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I’m trying to setup a simple php script (below) to check when a certain property becomes available on booking.com.
The site seems to work with some pretty simple query parameters – you can just go directly to eg https://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-gb.html?ss=New+York&checkin=2026-03-01&checkout=2026-03-05&group_adults=2 and it will process the search correctly, no need to be logged in, or click through from the previous search page etc.
But the following script just returns empty search results, with no search parameters filled in:

<?php
   
$ch = curl_init();
$timeout = 180;       
$url="https://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-gb.html?ss=New+York&checkin=2026-03-01&checkout=2026-03-05&group_adults=2";
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION , 1);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout);   
$output = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);  
echo $output;
 
?>

Not sure if it’s down to booking.com implementing some kind of anti-bot protection behind the scenes which is actively blocking it, or if there’s just some simple thing I’m missing?

I have the following code to sort the items based on a timestamp.

$arr = [];
foreach(glob('*.json') AS $item) {
    $data = json_decode(file_get_contents($item), true);
    $arr[] = [
        'taken' => $data['taken'],
        'file-name' => $data['file-name'],
        'account' => (empty($data['account']) ? null : $data['account'])
    ];
}

usort($arr, function($x, $y) { return $x['taken'] - $y['taken']; });

Here is the content of 4 of these JSON files I have in my folder:

{"hash":"1b668ef9398fe5fc9f68a3ad87d04a77","account":null,"file-name":"DSC00045","place":null,"taken":1663759434,"uploaded":1759397192},{"hash":"bccfb4221adc1e00b4fa34eef309d025","account":null,"file-name":"DSC00170","place":null,"taken":1663760473,"uploaded":1759397201},{"hash":"5aa05170b8e6c21b947db1a20b5a93ac","account":null,"file-name":"DSC00230","place":null,"taken":1663773888,"uploaded":1759397227},{"hash":"8de553beeda575d16377e62e77183507","account":null,"file-name":"DSC00318","place":null,"taken":1547596822,"uploaded":1759397265}

I want to get the previous and next item based on taken (which is the timestamp).

Currently I have made a mess and used the following to get the current item:

foreach($arr_test AS $test) {
    if($test['file-name'] == $get_image) {
        $current = $test;
    }
}

var_dump($current);

$get_item is the variable for (isset($_GET['img']) ? safetag($_GET['img']) : null) which contains the file name.

But now I am stuck. I have no clue what so ever how to get the previous and next item based on the timestamp.

My goal is to sort all items from the first foreach based on taken, and then get current, previous, and next file name based on when the photos were taken no matter how they are sorted in the folder. It’s for a photo gallery.

The script does run, and I get the email. None of the information in the variables appears in the message, though. I get the plain text (“Query from” in the subject and “From” in the body). I have pasted the PHP script and the HTML form below. I would love to use PHPMail, but I don’t know if it is in the hosting environment I use, and I cannot install it myself. Until I can find out, I am using the native mail() function. Thanks in advance.

PHP Code 
<?php $to = "[email protected]"; 
$subject = "Query from" . htmlspecialchars($_POST['customer']); 
$msgBody = htmlspecialchars($_POST['msgBody']) . " From: "; 
$from = htmlspecialchars($_POST['subAdd']); $message = $from . " " . $msgBody;

if (mail($to, $subject, $message)){
    header("Location: https://bkjdesignspa.com");
}
else{
     echo "<script>window.alert('There was a problem sending the message.')</script>";
}

?>

HTML form

<form id="contactInfo" method="post" action="contactForm.php">                 
    <label>Name</label><br>                 
    <input type="text" placeholder="Name" required><br>                 
    <label>Email</label><br>                 
    <input type="email" id="subAdd" placeholder="Email Address" required><br>                 
    <label>Details</label><br>                 
    <textarea id="msgBody" placeholder="Details of request" style="width: 10em; height: 5em;" required></textarea><br>                                <input type="submit" value="Submit">             
</form><br>

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I have integrated recaptcha in search form but the issue is when user directly hit the search url like catalogsearch/result/?q=ring, there also i have integrate recaptcha. Please suggest some method. I have integrated it but when i search for the first time, it refreshes and redirect to homepage. Rest in second time it is working
Code of my form.mini.phtml

    <?php
$helper = $this->helper('MagentoSearchHelperData');
$objectManager = MagentoFrameworkAppObjectManager::getInstance();
$scopeConfig   = $objectManager->get(MagentoFrameworkAppConfigScopeConfigInterface::class);
$siteKey       = $scopeConfig->getValue(
    'recaptcha_frontend/type_recaptcha_v3/public_key',
    MagentoStoreModelScopeInterface::SCOPE_STORE
);
?>

<i id="searchIcon" class="search-icon icon-search "></i>
<div id="screen" class="search-screen">
  <div class="container">

    <form class="form minisearch" id="search_mini_form2" action="<?php echo $helper->getResultUrl() ?>" method="get">
      <div class="field search">
        <div class="search-input">
          <input id="search2"
                 data-mage-init='{"quickSearch":{
                      "formSelector":"#search_mini_form2",
                      "url":"<?php echo $block->getUrl('search/ajax/suggest'); ?>",
                      "destinationSelector":"#search_autocomplete"}
                 }'
                 type="text"
                 name="<?php echo $helper->getQueryParamName() ?>"
                 value="<?php echo $helper->getEscapedQueryText() ?>"
                 placeholder="<?php echo __('Search'); ?>"
                 class="search-box input-text"
                 aria-labelledby="search_autocomplete"
                 maxlength="<?php echo $helper->getMaxQueryLength();?>"
                 role="combobox"
                 aria-haspopup="false"
                 aria-autocomplete="both"
                 autocomplete="off"/>
          <div id="search_autocomplete" class="search-autocomplete"></div>
        </div>

        <!-- hidden field for v3 token -->
        <input type="hidden" name="g-recaptcha-response" id="recaptchaResponseSearch" />

        <div class="search-button">
          <button type="submit"
                  class="action search"
                  value="submit"
                  style="display: none;">
              <span><p style="display: none;">Search</p></span>
          </button>
        </div>
      </div>   
    </form>

    <!-- reCAPTCHA v3 API -->
    <script src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?render=<?php echo $siteKey ?>"></script>
    <script>
    require(['jquery'], function($) {
        $(document).ready(function() {
            var $form = $('#search_mini_form2');
            var $input = $('#recaptchaResponseSearch');

            if (!$form.length || !$input.length) return;

            // Hook into quickSearch before AJAX request
            $form.on('submit', function(e) {
                e.preventDefault();

                // Generate reCAPTCHA token
                grecaptcha.ready(function() {
                    grecaptcha.execute('<?php echo $siteKey ?>', {action: 'search'}).then(function(token) {
                        $input.val(token);

                        // Now manually trigger quickSearch AJAX
                        if ($form.data('mage-init')) {
                            $form.trigger('search'); // triggers quickSearch submit
                        } else {
                            // fallback to normal submit
                            $form.off('submit'); // prevent loop
                            $form.submit();
                        }
                    });
                });
            });
        });
    });
    </script>

    <span class="close-icon"><i id="closeIcon" class="icon-close"></i></span>
  </div>
</div>

//Code of plugin  is 
namespace CustomSearchCaptchaPlugin;

use MagentoFrameworkAppActionAction;
use MagentoFrameworkAppRequestInterface;
use MagentoFrameworkAppObjectManager;
use MagentoFrameworkControllerResultFactory;
use MagentoStoreModelScopeInterface;

class SearchDispatchPlugin
{
    public function aroundDispatch(Action $subject, Closure $proceed, RequestInterface $request)
    {
        $module     = $request->getModuleName();
        $controller = $request->getControllerName();
        $action     = $request->getActionName();

        // Only for catalogsearch/result/index
        if ($module === 'catalogsearch' && $controller === 'result' && $action === 'index') {
            $token = $request->getParam('g-recaptcha-response');

            // Load dependencies only when needed
            $objectManager  = ObjectManager::getInstance();
            $scopeConfig    = $objectManager->get(MagentoFrameworkAppConfigScopeConfigInterface::class);
            $messageManager = $objectManager->get(MagentoFrameworkMessageManagerInterface::class);
            $resultFactory  = $objectManager->get(ResultFactory::class);

            if (!$token) {
                $siteKey = $scopeConfig->getValue(
                    'recaptcha_frontend/type_recaptcha_v3/public_key',
                    ScopeInterface::SCOPE_STORE
                );

                echo '<html><head><script src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?render=' . $siteKey . '"></script>
                <script>
                grecaptcha.ready(function() {
                    grecaptcha.execute("' . $siteKey . '", {action: "search"}).then(function(token) {
                        let url = window.location.href;
                        if(url.indexOf("g-recaptcha-response") === -1) {
                            if(url.indexOf("?") > -1) {
                                url += "&g-recaptcha-response=" + token;
                            } else {
                                url += "?g-recaptcha-response=" + token;
                            }
                            window.location.href = url;
                        }
                    });
                });
                </script></head><body>Please wait... validating search...</body></html>';
                exit;
            }

            // If token exists, verify
            if (!$this->verifyRecaptcha($token, $scopeConfig)) {
                $messageManager->addErrorMessage(__('CAPTCHA verification failed. Please try again.'));
                $resultRedirect = $resultFactory->create(ResultFactory::TYPE_REDIRECT);
                $resultRedirect->setPath('/');
                return $resultRedirect;
            }
        }

        return $proceed($request);
    }

    protected function verifyRecaptcha($token, $scopeConfig)
    {
        $secret = $scopeConfig->getValue(
            'recaptcha_frontend/type_recaptcha_v3/private_key',
            MagentoStoreModelScopeInterface::SCOPE_STORE
        );

        $verifyUrl = 'https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify';
        $response  = file_get_contents($verifyUrl . '?secret=' . $secret . '&response=' . $token);
        $result    = json_decode($response, true);

        return isset($result['success'], $result['score'], $result['action']) &&
               $result['success'] === true &&
               $result['score'] >= 0.5 &&
               $result['action'] === 'search';
    }
}