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Convert an address into latitude, longitude values
<?php
/ * Convert an address into latitude longitude */
function getLatLong($address){
$_url = sprintf('http://maps.google.com/maps?output=js&q=%s',rawurlencode($address));
$_result = false;
if($_result = file_get_contents($_url)) {
if(strpos($_result,'errortips') > 1 || strpos($_result,'Did you mean:') !== false) return false;
preg_match('!center:\s*{lat:\s*(-?\d+\.\d+),lng:\s*(-?\d+\.\d+)}!U', $_result, $_match);
$_coords['lat'] = $_match[1];
$_coords['long'] = $_match[2];
}
return $_coords;
}
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