laravel/system/router.php

<?php namespace System;

class Router {

	/**
	 * The request method and URI.
	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	public $request;

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

	/**
	 * Create a new router for a request method and URI.
	 *
	 * @param  string  $method
	 * @param  string  $uri
	 * @param  array   $routes
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function __construct($method, $uri, $routes = null)
	{
		// Put the request method and URI in route form. 
		// Routes begin with the request method and a forward slash.
		$this->request = $method.' /'.trim($uri, '/');

		$this->routes = (is_array($routes)) ? $routes : $this->load($uri);
	}

	/**
	 * Create a new router for a request method and URI.
	 *
	 * @param  string  $method
	 * @param  string  $uri
	 * @param  array   $routes
	 * @return Router
	 */
	public static function make($method, $uri, $routes = null)
	{
		return new static($method, $uri, $routes);
	}

	/**
	 * Load the appropriate routes for the request URI.
	 *
	 * @param  string  $uri
	 * @return array
	 */
	public function load($uri)
	{
		$base = require APP_PATH.'routes'.EXT;

		if ( ! is_dir(APP_PATH.'routes') or $uri == '')
		{
			return $base;
		}

		list($routes, $segments) = array(array(), explode('/', $uri));

		foreach (array_reverse($segments, true) as $key => $value)
		{
			if (file_exists($path = ROUTE_PATH.implode('/', array_slice($segments, 0, $key + 1)).EXT))
			{
				$routes = require $path;
			}
		}

		return array_merge($routes, $base);
	}

	/**
	 * Search a set of routes for the route matching a method and URI.
	 *
	 * @return Route
	 */
	public function route()
	{
		if (isset($this->routes[$this->request]))
		{
			return Request::$route = new Route($this->request, $this->routes[$this->request]);
		}

		foreach ($this->routes as $keys => $callback)
		{
			// Only check routes that have multiple URIs or wildcards.
			// Other routes would have been caught by the check for literal matches.
			if (strpos($keys, '(') !== false or strpos($keys, ',') !== false )
			{
				foreach (explode(', ', $keys) as $key)
				{
					if (preg_match('#^'.$this->translate_wildcards($key).'$#', $this->request))
					{
						return Request::$route = new Route($keys, $callback, $this->parameters($this->request, $key));
					}
				}				
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Translate route URI wildcards into actual regular expressions.
	 *
	 * @param  string  $key
	 * @return string
	 */
	private function translate_wildcards($key)
	{
		$replacements = 0;

		// For optional parameters, first translate the wildcards to their regex equivalent, sans the ")?" ending.
		// We will add the endings back on after we know how many replacements we made.
		$key = str_replace(array('/(:num?)', '/(:any?)'), array('(?:/([0-9]+)', '(?:/([a-zA-Z0-9\-_]+)'), $key, $replacements);

		$key .= ($replacements > 0) ? str_repeat(')?', $replacements) : '';

		return str_replace(array(':num', ':any'), array('[0-9]+', '[a-zA-Z0-9\-_]+'), $key);
	}

	/**
	 * Extract the parameters from a URI based on a route URI.
	 *
	 * Any route segment wrapped in parentheses is considered a parameter.
	 *
	 * @param  string  $uri
	 * @param  string  $route
	 * @return array
	 */
	private function parameters($uri, $route)
	{
		return array_values(array_intersect_key(explode('/', $uri), preg_grep('/\(.+\)/', explode('/', $route))));	
	}	

}