public function searchPeople($options = NULL) {
	  // check passed data
    if(!is_null($options) && !is_string($options)) {
	    // bad data passed
		  throw new LinkedInException('LinkedIn->search(): bad data passed, $options must be of type string.');
	  }
	  
	  // construct and send the request
    $query    = self::_URL_API . '/v1/people-search' . trim($options);
		$response = $this->fetch('GET', $query);
		
		/**
	   * Check for successful request (a 200 response from LinkedIn server) 
	   * per the documentation linked in method comments above.
	   */
		return $this->checkResponse(200, $response);
	}
public function searchPeople($options = NULL) {
	  // check passed data
    if(!is_null($options) && !is_string($options)) {
	    // bad data passed
		  throw new LinkedInException('LinkedIn->search(): bad data passed, $options must be of type string.');
	  }
	  
	  // construct and send the request
    $query    = self::_URL_API . '/v1/people-search' . trim($options);
		$response = $this->fetch('GET', $query);
		
		/**
	   * Check for successful request (a 200 response from LinkedIn server) 
	   * per the documentation linked in method comments above.
	   */
		return $this->checkResponse(200, $response);
	}
public function searchPeople ( $ options = NULL ) { // check passed data if ( ! is_null ( $ options ) && ! is_string ( $ options ) ) { // bad data passed throw new LinkedInException ( 'LinkedIn->search(): bad data passed, $options must be of type string.' ) ; } // construct and send the request $ query = self :: _URL_API . '/v1/people-search' . trim ( $ options ) ; $ response = $ this -> fetch ( 'GET' , $ query ) ; /**
	   * Check for successful request (a 200 response from LinkedIn server) 
	   * per the documentation linked in method comments above.
	   */ return $ this -> checkResponse ( 200 , $ response ) ; }
General people search function.

Takes a string of parameters as input and requests profile data from the
Linkedin People Search API.  See the official documentation for $options
querystring formatting:

http://developer.linkedin.com/docs/DOC-1191

@param str $options
[OPTIONAL] Data retrieval options.

@return arr
Array containing retrieval success, LinkedIn response.
General people search function .