public function BatUnitAutocompleteMatcher::getMatches in Booking and Availability Management Tools for Drupal 8
Gets matched labels based on a given search string.
Parameters
string $target_type: The ID of the target entity type.
string $selection_handler: The plugin ID of the entity reference selection handler.
array $selection_settings: An array of settings that will be passed to the selection handler.
string $string: (optional) The label of the entity to query by.
Return value
array An array of matched entity labels, in the format required by the AJAX autocomplete API (e.g. array('value' => $value, 'label' => $label)).
Throws
\Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\AccessDeniedHttpException Thrown when the current user doesn't have access to the specified entity.
Overrides EntityAutocompleteMatcher::getMatches
See also
\Drupal\system\Controller\EntityAutocompleteController
File
- modules/
bat_calendar_reference/ src/ BatUnitAutocompleteMatcher.php, line 17  
Class
- BatUnitAutocompleteMatcher
 - Matcher class to get autocompletion results for entity reference.
 
Namespace
Drupal\bat_calendar_referenceCode
public function getMatches($target_type, $selection_handler, $selection_settings, $string = '') {
  $matches = [];
  $options = [
    'target_type' => $target_type,
    'handler' => $selection_handler,
    'handler_settings' => $selection_settings,
  ];
  $handler = $this->selectionManager
    ->getInstance($options);
  if (!empty($string)) {
    // Get an array of matching entities.
    $match_operator = !empty($selection_settings['match_operator']) ? $selection_settings['match_operator'] : 'CONTAINS';
    $entity_labels = $handler
      ->getReferenceableEntities($string, $match_operator, 10);
    // Loop through the entities and convert them into autocomplete output.
    foreach ($entity_labels as $values) {
      foreach ($values as $entity_id => $label) {
        $key = "{$label} ({$entity_id})";
        // Strip things like starting/trailing white spaces, line breaks and
        // tags.
        $key = preg_replace('/\\s\\s+/', ' ', str_replace("\n", '', trim(Html::decodeEntities(strip_tags($key)))));
        // Names containing commas or quotes must be wrapped in quotes.
        $key = Tags::encode($key);
        if (isset($selection_settings['unit_types'])) {
          $unit = bat_unit_load($entity_id);
          if (in_array($unit
            ->getUnitTypeId(), $selection_settings['unit_types'])) {
            $matches[] = [
              'value' => $key,
              'label' => $label,
            ];
          }
        }
        else {
          $matches[] = [
            'value' => $key,
            'label' => $label,
          ];
        }
      }
    }
  }
  return $matches;
}