public static function searchForGames($query, $limit = 10)
{
self::validateApiKey();
//Change these if we need to include more stuff.
$fieldArr = ['id', 'name', 'original_release_date', 'image', 'api_detail_url', 'deck', 'image', 'platforms'];
//sanitise query
$query = trim(preg_replace('/ +/', ' ', preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9 ]/', ' ', urldecode(html_entity_decode(strip_tags($query))))));
//generate url
$url = self::$gb . 'games?api_key=' . self::$apikey . '&format=json' . self::formatFieldList($fieldArr) . '&limit=' . $limit . '&filter=platforms:17|94|152,name:' . $query;
//Limit to Mac, PC, Linux respectively.
try {
$json = self::makeApiCall($url);
} catch (Exception $e) {
throw new GBApiException('Error contacting Giantbomb. Please try again later.');
}
//QueryDb and try to find the object using the giantbomb unique id
if ($json->results == null || count($json->results) < 1) {
throw new GBApiException('No results found. Please try another search.');
}
$games = [];
//initialise as empty array
foreach ($json->results as $result) {
$game = GamesQuery::create()->findOneByGbId($result->id);
if ($game == null) {
if (!isset($result->original_release_date) || $result->original_release_date == null) {
continue;
}
//skip if not out yet.
$game = new Games();
$game->setGbId($result->id);
$game->setName(Games::generateUniqueName($result->name, $result->original_release_date));
$game->setGbUrl($result->api_detail_url);
$game->setTitle($result->name);
$game->setDescription($result->deck);
//We don't care if they don't have thumbs. Catch the exceptions and move on
try {
$game->setGbThumb($result->image->screen_url);
} catch (Exception $e) {
}
try {
$game->setGbImage($result->image->medium_url);
} catch (Exception $e) {
}
$game->save();
}
//append result to list.
array_push($games, $game);
}
return $games;
}
