Make Url::secure in Laravel 4 work like Laravel 3

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Make URL::secure/Redirect::secure work in Laravel 4 like it did in Laravel 3

In Laravel 3 URL::secure/Redirect::secure got overridden by the ssl config. Nice for testing locally when you don't have ssl setup.

In Laravel 4 they took it out. Why? Fuck knows...

Anyway heres how to get it working again.

#[CHANGES in L4.2]#

1. You'll need to swap out Illuminate\Foundation\Application see http://stackoverflow.com/a/27111495
2. You'll need to namespace the classes below if you'll include it in composer.json's "classmap".
3. Watch out - I hardcoded the secure url part false because Config wasn't loading. So this is still incomplete.

updated by jpalala

• Step 1

  Add ssl config to config/app.php

  'ssl' => false, // Or true depending on your environment

• Step 2

  Add the classes below to a folder that autoloads classes (I added a classes folder to the app folder and added this to composer)

• Step 3

  Add the following to your providers array in config/app.php (Add it to the bottom of the array)

  'RoutingServiceProvider',

• Step 4

  Run composer dump-autoload

• Step 5

  Mexican wave!

Redirector.php

<?php namespace <PutYourNameSpace>;

class Redirector extends \Illuminate\Routing\Redirector
{
    /**
     * Create a new redirect response to the given HTTPS path.
     *
     * @param  string  $path
     * @param  int     $status
     * @param  array   $headers
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
     */
    public function secure($path, $status = 302, $headers = array())
    {
        $secure = Config::get('app.ssl');

        return $this->to($path, $status, $headers, $secure);
    }
}

RoutingServiceProvider.php

<?php namespace <PutYourNameSpace>;

use Illuminate\Routing\Router;
use Illuminate\Routing\Redirector;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use <YourNameSpace>\UrlGenerator; //so new UrlGenerator calls the class you created in your namespace
class RoutingServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider {

    /**
     * Register the service provider.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function register()
    {
        $this->registerRouter();

        $this->registerUrlGenerator();

        $this->registerRedirector();
    }

    /**
     * Register the router instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function registerRouter()
    {
        $this->app['router'] = $this->app->share(function($app)
        {
            //$router = new Router($app);
            //in L4.2 it you need the events now
            $router = new Router($app['events'], $app);
            // If the current application environment is "testing", we will disable the
            // routing filters, since they can be tested independently of the routes
            // and just get in the way of our typical controller testing concerns.
            if ($app['env'] == 'testing')
            {
                $router->disableFilters();
            }

            return $router;
        });
    }

    /**
     * Register the URL generator service.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function registerUrlGenerator()
    {
        $this->app['url'] = $this->app->share(function($app)
        {
            // The URL generator needs the route collection that exists on the router.
            // Keep in mind this is an object, so we're passing by references here
            // and all the registered routes will be available to the generator.
            $routes = $app['router']->getRoutes();

            return new UrlGenerator($routes, $app['request']);
        });
    }

    /**
     * Register the Redirector service.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function registerRedirector()
    {
        $this->app['redirect'] = $this->app->share(function($app)
        {
            $redirector = new \Redirector($app['url']);

            // If the session is set on the application instance, we'll inject it into
            // the redirector instance. This allows the redirect responses to allow
            // for the quite convenient "with" methods that flash to the session.
            if (isset($app['session.store']))
            {
                $redirector->setSession($app['session.store']);
            }

            return $redirector;
        });
    }

}

UrlGenerator.php

<?php namespace <PutYourNameSpace>

class UrlGenerator extends \Illuminate\Routing\UrlGenerator {


    /**
     * Generate a secure, absolute URL to the given path.
     *
     * @param  string  $path
     * @param  array   $parameters
     * @return string
     */
    public function secure($path, $parameters = array())
    {
        //Couldnt get Config object in here, for some reason, hence the work-around
        if(!Config)
      		$secure = false;
      	else
		    $secure = Config::get('app.ssl');
		    
        return $this->to($path, $parameters, $secure);
    }

}