convert address to lat long using php code example
Example 1: get lat long from address php
<?php
$address = "Kathmandu, Nepal";
$url = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='.urlencode($address).'&key=apikey';
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$responseJson = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$response = json_decode($responseJson);
if ($response->status == 'OK') {
$latitude = $response->results[0]->geometry->location->lat;
$longitude = $response->results[0]->geometry->location->lng;
echo 'Latitude: ' . $latitude;
echo '<br />';
echo 'Longitude: ' . $longitude;
} else {
echo $response->status;
var_dump($response);
}
?>
Example 2: how to get latitude and longitude from form in php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<form method="post">
<input type="text" name="address">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
</html>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
function getLatLong($address){
if(!empty($address)){
$formattedAddr = str_replace(' ','+',$address);
$geocodeFromAddr = file_get_contents
('http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='.$formattedAddr.'&sensor=false');
$output = json_decode($geocodeFromAddr);
$data['latitude'] = $output->results[0]->geometry->location->lat;
$data['longitude'] = $output->results[0]->geometry->location->lng;
if(!empty($data)){
return $data;
}else{
return false;
}
}else{
return false;
}
}
$address = $_POST['address'];
$latLong = getLatLong($address);
$latitude = $latLong['latitude']?$latLong['latitude']:'Not found';
$longitude = $latLong['longitude']?$latLong['longitude']:'Not found';
echo "Latitude:".$latitude."<br>";
echo "longitude:".$longitude."";
}
?>