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mbmccormick / gist:628268
Created October 15, 2010 14:33
Query Google Maps GeoCode API with zip code and return city and state.
<?php
$zipcode = $_GET[zipcode];
$url = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?sensor=false&address=" . $zipcode;
$geocode = simplexml_load_file($url);
$city = $geocode->result->address_component[1]->long_name;
for ($i = 2; $i < 6; $i++)
{
if ($geocode->result->address_component[$i]->type == "administrative_area_level_1")
{