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UK Ward from Post Code
<?php
/*
* This function uses the mapit.mysociety.org api to
* retrieve ward names based on postcode
*/
function sc_get_ward_from_postcode($postcode)
{
//remove spaces and plus signs from the postcode
$postcode = str_replace(" ", "", $postcode);
$postcode = str_replace("+", "", $postcode);
//setup the url
$url = "http://mapit.mysociety.org/postcode/$postcode";
//use wordpress function to retrieve results
$response = wp_remote_get($url);
//if succesful response then deocde the json and look
//for property names with the word "ward" and return
//the value of the property.
if ($response['response']['code'] == 200) {
$result = json_decode($response['body']);
$areas = $result->areas;
if (is_object($areas)) {
foreach ($areas as $key => $value) {
$type = $value->type_name;
if (stristr($type,'ward')) return $value->name;
}
}
}
}
/* This data contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright
and database right 2010; Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright
and database right 2010 (Code-Point Open); Office for National
Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2010
(NSPD Open) and © Crown copyright 2004 (Super Output Areas). */ ?>
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