Internet picture search using PHP

freeflow · 02-15-2008, 01:10 PM

Does anyone know how to search the internet for pictures with PHP and then show them on a website. The pictures would have to be smaller so they can be viewed on a mobile phone. I have seen this done at m.photobucket/com. Thanks for your help.

sdsinc · 02-15-2008, 01:34 PM

One thing you could do is use the cURL extension to fetch results from google images for example. Then you parse the HTML to extract the URL information for thumbnails. Perhaps you have other sources in mind ?

freeflow · 02-15-2008, 03:08 PM

Thanks for your reply sdsinc! I used the script below to test it. How can I list only pictures on from the search result? Is it legal to do this, since I am using some else’s pictures in my website? Can I use this method to integrate a parking page in my website.

PHP Code:

  <?php    $curl_handle=curl_init();  curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_URL,'http://alltheweb.com/search?advanced=1&cat=img&cs=iso88591&q=surfing&itag=crv&if%5B%5D=jpg&it%5B%5D=col&ibt=all&nooc=on');  curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT,2);  curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);  $buffer = curl_exec($curl_handle);  curl_close($curl_handle);    if (empty($buffer))  {      print "Sorry, example.com are a bunch of poopy-heads.<p>";  }  else  {      print $buffer;  }  ?>

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freeflow NamePros Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 136 12.00 NP$ (Donate)	Thanks for your reply sdsinc! I used the script below to test it. How can I list only pictures on from the search result? Is it legal to do this, since I am using some else’s pictures in my website? Can I use this method to integrate a parking page in my website. PHP Code: <?php $curl_handle=curl_init(); curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_URL,'http://alltheweb.com/search?advanced=1&cat=img&cs=iso88591&q=surfing&itag=crv&if%5B%5D=jpg&it%5B%5D=col&ibt=all&nooc=on'); curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT,2); curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1); $buffer = curl_exec($curl_handle); curl_close($curl_handle); if (empty($buffer)) { print "Sorry, example.com are a bunch of poopy-heads.<p>"; } else { print $buffer; } ?>

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