/**
* [getCharID description]
* @param string $name
* @return int
*/
public static function getCharID($name)
{
if (Bin::get("s:{$name}", null) != null) {
return Bin::get("s:{$name}", null);
}
$id = (int) Db::queryField("select characterID from zz_characters where name = :name order by corporationID desc", "characterID", array(":name" => $name), 3600);
if ($id == 0 || $id == NULL) {
try {
$pheal = Util::getPheal();
$pheal->scope = "eve";
$charInfo = $pheal->CharacterID(array("names" => $name));
foreach ($charInfo->characters as $char) {
$id = $char->characterID;
if ($id != 0) {
// Verify that this is indeed a character
$charInfo = $pheal->CharacterInfo(array("characterid" => $id));
// If not a character an error would have been thrown and caught by the catch
$name = $charInfo->characterName;
Db::execute("insert ignore into zz_characters (characterID, name) values (:id, :name)", array(":id" => $id, ":name" => $name));
}
}
} catch (Exception $ex) {
$id = 0;
}
}
Bin::set("s:{$name}", $id);
return $id;
}
