TalkPHP - View Single Post - alternative to simplexml command in php4, HELP!!!

paulriedel · 06-03-2009, 05:52 PM

I ran into the same problem, also couldn't do file_get_contents(), so I'm doing page-scraping of the XML. Very dirty but quick and works until Google changes the XML response for the geocoding request. But by then I hope to have PHP 5 in place.
You will need to adjust this to work with your stuff, but this is more or less how I utilize it.

PHP Code:


			
    //Geocoding start

    

$id = $row_Recordset1['id'];

$street = $row_Recordset1['strasse_nr'];

$city = $row_Recordset1['ort']; //unused as of now

$plz = $row_Recordset1['plz'];

$country = 'Germany';



//    $street = "Süderstrasse 77";

//    $city = "Hamburg";

//    $country = "germany";



//    $street = $_GET["street"];

//    $city = $_GET["city"];



    $street = preg_replace('/\s+/', '+', $street);

    $city = preg_replace('/\s+/', '+', $city);

    $country = preg_replace('/\s+/', '+', $country);



    //$street = preg_replace('?', '', $street);

    //$city = preg_replace('?', '', $city);





       // Your Google Maps API key



        $key = 'test';



    

    $address = "http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=$street,+$plz,+$country&output=xml&key=$key&oe=utf8&sensor=false";



       // Retrieve the URL contents

    $ch = curl_init();

    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $address);

    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);





    $page=curl_exec($ch);

    curl_close($ch);



    $array = explode(",", $page);



    $rightarray = explode("\n", $page);

    $status = substr((trim($rightarray[4])),6,3);





    if ($status == "200"){



    $latlon = explode(",", $rightarray[13]);



    $lon1 = trim($latlon[0]); 

    $lat = trim($latlon[1]);

    $lon = substr($lon1, 20); 



echo "<br />lat: $lat<br />Lon: $lon";

}else{

echo "error";

}

06-03-2009, 05:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
paulriedel The Visitor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0	I ran into the same problem, also couldn't do file_get_contents(), so I'm doing page-scraping of the XML. Very dirty but quick and works until Google changes the XML response for the geocoding request. But by then I hope to have PHP 5 in place. You will need to adjust this to work with your stuff, but this is more or less how I utilize it. PHP Code: //Geocoding start $id = $row_Recordset1['id']; $street = $row_Recordset1['strasse_nr']; $city = $row_Recordset1['ort']; //unused as of now $plz = $row_Recordset1['plz']; $country = 'Germany'; // $street = "Süderstrasse 77"; // $city = "Hamburg"; // $country = "germany"; // $street = $_GET["street"]; // $city = $_GET["city"]; $street = preg_replace('/\s+/', '+', $street); $city = preg_replace('/\s+/', '+', $city); $country = preg_replace('/\s+/', '+', $country); //$street = preg_replace('?', '', $street); //$city = preg_replace('?', '', $city); // Your Google Maps API key $key = 'test'; $address = "http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=$street,+$plz,+$country&output=xml&key=$key&oe=utf8&sensor=false"; // Retrieve the URL contents $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $address); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); $page=curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); $array = explode(",", $page); $rightarray = explode("\n", $page); $status = substr((trim($rightarray[4])),6,3); if ($status == "200"){ $latlon = explode(",", $rightarray[13]); $lon1 = trim($latlon[0]); $lat = trim($latlon[1]); $lon = substr($lon1, 20); echo "<br />lat: $lat<br />Lon: $lon"; }else{ echo "error"; }