get coordinates from address

googlemaps.md

public function validate_address(Request $request)
    {
        $this->validate($request, [
            'address' => 'required',
        ]);


        try {
            $address = urlencode($request->address);
            $ch = curl_init();

            curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,"https://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=$address&sensor=false&key=" . config('homepilot.map_key'));
            curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);

            $place=curl_exec($ch);

            curl_close($ch);


            $place = json_decode($place);
            if ($place->status != 'OK') {
                throw new Exception('User input wrong address: ' . $address);
            }

            $address_obj = [];
            $address_obj['address'] = $place->results[0]->formatted_address;
            $address_obj['lat'] = $place->results[0]->geometry->location->lat;
            $address_obj['lng'] = $place->results[0]->geometry->location->lng;

            foreach ($place->results[0]->address_components as $address_component) {

                switch ($address_component->types[0]) {
                    case 'street_number':
                        $address_obj['street_number'] = $address_component->short_name;
                        break;
                    case 'route':
                        $address_obj['street_route'] = $address_component->long_name;
                        break;
                    case 'locality':
                        $address_obj['city'] = $address_component->long_name;
                        break;
                    case 'administrative_area_level_1':
                        $address_obj['state'] = $address_component->short_name;
                        break;
                    case 'postal_code':
                        $address_obj['postal_code'] = $address_component->short_name;
                        break;
                    case 'country':
                        $address_obj['country'] = $address_component->long_name;
                        break;

                }
            }

            $address_step = [
                'data'      => $address_obj,
                'form_data' => null,
                'active'    => true,
                'type'      => 'user_address'
            ];
            return $address_step;
        } catch (\Exception $exception) {

            return [
                'success' => false,
                'html'    => \View::make('frontend._no-service-modal')->render()
            ];

        }

    }