public static function getFeaturedGroups($groupList)
	{
		//database object
		$database = \App::get('db');

		//parse the group list
		$groupList = array_map('trim', array_filter(explode(',', $groupList), 'trim'));

		//make sure we have a list of groups
		if (count($groupList) < 1)
		{
			return array();
		}

		//query to get groups
		$sql = "SELECT g.gidNumber, g.cn, g.description, g.public_desc
				FROM `#__xgroups` AS g
				WHERE (g.type=1
				OR g.type=3)
				AND g.published=1
				AND g.approved=1
				AND g.discoverability=0
				AND g.cn IN ('".implode("','", $groupList)."')";

		$database->setQuery( $sql );
		if (!$database->getError())
		{
			return $database->loadObjectList();
		}
	}
public static function getFeaturedGroups($groupList)
	{
		//database object
		$database = \App::get('db');

		//parse the group list
		$groupList = array_map('trim', array_filter(explode(',', $groupList), 'trim'));

		//make sure we have a list of groups
		if (count($groupList) < 1)
		{
			return array();
		}

		//query to get groups
		$sql = "SELECT g.gidNumber, g.cn, g.description, g.public_desc
				FROM `#__xgroups` AS g
				WHERE (g.type=1
				OR g.type=3)
				AND g.published=1
				AND g.approved=1
				AND g.discoverability=0
				AND g.cn IN ('".implode("','", $groupList)."')";

		$database->setQuery( $sql );
		if (!$database->getError())
		{
			return $database->loadObjectList();
		}
	}
public static function getFeaturedGroups ( $ groupList ) { //database object $ database = \ App :: get ( 'db' ) ; //parse the group list $ groupList = array_map ( 'trim' , array_filter ( explode ( ',' , $ groupList ) , 'trim' ) ) ; //make sure we have a list of groups if ( count ( $ groupList ) < 1 ) { return array ( ) ; } //query to get groups $ sql = "SELECT g.gidNumber, g.cn, g.description, g.public_desc
				FROM `#__xgroups` AS g
				WHERE (g.type=1
				OR g.type=3)
				AND g.published=1
				AND g.approved=1
				AND g.discoverability=0
				AND g.cn IN ('" . implode ( "','" , $ groupList ) . "')" ; $ database -> setQuery ( $ sql ) ; if ( ! $ database -> getError ( ) ) { return $ database -> loadObjectList ( ) ; } }
Gets featured groups

@param   string  $groupList
@return  array
Gets featured groups