Issue/22

inc/init/posts.php

@@ -130,3 +130,59 @@ function ( $request = null ){
 		return ( Admin::$is_ajax ? exit( json_encode( $response ) ) : $response );
 	}
 );
+
+add_action(
+	'wp_ajax_' . Plugin::$slug . '.search_authors',
+	function ( $request = null ){
+		$response = (object) array(
+			'status' => false,
+			'message' => __( 'Your request has failed', 'fakerpress' ),
+			'results' => array(),
+			'more' => true,
+		);
+
+		if ( ( ! Admin::$is_ajax && is_null( $request ) ) || ! is_user_logged_in() ){
+			return ( Admin::$is_ajax ? exit( json_encode( $response ) ) : $response );
+		}
+
+		$request = (object) wp_parse_args(
+			$request,
+			array(
+				'search' => isset( $_POST['search'] ) ? $_POST['search'] : '',
+				'page' => absint( isset( $_POST['page'] ) ? $_POST['page'] : 0 ),
+				'page_limit' => absint( isset( $_POST['page_limit'] ) ? $_POST['page_limit'] : 10 ),
+			)
+		);
+
+		$response->status  = true;
+		$response->message = __( 'Request successful', 'fakerpress' );
+
+		$query_args = array(
+			'orderby' => 'display_name',
+			'offset'  => $request->page_limit * ( $request->page - 1 ),
+			'number'  => $request->page_limit,
+		);
+
+		if ( ! empty( $request->search ) ){
+			$query_args['search'] = "*{$request->search}*";
+			$query_args['search_columns'] = array(
+				'user_login',
+				'user_nicename',
+				'user_email',
+				'user_url',
+			);
+		}
+
+		$users = new \WP_User_Query( $query_args );
+
+		foreach ( $users->results as $result ){
+			$response->results[] = $result;
+		}
+
+		if ( empty( $response->results ) || count( $response->results ) < $request->page_limit ){
+			$response->more = false;
+		}
+
+		return ( Admin::$is_ajax ? exit( json_encode( $response ) ) : $response );
+	}
+);

ui/js/fields.js

@@ -56,6 +56,49 @@
 	});
 }( window.jQuery, window._ ) );
 
+//Author fields 
+( function( $ ){
+	'use strict';
+	$(document).ready(function(){
+		$( '.field-select2-author' ).each(function(){
+			var $select = $(this);
+
+			$select.select2({
+				width: 400,
+				multiple: true,
+				allowClear: true,
+				escapeMarkup: function (m) { return m; },
+				formatSelection: function ( author ){
+					return _.template('<abbr title="<%= ID %>: <%= data.user_email %>"><%= roles %>: <%= data.display_name %></abbr>')( author )
+				},
+				formatResult: function ( author ){
+					return _.template('<abbr title="<%= ID %>: <%= data.user_email %>"><%= roles %>: <%= data.display_name %></abbr>')( author )
+				},
+				ajax: {
+					dataType: 'json',
+					type: 'POST',
+					url: window.ajaxurl,
+					data: function ( author, page ) {
+						return {
+							action: 'fakerpress.search_authors',
+							search: author, // search author
+							page_limit: 10,
+							page: page,
+						};
+					},
+					results: function ( data ) { // parse the results into the format expected by Select2.
+						$.each( data.results, function( k, result ){
+							result.id = result.data.ID;
+							result.text = result.data.display_name;
+						} );
+						return data;
+					}
+				}
+			});
+		});
+	});
+}( jQuery ) );
+
 // Date Fields
 ( function( $ ){
 	'use strict';

view/posts.php

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 					<th scope="row"><label for="fakerpress_author"><?php _e( 'Author', 'fakerpress' ); ?></label></th>
 					<td>
 						<div id="fakerpress[author]">
-							<input type='hidden' class='field-select2-simple' name='fakerpress_author' data-possibilities='<?php echo json_encode( $_json_users_output ); ?>' />
+							<input type='hidden' class='field-select2-simple field-select2-author' name='fakerpress_authors'/>
 						</div>
 						<p class="description"><?php _e( 'Choose some users to be authors of posts generated.', 'fakerpress' ); ?></p>
 					</td>