refactoring and tweaking.

laravel/bootstrap/core.php

@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ require SYS_PATH.'config'.EXT;
 require SYS_PATH.'loader'.EXT;
 require SYS_PATH.'arr'.EXT;
 
+/**
+ * If a Laravel environment has been specified on the server, we will
+ * add a path to the configuration manager for the environment.
+ */
+if (isset($_SERVER['LARAVEL_ENV']))
+{
+	Config::glance(CONFIG_PATH.$_SERVER['LARAVEL_ENV'].'/');
+}
+
 /**
  * Bootstrap the application inversion of control (IoC) container.
  * The container provides the convenient resolution of objects and

laravel/config.php

@@ -140,4 +140,15 @@ class Config {
 		return isset(static::$items[$file]);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Add a directory to the configuration manager's search paths.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $path
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function glance($path)
+	{
+		static::$paths[] = $path;
+	}
+
 }