "Gateway Time-out"
+				100 => 'Continue',
+				101 => 'Switching Protocols',
+				200 => 'OK',
+				201 => 'Created',
+				202 => 'Accepted',
+				203 => 'Non-Authoritative Information',
+				204 => 'No Content',
+				205 => 'Reset Content',
+				206 => 'Partial Content',
+				300 => 'Multiple Choices',
+				301 => 'Moved Permanently',
+				302 => 'Found',
+				303 => 'See Other',
+				304 => 'Not Modified',
+				305 => 'Use Proxy',
+				307 => 'Temporary Redirect',
+				400 => 'Bad Request',
+				401 => 'Unauthorized',
+				402 => 'Payment Required',
+				403 => 'Forbidden',
+				404 => 'Not Found',
+				405 => 'Method Not Allowed',
+				406 => 'Not Acceptable',
+				407 => 'Proxy Authentication Required',
+				408 => 'Request Time-out',
+				409 => 'Conflict',
+				410 => 'Gone',
+				411 => 'Length Required',
+				412 => 'Precondition Failed',
+				413 => 'Request Entity Too Large',
+				414 => 'Request-URI Too Large',
+				415 => 'Unsupported Media Type',
+				416 => 'Requested range not satisfiable',
+				417 => 'Expectation Failed',
+				500 => 'Internal Server Error',
+				501 => 'Not Implemented',
+				502 => 'Bad Gateway',
+				503 => 'Service Unavailable',
+				504 => 'Gateway Time-out'
 			);
 			if (is_string($status)) {
 				$codes = array_combine(array_values($codes), array_keys($codes));
 			}
 
 			if (isset($codes[$status])) {
-				$code = ife(is_numeric($status), $status, $codes[$status]);
-				$msg  = ife(is_string($status),  $status, $codes[$status]);
+				$code = $status = $codes[$status];
+				if (is_numeric($status)) {
+					$code = $status;
+				}
+				if (is_string($status)) { 
+					$msg = $status;
+				}
 				$status = "HTTP/1.1 {$code} {$msg}";
 			} else {
 				$status = null;
diff --git a/cake/libs/debugger.php b/cake/libs/debugger.php
index e506ce0b8..88b6630bc 100644
--- a/cake/libs/debugger.php
+++ b/cake/libs/debugger.php
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ class Debugger extends Object {
 		$_this =  Debugger::getInstance();
 		switch(strtolower(gettype($var))) {
 			case 'boolean':
-				return ife($var, 'true', 'false');
+				return ($var) ? 'true' : 'false';
 			break;
 			case 'integer':
 			case 'double':
diff --git a/cake/libs/folder.php b/cake/libs/folder.php
index f5d9ecea9..c84a9282c 100644
--- a/cake/libs/folder.php
+++ b/cake/libs/folder.php
@@ -741,7 +741,10 @@ class Folder extends Object{
 		}
 		$parts = explode(DS, $path);
 		$newparts = array();
-		$newpath = ife($path[0] == DS, DS, '');
+		$newpath = '';
+		if ($path[0] == DS) {
+			$newpath = DS;
+		}
 
 		while (($part = array_shift($parts)) !== NULL) {
 			if ($part == '.' || $part == '') {
diff --git a/cake/libs/model/behaviors/containable.php b/cake/libs/model/behaviors/containable.php
index 3fb520cc1..87fbe2e71 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/behaviors/containable.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/behaviors/containable.php
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ class ContainableBehavior extends ModelBehavior {
 		if (!isset($this->settings[$Model->alias])) {
 			$this->settings[$Model->alias] = array('recursive' => true, 'notices' => true, 'autoFields' => true);
 		}
-		$this->settings[$Model->alias] = array_merge($this->settings[$Model->alias], ife(is_array($settings), $settings, array()));
+		if (!is_array($settings)) {
+			$settings = array();
+		}
+		$this->settings[$Model->alias] = array_merge($this->settings[$Model->alias], $settings);
 	}
 /**
  * Runs before a find() operation. Used to allow 'contain' setting
diff --git a/cake/libs/model/behaviors/translate.php b/cake/libs/model/behaviors/translate.php
index 4fc8f3119..f88426159 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/behaviors/translate.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/behaviors/translate.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class TranslateBehavior extends ModelBehavior {
 		$addFields = array();
 		if (is_array($query['fields'])) {
 			foreach ($fields as $key => $value) {
-				$field = ife(is_numeric($key), $value, $key);
+				$field = (is_numeric($key)) ? $value : $key;
 
 				if (in_array($model->alias.'.*', $query['fields']) || $autoFields || in_array($model->alias.'.'.$field, $query['fields']) || in_array($field, $query['fields'])) {
 					$addFields[] = $field;
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class TranslateBehavior extends ModelBehavior {
 		$beforeFind = $this->runtime[$model->alias]['beforeFind'];
 
 		foreach ($results as $key => $row) {
-			$results[$key][$model->alias]['locale'] = ife(is_array($locale), @$locale[0], $locale);
+			$results[$key][$model->alias]['locale'] = (is_array($locale)) ? @$locale[0] : $locale;
 
 			foreach ($beforeFind as $field) {
 				if (is_array($locale)) {
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ class TranslateBehavior extends ModelBehavior {
 						$results[$key][$model->alias][$field] = '';
 					}
 				} else {
-					$value = ife(empty($results[$key]['I18n__'.$field]['content']), '', $results[$key]['I18n__'.$field]['content']);
+					$value = '';
+					if (!empty($results[$key]['I18n__'.$field]['content'])) {
+						$value = $results[$key]['I18n__'.$field]['content'];
+					}
 					$results[$key][$model->alias][$field] = $value;
 					unset($results[$key]['I18n__'.$field]);
 				}
@@ -229,7 +232,7 @@ class TranslateBehavior extends ModelBehavior {
 		$tempData = array();
 
 		foreach ($fields as $key => $value) {
-			$field = ife(is_numeric($key), $value, $key);
+			$field = (is_numeric($key)) ? $value : $key;
 
 			if (isset($model->data[$model->alias][$field])) {
 				$tempData[$field] = $model->data[$model->alias][$field];
diff --git a/cake/libs/model/behaviors/tree.php b/cake/libs/model/behaviors/tree.php
index 8cf3799c8..68048197b 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/behaviors/tree.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/behaviors/tree.php
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ class TreeBehavior extends ModelBehavior {
 			'fields' => $db->calculate($model, 'max', array($right)),
 			'recursive' => $recursive
 		)));
-		return ife(empty ($edge[$right]), 0, $edge[$right]);
+		return (empty($edge[$right])) ? 0 : $edge[$right];
 	}
 /**
  * get the minimum index value in the table.
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ class TreeBehavior extends ModelBehavior {
 			'fields' => $db->calculate($model, 'min', array($left)),
 			'recursive' => $recursive
 		)));
-		return ife(empty($edge[$left]), 0, $edge[$left]);
+		return (empty($edge[$left])) ? 0 : $edge[$left];
 	}
 /**
  * Table sync method.
diff --git a/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_mysql.php b/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_mysql.php
index b871bd669..3fb26e31e 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_mysql.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_mysql.php
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ class DboMysql extends DboSource {
 			foreach ($keys as $i => $key) {
 				if(!isset($index[$key['Key_name']])) {
 					$index[$key['Key_name']]['column'] = $key['Column_name'];
-					$index[$key['Key_name']]['unique'] = ife($key['Non_unique'] == 0, 1, 0);
+					$index[$key['Key_name']]['unique'] = intval($key['Non_unique'] == 0);
 				} else {
 					if(!is_array($index[$key['Key_name']]['column'])) {
 						$col[] = $index[$key['Key_name']]['column'];
diff --git a/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_oracle.php b/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_oracle.php
index 9c9ab262b..1338b5767 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_oracle.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_oracle.php
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class DboOracle extends DboSource {
 			$this->_setError($this->_statementId);
 			return false;
 		}
-		
+
 		$this->_setError(null, true);
 
 		switch(ocistatementtype($this->_statementId)) {
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class DboOracle extends DboSource {
 		$this->_currentRow++;
 		return $resultRow;
 	}
-	
+
 	function fetchResult() {
 		return $this->fetchRow();
 	}
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ class DboOracle extends DboSource {
 			$this->_sequenceMap[$model->table] = $model->sequence;
 		} elseif (!empty($model->table)) {
 			$this->_sequenceMap[$model->table] = $model->table . '_seq';
-		} 
+		}
 
 		$cache = parent::describe($model);
 
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ class DboOracle extends DboSource {
 				}
 				if(!isset($index[$key])) {
 					$index[$key]['column'] = strtolower($idx['cc']['column_name']);
-					$index[$key]['unique'] = ife($idx['i']['uniqueness'] == 'UNIQUE', 1, 0);
+					$index[$key]['unique'] = intval($idx['i']['uniqueness'] == 'UNIQUE');
 				} else {
 					if(!is_array($index[$key]['column'])) {
 						$col[] = $index[$key]['column'];
diff --git a/cake/libs/multibyte.php b/cake/libs/multibyte.php
index 324b8b97a..17235a05f 100644
--- a/cake/libs/multibyte.php
+++ b/cake/libs/multibyte.php
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ class Multibyte extends Object {
 
 			} else {
 				if (count($values) == 0) {
-					$find = ife($value < 224, 2, 3);
+					$find = ($value < 224) ? 2 : 3;
 				}
 				$values[] = $value;
 
@@ -639,8 +639,7 @@ class Multibyte extends Object {
 				}
 				$position++;
 			}
-			$return = ife($found, $position, false);
-			return $return;
+			return ($found) ? $position : false;
 		}
 		return strripos($haystack, $needle, $offset);
 	}
@@ -689,8 +688,7 @@ class Multibyte extends Object {
 				}
 				$position++;
 			}
-			$return = ife($found, $position, false);
-			return $return;
+			return ($found) ? $position : false;
 		}
 		return strrpos($haystack, $needle, $offset);
 	}
diff --git a/cake/libs/router.php b/cake/libs/router.php
index 5252d866e..017cc8f51 100644
--- a/cake/libs/router.php
+++ b/cake/libs/router.php
@@ -298,10 +298,11 @@ class Router extends Object {
 
 			foreach ($_this->__resourceMap as $params) {
 				extract($params);
-				$id = ife($id, '/:id', '');
-
-				Router::connect(
-					"{$prefix}{$urlName}{$id}",
+				$url = $prefix . $urlName;
+				if ($id) {
+					$url .= '/:id';
+				}
+				Router::connect($url,
 					array('controller' => $urlName, 'action' => $action, '[method]' => $params['method']),
 					array('id' => $options['id'], 'pass' => array('id'))
 				);
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helper.php b/cake/libs/view/helper.php
index bce1ca9c3..b5488d826 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helper.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helper.php
@@ -297,7 +297,10 @@ class Helper extends Overloadable {
 				$attribute = sprintf($attributeFormat, $key, $key);
 			}
 		} else {
-			$attribute = sprintf($attributeFormat, $key, ife($escape, h($value), $value));
+			if ($escape) {
+				$value = htmlspecialchars($value);
+			}
+			$attribute = sprintf($attributeFormat, $key, $value);
 		}
 		return $attribute;
 	}
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/ajax.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/ajax.php
index 2e9ec2613..e5c3b38ab 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/ajax.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/ajax.php
@@ -682,10 +682,10 @@ class AjaxHelper extends AppHelper {
 		foreach ($options as $key => $value) {
 			switch($key) {
 				case 'type':
-					$jsOptions['asynchronous'] = ife(($value == 'synchronous'), 'false', 'true');
+					$jsOptions['asynchronous'] = ($value == 'synchronous') ? 'false' : 'true';
 				break;
 				case 'evalScripts':
-					$jsOptions['evalScripts'] = ife($value, 'true', 'false');
+					$jsOptions['evalScripts'] = ($value) ? 'true' : 'false';
 				break;
 				case 'position':
 					$jsOptions['insertion'] = "Insertion." . Inflector::camelize($options['position']);
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php
index 9e30e8e77..e701ecff3 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 				}
 			}
 			if (empty($options['action'])) {
-				$options['action'] = ife($created, 'edit', 'add');
+				$options['action'] = ($created) ? 'edit' : 'add';
 			}
 
 			$actionDefaults = array(
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 			break;
 			case 'file':
 				$htmlAttributes['enctype'] = 'multipart/form-data';
-				$options['type'] = ife($created, 'put', 'post');
+				$options['type'] = ($created) ? 'put' : 'post';
 			case 'post':
 			case 'put':
 			case 'delete':
@@ -1579,7 +1579,9 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 				}
 
 				if ($showParents || (!in_array($title, $parents))) {
-					$title = ife($attributes['escape'], h($title), $title);
+					if ($attributes['escape']) {
+						$title = htmlspecialchars($title);
+					}
 
 					if ($attributes['style'] === 'checkbox') {
 						$htmlOptions['value'] = $name;
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/javascript.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/javascript.php
index e82e92b73..a7b9e559e 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/javascript.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/javascript.php
@@ -196,8 +196,10 @@ class JavascriptHelper extends AppHelper {
 			if ($options['inline']) {
 				if ($block) {
 					return sprintf($this->tags['javascriptblock'], $script);
+				} elseif ($safe) {
+					return $this->tags['javascriptstart'] . "\n" . '//<![CDATA[' . "\n";
 				} else {
-					return sprintf($this->tags['javascriptstart']).ife($safe, "\n" . '//<![CDATA[' . "\n", '');
+					return $this->tags['javascriptstart'];
 				}
 			} elseif ($block) {
 				$view =& ClassRegistry::getObject('view');
@@ -230,7 +232,10 @@ class JavascriptHelper extends AppHelper {
 			$this->_cachedEvents[] = $script;
 			return null;
 		}
-		return ife($safe, "\n" . '//]]>' . "\n", '').$this->tags['javascriptend'];
+		if ($safe) {
+			return "\n" . '//]]>' . "\n" . $this->tags['javascriptend'];
+		}
+		return $this->tags['javascriptend'];
 	}
 /**
  * Returns a JavaScript include tag (SCRIPT element).  If the filename is prefixed with "/",
@@ -549,7 +554,7 @@ class JavascriptHelper extends AppHelper {
 				$val = 'null';
 			break;
 			case (is_bool($val)):
-				$val = ife($val, 'true', 'false');
+				$val = ($val) ? 'true' : 'false';
 			break;
 			case (is_int($val)):
 				$val = $val;
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php
index dd573c8f6..ac208d84f 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php
@@ -408,10 +408,17 @@ class PaginatorHelper extends AppHelper {
 		$options);
 
 		$paging = $this->params($options['model']);
-		$paging['pageCount'] = ife($paging['pageCount'] == 0, 1, $paging['pageCount']);
-
-		$start = ife($paging['count'] >= 1, ($paging['page'] - 1) * ($paging['options']['limit']) + 1, '0');
-		$end = ife(($paging['count'] < ($start + $paging['options']['limit'] - 1)), $paging['count'], ($start + $paging['options']['limit'] - 1));
+		if ($paging['pageCount'] == 0) {
+			$paging['pageCount'] = 1;
+		}
+		$start = 0;
+		if ($paging['count'] >= 1) {
+			$start = (($paging['page'] - 1) * $paging['options']['limit']) + 1;
+		}
+		$end = $start + $paging['options']['limit'] - 1;
+		if ($paging['count'] < $end) {
+			$end = $paging['count'];
+		}
 
 		switch ($options['format']) {
 			case 'range':
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/text.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/text.php
index 44fd1abed..450768042 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/text.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/text.php
@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ class TextHelper extends AppHelper {
 				$replace[] = '|' . $key . '|iu';
 				$with[] = empty($value) ? $highlighter : $value;
 			}
-			
+
 			return preg_replace($replace, $with, $text);
 		} else {
 			$phrase = '(' . $phrase . ')';
 			if ($considerHtml) {
 				$phrase = '(?![^<]+>)' . $phrase . '(?![^<]+>)';
 			}
-			
+
 			return preg_replace('|'.$phrase.'|iu', $highlighter, $text);
 		}
 	}
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class TextHelper extends AppHelper {
 			preg_match_all('/(<\/?([\w+]+)[^>]*>)?([^<>]*)/', $text, $tags, PREG_SET_ORDER);
 			foreach ($tags as $tag) {
 				if (preg_match('/img|br|input|hr|area|base|basefont|col|frame|isindex|link|meta|param/s', $tag[2])) {
-					
+
 				} else if (preg_match('/<[\w]+[^>]*>/s', $tag[0])) {
 					array_unshift($openTags, $tag[2]);
 				} else if (preg_match('/<\/([\w]+)[^>]*>/s', $tag[0], $closeTag)) {
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class TextHelper extends AppHelper {
 								break;
 							}
 						}
-					}	
+					}
 
 					$truncate .= substr($tag[3], 0 , $left + $entitiesLength);
 					break;
@@ -236,13 +236,13 @@ class TextHelper extends AppHelper {
 						}
 					}
 				}
-				$truncate = substr($truncate, 0, $spacepos);				
+				$truncate = substr($truncate, 0, $spacepos);
 			}
 		}
 
 		$truncate .= $ending;
-		
-		if ($considerHtml) {			
+
+		if ($considerHtml) {
 			foreach ($openTags as $tag) {
 				$truncate .= '</'.$tag.'>';
 			}
@@ -275,21 +275,29 @@ class TextHelper extends AppHelper {
 			return $this->truncate($text, $radius * 2, $ending);
 		}
 
-		if ($radius < strlen($phrase)) {
-			$radius = strlen($phrase);
+		$phraseLen = strlen($phrase);
+		if ($radius < $phraseLen) {
+			$radius = $phraseLen;
 		}
 
 		$pos = strpos(strtolower($text), strtolower($phrase));
-		$startPos = ife($pos <= $radius, 0, $pos - $radius);
-		$endPos = ife($pos + strlen($phrase) + $radius >= strlen($text), strlen($text), $pos + strlen($phrase) + $radius);
+		$startPos = 0;
+		if ($pos > $radius) {
+			$startPos = $pos - $radius;
+		}
+		$textLen = strlen($text);
+		$endPos = $pos + $phraseLen + $radius;
+		if ($endPos >= $textLen) {
+			$endPos = $textLen;
+		}
 		$excerpt = substr($text, $startPos, $endPos - $startPos);
 
 		if ($startPos != 0) {
-			$excerpt = substr_replace($excerpt, $ending, 0, strlen($phrase));
+			$excerpt = substr_replace($excerpt, $ending, 0, $phraseLen);
 		}
 
-		if ($endPos != strlen($text)) {
-			$excerpt = substr_replace($excerpt, $ending, -strlen($phrase));
+		if ($endPos != $textLen) {
+			$excerpt = substr_replace($excerpt, $ending, -$phraseLen);
 		}
 
 		return $excerpt;
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/time.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/time.php
index f50d608fb..6cddb0fcb 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/time.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/time.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class TimeHelper extends AppHelper {
 			$date = time();
 		}
 
-		$ret = date("D, M jS Y, H:i", $date);
+		$ret = i18n::strftime('%A, %B %e %Y, H:i', $date);
 		return $this->output($ret);
 	}
 /**
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/view.php b/cake/libs/view/view.php
index 4c27edb80..55100c37b 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/view.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/view.php
@@ -557,10 +557,8 @@ class View extends Object {
  * @return array An array containing the identity elements of an entity
  */
 	function entity() {
-		return array_values(Set::filter(array(
-			ife($this->association, $this->association, $this->model),
-			$this->modelId, $this->field, $this->fieldSuffix
-		)));
+		$assoc = ($this->association) ? $this->association : $this->model;
+		return array_values(Set::filter(array($assoc, $this->modelId, $this->field, $this->fieldSuffix)));
 	}
 /**
  * Allows a template or element to set a variable that will be available in