Newscoop\Entity\Repository\AuthorRepository::searchAuthors PHP Méthode

    public function searchAuthors($query, $sort = array())
    {
        $em = $this->getEntityManager();
        $qb = $em->getRepository('Newscoop\\Entity\\Author')->createQueryBuilder('a');
        $orX = $qb->expr()->orx();
        $orX->add($qb->expr()->like('a.first_name', $qb->expr()->literal("%{$query}%")));
        $orX->add($qb->expr()->like('a.last_name', $qb->expr()->literal("%{$query}%")));
        $qb->andWhere($orX);
        if (!empty($sort) && is_array($sort)) {
            foreach ($sort as $sortColumn => $sortDir) {
                $qb->addOrderBy('a.' . $sortColumn, $sortDir);
            }
        }
        return $qb->getQuery();
    }