/**
* Get an Artist object from their name.
* If such is not found, a new artist will be created.
*
* @param string $name
*
* @return Artist
*/
public static function get($name)
{
// Remove the BOM from UTF-8/16/32, as it will mess up the database constraints.
if ($encoding = Util::detectUTFEncoding($name)) {
$name = mb_convert_encoding($name, 'UTF-8', $encoding);
}
$name = trim($name) ?: self::UNKNOWN_NAME;
return self::firstOrCreate(compact('name'), compact('name'));
}
