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Get latitude and longitude automatically using php, API

Asked 2011-12-26T06:47:27.967
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In one of my php applications I have to find out the latitude and longitude of the place from address.

I tried this code: 

$json = file_get_contents("http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=$address&sensor=false&region=$region");
$json = json_decode($json);

$lat = $json->{'results'}[0]->{'geometry'}->{'location'}->{'lat'};
$long = $json->{'results'}[0]->{'geometry'}->{'location'}->{'lng'};

But it is showing the following Error :

Warning: file_get_contents(http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=technopark, Trivandrun, kerala,India&sensor=false&region=IND) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request in D:\Projects\lon.php on line 4

Please help me to solve this issue.

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$address = str_replace(" ", "+", $address);

Use the above code before the file_get_content. means, use the following code

$address = str_replace(" ", "+", $address);

$json = file_get_contents("http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=$address&sensor=false&region=$region");
$json = json_decode($json);

$lat = $json->{'results'}[0]->{'geometry'}->{'location'}->{'lat'};
$long = $json->{'results'}[0]->{'geometry'}->{'location'}->{'lng'};

and it will work surely. As address does not support spaces it supports only + sign in place of space.

answered 2011-12-26T06:56:11.187

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