refactoring route loader and router.

laravel/routing/loader.php

@@ -64,31 +64,25 @@ class Loader {
 	 */
 	protected function nested($segments)
 	{
-		$routes = array();
-
 		// Work backwards through the URI segments until we find the deepest possible
 		// matching route directory. Once we find it, we will return those routes.
 		foreach (array_reverse($segments, true) as $key => $value)
 		{
-			// First we check to determine if there is a route file matching the segment
-			// of the URI. If there is, its routes will be merged into the route array.
 			if (file_exists($path = $this->nest.implode('/', array_slice($segments, 0, $key + 1)).EXT))
 			{
-				$routes = array_merge($routes, require $path);
+				return require $path;
 			}
 
-			// Even if we have already loaded routes for the URI, we still want to check
-			// for a "routes.php" file which could handle the root route and any routes
-			// that are impossible to handle in an explicitly named file.
+			// Even if we didn't find a matching file for the segment, we still want to
+			// check for a "routes.php" file which could handle the root route and any
+			// routes that are impossible to handle in an explicitly named file.
 			if (file_exists($path = str_replace('.php', '/routes.php', $path)))
 			{
-				$routes = array_merge($routes, require $path);
+				return require $path;
 			}
-
-			if (count($routes) > 0) return $routes;
 		}
 
-		return $routes;
+		return array();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -105,9 +99,15 @@ class Loader {
 
 		$routes = array();
 
+		// First we will check for the base routes file in the application directory.
+		if (file_exists($path = $this->base.'routes'.EXT))
+		{
+			$routes = array_merge($routes, require $path);
+		}
+
 		// Since route files can be nested deep within the route directory, we need to
 		// recursively spin through each directory to find every file.
-		$recursiveIterator = new Iterator(new DirectoryIterator($this->nest), Iterator::SELF_FIRST);
+		$iterator = new Iterator(new DirectoryIterator($this->nest), Iterator::SELF_FIRST);
 
 		foreach ($iterator as $file)
 		{

laravel/routing/router.php

@@ -48,19 +48,18 @@ class Router {
 	 */
 	public function find($name)
 	{
+		// First we will check the cache of route names. If we have already found the given route,
+		// we will simply return that route from the cache to improve performance.
 		if (array_key_exists($name, $this->names)) return $this->names[$name];
 
-		$arrayIterator = new \RecursiveArrayIterator($this->loader->everything());
-
-		$recursiveIterator = new \RecursiveIteratorIterator($arrayIterator);
-
-		foreach ($recursiveIterator as $iterator)
+		// Spin through every route defined for the application searching for a route that has
+		// a name matching the name passed to the method. If the route is found, it will be
+		// cached in the array of named routes and returned.
+		foreach ($this->loader->everything() as $key => $value)
 		{
-			$route = $recursiveIterator->getSubIterator();
-
-			if (isset($route['name']) and $route['name'] === $name)
+			if (is_array($value) and isset($value['name']) and $value['name'] === $name)
 			{
-				return $this->names[$name] = array($arrayIterator->key() => iterator_to_array($route));
+				return $this->names[$name] = array($key => $value);
 			}
 		}
 	}

public/index.php

@@ -15,11 +15,6 @@
 */
 define('START_TIME', microtime(true));
 
-function elapsed()
-{
-	return number_format((microtime(true) - START_TIME) * 1000, 2);
-}
-
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Laravel Installation Paths
@@ -49,5 +44,3 @@ $public      = __DIR__;
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 require $laravel.'/laravel.php';
\ No newline at end of file
-
-echo elapsed();
\ No newline at end of file