gabrielbull/sitesearch

Google Site Search custom search PHP Wrapper Library

PHP Google Site Search

, _(*1)

Search engine for websites using Google Custom Search Engine with a Google Site Search account., _(*2)

Google Site Search API

To use the Google Site Search API, you have to obtain a search engine ID from Google., _(*3)

Requirements

This library uses PHP 5.3+., _(*4)

Installation

It is recommended that you install the PHP Google Site Search library through composer., _(*5)

{
    "require": {
        "gabrielbull/sitesearch": "dev-master"
    }
}

Search

The SiteSearch class allows you to search Google Custom Search Engine. All you have to provide is a search engine ID and a query., _(*6)

Examples

$id = "YOUR_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID";

$siteSearch = new SiteSearch($id);
$results = $siteSearch->search('kittens');

foreach($results as $result) {
    echo $result['title'];
}

or:, _(*7)

$id = "YOUR_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID";

foreach(SiteSearch::create($id)->search('cats') as $result) {
    echo $result['title'];
}

Parameters

The search method parameters are:, _(*8)

• value The search query.
• start The offset of the first result to return.
• limit The number of results to return.

Results

The search results will contain the following parameters:, _(*9)

• link The link of the page.
• title The title of the page.
• description The description of the page.
• lang The language of the page.
• image An image associated with the page (src).
• thumbnail A thumbnail of the image (src, width and height).