From e5bc3400e4e884f67d79d4f59e438cd1a4dc7fdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kunal Mehta <legoktm@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:46:13 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add UserArray::newFromNames()

Change-Id: I91bb8349dd846e982be9294c7f4f3858995ad2eb
---
 includes/UserArray.php | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/includes/UserArray.php b/includes/UserArray.php
index e5621da3af..31bd601c06 100644
--- a/includes/UserArray.php
+++ b/includes/UserArray.php
@@ -56,6 +56,27 @@ abstract class UserArray implements Iterator {
 		return self::newFromResult( $res );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @since 1.25
+	 * @param array $names
+	 * @return UserArrayFromResult
+	 */
+	static function newFromNames( $names ) {
+		$names = array_map( 'strval', (array)$names ); // paranoia
+		if ( !$names ) {
+			// Database::select() doesn't like empty arrays
+			return new ArrayIterator( array() );
+		}
+		$dbr = wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE );
+		$res = $dbr->select(
+			'user',
+			User::selectFields(),
+			array( 'user_name' => array_unique( $names ) ),
+			__METHOD__
+		);
+		return self::newFromResult( $res );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param ResultWrapper $res
 	 * @return UserArrayFromResult
-- 
2.20.1