When I try to call Google Maps Geocode API via URL, it works fine and returns the correct JSON.
For example, this is the URL:
When I try the same with my PHP codes, it returns null.
Below is my code:
<?php
function lookup($string){
$string = str_replace (" ", "+", urlencode($string));
$details_url = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=".$string."&sensor=false";
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $details_url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
// If Status Code is ZERO_RESULTS, OVER_QUERY_LIMIT, REQUEST_DENIED or INVALID_REQUEST
if ($response['status'] != 'OK') {
return null;
}
print_r($response);
$geometry = $response['results'][0]['geometry'];
$longitude = $geometry['location']['lat'];
$latitude = $geometry['location']['lng'];
$array = array(
'latitude' => $geometry['location']['lng'],
'longitude' => $geometry['location']['lat'],
'location_type' => $geometry['location_type'],
);
return $array;
}
$city = 'San Francisco, USA';
$array = lookup($city);
var_dump($array);
?>
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I tried adding and removing the API key but it's still returning null.
Appreciate any support.
