private static function _getSimilarCharacters($bracketId, $query)
{
$retVal = [];
// Search for similar entered characters first
$characters = Api\Character::searchBracketCharacters($query, $bracketId);
if ($characters && count($characters)) {
$retVal = $characters;
} else {
// Search nominees so that maybe we can prevent another similar character being nominated
$nominees = Api\Nominee::searchBracketNominees($query, $bracketId);
if ($nominees && count($nominees)) {
$retVal = $nominees;
}
}
return $retVal;
}