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
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