diff --git a/libs/core/core.create_dir_structure.php b/libs/core/core.create_dir_structure.php
index 8d4f2e97..e74af32a 100644
--- a/libs/core/core.create_dir_structure.php
+++ b/libs/core/core.create_dir_structure.php
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ function smarty_core_create_dir_structure($params, &$this)
                 if (isset($_root_dir[3])) array_shift($_dir_parts);
 
             } else {
-                $_new_dir = str_replace('\\','/', getcwd()).'/';
+                $_new_dir = str_replace('\\', '/', getcwd()).'/';
 
             }
             
             if($_use_open_basedir = !empty($_open_basedir_ini)) {
-                $_open_basedirs = explode(';', str_replace('\\','/', $_open_basedir_ini));
+                $_open_basedirs = explode(';', str_replace('\\', '/', $_open_basedir_ini));
             }
 
         }
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function smarty_core_create_dir_structure($params, &$this)
                 // do not attempt to test or make directories outside of open_basedir
                 $_make_new_dir = false;
                 foreach ($_open_basedirs as $_open_basedir) {
-                    if (substr($_new_dir.'/', 0, strlen($_open_basedir)) == $_open_basedir) {
+                    if (substr($_new_dir . '/', 0, strlen($_open_basedir)) == $_open_basedir) {
                         $_make_new_dir = true;
                         break;
                     }
diff --git a/libs/core/core.write_file.php b/libs/core/core.write_file.php
index c300d495..83e0e8d4 100644
--- a/libs/core/core.write_file.php
+++ b/libs/core/core.write_file.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function smarty_core_write_file($params, &$this)
 
 	// write to tmp file, then rename it to avoid
 	// file locking race condition
-	$_tmp_file = $_dirname . '/' . uniqid('');
+	$_tmp_file = $_dirname . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . uniqid('');
 
     if (!($fd = @fopen($_tmp_file, 'w'))) {
         $this->trigger_error("problem writing temporary file '$_tmp_file'");
diff --git a/libs/plugins/function.config_load.php b/libs/plugins/function.config_load.php
index fcfa0ddd..6c4608b5 100644
--- a/libs/plugins/function.config_load.php
+++ b/libs/plugins/function.config_load.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function smarty_function_config_load($params, &$smarty)
 			$_config_dir = $_params['new_file_path'];
         }
 
-		$_file_path = $_config_dir . '/' . $_file;
+		$_file_path = $_config_dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $_file;
 		$_compile_file = $smarty->_get_compile_path($_file_path);
 		
 		if($smarty->force_compile