added some comments to the view class.

laravel/str.php

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public static function lower($value)
 	{
 		if (function_exists('mb_strtolower'))
 		{
-			return mb_strtolower($value, static::encoding());
+			return mb_strtolower($value, Config::get('application.encoding'));
 		}
 
 		return strtolower($value);
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public static function title($value)
 	{
 		if (function_exists('mb_convert_case'))
 		{
-			return mb_convert_case($value, MB_CASE_TITLE, static::encoding());
+			return mb_convert_case($value, MB_CASE_TITLE, Config::get('application.encoding'));
 		}
 
 		return ucwords(strtolower($value));
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public static function length($value)
 	{
 		if (function_exists('mb_strlen'))
 		{
-			return mb_strlen($value, static::encoding());
+			return mb_strlen($value, Config::get('application.encoding'));
 		}
 
 		return strlen($value);
@@ -99,14 +99,4 @@ public static function random($length = 16, $type = 'alpha_num')
 		return implode('', array_map(function() use ($pool) { return $pool[mt_rand(0, strlen($pool) - 1)]; }, range(0, $length - 1)));
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Get the application encoding from the configuration class.
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	protected static function encoding()
-	{
-		return Config::get('application.encoding');
-	}
-
 }

laravel/uri.php

@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ public function get()
 	/**
 	 * Get a given URI segment from the URI for the current request.
 	 *
+	 * <code>
+	 *		// Get the first URI segment for the request
+	 *		$first = URI::segment(1);
+	 *
+	 *		// Return a default value if the URI segment doesn't exist
+	 *		$segment = URI::segment(3, 'Default');
+	 * </code>
+	 *
 	 * @param  int     $segment
 	 * @param  mixed   $default
 	 * @return string

laravel/url.php

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ class URL {
 	 *
 	 * If the given URL is already well-formed, it will be returned unchanged.
 	 *
+	 * <code>
+	 *		// Create a URL to a location within the application
+	 *		$url = URL::to('user/profile');
+	 * </code>
+	 *
 	 * @param  string  $url
 	 * @param  bool    $https
 	 * @return string
@@ -57,6 +62,14 @@ public static function to_asset($url, $https = null)
 	 * parameter to the method. The values of this array will be used to fill the
 	 * wildcard segments of the route URI.
 	 *
+	 * <code>
+	 *		// Create a URL to the "profile" named route
+	 *		$url = URL::to_route('profile');
+	 *
+	 *		// Create a URL to the "profile" named route with wildcard parameters
+	 *		$url = URL::to_route('profile', array($username));
+	 * </code>
+	 *
 	 * @param  string  $name
 	 * @param  array   $parameters
 	 * @param  bool    $https
@@ -70,9 +83,9 @@ public static function to_route($name, $parameters = array(), $https = false)
 
 			$uri = substr($uris[0], strpos($uris[0], '/'));
 
-			// Spin through each route parameter and replace the route wildcard segment
-			// with the corresponding parameter passed to the method.
-			foreach ($parameters as $parameter)
+			// Spin through each route parameter and replace the route wildcard
+			// segment with the corresponding parameter passed to the method.
+			foreach ((array) $parameters as $parameter)
 			{
 				$uri = preg_replace('/\(.+?\)/', $parameter, $uri, 1);
 			}
@@ -100,6 +113,14 @@ public static function to_secure_route($name, $parameters = array())
 	/**
 	 * Generate a URL friendly "slug".
 	 *
+	 * <code>
+	 *		// Returns "this-is-my-blog-post"
+	 *		$slug = URL::slug('This is my blog post!');
+	 *
+	 *		// Returns "this_is_my_blog_post"
+	 *		$slug = URL::slug('This is my blog post!', '_');
+	 * </code>
+	 *
 	 * @param  string  $title
 	 * @param  string  $separator
 	 * @return string
@@ -119,6 +140,17 @@ public static function slug($title, $separator = '-')
 
 	/**
 	 * Magic Method for dynamically creating URLs to named routes.
+	 *
+	 * <code>
+	 *		// Create a URL to the "profile" named route
+	 *		$url = URL::to_profile();
+	 *
+	 *		// Create a URL to the "profile" named route with wildcard segments
+	 *		$url = URL::to_profile(array($username));
+	 *
+	 *		// Create a URL to the "profile" named route using HTTPS
+	 *		$url = URL::to_secure_profile();
+	 * </code>
 	 */
 	public static function __callStatic($method, $parameters)
 	{

laravel/view.php

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public function make($view, $data = array())
 	 * @param  array   $data
 	 * @return View
 	 */
-	protected function of($name, $data = array())
+	public function of($name, $data = array())
 	{
 		if ( ! is_null($view = $this->composer->name($name)))
 		{
@@ -74,13 +74,9 @@ protected function path($view)
 	{
 		$view = str_replace('.', '/', $view);
 
-		if (file_exists($path = $this->path.$view.BLADE_EXT))
+		foreach (array(BLADE_EXT, EXT) as $extension)
 		{
-			return $path;
-		}
-		elseif (file_exists($path = $this->path.$view.EXT))
-		{
-			return $path;
+			if (file_exists($path = $this->path.$view.$extension)) return $path;
 		}
 
 		throw new \Exception('View ['.$view.'] does not exist.');
@@ -219,6 +215,14 @@ public function __construct(View_Factory $factory, View_Composer $composer, $vie
 	 * within your application views directory. Dots or slashes may used to
 	 * reference views within sub-directories.
 	 *
+	 * <code>
+	 *		// Create a new view instance
+	 *		$view = View::make('home.index');
+	 *
+	 *		// Create a new view instance with bound data
+	 *		$view = View::make('home.index', array('name' => 'Taylor'));
+	 * </code>
+	 *
 	 * @param  string  $view
 	 * @param  array   $data
 	 * @return View
@@ -233,11 +237,19 @@ public static function make($view, $data = array())
 	 *
 	 * View names are defined in the application composers file.
 	 *
+	 * <code>
+	 *		// Create an instance of the "layout" named view
+	 *		$view = View::of('layout');
+	 *
+	 *		// Create an instance of the "layout" view with bound data
+	 *		$view = View::of('layout', array('name' => 'Taylor'));
+	 * </code>
+	 *
 	 * @param  string  $name
 	 * @param  array   $data
 	 * @return View
 	 */
-	protected function of($name, $data = array())
+	public static function of($name, $data = array())
 	{
 		return IoC::container()->resolve('laravel.view')->of($name, $data);
 	}