How to enable laravel 3.x redis connection to take password.

laravel_redis.php

...  ...	 @@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ class Redis {
17	17	    protected $port;
18	18	  
19	19	    /**
20	 +   * The password for connect to Redis.
21	 +   *
22	 +   * @var string
23	 +   */
24	 +  protected $password;  
25	 +
26	 +  /**
20	27	     * The database number the connection selects on load.
21	28	     *
22	29	     * @var int
...	...	 @@ -45,10 +52,11 @@ class Redis {
45	52	     * @param  int     $database
46	53	     * @return void
47	54	     */
48 	 -  public function __construct($host, $port, $database = 0)
55	 +  public function __construct($host, $port, $database = 0, $password = null)
49	56	    {
50	57	      $this->host = $host;
51	58	      $this->port = $port;
59	 +    $this->password = $password;
52	60	      $this->database = $database;
53	61	    }
54	62	  
...	...	 @@ -79,7 +87,7 @@ public static function db($name = 'default')
79	87	  
80	88	        extract($config);
81	89	  
82	 -      static::$databases[$name] = new static($host, $port, $database);
90	 +      static::$databases[$name] = new static($host, $port, $database, $password);
83	91	      }
84	92	  
85	93	      return static::$databases[$name];
...	...	 @@ -153,6 +161,11 @@ protected function connect()
153	161	        throw new \Exception("Error making Redis connection: {$error} - {$message}");
154	162	      }
155	163	  
164	 +    //If the password is set, then calls for auth command to allow authentication
165	 +    if ( ! is_null( $this->password ) ) {
166	 +      $this->auth( $this->password );
167	 +    }
168	 +
156	169	      $this->select($this->database);
157	170	  
158	171	      return $this->connection;