Re: Re: Connect to Google

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Maciek Sokolewicz <maciek.sokolewicz@gmail.com> wrote: > On 16-02-2012 03:56, John Taylor-Johnston wrote: >> >> I'm a teacher. I want to use PHP to interface with Google and see if a >> student has plagiarized. >> >> I don't see many open-source projects on the subject, so I want to >> create my own script. >> >> How can I use PHP to interface with Google and see if this text exists >> on the internet? >> >> If this is possible, I need some ideas on how to parse the text and >> input it into Google. >> >> Then I might like to get a percentage idea of how this text compares to >> a site that Google has indexed. >> >> >> $SampleText = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, test link adipiscing elit. >> Nullam dignissim convallis est. Quisque aliquam. Donec faucibus. Nunc >> iaculis suscipit dui. Nam sit amet sem. Aliquam libero nisi, imperdiet >> at, tincidunt nec, gravida vehicula, nisl. Praesent mattis, massa quis >> luctus fermentum, turpis mi volutpat justo, eu volutpat enim diam eget >> metus. Maecenas ornare tortor. Donec sed tellus eget sapien fringilla >> nonummy. Mauris a ante. Suspendisse quam sem, consequat at, commodo >> vitae, feugiat in, nunc. Morbi imperdiet augue quis tellus." >> >> John >> > Hi, why don't you use one of existing tools for this? Our university (and > most universities, and apparently also schools, in the Netherlands) use(s) > ephorus (www.ephorus.com). As a tool it works quite well and does exactly > what you asked for. > > I'm not sure about the costs though, though they claim them to be very low. > > The site seems to be experiencing difficulties right now, hopefuly it'll be > up soon again. > > - Tul It seems they are not very reliable as their site is down now.. ;)