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)){
//Formatted address
$formattedAddr = str_replace(' ','+',$address);
//Send request and receive json data by address
$geocodeFromAddr = file_get_contents
('http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='.$formattedAddr.'&sensor=false');
$output = json_decode($geocodeFromAddr);
//Get latitude and longitute from json data
$data['latitude'] = $output->results[0]->geometry->location->lat;
$data['longitude'] = $output->results[0]->geometry->location->lng;
//Return latitude and longitude of the given address
if(!empty($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."";
}
?>