Rewrite and extend the Loader class on the fly, to make some useful properties public again

Loader.php

<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

/**
 * Rewrite and extend the Loader class on the fly, to make some useful properties public again
 *
 * @package             CodeIgniter
 * @author              Mark Croxton ([email protected])
 * @copyright		Copyright (c) 2012 Hallmark Design
 * @link                http://hallmark-design.co.uk
 */

if ( ! class_exists('CI_Loader2'))
{
	$loader2 = file_get_contents(BASEPATH.'core/Loader.php');
	$loader2 = str_replace('protected $_ci_cached_vars', 'public $_ci_cached_vars', $loader2);
	$loader2 = str_replace('protected $_ci_classes', 'public $_ci_classes', $loader2);
	$loader2 = str_replace('class CI_Loader', 'class CI_Loader2', $loader2);
	$loader2 = str_replace('<?php', '', $loader2);
	eval($loader2); // can you hear those kittens screaming?
}

// extend our rewritten and renamed class
class CI_Loader extends CI_Loader2 {
			
	/**
	 * Constructor
	 */
	function __construct()
	{
		parent::__construct();	
	}
}

/* End of file Loader.php */
/* Location: ./application/core/Loader.php */