Validate the user string. Since this can come from either the form or the exposed filter, this is abstracted out a bit so it can handle the multiple input sources.
function validate_user_strings(&$form, $values) {
$uids = array();
$placeholders = array();
$args = array();
$results = array();
foreach ($values as $value) {
if (strtolower($value) == 'anonymous') {
$uids[] = 0;
}
else {
$missing[strtolower($value)] = TRUE;
$args[] = $value;
$placeholders[] = "'%s'";
}
}
if (!$args) {
return $uids;
}
$result = entity_load_multiple_by_properties('user', array(
'name' => $args,
));
foreach ($result as $account) {
unset($missing[strtolower($account->name->value)]);
$uids[] = $account
->id();
}
if ($missing) {
form_error($form, format_plural(count($missing), 'Unable to find user: @users', 'Unable to find users: @users', array(
'@users' => implode(', ', array_keys($missing)),
)));
}
return $uids;
}