HELP!how to get the URL of a google search result without using API

[jigen7]

does anybody know how to get or save the result of google search into php without using any API so i can get to display its top 5 url in a certain keyword for that search.

 

 

[btherl]

I use an html parser to process the google SERP and extract the link data.

[jigen7]

thx ill try it ,can u show it to me how it is done as a basis only thx??

[btherl]

I might as well give you the whole thing .. keep in mind that this may break each time google subtly alters their SERP format.

 

<?php
function fetch_google_results($content) {

  $parser = new HtmlParser($content);
  $display = false;
  $rank = 0;
  $urls = array();
  while ($parser->parse()) {
    if ($parser->iNodeType == NODE_TYPE_ELEMENT
     && $parser->iNodeName == 'blockquote'
     && $parser->iNodeAttributes['class'] == 'g') {
      /* Find the end of the blockquote */
      while ($parser->parse()) {
        if ($parser->iNodeType == NODE_TYPE_ENDELEMENT
         && $parser->iNodeName == 'blockquote') {
          break;
        }
      }
    }
    if ($parser->iNodeType == NODE_TYPE_ELEMENT
     && $parser->iNodeName == 'div'
     && $parser->iNodeAttributes['class'] == 'g') {
      while ($parser->parse()) {
        if ($parser->iNodeType == NODE_TYPE_ELEMENT
         && $parser->iNodeName == 'a') {
          break;
        }
      };
      $url = $parser->iNodeAttributes['href'];
      if ($url == '') continue;
      $rank++;
      $urls[$rank]['url'] = $url;
      // print "$rank: $url\n";

      /* Title can contain bold tags.  Identify it by anchor tags */
      $title = '';
      while ($parser->parse()) {
        if ($parser->iNodeType == NODE_TYPE_ENDELEMENT
         && $parser->iNodeName == 'a') {
          break;
        }
        if ($parser->iNodeType == NODE_TYPE_TEXT) {
          $title .= $parser->iNodeValue;
        }
      }
      $urls[$rank]['title'] = $title;

      /* Fetch the extract from the page itself */
      /* We stop when we find a <td> */
      while ($parser->parse()) {
        if ($parser->iNodeType == NODE_TYPE_ELEMENT
         && $parser->iNodeName == 'td') {
          break;
        }
      }
      $parser->parse(); /* <font size="-1"> */
      $description = '';
      while ($parser->parse()) {
        /* Ends with a span tag */
        if ($parser->iNodeType == NODE_TYPE_ELEMENT
         && $parser->iNodeName == 'span') {
          break;
        }
        if ($parser->iNodeType == NODE_TYPE_TEXT) {
          $description .= $parser->iNodeValue;
        }
      }
      $urls[$rank]['description'] = $description;
    }
  }

  return $urls;
}

[maxudaskin]

Just use the following link...

 

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=this+is+my+search&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

so

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=this+is+my+search&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

 

Language is BLUE

Search text is LIME GREEN, words separated by +

Submit button is PINK, this is important as the search page will not display results with out this.

[jigen7]

hmm its not returniing anything...correct me if im wrong ill look  it up again thx for the function

[d.shankar]

Just use the following link...

 

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=this+is+my+search&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

so

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=this+is+my+search&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

 

Language is BLUE

Search text is LIME GREEN, words separated by +

Submit button is PINK, this is important as the search page will not display results with out this.

 

 

So how is it possible to filter the links ??

 

By using Regex ??

[d.shankar]

I might as well give you the whole thing .. keep in mind that this may break each time google subtly alters their SERP format.

 

Buddy what is SERP Format ???

[btherl]

SERP = Search Engine Result Page

 

When you do a search and get a list of results, that list of results is the "SERP" (as well as everything else on that page)

[d.shankar]

Fine .. I got it btherl.

 

In your code i get class not found error.

$parser = new HtmlParser($content);

 

What class are you using ??

 

can you make it in DOM ?