laravel/system/router.php

<?php namespace System;

class Router {

	/**
	 * All of the loaded routes.
	 *
	 * @var array
	 */
	public static $routes;

	/**
	 * Search a set of routes for the route matching a method and URI.
	 *
	 * @param  string  $method
	 * @param  string  $uri
	 * @return Route
	 */
	public static function route($method, $uri)
	{
		// Prepend a forward slash since all routes begin with one.
		$uri = ($uri != '/') ? '/'.$uri : $uri;

		if (is_null(static::$routes))
		{
			static::$routes = Route\Loader::load($uri);
		}

		// Is there an exact match for the request?
		if (isset(static::$routes[$method.' '.$uri]))
		{
			return Request::$route = new Route($method.' '.$uri, static::$routes[$method.' '.$uri]);
		}

		foreach (static::$routes as $keys => $callback)
		{
			// Only check routes that have multiple URIs or wildcards. All other routes would have
			// been caught by a literal match.
			if (strpos($keys, '(') !== false or strpos($keys, ',') !== false )
			{
				foreach (explode(', ', $keys) as $key)
				{
					$key = str_replace(':num', '[0-9]+', str_replace(':any', '[a-zA-Z0-9\-_]+', $key));

					if (preg_match('#^'.$key.'$#', $method.' '.$uri))
					{
						return Request::$route = new Route($keys, $callback, Route\Parser::parameters($uri, $key));
					}
				}				
			}
		}
	}

}