Don't bother trying to check if the class file exists, just use method_exists, which will use the php auto loader to find the class.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/core/libraries/Theme.php b/core/libraries/Theme.php
index d5af41b4..df657ad1 100644
--- a/core/libraries/Theme.php
+++ b/core/libraries/Theme.php
@@ -82,13 +82,8 @@ class Theme_Core {
     case "photo_bottom":
       if (empty($this->block_helpers[$function])) {
         foreach (module::get_list() as $module) {
-          if ($module->name == "core") {
-            $helper_path = APPPATH . "helpers/{$module->name}_block.php";
-          } else {
-            $helper_path = MODPATH . "$module->name/helpers/{$module->name}_block.php";
-          }
           $helper_class = "{$module->name}_block";
-          if (file_exists($helper_path) && method_exists($helper_class, $function)) {
+          if (method_exists($helper_class, $function)) {
             $this->block_helpers[$function][] = $helper_class;
           }
         }