/**
* Gets the user-entered string as a URI.
*
* The following two forms of input are mapped to URIs:
* - entity autocomplete ("label (entity id)") strings: to 'entity:' URIs;
* - strings without a detectable scheme: to 'internal:' URIs.
*
* This method is the inverse of ::getUriAsDisplayableString().
*
* @param string $string
* The user-entered string.
*
* @return string
* The URI, if a non-empty $uri was passed.
*
* @see static::getUriAsDisplayableString()
*/
protected static function getUserEnteredStringAsUri($string)
{
// By default, assume the entered string is an URI.
$uri = $string;
// Detect entity autocomplete string, map to 'entity:' URI.
$entity_id = EntityAutocomplete::extractEntityIdFromAutocompleteInput($string);
if ($entity_id !== NULL) {
// @todo Support entity types other than 'node'. Will be fixed in
// https://www.drupal.org/node/2423093.
$uri = 'entity:node/' . $entity_id;
} elseif (!empty($string) && parse_url($string, PHP_URL_SCHEME) === NULL) {
// @todo '<front>' is valid input for BC reasons, may be removed by
// https://www.drupal.org/node/2421941
// - '<front>' -> '/'
// - '<front>#foo' -> '/#foo'
if (strpos($string, '<front>') === 0) {
$string = '/' . substr($string, strlen('<front>'));
}
$uri = 'internal:' . $string;
}
return $uri;
}
