Index: branches/5.3.x/core/ckeditor/ckeditor_php5.php
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diff -u -N -r15483 -r15946
--- branches/5.3.x/core/ckeditor/ckeditor_php5.php	(.../ckeditor_php5.php)	(revision 15483)
+++ branches/5.3.x/core/ckeditor/ckeditor_php5.php	(.../ckeditor_php5.php)	(revision 15946)
@@ -186,12 +186,15 @@
 		$_config = $this->configSettings($config, $events);
 
 		$js = $this->returnGlobalEvents();
-		if (!empty($_config)) {
-			$js .= "CKEDITOR.replace('".$id."', ".$this->jsEncode($_config).");";
+		$json_config = !empty($_config) ? $this->jsEncode($_config) : '{}';
+
+		if ($this->lateLoad) {
+			$js .= "\$CKEditors[ '".$id."' ] = ".$json_config.";";
 		}
 		else {
-			$js .= "CKEDITOR.replace('".$id."');";
+			$js .= "CKEDITOR.replace('".$id."', ".$json_config.");";
 		}
+
 		$out .= $this->script($js);
 
 		if (!$this->returnOutput) {
@@ -203,6 +206,40 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Creates inline instance of editor.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $id     The id or name of textarea element.
+	 * @param array  $config The specific configurations to apply to this editor instance (optional).
+	 * @param array  $events Event listeners for this editor instance (optional).
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function inline($id, $config = array(), $events = array())
+	{
+		$out = "";
+		if (!$this->initialized) {
+			$out .= $this->init();
+		}
+
+		$_config = $this->configSettings($config, $events);
+
+		$js = $this->returnGlobalEvents();
+		$json_config = !empty($_config) ? $this->jsEncode($_config) : '{}';
+
+		$js .= "CKEDITOR.disableAutoInline = true;\n";
+		$js .= "CKEDITOR.inline('".$id."', ".$json_config.");";
+
+		$out .= $this->script($js);
+
+		if (!$this->returnOutput) {
+			print $out;
+			$out = "";
+		}
+
+		return $out;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Replace all <textarea> elements available in the document with editor instances.
 	 *
 	 * @param $className (string) If set, replace all textareas with class className in the page.