Google-Search

Hi
with this hack you can get your own google-search from your vbulletin. This hack needs some PEAR-Classes and you need a google-account.

Requirements:
- you need the following PEAR-Classes:
- SOAP (available at http://cvs.php.net)
- Net/Dime (available at http://cvs.php.net)
- SOAP_Google (available at http://www.sebastian-bergmann.de/?page=google)
- Google-Account (free at http://www.google.com/apis/)

installation notes
Make sure that you have the required pear-classes installed. Infos about PEAR are available at http://pear.php.net
If you receive require/include-errors edit websearch.php and add the path to pear.
Edit websearch.php and enter your google-key
Upload websearch.php to your forums-directory
add the 3 templates
create a link to websearch.php where you want

Have fun

edit: If you don?t want getting the pearclasses from cvs, take a look here

get a blank page after submitting the search? read this

want to integrade the google-search into your regular search enginge? look here

[Link14716]

I just installed it but when I submit a search, it gives me a blank page.

[Hotte]

Originally posted by Link14716
I just installed it but when I submit a search, it gives me a blank page.

do you have the templates added?

[Link14716]

yes, otherwise I wouldn't been able to see the front page of the search.

EDIT: I just double checked. All 3 are there.

[Hotte]

Originally posted by Link14716
yes, otherwise I wouldn't been able to see the front page of the search.

EDIT: I just double checked. All 3 are there.

Try replacing

<form method="get" action="$PHP_SELF">

with

<form method="get" action="websearch.php">

in the template "websearch"
This must be done 2 times (for the searchboxes at the top and the bottom)

[Sparkz]

I am having the same problem.
It seems like the script terminates inside

PHP Code:

    $result = $google->search(
        array(
            'query' => $search,
            'start' => $limitlower,
            'maxResults' => $perpage,
            'ie' => "UTF-8",
            'oe' => "UTF-8"
        )
    ); 


Any debug-text I put after this will not show up.

[Hotte]

Sparkz: And when you put debug-text above that? Will that show up?

[Sparkz]

My debug text...
I'm getting a blank page like Link up here... Tried debugging my way through the script and that's where I ended up.

[Hotte]

hmmm
you have the google-key entered?

[Sparkz]

yup.
In any case, if I didn't, I'd expect to get a reply back telling me about this

[Sparkz]

Looks like it dies while trying to execute

PHP Code:

$result = $this->_soapClient->call($apiCall, $parameters, 'urn:GoogleSearch'); 


inside _performAPICall()