refactoring routing and comments.

laravel/arr.php

@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ class Arr {
 	 */
 	public static function without($array, $without = array())
 	{
+		$without = (array) $without;
+
 		foreach ((array) $array as $key => $value)
 		{
 			if (in_array($value, $without)) unset($array[$key]);

laravel/cache/drivers/driver.php

@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ abstract class Driver {
 	abstract public function put($key, $value, $minutes);
 
 	/**
-	 * Get an item from the cache. If the item doesn't exist in the cache, store
-	 * the default value in the cache and return it.
+	 * Get an item from the cache. If the item doesn't exist in the
+	 * cache, store the default value in the cache and return it.
 	 *
 	 * <code>
 	 *		// Get an item from the cache, or cache a value for 15 minutes if it doesn't exist

laravel/cache/drivers/memcached.php

-<?php namespace Laravel\Cache\Drivers; use Laravel\Config, Memcache;
+<?php namespace Laravel\Cache\Drivers; use Memcache, Laravel\Config;
 
 class Memcached extends Driver {
 

laravel/cache/manager.php

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ class Manager {
 	/**
 	 * Get a cache driver instance.
 	 *
-	 * If no driver name is specified, the default cache driver will be returned
-	 * as defined in the cache configuration file.
+	 * If no driver name is specified, the default cache driver will be
+	 * returned as defined in the cache configuration file.
 	 *
 	 * <code>
 	 *		// Get the default cache driver instance
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ class Manager {
 	/**
 	 * Pass all other methods to the default cache driver.
 	 *
-	 * Passing method calls to the driver instance provides a convenient API for the developer
-	 * when always using the default cache driver.
+	 * Passing method calls to the driver instance provides a convenient API
+	 * for the developer when always using the default cache driver.
 	 *
 	 * <code>
 	 *		// Call the "get" method on the default driver

laravel/database/eloquent/model.php

@@ -339,12 +339,12 @@ abstract class Model {
 
 		$this->relating_table = (is_null($table)) ? $this->intermediate_table($model) : $table;
 
-		// Allowing the overriding of the foreign and associated keys provides the flexibility for
-		// self-referential many-to-many relationships, such as a "buddy list".
+		// Allowing the overriding of the foreign and associated keys provides
+		// the flexibility for self-referential many-to-many relationships.
 		$this->relating_key = (is_null($foreign_key)) ? strtolower(static::model_name($this)).'_id' : $foreign_key;
 
-		// The associated key is the foreign key name of the related model. So, if the related model
-		// is "Role", the associated key on the intermediate table would be "role_id".
+		// The associated key is the foreign key name of the related model. 
+		// If the related model is "Role", the key would be "role_id".
 		$associated_key = (is_null($associated_key)) ? strtolower(static::model_name($model)).'_id' : $associated_key;
 
 		return static::query($model)

laravel/database/grammars/grammar.php

@@ -262,20 +262,18 @@ class Grammar {
 	 */
 	public function insert(Query $query, $values)
 	{
-		// Force every insert to be treated like a batch insert.
-		// This simply makes creating the SQL syntax a little
-		// easier on us since we can always treat the values
-		// as if is an array containing multiple inserts.
+		// Force every insert to be treated like a batch insert. This simple makes
+		// creating the SQL syntax a little easier on us since we can always treat
+		// the values as if it is an array containing multiple inserts.
 		if ( ! is_array(reset($values))) $values = array($values);
 
-		// Since we only care about the column names, we can pass
-		// any of the insert arrays into the "columnize" method.
-		// The names should be the same for every insert.
+		// Since we only care about the column names, we can pass any of the insert
+		// arrays into the "columnize" method. The names should be the same for
+		// every insert to the table.
 		$columns = $this->columnize(array_keys(reset($values)));
 
-		// We need to create a string of comma-delimited insert
-		// segments. Each segment contains PDO place-holders for
-		// each value being inserted into the table.
+		// We need to create a string of comma-delimited insert segments. Each segment
+		// contains PDO place-holders for each value being inserted into the table.
 		$parameters = implode(', ', array_fill(0, count($values), '('.$this->parameterize(reset($values)).')'));
 
 		return 'INSERT INTO '.$this->wrap($query->from).' ('.$columns.') VALUES '.$parameters;
@@ -314,9 +312,9 @@ class Grammar {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * The following functions primarily serve as utility functions
-	 * for the grammar. They perform tasks such as wrapping values
-	 * in keyword identifiers or creating variable lists of bindings.
+	 * The following functions primarily serve as utility functions for
+	 * the grammar. They perform tasks such as wrapping values in keyword
+	 * identifiers or creating variable lists of bindings.
 	 */
 
 	/**
@@ -385,7 +383,7 @@ class Grammar {
 	 * Get the appropriate query parameter string for a value.
 	 *
 	 * If the value is an expression, the raw expression string should
-	 * will be returned, otherwise, the parameter place-holder will be
+	 * be returned, otherwise, the parameter place-holder will be
 	 * returned by the method.
 	 *
 	 * @param  mixed   $value

laravel/database/query.php

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ class Query {
 	public $selects;
 
 	/**
-	 * If the query is performing an aggregate function, this will contain the column
-	 * and and function to use when aggregating.
+	 * If the query is performing an aggregate function, this will contain
+	 * the column and and function to use when aggregating.
 	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
@@ -250,9 +250,6 @@ class Query {
 	 */
 	public function where_in($column, $values, $connector = 'AND', $not = false)
 	{
-		// The type set in this method will be used by the query grammar to call the
-		// appropriate compiler function for the where clause. For cleanliness, the
-		// compiler for "not in" and "in" statements is broken into two functions.
 		$type = ($not) ? 'where_not_in' : 'where_in';
 
 		$this->wheres[] = compact('type', 'column', 'values', 'connector');
@@ -309,9 +306,6 @@ class Query {
 	 */
 	public function where_null($column, $connector = 'AND', $not = false)
 	{
-		// The type set in this method will be used by the query grammar to call the
-		// appropriate compiler function for the where clause. For cleanliness, the
-		// compiler for "not null" and "null" statements is broken into two functions.
 		$type = ($not) ? 'where_not_null' : 'where_null';
 
 		$this->wheres[] = compact('type', 'column', 'connector');
@@ -371,11 +365,13 @@ class Query {
 		// Split the column names from the connectors.
 		$segments = preg_split('/(_and_|_or_)/i', $finder, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
 
-		// The connector variable will determine which connector will be used for the condition.
-		// We'll change it as we come across new connectors in the dynamic method string.
+		// The connector variable will determine which connector will be
+		// used for the condition. We'll change it as we come across new
+		// connectors in the dynamic method string.
 		//
-		// The index variable helps us get the correct parameter value for the where condition.
-		// We increment it each time we add a condition.
+		// The index variable helps us get the correct parameter value
+		// for the where condition. We increment it each time we add
+		// a condition to the query.
 		$connector = 'AND';
 
 		$index = 0;
@@ -501,8 +497,9 @@ class Query {
 
 		$results = $this->connection->query($this->grammar->select($this), $this->bindings);
 
-		// Reset the SELECT clause so more queries can be performed using the same instance.
-		// This is helpful for getting aggregates and then getting actual results.
+		// Reset the SELECT clause so more queries can be performed using
+		// the same instance. This is helpful for getting aggregates and
+		// then getting actual results.
 		$this->selects = null;
 
 		return $results;
@@ -521,8 +518,9 @@ class Query {
 
 		$result = $this->connection->only($this->grammar->select($this), $this->bindings);
 
-		// Reset the aggregate so more queries can be performed using the same instance.
-		// This is helpful for getting aggregates and then getting actual results.
+		// Reset the aggregate so more queries can be performed using
+		// the same instance. This is helpful for getting aggregates
+		// and then getting actual results.
 		$this->aggregate = null;
 
 		return $result;
@@ -537,8 +535,9 @@ class Query {
 	 */
 	public function paginate($per_page = 20, $columns = array('*'))
 	{
-		// Calculate the current page for the request. The page number will be validated
-		// and adjusted by the Paginator class, so we can assume it is valid.
+		// Calculate the current page for the request. The page number
+		// will be validated and adjusted by the Paginator class,
+		// so we can assume it is valid.
 		$page = Paginator::page($total = $this->count(), $per_page);
 
 		return Paginator::make($this->for_page($page, $per_page)->get($columns), $total, $per_page);
@@ -552,9 +551,9 @@ class Query {
 	 */
 	public function insert($values)
 	{
-		// Force every insert to be treated like a batch insert. This simply makes creating
-		// the binding array easier. We will simply loop through each inserted row and merge
-		// the values together to get one big binding array.
+		// Force every insert to be treated like a batch insert to make creating
+		// the binding array simpler since we can just spin through the inserted
+		// rows as if there/ was more than one every time.
 		if ( ! is_array(reset($values))) $values = array($values);
 
 		$bindings = array();
@@ -568,7 +567,8 @@ class Query {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Insert an array of values into the database table and return the value of the ID column.
+	 * Insert an array of values into the database table and
+	 * return the value of the ID column.
 	 *
 	 * @param  array   $values
 	 * @param  string  $sequence
@@ -626,7 +626,9 @@ class Query {
 	 */
 	public function update($values)
 	{
-		return $this->connection->query($this->grammar->update($this, $values), array_merge(array_values($values), $this->bindings));
+		$bindings =  array_merge(array_values($values), $this->bindings);
+
+		return $this->connection->query($this->grammar->update($this, $values), $bindings);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -647,8 +649,8 @@ class Query {
 	/**
 	 * Magic Method for handling dynamic functions.
 	 *
-	 * This method handles all calls to aggregate functions as well as the construction
-	 * of dynamic where clauses via the "dynamic_where" method.
+	 * This method handles all calls to aggregate functions as well
+	 * as the construction of dynamic where clauses.
 	 */
 	public function __call($method, $parameters)
 	{
@@ -659,7 +661,14 @@ class Query {
 
 		if (in_array($method, array('abs', 'count', 'min', 'max', 'avg', 'sum')))
 		{
-			return ($method == 'count') ? $this->aggregate(strtoupper($method), '*') : $this->aggregate(strtoupper($method), $parameters[0]);
+			if ($method == 'count')
+			{
+				return $this->aggregate(strtoupper($method), '*');
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				return $this->aggregate(strtoupper($method), $parameters[0]);
+			}
 		}
 
 		throw new \Exception("Method [$method] is not defined on the Query class.");

laravel/laravel.php

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ if (Config::$items['session']['driver'] !== '')
 {
 	$flash = array(Input::old_input => Input::get());
 
-	Session\Manager::close($driver, $transporter, $flash);
+	Session\Manager::close($flash);
 }
 
 /**

laravel/routing/controller.php

@@ -59,25 +59,18 @@ abstract class Controller {
 			$response = call_user_func_array(array($controller, $method), $parameters);
 		}
 
-		$filters = array_merge($controller->filters('after'), array('after'));
+		// The after filter and the framework expects all responses to
+		// be instances of the Response class. If the route did not
+		// return an instsance of Response, we will make on now.
+		if ( ! $response instanceof Response) $response = new Response($response);
+
+		$filters = array_merge($this->filters('after'), array('after'));
 
 		Filter::run($filters, array($response));
 
 		return $response;
 	}
 
-
-	/**
-	 * Determine if a given controller method is callable.
-	 *
-	 * @param  string  $method
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	protected static function hidden($method)
-	{
-		return $method == 'before' or $method == 'after' or strncmp($method, '_', 1) == 0;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Resolve a controller name to a controller instance.
 	 *
@@ -123,6 +116,17 @@ abstract class Controller {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Determine if a given controller method is callable.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $method
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	protected static function hidden($method)
+	{
+		return $method == 'before' or $method == 'after' or strncmp($method, '_', 1) == 0;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get an array of filter names defined for the destination.
 	 *

laravel/routing/loader.php

@@ -50,25 +50,28 @@ class Loader {
 	{
 		$routes = (file_exists($path = $this->base.'routes'.EXT)) ? require $path : array();
 
-		return array_merge($this->nested(Arr::without(explode('/', $uri), array(''))), $routes);
+		$segments = Arr::without(explode('/', $uri), '');
+
+		return array_merge($this->nested($segments), $routes);
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Get the appropriate routes from the routes directory for a given URI.
 	 *
+	 * This method works backwards through the URI segments until we find the
+	 * deepest possible matching route directory. Once the deepest directory
+	 * is found, all of the applicable routes will be returend.
+	 *
 	 * @param  array  $segments
 	 * @return array
 	 */
 	protected function nested($segments)
 	{
-		// 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 => $value)
 		{
-			if (file_exists($path = $this->nest.implode('/', array_slice($segments, 0, $key + 1)).EXT))
-			{
-				return require $path;
-			}
+			$path = $this->nest.implode('/', array_slice($segments, 0, $key + 1)).EXT;
+
+			if (file_exists($path)) return require $path;
 		}
 
 		return array();
@@ -77,6 +80,10 @@ class Loader {
 	/**
 	 * Get every route defined for the application.
 	 *
+	 * The entire routes directory will be searched recursively to gather
+	 * every route for the application. Of course, the routes in the root
+	 * routes file will be returned as well.
+	 *
 	 * @return array
 	 */
 	public function everything()
@@ -90,8 +97,8 @@ class Loader {
 			$routes = array_merge($routes, require $path);
 		}
 
-		// Since route files can be nested deep within the route directory,
-		// we need to recursively spin through each directory
+		if ( ! is_dir($this->nest)) return $routes;
+
 		$iterator = new Iterator(new DirectoryIterator($this->nest), Iterator::SELF_FIRST);
 
 		foreach ($iterator as $file)

laravel/routing/route.php

@@ -104,19 +104,24 @@ class Route {
 		{
 			if ($response instanceof Delegate)
 			{
-				return $response;
+				return Controller::call($response, $this->parameters);
 			}
+			else
+			{
+				// The after filter and the framework expects all responses to
+				// be instances of the Response class. If the route did not
+				// return an instsance of Response, we will make on now.
+				if ( ! $response instanceof Response) $response = new Response($response);
 
-			$filters = array_merge($this->filters('after'), array('after'));
+				$filters = array_merge($this->filters('after'), array('after'));
 
-			Filter::run($filters, array($response));
+				Filter::run($filters, array($response));
 
-			return $response;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			return Response::error('404');
+				return $response;				
+			}
 		}
+
+		return Response::error('404');
 	}
 
 	/**

laravel/routing/router.php

@@ -88,13 +88,8 @@ 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];
 
-		// 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 => $value)
 		{
 			if (is_array($value) and isset($value['name']) and $value['name'] === $name)
@@ -116,11 +111,10 @@ class Router {
 		$routes = $this->loader->load($uri);
 
 		// Put the request method and URI in route form. Routes begin with
-		// the request method and a forward slash.
+		// the request method and a forward slash followed by the URI.
 		$destination = $method.' /'.trim($uri, '/');
 
-		// Check for a literal route match first. If we find one, there is
-		// no need to spin through all of the routes.
+		// Check for a literal route match first...
 		if (isset($routes[$destination]))
 		{
 			return Request::$route = new Route($destination, $routes[$destination], array());
@@ -130,22 +124,42 @@ class Router {
 		{
 			// Only check routes that have multiple URIs or wildcards since other
 			// routes would have been caught by the check for literal matches.
-			if (strpos($keys, '(') !== false or strpos($keys, ',') !== false )
+			if (strpos($keys, '(') !== false or strpos($keys, ',') !== false)
 			{
-				foreach (explode(', ', $keys) as $key)
+				if ( ! is_null($route = $this->match($destination, $keys, $callback)))
 				{
-					// Append the provided formats to the route as an optional regular expression.
-					if ( ! is_null($formats = $this->provides($callback))) $key .= '(\.('.implode('|', $formats).'))?';
-
-					if (preg_match('#^'.$this->translate_wildcards($key).'$#', $destination))
-					{
-						return Request::$route = new Route($keys, $callback, $this->parameters($destination, $key));
-					}
-				}				
+					return Request::$route = $route;
+				}	
 			}
 		}
 
-		return Request::$route = $this->route_to_controller($method, $uri, $destination);
+		return Request::$route = $this->controller($method, $uri, $destination);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Attempt to match a given route destination to a given route.
+	 *
+	 * The destination's methods and URIs will be compared against the route's.
+	 * If there is a match, the Route instance will be returned, otherwise null
+	 * will be returned by the method.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $destination
+	 * @param  array   $keys
+	 * @param  mixed   $callback
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	protected function match($destination, $keys, $callback)
+	{
+		foreach (explode(', ', $keys) as $key)
+		{
+			// Append the provided formats to the route as an optional regular expression.
+			if ( ! is_null($formats = $this->provides($callback))) $key .= '(\.('.implode('|', $formats).'))?';
+
+			if (preg_match('#^'.$this->wildcards($key).'$#', $destination))
+			{
+				return new Route($keys, $callback, $this->parameters($destination, $key));
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -156,10 +170,11 @@ class Router {
 	 * @param  string  $destination
 	 * @return Route
 	 */
-	protected function route_to_controller($method, $uri, $destination)
+	protected function controller($method, $uri, $destination)
 	{
-		// If the request is to the root of the application, an ad-hoc route will be generated
-		// to the home controller's "index" method, making it the default controller method.
+		// If the request is to the root of the application, an ad-hoc route
+		// will be generated to the home controller's "index" method, making
+		// it the default controller method.
 		if ($uri === '/') return new Route($method.' /', 'home@index');
 
 		$segments = explode('/', trim($uri, '/'));
@@ -228,7 +243,7 @@ class Router {
 	 * @param  string  $key
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	protected function translate_wildcards($key)
+	protected function wildcards($key)
 	{
 		$replacements = 0;
 

laravel/security/auth.php

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class Auth {
 	 * Get the current user of the application.
 	 *
 	 * This method will call the "user" closure in the authentication configuration file.
-	 * If the user is not authenticated, null will be returned.
+	 * If the user is not authenticated, null will be returned by the methd.
 	 *
 	 * If no user exists in the session, the method will check for a "remember me"
 	 * cookie and attempt to login the user based on the value of that cookie.
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ class Auth {
 	/**
 	 * Attempt to login a user based on a long-lived "remember me" cookie.
 	 *
+	 * We should be able to trust the cookie is valid, since all cookies
+	 * set by Laravel include a fingerprint hash. So, the cookie should
+	 * be safe to use within this method.
+	 *
 	 * @param  string  $cookie
 	 * @return mixed
 	 */
@@ -82,14 +86,7 @@ class Auth {
 	{
 		$cookie = explode('|', Crypter::decrypt($cookie));
 
-		// If there are not at least two elements in the array, the decrypted value
-		// is not valid and we wil just bail out of the method since the cookie may
-		// have been tampered with and should not be considered trustworthy.
-		if (count($cookie) < 2) return;
-
-		list($id, $username, $config) = array($cookie[0], $cookie[1], Config::get('auth'));
-
-		if ( ! is_null($user = call_user_func($config['user'], $id)) and $user->{$config['username']} === $username)
+		if ( ! is_null($user = call_user_func(Config::get('auth.user'), $cookie[0])))
 		{
 			static::login($user);
 
@@ -100,14 +97,12 @@ class Auth {
 	/**
 	 * Attempt to log a user into the application.
 	 *
-	 * If the given credentials are valid, the user will be logged into
-	 * the application and their user ID will be stored in the session
-	 * via the "login" method.
+	 * If the credentials are valid, the user will be logged into the application
+	 * and their user ID will be stored in the session via the "login" method.
 	 *
-	 * The user may also be "remembered". When this option is set, the user
-	 * will be automatically logged into the application for one year via
-	 * an encrypted cookie containing their ID. Of course, if the user logs
-	 * out of the application, they will no longer be remembered.
+	 * The user may also be "remembered", which will keep the user logged into the
+	 * application for one year or until they logout. The user is rememberd via
+	 * an encrypted cookie.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $username
 	 * @param  string  $password
@@ -139,7 +134,7 @@ class Auth {
 	{
 		static::$user = $user;
 
-		if ($remember) static::remember($user->id, $user->{Config::get('auth.username')});
+		if ($remember) static::remember($user->id);
 
 		Session::put(Auth::user_key, $user->id);
 	}
@@ -148,17 +143,16 @@ class Auth {
 	 * Set a cookie so that users are "remembered" and don't need to login.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $id
-	 * @param  string  $username
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	protected static function remember($id, $username)
+	protected static function remember($id)
 	{
-		$cookie = Crypter::encrypt($id.'|'.$username.'|'.Str::random(40));
+		$cookie = Crypter::encrypt($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 session cookie, should be kept very secure, it's
-		// probably safe to assume the settings are the same.
+		// This method assumes the "remember me" cookie should have the same
+		// configuration as the session cookie. Since this cookie, like the
+		// session cookie, should be kept very secure, it's probably safe
+		// to assume the settings are the same.
 		$config = Config::get('session');
 
 		Cookie::forever(Auth::remember_key, $cookie, $config['path'], $config['domain'], $config['secure']);
@@ -167,9 +161,9 @@ class Auth {
 	/**
 	 * Log the current user out of the application.
 	 *
-	 * The "logout" closure in the authenciation configuration file
-	 * will be called. All authentication cookies will be deleted
-	 * and the user ID will be removed from the session.
+	 * The "logout" closure in the authenciation configuration file will be
+	 * called. All authentication cookies will be deleted and the user ID
+	 * will be removed from the session.
 	 *
 	 * @return void
 	 */

laravel/security/crypter.php

 <?php namespace Laravel\Security; use Laravel\Config;
 
-if (trim(Config::get('application.key')) === '')
+if (trim(Config::$items['application']['key']) === '')
 {
 	throw new \Exception('The encryption class may not be used without an application key.');
 }
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ class Crypter {
 	/**
 	 * Encrypt a string using Mcrypt.
 	 *
-	 * The string will be encrypted using the cipher and mode specified 
-	 * when the crypter instance was created, and the final result will
-	 * be base64 encoded.
+	 * The string will be encrypted using the cipher and mode specified when the
+	 * crypter instance was created, and the final result will be base64 encoded.
 	 *
 	 * <code>
 	 *		// Encrypt a string using the Mcrypt PHP extension
@@ -55,7 +54,9 @@ class Crypter {
 
 		$iv = mcrypt_create_iv(static::iv_size(), $randomizer);
 
-		return base64_encode($iv.mcrypt_encrypt(static::$cipher, Config::get('application.key'), $value, static::$mode, $iv));
+		$key = Config::$items['application']['key'];
+
+		return base64_encode($iv.mcrypt_encrypt(static::$cipher, $key, $value, static::$mode, $iv));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -85,7 +86,9 @@ class Crypter {
 
 		$value = substr($value, static::iv_size());
 
-		return rtrim(mcrypt_decrypt(static::$cipher, Config::get('application.key'), $value, static::$mode, $iv), "\0");
+		$key = Config::$items['application']['key'];
+
+		return rtrim(mcrypt_decrypt(static::$cipher, $key, $value, static::$mode, $iv), "\0");
 	}
 
 	/**

laravel/security/hasher.php

@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ class Hasher {
 	/**
 	 * Hash a password using the Bcrypt hashing scheme.
 	 *
-	 * Bcrypt provides a future-proof hashing algorithm by allowing the number
-	 * of "rounds" to be increased, thus increasing the time is takes to generate
-	 * the hashed value. The longer is takes to generate the hash, the more
-	 * impractical a rainbow table attack against the hashes becomes.
+	 * Bcrypt provides a future-proof hashing algorithm by allowing the
+	 * number of "rounds" to be increased, thus increasing the time it
+	 * takes to generate the hashed value. The longer it takes takes
+	 * to generate the hash, the more impractical a rainbow table
+	 * attack against the hashes becomes.
 	 *
 	 * <code>
 	 *		// Create a Bcrypt hash of a value
@@ -42,14 +43,14 @@ class Hasher {
 	/**
 	 * Get a salt for use during Bcrypt hashing.
 	 *
+	 * Bcrypt expects salts to be 22 alpha-numeric characters including
+	 * dots and forward slashes. OpenSSL will be used if available and
+	 * the Str::random method will be used if it isn't.
+	 *
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	protected static function salt()
 	{
-		// If OpenSSL is installed, we will use it to gather random bytes for generating
-		// the salt value. Otherwise, we will use the Str::random method. Bcrypt expects
-		// the salt to be a 22 character alpha-numeric string. The salt may also contain
-		// dots, plus signs, and forward slashes.
 		if (function_exists('openssl_random_pseudo_bytes'))
 		{
 			return substr(strtr(base64_encode(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(16)), '+', '.'), 0 , 22);

laravel/session/manager.php

@@ -29,6 +29,20 @@ class Manager {
 	 */
 	public static $regenerated = false;
 
+	/**
+	 * The driver being used by the session.
+	 *
+	 * @var Drivers\Driver
+	 */
+	protected static $driver;
+
+	/**
+	 * The session ID transporter used by the session.
+	 *
+	 * @var Transporters\Transpoter
+	 */
+	protected static $transporter;
+
 	/**
 	 * Start the session handling for the current request.
 	 *
@@ -40,28 +54,30 @@ class Manager {
 	{
 		$config = Config::$items['session'];
 
-		static::$session = $driver->load($transporter->get($config));
+		$session = $driver->load($transporter->get($config));
 
 		// If the session is expired, a new session will be generated and all of
 		// the data from the previous session will be lost. The new session will
 		// be assigned a random, long string ID to uniquely identify it among
 		// the application's current users.
-		if (is_null(static::$session) or (time() - static::$session['last_activity']) > ($config['lifetime'] * 60))
+		if (is_null($session) or (time() - $session['last_activity']) > ($config['lifetime'] * 60))
 		{
 			static::$exists = false;
 
-			static::$session = array('id' => Str::random(40), 'data' => array());
+			$session = array('id' => Str::random(40), 'data' => array());
 		}
 
+		static::$session = $session;
+
 		// If a CSRF token is not present in the session, we will generate one.
 		// These tokens are generated per session to protect against Cross-Site
-		// Request Forgery attacks on the application. It is up to the developer
-		// to take advantage of them using the token methods on the Form class
-		// and the "csrf" route filter.
+		// Request Forgery attacks on the application.
 		if ( ! static::has('csrf_token'))
 		{
 			static::put('csrf_token', Str::random(16));
 		}
+
+		list(static::$driver, static::$transporter) = array($driver, $transporter);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -253,12 +269,10 @@ class Manager {
 	/**
 	 * Close the session handling for the request.
 	 *
-	 * @param  Drivers\Driver            $driver
-	 * @param  Transporters\Transporter  $transporter
-	 * @param  array                     $flash
+	 * @param  array  $flash
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public static function close(Driver $driver, Transporter $transporter, $flash = array())
+	public static function close($flash = array())
 	{
 		$config = Config::$items['session'];
 
@@ -267,17 +281,17 @@ class Manager {
 			static::flash($key, $value);
 		}
 
-		$driver->save(static::age(), $config, static::$exists);
+		static::$driver->save(static::age(), $config, static::$exists);
 
-		$transporter->put(static::$session['id'], $config);
+		static::$transporter->put(static::$session['id'], $config);
 
 		// Some session drivers may implement the Sweeper interface, meaning the
 		// driver must do its garbage collection manually. Alternatively, some
 		// drivers such as APC and Memcached are not required to manually
 		// clean up their sessions.
-		if (mt_rand(1, $config['sweepage'][1]) <= $config['sweepage'][0] and $driver instanceof Drivers\Sweeper)
+		if (mt_rand(1, $config['sweepage'][1]) <= $config['sweepage'][0] and static::$driver instanceof Drivers\Sweeper)
 		{
-			$driver->sweep(time() - ($config['lifetime'] * 60));
+			static::$driver->sweep(time() - ($config['lifetime'] * 60));
 		}
 	}
 

laravel/str.php

@@ -99,12 +99,17 @@ class Str {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Limit the number of chars in a string
+	 * Limit the number of characters in a string.
+	 *
+	 * Word integrity is preserved, so the number of characters in the
+	 * truncated string will be rounded to the nearest word ending.
 	 *
 	 * <code>
-	 *		// Limit the characters
-	 *		echo Str::limit_chars('taylor otwell', 3);
-	 * 		results in 'tay...'
+	 *		// Returns "Taylor..."
+	 *		echo Str::limit('Taylor Otwell', 3);
+	 *
+	 *		// Limit the number of characters and append a custom ending
+	 *		echo Str::limit('Taylor Otwell', 3, '---');
 	 * </code>
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $value
@@ -112,25 +117,24 @@ class Str {
 	 * @param  string  $end
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public static function limit($value, $length = 100, $end = '...')
+	public static function limit($value, $limit = 100, $end = '...')
 	{
-		if (static::length($value) <= $length) return $value;
+		if (static::length($value) < $limit) return $value;
 
-		if (function_exists('mb_substr'))
-		{
-			return mb_substr($value, 0, $length, Config::get('application.encoding')).$end;
-		}
+		$limit = preg_replace('/\s+?(\S+)?$/', '', substr($value, 0, $limit));
 
-		return substr($value, 0, $length).$end;
+		return (static::length($limit) == static::length($value)) ? $value : $limit.$end;
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Limit the number of words in a string
 	 *
 	 * <code>
-	 *		// Limit the words
-	 *		echo Str::limit_chars('This is a sentence.', 3);
-	 * 		results in 'This is a...'
+	 *		// Returns "This is a..."
+	 *		echo Str::words('This is a sentence.', 3);
+	 *
+	 *		// Limit the number of words and append a custom ending
+	 *		echo Str::words('This is a sentence.', 3, '---');
 	 * </code>
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $value
@@ -138,13 +142,13 @@ class Str {
 	 * @param  string  $end
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public static function limit_words($value, $length = 100, $end = '...')
+	public static function words($value, $words = 100, $end = '...')
 	{
-		$count = str_word_count($value,1);
+		$count = str_word_count($value, 1);
 
-		if ($count <= $length) return $value;
+		if ($count <= $words) return $value;
 
-		return implode(' ',array_slice($count,0,$length)).$end;
+		return implode(' ', array_slice($count, 0, $words)).$end;
 	}
 
 	/**

laravel/validation/messages.php

@@ -93,7 +93,12 @@ class Messages {
 	{
 		if (is_null($key)) return $this->all($format);
 
-		return (array_key_exists($key, $this->messages)) ? $this->format($this->messages[$key], $format) : array();
+		if (array_key_exists($key, $this->messages))
+		{
+			return $this->format($this->messages[$key], $format);
+		}
+
+		return array();
 	}
 
 	/**

laravel/view.php

@@ -133,9 +133,10 @@ class View {
 	{
 		if (is_null(static::$composers)) static::$composers = require APP_PATH.'composers'.EXT;
 
-		// The view's name may specified in several different ways in the composers file.
-		// The composer may simple have a string value, which is the name. Or, the composer
-		// could have an array value in which a "name" key exists.
+		// The view's name may specified in several different ways in the
+		// composers file. The composer may simple have a string value,
+		// which is the name. Or, the composer could have an array
+		// value in which a "name" key exists.
 		foreach (static::$composers as $key => $value)
 		{
 			if ($name === $value or (is_array($value) and $name === Arr::get($value, 'name'))) return $key;
@@ -170,17 +171,15 @@ class View {
 	{
 		static::compose($this);
 
-		// All nested views and responses are evaluated before the main view. This allows
-		// the assets used by these views to be added to the asset container before the
+		// All nested views and responses are evaluated before the main view.
+		// This allows the assets used by these views to be added to the asset
+		// container before the
 		// main view is evaluated and dumps the links to the assets.
 		foreach ($this->data as &$data) 
 		{
 			if ($data instanceof View or $data instanceof Response) $data = $data->render();
 		}
 
-		// We don't want the view's contents to be rendered immediately, so we will fire
-		// up an output buffer to catch the view output. The output of the view will be
-		// rendered automatically later in the request lifecycle.
 		ob_start() and extract($this->data, EXTR_SKIP);
 
 		// If the view is a "Blade" view, we need to check the view for modifications
@@ -200,14 +199,15 @@ class View {
 	 */
 	protected function compile()
 	{
-		// For simplicity, compiled views are stored in a single directory by the MD5 hash of
-		// their name. This allows us to avoid recreating the entire view directory structure
-		// within the compiled views directory.
+		// For simplicity, compiled views are stored in a single directory by
+		// the MD5 hash of their name. This allows us to avoid recreating the
+		// entire view directory structure within the compiled views directory.
 		$compiled = STORAGE_PATH.'views/'.md5($this->view);
 
-		// The view will only be re-compiled if the view has been modified since the last compiled
-	 	// version of the view was created or no compiled view exists. Otherwise, the path will
-	 	// be returned without re-compiling.
+		// The view will only be re-compiled if the view has been modified
+		// since the last compiled version of the view was created or no
+		// compiled view exists. Otherwise, the path will be returned
+		// without re-compiling.
 		if ((file_exists($compiled) and filemtime($this->path) > filemtime($compiled)) or ! file_exists($compiled))
 		{
 			file_put_contents($compiled, Blade::parse($this->path));