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gabrielbull/sitesearch
======================

Google Site Search custom search PHP Wrapper Library

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Since Jul 6Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Google Site Search
======================

[](#php-google-site-search)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fcda0aca243adefb0c462fdecbc7a2cd07ab51202c56e6665360b0141fc1d5df/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6761627269656c62756c6c2f7068702d736974657365617263682e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](http://travis-ci.org/gabrielbull/php-sitesearch)

Search engine for websites using Google Custom Search Engine with a Google Site Search account.

Google Site Search API
----------------------

[](#google-site-search-api)

To use the Google Site Search API, you have to [obtain a search engine ID from Google](https://www.google.com/cse/).

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

This library uses PHP 5.3+.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

It is recommended that you install the PHP Google Site Search library [through composer](http://getcomposer.org).

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

Search
------

[](#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.

### Examples

[](#examples)

```
$id = "YOUR_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID";

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

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

or:

```
$id = "YOUR_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID";

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

### Parameters

[](#parameters)

The search method parameters are:

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

### Results

[](#results)

The search results will contain the following parameters:

- `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).

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 75% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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![Health badge](/badges/gabrielbull-sitesearch/health.svg)

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