/**
* Get author id from given username.
*
* @param string $author Author's username.
* @return int Return's user id or 0 if user was not found.
*/
protected function get_author_id($author)
{
$user = user_helper::get_user_ids_from_list($this->db, $author);
return (int) array_shift($user['ids']);
}
/**
* Get author id's and usernames from supplied usernames.
*
* @param array $authors Array in the form of array('active' => 'usernames', nonactive => 'usernames')
* with the usernames separated by a new line.
* @return array Returns array in the form of
* array('active' => array(username => user_id), 'nonactive' => (...), 'missing' => array('active' => username, ...)
*/
public function get_authors_from_usernames($authors)
{
$result = array('missing' => array());
foreach ($authors as $group => $users) {
$users = user_helper::get_user_ids_from_list($this->db, $users);
$result[$group] = $users['ids'];
$result['missing'][$group] = $users['missing'];
}
return $result;
}
