refactoring various classes.

application/config/application.php

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ return array(
 		'Arr'        => 'Laravel\\Arr',
 		'Asset'      => 'Laravel\\Asset',
 		'Auth'       => 'Laravel\\Auth',
+		'Autoloader' => 'Laravel\\Autoloader',
 		'Benchmark'  => 'Laravel\\Benchmark',
 		'Cache'      => 'Laravel\\Cache\\Manager',
 		'Config'     => 'Laravel\\Config',

laravel/auth.php

@@ -74,9 +74,13 @@ class Auth {
 
 		// If the user was not found in the database, but a "remember me" cookie
 		// exists, we will attempt to recall the user based on the cookie value.
-		if (is_null(static::$user) and ! is_null($cookie = Cookie::get(Auth::remember_key)))
+		// Since all cookies contain a fingerprint hash verifying that the have
+		// not been modified on the client, we should be able to trust it.
+		$recaller = Cookie::get(Auth::remember_key);
+
+		if (is_null(static::$user) and ! is_null($recaller))
 		{
-			static::$user = static::recall($cookie);
+			static::$user = static::recall($recaller);
 		}
 
 		return static::$user;
@@ -89,14 +93,14 @@ class Auth {
 	 * set by Laravel include a fingerprint hash to ensure the cookie
 	 * value is not changed on the client.
 	 *
-	 * @param  string  $cookie
+	 * @param  string  $recaller
 	 * @return mixed
 	 */
-	protected static function recall($cookie)
+	protected static function recall($recaller)
 	{
-		$cookie = explode('|', Crypter::decrypt($cookie));
+		$recaller = explode('|', Crypter::decrypt($recaller));
 
-		if ( ! is_null($user = call_user_func(Config::get('auth.user'), $cookie[0])))
+		if ( ! is_null($user = call_user_func(Config::get('auth.user'), $recaller[0])))
 		{
 			static::login($user);
 
@@ -174,7 +178,7 @@ class Auth {
 	 */
 	protected static function remember($id)
 	{
-		$cookie = Crypter::encrypt($id.'|'.Str::random(40));
+		$recaller = Crypter::encrypt($id.'|'.Str::random(40));
 
 		// This method assumes the "remember me" cookie should have the same
 		// configuration as the session cookie. Since this cookie, like the
@@ -184,7 +188,7 @@ class Auth {
 
 		extract($config, EXTR_SKIP);
 
-		Cookie::forever(Auth::remember_key, $cookie, $path, $domain, $secure);
+		Cookie::forever(Auth::remember_key, $recaller, $path, $domain, $secure);
 	}
 
 	/**

laravel/autoloader.php

@@ -3,37 +3,30 @@
 class Autoloader {
 
 	/**
-	 * The PSR-0 compliant libraries registered with the auto-loader.
+	 * The mappings from class names to file paths.
 	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected static $libraries = array();
+	public static $mappings = array();
 
 	/**
 	 * The paths to be searched by the auto-loader.
 	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected static $paths = array(BASE_PATH, MODEL_PATH, LIBRARY_PATH);
+	protected static $paths = array(MODEL_PATH, LIBRARY_PATH);
 
 	/**
 	 * Load the file corresponding to a given class.
 	 *
-	 * Laravel loads classes out of three directories: the core "laravel" directory,
-	 * and the application "models" and "libraries" directories. All of the file
-	 * names are lower cased and the directory structure corresponds with the
-	 * class namespaces.
-	 *
-	 * The application "libraries" directory also supports the inclusion of PSR-0
-	 * compliant libraries. These libraries will be detected automatically and
-	 * will be loaded according to the PSR-0 naming conventions.
+	 * This method is registerd in the core bootstrap file as an SPL Autoloader.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $class
 	 * @return void
 	 */
 	public static function load($class)
 	{
-		if (array_key_exists($class, Config::$items['application']['aliases']))
+		if (isset(Config::$items['application']['aliases'][$class]))
 		{
 			return class_alias(Config::$items['application']['aliases'][$class], $class);
 		}
@@ -52,27 +45,26 @@ class Autoloader {
 	 */
 	protected static function find($class)
 	{
-		// After PHP namespaces were introduced, most libaries ditched underscores for
-		// namespaces to indicate the class directory hierarchy. We will check for the
-		// presence of namespace slashes to determine the directory separator.
-		$separator = (strpos($class, '\\') !== false) ? '\\' : '_';
-
-		$library = substr($class, 0, strpos($class, $separator));
-
-		$file = str_replace('\\', '/', $class);
+		// First we will look for the class in the hard-coded class mappings, since
+		// this is the fastest way to resolve a class name to its associated file.
+		// This saves us from having to search through the file system manually.
+		if (isset(static::$mappings[$class]))
+		{
+			return static::$mappings[$class];
+		}
 
-		// If the namespace has been registered as a PSR-0 compliant library, we will
+		// If the library has been registered as a PSR-0 compliant library, we will
 		// load the library according to the PSR-0 naming standards, which state that
 		// namespaces and underscores indicate the directory hierarchy of the class.
-		if (isset(static::$libraries[$library]))
+		if (isset(static::$libraries[static::library($class)]))
 		{
-			return LIBRARY_PATH.str_replace('_', '/', $file).EXT;
+			return LIBRARY_PATH.str_replace(array('\\', '_'), '/', $class).EXT;
 		}
 
 		// Next we will search through the common Laravel paths for the class file.
-		// The Laravel framework path, along with the libraries and models paths
-		// will be searched according to the Laravel class naming standard.
-		$lower = strtolower($file);
+		// The Laravel libraries and models directories will be searched according
+		// to the Laravel class naming standards.
+		$file = strtolower(str_replace('\\', '/', $class));
 
 		foreach (static::$paths as $path)
 		{
@@ -82,29 +74,105 @@ class Autoloader {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// If we could not find the class file in any of the auto-loaded locations
-		// according to the Laravel naming standard, we will search the libraries
-		// directory for the class according to the PSR-0 naming standard.
-		if (file_exists($path = LIBRARY_PATH.str_replace('_', '/', $file).EXT))
-		{
-			static::$libraries[] = $library;
-
-			return $path;
-		}
-
 		// Since not all controllers will be resolved by the controller resolver,
 		// we will do a quick check in the controller directory for the class.
 		// For instance, since base controllers would not be resolved by the
 		// controller class, we will need to resolve them here.
-		if (strpos($class, '_Controller') !== false)
+		if (file_exists($path = static::controller($class)))
 		{
-			$controller = str_replace(array('_Controller', '_'), array('', '/'), $class);
+			return $path;
+		}
+	}
 
-			if (file_exists($path = strtolower(CONTROLLER_PATH.$controller.EXT)))
+	/**
+	 * Extract the "library" name from the given class.
+	 *
+	 * The library name is essentially the namespace, or the string that preceeds
+	 * the first PSR-0 separator. PSR-0 states that namespaces or undescores may
+	 * be used to indicate the directory structure in which the file resides.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $class
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	protected static function library($class)
 	{
-				return $path;
+		if (($separator = strpos($class, '\\')) !== false)
+		{
+			return substr($class, 0, $separator);
+		}
+		elseif (($separator = strpos($class, '_')) !== false)
+		{
+			return substr($class, 0, $separator);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Translate a given controller class name into the corresponding file name.
+	 *
+	 * The controller suffix will be removed, and the underscores will be translated
+	 * into directory slashes. Of course, the entire class name will be converted to
+	 * lower case as well.
+	 *
+	 * <code>
+	 *		// Returns "user/profile"...
+	 *		$file = static::controller('User_Profile_Controller');
+	 * </code>
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $class
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	protected static function controller($class)
+	{
+		$controller = str_replace(array('_', '_Controller'), array('/', ''), $class);
+
+		return CONTROLLER_PATH.strtolower($controller).EXT;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Register an array of class to path mappings.
+	 *
+	 * The mappings will be used to resolve file paths from class names when
+	 * a class is lazy loaded through the Autoloader, providing a faster way
+	 * of resolving file paths than the typical file_exists method.
+	 *
+	 * <code>
+	 *		// Register a class mapping with the Autoloader
+	 *		Autoloader::maps(array('User' => MODEL_PATH.'user'.EXT));
+	 * </code>
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $mappings
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function maps($mappings)
+	{
+		foreach ($mappings as $class => $path)
+		{
+			static::$mappings[$class] = $path;
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Register PSR-0 libraries with the Autoloader.
+	 *
+	 * The library names given to this method should match directories within
+	 * the application libraries directory. This method provides an easy way
+	 * to indicate that some libraries should be loaded using the PSR-0
+	 * naming conventions instead of the Laravel conventions.
+	 *
+	 * <code>
+	 *		// Register the "Assetic" library with the Autoloader
+	 *		Autoloader::libraries('Assetic');
+	 *
+	 *		// Register several libraries with the Autoloader
+	 *		Autoloader::libraries(array('Assetic', 'Twig'));
+	 * </code>
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $libraries
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function libraries($libraries)
+	{
+		static::$libraries = array_merge(static::$libraries, (array) $libraries);
 	}
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file

laravel/config.php

@@ -63,9 +63,12 @@ class Config {
 			return ($default instanceof Closure) ? call_user_func($default) : $default;
 		}
 
-		if (is_null($key)) return static::$items[$file];
+		$items = static::$items[$file];
 
-		return Arr::get(static::$items[$file], $key, $default);
+		// If a specific configuration item was not requested, the key will be null,
+		// meaning we need to return the entire array of configuration item from the
+		// requested configuration file. Otherwise we can return the item.
+		return (is_null($key)) ? $items : Arr::get($items, $key, $default);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -152,15 +155,4 @@ class Config {
 		return isset(static::$items[$file]);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Add a directory to the configuration manager's search paths.
-	 *
-	 * @param  string  $path
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public static function glance($path)
-	{
-		static::$paths[] = $path;
-	}
-
 }
\ No newline at end of file

laravel/bootstrap/core.php → laravel/core.php

 <?php namespace Laravel;
 
+/**
+ * Define all of the constants that we will need to use the framework.
+ * These are things like file extensions, as well as all of the paths
+ * used by the framework. All of the paths are built on top of the
+ * basic application, laravel, and public paths.
+ */
 define('EXT', '.php');
 define('CRLF', chr(13).chr(10));
 define('BLADE_EXT', '.blade.php');
-
 define('APP_PATH', realpath($application).'/');
-define('BASE_PATH', realpath("$laravel/..").'/');
 define('PUBLIC_PATH', realpath($public).'/');
 define('SYS_PATH', realpath($laravel).'/');
-
 define('STORAGE_PATH', APP_PATH.'storage/');
 define('CACHE_PATH', STORAGE_PATH.'cache/');
 define('CONFIG_PATH', APP_PATH.'config/');
@@ -67,7 +70,79 @@ Config::load('error');
 spl_autoload_register(array('Laravel\\Autoloader', 'load'));
 
 /**
- * Define a few global convenience functions to make our lives as
- * Laravel PHP developers a little more easy and enjoyable.
+ * Build the Laravel framework class map. This provides a super fast
+ * way of resolving any Laravel class name to its appropriate path.
+ * More mappings can also be registered by the developer as needed.
+ */
+Autoloader::$mappings = array(
+	'Laravel\\Arr' => SYS_PATH.'arr'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Asset' => SYS_PATH.'asset'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Auth' => SYS_PATH.'auth'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Benchmark' => SYS_PATH.'benchmark'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Blade' => SYS_PATH.'blade'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Config' => SYS_PATH.'config'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Cookie' => SYS_PATH.'cookie'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Crypter' => SYS_PATH.'crypter'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\File' => SYS_PATH.'file'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Form' => SYS_PATH.'form'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Hash' => SYS_PATH.'hash'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\HTML' => SYS_PATH.'html'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Inflector' => SYS_PATH.'inflector'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Input' => SYS_PATH.'input'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\IoC' => SYS_PATH.'ioc'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Lang' => SYS_PATH.'lang'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Memcached' => SYS_PATH.'memcached'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Messages' => SYS_PATH.'messages'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Paginator' => SYS_PATH.'paginator'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Redirect' => SYS_PATH.'redirect'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Redis' => SYS_PATH.'redis'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Request' => SYS_PATH.'request'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Response' => SYS_PATH.'response'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Section' => SYS_PATH.'section'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Str' => SYS_PATH.'str'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\URI' => SYS_PATH.'uri'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\URL' => SYS_PATH.'url'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Validator' => SYS_PATH.'validator'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\View' => SYS_PATH.'view'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Cache\\Manager' => SYS_PATH.'cache/manager'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Cache\\Drivers\\APC' => SYS_PATH.'cache/drivers/apc'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Cache\\Drivers\\Driver' => SYS_PATH.'cache/drivers/driver'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Cache\\Drivers\\File' => SYS_PATH.'cache/drivers/file'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Cache\\Drivers\\Memcached' => SYS_PATH.'cache/drivers/memcached'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Cache\\Drivers\\Redis' => SYS_PATH.'cache/drivers/redis'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Database\\Connection' => SYS_PATH.'database/connection'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Database\\Expression' => SYS_PATH.'database/expression'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Database\\Manager' => SYS_PATH.'database/manager'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Database\\Query' => SYS_PATH.'database/query'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Database\\Connectors\\Connector' => SYS_PATH.'database/connectors/connector'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Database\\Connectors\\MySQL' => SYS_PATH.'database/connectors/mysql'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Database\\Connectors\\Postgres' => SYS_PATH.'database/connectors/postgres'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Database\\Connectors\\SQLite' => SYS_PATH.'database/connectors/sqlite'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Database\\Eloquent\\Hydrator' => SYS_PATH.'database/eloquent/hydrator'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Database\\Eloquent\\Model' => SYS_PATH.'database/eloquent/model'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Database\\Grammars\\Grammar' => SYS_PATH.'database/grammars/grammar'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Database\\Grammars\\MySQL' => SYS_PATH.'database/grammars/mysql'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Routing\\Controller' => SYS_PATH.'routing/controller'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Routing\\Filter' => SYS_PATH.'routing/filter'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Routing\\Loader' => SYS_PATH.'routing/loader'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Routing\\Route' => SYS_PATH.'routing/route'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Routing\\Router' => SYS_PATH.'routing/router'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Session\\Payload' => SYS_PATH.'session/payload'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Session\\Drivers\\APC' => SYS_PATH.'session/drivers/apc'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Session\\Drivers\\Cookie' => SYS_PATH.'session/drivers/cookie'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Session\\Drivers\\Database' => SYS_PATH.'session/drivers/database'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Session\\Drivers\\Driver' => SYS_PATH.'session/drivers/driver'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Session\\Drivers\\Factory' => SYS_PATH.'session/drivers/factory'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Session\\Drivers\\File' => SYS_PATH.'session/drivers/file'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Session\\Drivers\\Memcached' => SYS_PATH.'session/drivers/memcached'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Session\\Drivers\\Redis' => SYS_PATH.'session/drivers/redis'.EXT,
+	'Laravel\\Session\\Drivers\\Sweeper' => SYS_PATH.'session/drivers/sweeper'.EXT,
+);
+
+/**
+ * Define a few global, convenient functions. These functions
+ * provide short-cuts for things like the retrieval of language
+ * lines and HTML::entities. They just make our lives as devs a
+ * little sweeter and more enjoyable.
  */
 require SYS_PATH.'helpers'.EXT;
\ No newline at end of file

laravel/input.php

@@ -68,30 +68,20 @@ class Input {
 	 *
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public static function flash()
-	{
-		if (Config::$items['session']['driver'] !== '')
+	public static function flash($filter = null, $items = array())
 	{
 		IoC::core('session')->flash(Input::old_input, static::get());
 	}
-	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Flush the old input from the session.
 	 *
-	 * On a successful form submission, the application may redirect to another form.
-	 * If this is the case, it may be necessary to flush the old input so that the new
-	 * form does not have the previous form's data.
-	 *
 	 * @return void
 	 */
 	public static function flush()
-	{
-		if (Config::$items['session']['driver'] !== '')
 	{
 		IoC::core('session')->flash(Input::old_input, array());
 	}
-	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Determine if the old input data contains an item.
@@ -101,7 +91,7 @@ class Input {
 	 */
 	public static function had($key)
 	{
-		return ( ! is_null(static::old($key)) and trim((string) static::old($key)) !== '');
+		return trim((string) static::old($key)) !== '';
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -121,11 +111,6 @@ class Input {
 	 */
 	public static function old($key = null, $default = null)
 	{
-		if (Config::get('session.driver') == '')
-		{
-			throw new \UnexpectedValueException('A session driver must be specified to access old input.');
-		}
-
 		$old = IoC::core('session')->get(Input::old_input, array());
 
 		return Arr::get($old, $key, $default);

laravel/lang.php

@@ -26,19 +26,12 @@ class Lang {
 	/**
 	 * All of the loaded language lines.
 	 *
-	 * The array is keyed by [$language.$file].
+	 * The array is keyed by [$language][$file].
 	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
 	protected static $lines = array();
 
-	/**
-	 * The paths containing the language files.
-	 *
-	 * @var array
-	 */
-	protected static $paths = array(LANG_PATH);
-
 	/**
 	 * Create a new Lang instance.
 	 *
@@ -109,7 +102,7 @@ class Lang {
 			return ($default instanceof Closure) ? call_user_func($default) : $default;
 		}
 
-		return $this->replace(Arr::get(static::$lines[$this->language.$file], $line, $default));
+		return $this->replace(Arr::get(static::$lines[$this->language][$file], $line, $default));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -155,29 +148,31 @@ class Lang {
 	/**
 	 * Load all of the language lines from a language file.
 	 *
+	 * If the language file is successfully loaded, true will be returned.
+	 *
 	 * @param  string  $file
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	protected function load($file)
 	{
-		if (isset(static::$lines[$this->language.$file])) return true;
+		if (isset(static::$lines[$this->language][$file])) return true;
 
 		$language = array();
 
-		foreach (static::$paths as $directory)
-		{
-			if (file_exists($path = $directory.$this->language.'/'.$file.EXT))
+		if (file_exists($path = LANG_PATH.$this->language.'/'.$file.EXT))
 		{
 			$language = array_merge($language, require $path);
 		}
-		}
 
 		// If language lines were actually found, they will be loaded into
 		// the array containing all of the lines for all languages and files.
 		// The array is keyed by the language and the file name.
-		if (count($language) > 0) static::$lines[$this->language.$file] = $language;
+		if (count($language) > 0)
+		{
+			static::$lines[$this->language][$file] = $language;
+		}
 		
-		return isset(static::$lines[$this->language.$file]);		
+		return isset(static::$lines[$this->language][$file]);		
 	}
 
 	/**

laravel/laravel.php

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * configuration class, and the class auto-loader. Once this file
  * has run, the framework is essentially ready for use.
  */
-require 'bootstrap/core.php';
+require 'core.php';
 
 /**
  * Register the default timezone for the application. This will be
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@ ini_set('display_errors', 'Off');
  */
 if (Config::$items['session']['driver'] !== '')
 {
-	require SYS_PATH.'ioc'.EXT;
-	require SYS_PATH.'session/payload'.EXT;
-	require SYS_PATH.'session/drivers/driver'.EXT;
-	require SYS_PATH.'session/drivers/factory'.EXT;
-
 	$driver = Session\Drivers\Factory::make(Config::$items['session']['driver']);
 
 	$session = new Session\Payload($driver);
@@ -137,20 +132,6 @@ if (Config::$items['session']['driver'] !== '')
 	IoC::instance('laravel.session', $session);
 }
 
-/**
- * Manually load some core classes that are used on every request so
- * we can avoid using the loader for these classes. This saves us
- * some overhead on each request.
- */
-require SYS_PATH.'uri'.EXT;
-require SYS_PATH.'input'.EXT;
-require SYS_PATH.'request'.EXT;
-require SYS_PATH.'response'.EXT;
-require SYS_PATH.'routing/route'.EXT;
-require SYS_PATH.'routing/router'.EXT;
-require SYS_PATH.'routing/loader'.EXT;
-require SYS_PATH.'routing/filter'.EXT;
-
 /**
  * Gather the input to the application based on the current request.
  * The input will be gathered based on the current request method and

laravel/messages.php

@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ class Messages {
 	/**
 	 * Add a message to the collector.
 	 *
+	 * <code>
+	 *		// Add a message for the e-mail attribute
+	 *		$messages->add('email', 'The e-mail address is invalid.');
+	 * </code>
+	 *
 	 * @param  string  $key
 	 * @param  string  $message
 	 * @return void
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ class Messages {
 	 */
 	protected function unique($key, $message)
 	{
-		return ! isset($this->messages[$key]) or array_search($message, $this->messages[$key]) === false;
+		return ! isset($this->messages[$key]) or ! in_array($message, $this->messages[$key]);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -91,10 +96,8 @@ class Messages {
 	 * @param  string  $format
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	public function get($key = null, $format = ':message')
+	public function get($key, $format = ':message')
 	{
-		if (is_null($key)) return $this->all($format);
-
 		if (array_key_exists($key, $this->messages))
 		{
 			return $this->format($this->messages[$key], $format);

laravel/redirect.php

@@ -64,6 +64,34 @@ class Redirect extends Response {
 		return $this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Flash the old input to the session and return the Redirect instance.
+	 *
+	 * This method has the same signature as the Input::flash method, it just provides
+	 * a convenient method of flashing the input and return the Redirect in one line.
+	 * Once the input has been flashed, it can be retrieved via the Input::old method.
+	 *
+	 * <code>
+	 *		// Redirect and flash all of the input data to the session
+	 *		return Redirect::to_login()->with_input();
+	 *
+	 *		// Redirect and flash only a few of the input items
+	 *		return Redirect::to_login()->with_input('only', array('email', 'username'));
+	 *
+	 *		// Redirect and flash all but a few of the input items
+	 *		return Redirect::to_login()->with_input('except', array('password', 'ssn'));
+	 * </code>
+	 *
+	 * @param  string    $filter
+	 * @param  array     $items
+	 * @return Redirect
+	 */
+	public function with_input($filter = null, $items = array())
+	{
+		Input::flash($filter, $items);
+		return $this;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Magic Method to handle creation of redirects to named routes.
 	 *
@@ -73,22 +101,28 @@ class Redirect extends Response {
 	 *
 	 *		// Create a redirect response to a named route using HTTPS
 	 *		return Redirect::to_secure_profile();
+	 *
+	 *		// Create a redirect response to a named route with wildcard parameters
+	 *		return Redirect::to_profile(array($username));
 	 * </code>
 	 */
 	public static function __callStatic($method, $parameters)
 	{
-		$status = (isset($parameters[1])) ? $parameters[1] : 302;
+		// Extract the parameters that should be placed in the URL. These parameters
+		// are used to fill all of the wildcard slots in the route URI definition.
+		// They are passed as the first parameter to this magic method.
+		$wildcards = (isset($parameters[0])) ? $parameters[0] : array();
 
-		$parameters = (isset($parameters[0])) ? $parameters[0] : array();
+		$status = (isset($parameters[1])) ? $parameters[1] : 302;
 
 		if (strpos($method, 'to_secure_') === 0)
 		{
-			return static::to(URL::to_route(substr($method, 10), $parameters, true), $status);
+			return static::to(URL::to_route(substr($method, 10), $wildcards, true), $status);
 		}
 
 		if (strpos($method, 'to_') === 0)
 		{
-			return static::to(URL::to_route(substr($method, 3), $parameters), $status);
+			return static::to(URL::to_route(substr($method, 3), $wildcards), $status);
 		}
 
 		throw new \BadMethodCallException("Method [$method] is not defined on the Redirect class.");

laravel/response.php

@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class Response {
 	 */
 	public function send()
 	{
-		if ( ! headers_sent()) $this->headers();
+		if ( ! headers_sent()) $this->send_headers();
 
 		echo $this->render();
 	}
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class Response {
 	 *
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public function headers()
+	public function send_headers()
 	{
 		if ( ! isset($this->headers['Content-Type']))
 		{

laravel/routing/controller.php

@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ abstract class Controller {
 	 */
 	public $layout;
 
+	/**
+	 * Indicates if the controller uses RESTful routing.
+	 *
+	 * @var bool
+	 */
+	public $restful = false;
+
 	/**
 	 * The filters assigned to the controller.
 	 *
@@ -125,7 +132,19 @@ abstract class Controller {
 
 		if (is_null($response))
 		{
-			$response = call_user_func_array(array($this, "action_{$method}"), $parameters);
+			// The developer may mark the controller as being "RESTful" which
+			// indicates that the controller actions are prefixed with the
+			// HTTP verb they respond to rather than the word "action".
+			if ($this->restful)
+			{
+				$action = strtolower(Request::method()).'_'.$method;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				$action = "action_{$method}";
+			}
+
+			$response = call_user_func_array(array($this, $action), $parameters);
 
 			// If the controller has specified a layout view. The response
 			// returned by the controller method will be bound to that view

laravel/routing/filter.php

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class Filter_Collection {
 	 *		$this->filter('before', 'auth')->except('index');
 	 *
 	 *		// Specify a filter for all methods except "index" and "home"
-	 *		$this->filter('before', 'auth')->except(array('index', 'home'));
+	 *		$this->filter('before', 'auth')->except('index', 'home');
 	 * </code>
 	 *
 	 * @param  array              $methods
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class Filter_Collection {
 	 */
 	public function except($methods)
 	{
-		$this->except = (array) $methods;
+		$this->except = (count(func_get_args()) > 1) ? func_get_args() : (array) $methods;
 		return $this;
 	}
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class Filter_Collection {
 	 *		$this->filter('before', 'auth')->only('index');
 	 *
 	 *		// Specify a filter for only the "index" and "home" methods
-	 *		$this->filter('before', 'auth')->only(array('index', 'home'));
+	 *		$this->filter('before', 'auth')->only('index', 'home');
 	 * </code>
 	 *
 	 * @param  array              $methods
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class Filter_Collection {
 	 */
 	public function only($methods)
 	{
-		$this->only = (array) $methods;
+		$this->only = (count(func_get_args()) > 1) ? func_get_args() : (array) $methods;
 		return $this;
 	}
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class Filter_Collection {
 	 *		$this->filter('before', 'csrf')->on('post');
 	 *
 	 *		// Specify that a filter applies for multiple HTTP request methods
-	 *		$this->filter('before', 'csrf')->on(array('post', 'put'));
+	 *		$this->filter('before', 'csrf')->on('post', 'put');
 	 * </code>
 	 *
 	 * @param  array              $methods
@@ -216,7 +216,13 @@ class Filter_Collection {
 	 */
 	public function on($methods)
 	{
-		$this->methods = array_map('strtolower', (array) $methods);
+		$methos = (count(func_get_args()) > 1) ? func_get_args() : (array) $methods;
+
+		foreach ($methods as $method)
+		{
+			$this->methods[] = strtolower($method);
+		}
+	
 		return $this;
 	}