was overzealous removing halt :)

src/Illuminate/Contracts/Events/Dispatcher.php

@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@ public function listen($events, $listener);
      */
     public function hasListeners($eventName);
 
-    /**
-     * Register an event and payload to be fired later.
-     *
-     * @param  string  $event
-     * @param  array  $payload
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function push($event, $payload = []);
-
     /**
      * Register an event subscriber with the dispatcher.
      *
@@ -39,21 +30,40 @@ public function push($event, $payload = []);
     public function subscribe($subscriber);
 
     /**
-     * Flush a set of pushed events.
+     * Dispatch an event and call the listeners.
      *
-     * @param  string  $event
-     * @return void
+     * @param  string|object  $event
+     * @param  mixed  $payload
+     * @return array|null
      */
-    public function flush($event);
+    public function until($event, $payload = []);
 
     /**
-     * Dispatch an event and call the listeners.
+     * Fire an event until the first non-null response is returned.
      *
      * @param  string|object  $event
      * @param  mixed  $payload
+     * @param  bool  $halt
      * @return array|null
      */
-    public function dispatch($event, $payload = []);
+    public function dispatch($event, $payload = [], $halt = false);
+
+    /**
+     * Register an event and payload to be fired later.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $event
+     * @param  array  $payload
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function push($event, $payload = []);
+
+    /**
+     * Flush a set of pushed events.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $event
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function flush($event);
 
     /**
      * Remove a set of listeners from the dispatcher.

src/Illuminate/Events/Dispatcher.php

@@ -107,6 +107,17 @@ public function push($event, $payload = [])
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Flush a set of pushed events.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $event
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function flush($event)
+    {
+        $this->dispatch($event.'_pushed');
+    }
+
     /**
      * Register an event subscriber with the dispatcher.
      *
@@ -136,24 +147,39 @@ protected function resolveSubscriber($subscriber)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Flush a set of pushed events.
+     * Fire an event until the first non-null response is returned.
      *
-     * @param  string  $event
-     * @return void
+     * @param  string|object  $event
+     * @param  mixed  $payload
+     * @return array|null
      */
-    public function flush($event)
+    public function until($event, $payload = [])
     {
-        $this->dispatch($event.'_pushed');
+        return $this->dispatch($event, $payload, true);
     }
 
     /**
      * Fire an event and call the listeners.
      *
      * @param  string|object  $event
      * @param  mixed  $payload
+     * @param  bool  $halt
      * @return array|null
      */
-    public function dispatch($event, $payload = [])
+    public function fire($event, $payload = [], $halt = false)
+    {
+        return $this->dispatch($event, $payload, $halt);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Fire an event and call the listeners.
+     *
+     * @param  string|object  $event
+     * @param  mixed  $payload
+     * @param  bool  $halt
+     * @return array|null
+     */
+    public function dispatch($event, $payload = [], $halt = false)
     {
         // When the given "event" is actually an object we will assume it is an event
         // object and use the class as the event name and this event itself as the
@@ -171,6 +197,13 @@ public function dispatch($event, $payload = [])
         foreach ($this->getListeners($event) as $listener) {
             $response = $listener($event, $payload);
 
+            // If a response is returned from the listener and event halting is enabled
+            // we will just return this response, and not call the rest of the event
+            // listeners. Otherwise we will add the response on the response list.
+            if (! is_null($response) && $halt) {
+                return $response;
+            }
+
             // If a boolean false is returned from a listener, we will stop propagating
             // the event to any further listeners down in the chain, else we keep on
             // looping through the listeners and firing every one in our sequence.
@@ -181,19 +214,7 @@ public function dispatch($event, $payload = [])
             $responses[] = $response;
         }
 
-        return $responses;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Fire an event and call the listeners.
-     *
-     * @param  string|object  $event
-     * @param  mixed  $payload
-     * @return array|null
-     */
-    public function fire($event, $payload = [])
-    {
-        return $this->dispatch($event, $payload);
+        return $halt ? null : $responses;
     }
 
     /**