Objective:

• Creating a simple PHP Widget, which will allow the user to reach the result page of Google! from your site.

Requirement:

• Adobe Dreamweaver or any Open Source Editor like Aptana Studio, Amaya, etc.

Creating the form(index.htm):

<form action=“google.php” method=“get” name=“query_form”>

<input id=“search” onclick=‘value=”" ‘ name=“search” type=“text” value=“Enter the search term” />

<input id=“submit” name=“submit” type=“submit” value=“Submit” />

</form>

PHP Script(google.php):

<?PHP

$url=“http://www.google.com/search?q=”.$_REQUEST['search'];

header(“Location:$url”);

?>

Download the full script, here

Even you can create more widgets just by changing the URLs. I’m mentioning few search URLs:

• Yahoo Search : http://search.yahoo.com/search?q=
• Live Search : http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=
• Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=
• Answers : http://www.answers.com/topic/
• Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Thanks to SachinKRaj for guiding me on this script. Do post your comments

Shubhamoy

An engineer by chance and a blogger by choice. Love to share my knowledge with the masses. My main focus is always on open source technologies and latest gadgets. This blog provides me the platform to cherish my passion.

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