app.php

<?php

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Create The Application
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| The first thing we will do is create a new Laravel application instance
| which serves as the "glue" for all the components of Laravel, and is
| the IoC container for the system binding all of the various parts.
|
*/

$app = new Illuminate\Foundation\Application(
    realpath(__DIR__.'/../')
);

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Bind Important Interfaces
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Next, we need to bind some important interfaces into the container so
| we will be able to resolve them when needed. The kernels serve the
| incoming requests to this application from both the web and CLI.
|
*/

$app->singleton(
    Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel::class,
    App\Http\Kernel::class
);

$app->singleton(
    Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel::class,
    App\Console\Kernel::class
);

$app->singleton(
    Illuminate\Contracts\Debug\ExceptionHandler::class,
    App\Exceptions\Handler::class
);

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Extend Package Manifest
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This script extends the package manifest to include packages that are
| not discovered by Laravel by default. This is useful for packages
| that are not installed via composer, but are still in the app.
| This is the case for the Ushahidi Platform Addons loaded via
| the Wikimedia Composer Merge Plugin.
|
*/

$app->extend(\Illuminate\Foundation\PackageManifest::class, function ($manifest) {
    return new \Ushahidi\Core\LaravelPackageManifest(
        $manifest->files,
        $manifest->basePath,
        $manifest->manifestPath
    );
});

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Return The Application
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This script returns the application instance. The instance is given to
| the calling script so we can separate the building of the instances
| from the actual running of the application and sending responses.
|
*/

return $app;