public function asset($path, $secure = null)
{
if ($this->isValidUrl($path)) {
return $path;
}
// Once we get the root URL, we will check to see if it contains an index.php
// file in the paths. If it does, we will remove it since it is not needed
// for asset paths, but only for routes to endpoints in the application.
$root = $this->getRootUrl($this->getScheme($secure));
return $this->removeIndex($root) . '/' . trim($path, '/');
}