laravel/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', "\r\n");
define('BLADE_EXT', '.blade.php');
define('CACHE_PATH', STORAGE_PATH.'cache'.DS);
define('DATABASE_PATH', STORAGE_PATH.'database'.DS);
define('SESSION_PATH', STORAGE_PATH.'sessions'.DS);
define('DEFAULT_BUNDLE', 'application');
define('MB_STRING', (int) function_exists('mb_get_info'));

/**
 * Require all of the classes that can't be loaded by the auto-loader.
 * These are typically classes that the auto-loader relies upon to
 * load classes, such as the array and configuration classes.
 */
require SYS_PATH.'bundle'.EXT;
require SYS_PATH.'config'.EXT;
require SYS_PATH.'helpers'.EXT;
require SYS_PATH.'autoloader'.EXT;

/**
 * Register the Autoloader's "load" method on the auto-loader stack.
 * This method provides the lazy-loading of all class files, as well
 * as any PSR-0 compliant libraries used by the application.
 */
spl_autoload_register(array('Laravel\\Autoloader', 'load'));

/**
 * Register all of the core class aliases. These aliases provide a
 * convenient way of working with the Laravel core classes without
 * having to worry about the namespacing. The developer is also
 * free to remove aliases when they extend core classes.
 */
Autoloader::$aliases = Config::get('application.aliases');

/**
 * Register all of the bundles that are defined in the bundle info
 * file within the bundles directory. This informs the framework
 * where the bundle lives and which URIs it responds to.
 */
$bundles = require BUNDLE_PATH.'bundles'.EXT;

foreach ($bundles as $bundle => $value)
{
	if (is_numeric($bundle)) $bundle = $value;

	Bundle::register($bundle, $value);
}