Merge pull request #1204 from bryantebeek/optimisation/str-class

Performance enhancement for Str Class (see pull request #1180)

laravel/str.php

@@ -10,15 +10,20 @@ class Str {
 	public static $pluralizer;
 
     /**
-	 * Get the default string encoding for the application.
+     * Cache application encoding locally to save expensive calls to Config::get().
      *
-	 * This method is simply a short-cut to Config::get('application.encoding').
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public static $encoding = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the appliction.encoding without needing to request it from Config::get() each time.
      *
      * @return string
      */
-	public static function encoding()
+    protected static function encoding()
     {
-		return Config::get('application.encoding');
+        return static::$encoding ?: static::$encoding = Config::get('application.encoding');
     }
 
 	/**