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Title :	This provides a drop down form for searching with different search engines. All the encoding/arguments are set by the program as need for each supported search engine (currently 18)
Categories :	HTML, Search	Fraser Cambpell
Date :	Jan 17th 1999
Grade :	4 of 5 (graded 2 times)
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<?
##########################################################################
# Internet Search with PHP #
# Fraser Campbell, October 10, 1998 #
# fraser@greynet.net #
# http://www.greynet.net/fraser/ #
##########################################################################
# To use this, save this file as search.php3 in your #
# html directory or somewhere on your server where #
# everyone can use it -- your web server must #
# support PHP3. Use the program by sticking the #
# form below in any of your webpages. I will add #
# more search engines as time permits. #
##########################################################################

#<FORM ACTION="search.php3">
# <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="SearchString" size="18" VALUE="">
# <SELECT NAME="SearchEngine">
# <OPTION VALUE="Altavista">Search with Altavista
# <OPTION VALUE="Altavista Canada">Search with Altavista Canada
# <OPTION VALUE="Dogpile">Search with Dogpile
# <OPTION VALUE="Excite">Search with Excite
# <OPTION VALUE="Google">Search with Google
# <OPTION VALUE="Goto">Search with Goto
# <OPTION VALUE="HotBot">Search with HotBot
# <OPTION VALUE="Infoseek">Search with Infoseek
# <OPTION VALUE="Inference Find">Search with Inference Find
# <OPTION VALUE="Looksmart">Search with Looksmart
# <OPTION VALUE="Lycos">Search with Lycos
# <OPTION VALUE="Magellan">Search with Magellan
# <OPTION VALUE="Metacrawler">Search with Metacrawler
# <OPTION VALUE="Snap">Search with Snap
# <OPTION VALUE="Starting Point">Search with Starting Point
# <OPTION VALUE="Webcrawler">Search with Webcrawler
# <OPTION VALUE="Yahoo">Search with Yahoo
# <OPTION VALUE="Yahoo Canada">Search with Yahoo Canada
# </SELECT>
# <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="SearchString" size="18" VALUE="">
# <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Find!">
#</FORM>

$SearchString = urlencode($SearchString);

if ($SearchEngine == "Altavista") {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.altavista.com/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location: http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&what=web&q=$SearchString");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Altavista Canada") {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.altavista.ca/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location: http://www.altavista.ca/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&what=web&q=$SearchString");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Dogpile" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.dogpile.com/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location: http://buck.dogpile.com/texis/search?q=$SearchString&fs=web&ss=stop&to=ten");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Excite" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.excite.com/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location: http://www.excite.com/search.gw?search=$SearchString");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Google" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://google.stanford.edu/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location: http://google.stanford.edu/search?num=20&query=$SearchString");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Goto" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.goto.com/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location: http://www.goto.com/d/search/?Keywords=$SearchString");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "HotBot" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.hotbot.com/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location:
http://www.hotbot.com/?MT=$SearchString&SM=B&DV=0&LG=any&RD=RG&DC=10&DE=2&_v=2&OPs=MDRTP");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Inference Find" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.infind.com/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location: http://www.infind.com/infind/infind.exe?time=10&query=$SearchString");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Infoseek" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.infoseek.com/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location: http://www.infoseek.com/Titles?col=WW&qt=$SearchString");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Looksmart" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.looksmart.com/");
exit;
} else {

Header( "Location: http://www.looksmart.com/r_search?look=&key=$SearchString");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Lycos" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.lycos.com/");
exit;
} else {

Header( "Location: http://www.lycos.com/cgi-bin/pursuit?cat=lycos&query=$SearchString");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Magellan" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.mckinley.com/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location: http://www.mckinley.com/search.gw?c=web&search=$SearchString");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Metacrawler" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.metacrawler.com/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location: http://www.metacrawler.com/crawler?general=$SearchString");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Snap" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.snap.com/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location:
http://home.snap.com/search/directory/results/1,61,home-0,00.html?tag=st.sn.fdsb&keyword=$SearchString");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Yahoo" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.yahoo.com/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location: http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=$SearchString&name=Search");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Starting Point" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.stpt.com/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location:
http://www.stpt.com/cgi-bin/pwrsrch/searchDirect.cgi?query=$SearchString&search=web");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Webcrawler" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.webcrawler.com/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location: http://www.webcrawler.com/cgi-bin/WebQuery?searchText=$SearchString");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Yahoo" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.yahoo.com/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location: http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=$SearchString");
exit;
}
} else if ($SearchEngine == "Yahoo Canada" ) {
if ($SearchString == "") {
Header( "Location: http://www.yahoo.ca/");
exit;
} else {
Header( "Location: http://search.yahoo.ca/search?x=canada&p=$SearchString");
exit;
}
}
?>

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