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Geolocation PHP class connects to Google MAPS API

This Geolocation PHP class connects to Google Maps API to find latitude/longitude or address.

Installing

Using Composer

When using Composer you can always load in the latest version.

composer require jeroendesloovere/geolocation-php-api

Check in Packagist.

Usage example

getCoordinates

Get latitude/longitude coordinates from address.

$street = 'Koningin Maria Hendrikaplein';
$streetNumber = '1';
$city = 'Gent';
$zip = '1';
$country = 'belgium';

$result = Geolocation::getCoordinates(
    $street,
    $streetNumber,
    $city,
    $zip,
    $country
);

getAddress

Get address from latitude/longitude coordinates.

$latitude = 51.0363935;
$longitude = 3.7121008;

$result = Geolocation::getAddress(
    $latitude,
    $longitude
);

Check the Geolocation class source.

Symfony bundle

I've also created a Symfony bundle. View the Geolocation bundle.

Tests

We have tests to make sure everything works as expected. First execute composer install. Then execute vendor/bin/phpunit tests.

Coding Syntax

We use squizlabs/php_codesniffer to maintain the code standards. Type the following to execute them:

# To view the code errors
vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=psr2 --extensions=php --warning-severity=0 --report=full "src"

# OR to fix the code errors
vendor/bin/phpcbf --standard=psr2 --extensions=php --warning-severity=0 --report=full "src"

Read documentation about the code standards

Documentation

The class is well documented inline. If you use a decent IDE you'll see that each method is documented with PHPDoc.

Contributing

It would be great if you could help us improve this class. GitHub does a great job in managing collaboration by providing different tools, the only thing you need is a GitHub login.

• Use Pull requests to add or update code
• Issues for bug reporting or code discussions
• Or regarding documentation and how-to's, check out Wiki More info on how to work with GitHub on help.github.com.

License

The module is licensed under MIT. In short, this license allows you to do everything as long as the copyright statement stays present.