So, now that you have PHP installed and working on your box, what's next? You make a few pages, slap some images onto them, and - voila - you have a site. But is that all there is to it? Of course not! PHP offers tons of other options, and this new article from DevArticles holds just one possibility.

In their latest, Create Your Own Search Engine with PHP and Google Web Services, they introduce you to "web services" and how they work with PHP to create simple, fast applications that can use and abuse other site's information. Specifically, they talk about the Google Web Services and how they can be used to create an engine that can do three of the most important things Google does: search the web, get a cached page, and get a spelling suggestion.

It's a nice little article, but I wish they'd taken the time to explain how the code works instead of just dumping it to the page. This will leave some of the newbies out there a bit confused when it comes to altering this app.