move 'is' method to the str class where it belongs.

laravel/routing/route.php

 <?php namespace Laravel\Routing;
 
 use Closure;
+use Laravel\Str;
 use Laravel\URI;
 use Laravel\Bundle;
 use Laravel\Request;
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ class Route {
 		// if they match we'll attach the filter.
 		foreach (Filter::$patterns as $pattern => $filter)
 		{
-			if (URI::is($pattern, $this->uri))
+			if (Str::is($pattern, $this->uri))
 			{
 				$filters[] = $filter;
 			}

laravel/str.php

@@ -301,6 +301,30 @@ class Str {
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Determine if a given string matches a given pattern.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $pattern
+	 * @param  string  $value
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public static function is($pattern, $value)
+	{
+		// Asterisks are translated into zero-or-more regular expression wildcards
+		// to make it convenient to check if the URI starts with a given pattern
+		// such as "library/*". This is only done when not root.
+		if ($pattern !== '/')
+		{
+			$pattern = str_replace('*', '(.*)', $pattern).'\z';
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$pattern = '^/$';
+		}
+
+		return preg_match('#'.$pattern.'#', $value);
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Get the character pool for a given type of random string.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $type

laravel/uri.php

@@ -60,26 +60,11 @@ class URI {
 	 * Determine if the current URI matches a given pattern.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $pattern
-	 * @param  string  $uri
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
-	public static function is($pattern, $uri = null)
-	{
-		$uri = $uri ?: static::current();
-
-		// Asterisks are translated into zero-or-more regular expression wildcards
-		// to make it convenient to check if the URI starts with a given pattern
-		// such as "library/*". This is only done when not root.
-		if ($pattern !== '/')
+	public static function is($pattern)
 	{
-			$pattern = str_replace('*', '(.*)', $pattern).'\z';
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			$pattern = '^/$';
-		}
-
-		return preg_match('#'.$pattern.'#', $uri);
+		return Str::is($pattern, static::current());
 	}
 
 	/**

paths.php

@@ -8,6 +8,25 @@
  * @link     http://laravel.com
  */
 
+/*
+|----------------------------------------------------------------
+| Application Environemtns
+|----------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| Laravel takes a dead simple approach to environments, and we
+| think you'll love it. Just specify which URLs belongs to a
+| given environment, and when you access your application
+| from a URL matching that pattern, we'll be sure to
+| merge in that environment's configuration files.
+|
+*/
+
+$environments = array(
+
+	'local' => array('*localhost*', '*.dev'),
+
+);
+
 // --------------------------------------------------------------
 // The path to the application directory.
 // --------------------------------------------------------------