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public static function EntityAutocomplete::extractEntityIdFromAutocompleteInput in Drupal 8

Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 9 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Element/EntityAutocomplete.php \Drupal\Core\Entity\Element\EntityAutocomplete::extractEntityIdFromAutocompleteInput()
  2. 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Element/EntityAutocomplete.php \Drupal\Core\Entity\Element\EntityAutocomplete::extractEntityIdFromAutocompleteInput()

Extracts the entity ID from the autocompletion result.

Parameters

string $input: The input coming from the autocompletion result.

Return value

mixed|null An entity ID or NULL if the input does not contain one.

2 calls to EntityAutocomplete::extractEntityIdFromAutocompleteInput()
EntityAutocomplete::validateEntityAutocomplete in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Element/EntityAutocomplete.php
Form element validation handler for entity_autocomplete elements.
LinkWidget::getUserEnteredStringAsUri in core/modules/link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/LinkWidget.php
Gets the user-entered string as a URI.

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Element/EntityAutocomplete.php, line 399

Class

EntityAutocomplete
Provides an entity autocomplete form element.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Entity\Element

Code

public static function extractEntityIdFromAutocompleteInput($input) {
  $match = NULL;

  // Take "label (entity id)', match the ID from inside the parentheses.
  // @todo Add support for entities containing parentheses in their ID.
  // @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2520416
  if (preg_match("/.+\\s\\(([^\\)]+)\\)/", $input, $matches)) {
    $match = $matches[1];
  }
  return $match;
}