google.php

<?php
// CONFIG - see here on how to get these https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/introduction
$API_KEY = ""; 
$CX = "";

// ---------------------------------------------
// GOOGLE SEARCH FUNCTION (Improved)
// ---------------------------------------------
function googleSearch($params) {

    $base = "https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1";

    $url = $base . "?" . http_build_query($params);

    $ch = curl_init($url);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 8);

    $response = curl_exec($ch);
    $error = curl_error($ch);
    curl_close($ch);

    if ($error) throw new Exception("cURL Error: ".$error);

    return json_decode($response, true);
}

// ---------------------------------------------
// INPUTS
// ---------------------------------------------
$query = $_GET['q'] ?? "php google search api";
$start = intval($_GET['start'] ?? 1);
$type  = $_GET['type'] ?? "all";
$time  = $_GET['time'] ?? "";
$sort  = $_GET['sort'] ?? ""; // NEW

// Date Restrict
$dateRestrict = "";
if ($time) {
    $map = ["day"=>"d1","week"=>"w1","month"=>"m1","year"=>"y1"];
    $dateRestrict = $map[$time] ?? "";
}

// Build search parameters
$params = [
    "key" => $API_KEY,
    "cx"  => $CX,
    "q"   => $query,
    "start" => $start,
    "safe" => "active",
];

// Add sorting
if ($sort === "date") {
    $params["sort"] = "date";
}

// Time filter
if ($dateRestrict) {
    $params["dateRestrict"] = $dateRestrict;
}

// Image search
if ($type === "image") {
    $params["searchType"] = "image";
}

// ---------------------------------------------
// EXECUTE SEARCH
// ---------------------------------------------
$result = googleSearch($params);

// ---------------------------------------------
// STYLE + HTML OUTPUT
// ---------------------------------------------
?>
<style>
body { font-family: Arial; background:#f8f9fa; padding:20px; }
.result { background:#fff; padding:15px; margin-bottom:20px; border-radius:8px; }
.result .title { font-size:18px; color:#1a0dab; text-decoration:none; }
.result .link { color:#006621; font-size:14px; }
.image-box { display:inline-block; width:200px; margin:10px; padding:10px; background:#fff; border-radius:8px; }
.image-box img { max-width:180px; max-height:180px; border-radius:6px; }
.tabs a { margin-right:20px; font-size:18px; color:#555; text-decoration:none; }
.tabs .active { font-weight:bold; color:#1a0dab; }
.pagination a { padding:6px 12px; border:1px solid #ccc; background:#fff; margin:3px; border-radius:4px; text-decoration:none; }
.pagination .active { background:#4285f4; color:#fff; border-color:#4285f4; }
</style>

<!-- SEARCH BAR -->
<form method="GET">
    <input type="hidden" name="type" value="<?= $type ?>">
    <input type="text" name="q" value="<?= htmlspecialchars($query) ?>" style="width:320px; padding:6px;">
    <input type="submit" value="Search">

    &nbsp;&nbsp; Time:
    <select name="time" onchange="this.form.submit()">
        <option value="">Any time</option>
        <option value="day"   <?= $time=="day"?"selected":"" ?>>Past 24 hours</option>
        <option value="week"  <?= $time=="week"?"selected":"" ?>>Past week</option>
        <option value="month" <?= $time=="month"?"selected":"" ?>>Past month</option>
        <option value="year"  <?= $time=="year"?"selected":"" ?>>Past year</option>
    </select>

    &nbsp;&nbsp; Sort:
    <select name="sort" onchange="this.form.submit()">
        <option value="">Relevance (default)</option>
        <option value="date" <?= $sort=="date"?"selected":"" ?>>Newest first</option>
    </select>
</form>

<br>

<!-- TABS -->
<div class="tabs">
    <a href="?q=<?= urlencode($query) ?>&type=all&time=<?= $time ?>&sort=<?= $sort ?>" class="<?= $type=="all"?"active":"" ?>">All</a>
    <a href="?q=<?= urlencode($query) ?>&type=image&time=<?= $time ?>&sort=<?= $sort ?>" class="<?= $type=="image"?"active":"" ?>">Images</a>
</div>

<br>

<?php
// ---------------------------------------------
// RESULTS
// ---------------------------------------------
if (!isset($result["items"])) {
    echo "<p>No results found.</p>";
    exit;
}

if ($type === "image") {
    foreach ($result["items"] as $item) {
        echo "<div class='image-box'>
                <a href='{$item['link']}' target='_blank'>
                    <img src='{$item['link']}'>
                </a><br>" .
                htmlspecialchars($item['title']) .
             "</div>";
    }
} else {
    foreach ($result["items"] as $item) {
        echo "<div class='result'>
                <a class='title' href='{$item['link']}' target='_blank'>" . htmlspecialchars($item['title']) . "</a><br>
                <a class='link' href='{$item['link']}' target='_blank'>" . htmlspecialchars($item['displayLink']) . "</a><br>
                <div>" . htmlspecialchars($item['snippet']) . "</div>
              </div>";
    }
}

// ---------------------------------------------
// PAGINATION
// ---------------------------------------------
$totalResults = intval($result['searchInformation']['totalResults'] ?? 0);
$pages = min(10, ceil($totalResults / 10));

echo "<div class='pagination'>";
for ($i=1; $i <= $pages; $i++) {
    $pageStart = (($i - 1) * 10) + 1;
    $active = ($pageStart == $start) ? "active" : "";
    echo "<a class='$active' href='?q=" . urlencode($query) . "&start=$pageStart&type=$type&time=$time&sort=$sort'>$i</a>";
}
echo "</div>";
?>