| public author_search ( string $type, boolean $firstpost_only, array $sort_by_sql, string $sort_key, string $sort_dir, string $sort_days, array $ex_fid_ary, string $post_visibility, integer $topic_id, array $author_ary, string $author_name, &$id_ary, integer $start, integer $per_page ) : boolean | integer | ||
| $type | string | contains either posts or topics depending on what should be searched for |
| $firstpost_only | boolean | if true, only topic starting posts will be considered |
| $sort_by_sql | array | contains SQL code for the ORDER BY part of a query |
| $sort_key | string | is the key of $sort_by_sql for the selected sorting |
| $sort_dir | string | is either a or d representing ASC and DESC |
| $sort_days | string | specifies the maximum amount of days a post may be old |
| $ex_fid_ary | array | specifies an array of forum ids which should not be searched |
| $post_visibility | string | specifies which types of posts the user can view in which forums |
| $topic_id | integer | is set to 0 or a topic id, if it is not 0 then only posts in this topic should be searched |
| $author_ary | array | an array of author ids |
| $author_name | string | specifies the author match, when ANONYMOUS is also a search-match |
| $start | integer | indicates the first index of the page |
| $per_page | integer | number of ids each page is supposed to contain |
| return | boolean | integer | total number of results |
public function author_search($type, $firstpost_only, $sort_by_sql, $sort_key, $sort_dir, $sort_days, $ex_fid_ary, $post_visibility, $topic_id, $author_ary, $author_name, &$id_ary, $start, $per_page)
{
$this->search_query = '';
$this->sphinx->SetMatchMode(SPH_MATCH_FULLSCAN);
$fields = $firstpost_only ? 'firstpost' : 'all';
$terms = 'all';
return $this->keyword_search($type, $fields, $terms, $sort_by_sql, $sort_key, $sort_dir, $sort_days, $ex_fid_ary, $post_visibility, $topic_id, $author_ary, $author_name, $id_ary, $start, $per_page);
}