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:star: Get Google-Reviews with PHP cURL and without API Key

💬 Get Google-Reviews with PHP cURL & without API Key

This is a dirty but usefull way to grab the first 8 most relevant reviews from Google with cURL and without the use of an API Key

How to find the CID - If you have the business open in Google Maps:

use this tool: https://pleper.com/index.php?do=tools&sdo=cid_converter

or

• Do a search in Google Maps for the business name
• Make sure it’s the only result that shows up.
• Replace http:// with view-source: in the URL
• Click CTRL+F and search the source code for “ludocid”
• CID is the numbers after “ludocid\u003d” and till the last number

Example

ludocid\\u003d16726544242868601925\

Parameter

$options = array(
  'google_maps_review_cid' => '17311646584374698221', // Customer Identification (CID)
  'show_only_if_with_text' => false, // true = show only reviews that have text
  'show_only_if_greater_x' => 0,     // (0-4) only show reviews with more than x stars
  'show_rule_after_review' => true,  // false = don't show <hr> Tag after each review
  'show_blank_star_till_5' => true,  // false = don't show always 5 stars e.g. ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
  'your_language_for_tran' => 'en',  // give you language for auto translate reviews
);
echo getReviews($options);

HINT: Use .quote in you CSS to style the output

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