/**
* Choose n people up to limit sorted by their total number of AngelList followers
*
* @since 1.1
* @param array $people an individual startup role with a user subobject
* @param int $limit limits the number of objects returned
* @return array the passed in people array reordered by follower count
*/
public static function order_by_follower_count(array $people, $limit = 3)
{
if (count($people) === 1 || $limit < 1) {
return $people;
}
$top_people = array();
$people_count = 0;
$people_by_followers = array();
foreach ($people as $person) {
if (!isset($person->tagged)) {
continue;
} else {
if (isset($person->tagged->follower_count) && $person->tagged->follower_count > 0) {
$people_by_followers[(string) $person->tagged->follower_count][] = $person;
} else {
$people_by_followers['0'][] = $person;
}
}
}
if (!empty($people_by_followers) && krsort($people_by_followers)) {
foreach ($people_by_followers as $followers => $followers_person) {
if ($people_count === $limit) {
break;
}
// do two or more people share the same follower count?
if (is_array($followers_person)) {
// attempt to reorder by start date to break the tie
$followers_person = AngelList_Person::order_by_start_date($followers_person, $limit - $people_count);
foreach ($followers_person as $followers_person_person) {
if ($people_count === $limit) {
break;
}
$top_people[] = $followers_person_person;
$people_count++;
}
} else {
$top_people[] = $followers_person;
$people_count++;
}
}
}
return $top_people;
}
