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 $result) {
if (!isset($result->original_release_date) || $result->original_release_date == null) {
continue;
}
//skip if not out yet.
$game = GameQuery::create()->findOneByGbId($result->id);
if (!isset($game)) {
$game = new Game();
$game->setGbId($result->id);
$game->setName(Game::generateUniqueName($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();
//Fetch all of the title's platforms from the results we pulled from GB and push them into an array
$gbplatforms = [];
foreach ($result->platforms as $gbplatform) {
array_push($gbplatforms, $gbplatform->id);
}
//Remove platforms no longer associated with the title
$currentPlatforms = $game->getPlatforms();
foreach ($currentPlatforms as $plat) {
if (!in_array($plat->getGbId(), $gbplatforms)) {
$game->removePlatform($plat);
}
}
//add new platforms associated with the title
$allPlatforms = Platform::getAllPlatforms();
foreach ($allPlatforms as $plat) {
if (in_array($plat->getGbId(), $gbplatforms)) {
$found = false;
foreach ($currentPlatforms as $curPlat) {
if ($curPlat->getId() == $plat->getId()) {
$found = true;
break;
}
}
if ($found) {
continue;
}
$game->addPlatform($plat);
}
}
//append result to list.
$game->save();
array_push($games, $game);
}
return $games;
}
