I'm doing some tests with Google Maps API and for some reason there is valid addresses that return status INVALID_REQUEST for no apparent reason. Here is my php code
$request_url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=".urlencode($address);
$xml = simplexml_load_file($request_url) or die("url not loading");
$status = $xml->status;
return $status;
$address example:
$address = "R. Espírito Santo, Viana, ES, Brasil" // status INVALID_REQUEST
but if I try to access the URL directly it return status OK
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=R.%20Espírito%20Santo,%20Viana,%20ES,%20Brasil
For some addresses it returns OK, but for others INVALID_REQUEST using exactly the same code changing only the address. Accessing the URL directly always returns OK.
Any clues?
thank you
It was an character encoding problem. utf8_encode() (info) solved it.
$address = utf8_encode($address);
Use urlencode() (info)
$address = "R. Espírito Santo, Viana, ES, Brasil" // this can't be passed as query string
$request_url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=".urlencode($address); // urlencode() solves this
$xml = simplexml_load_file($request_url) or die("url not loading");
$status = $xml->status;
return $status;
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I'm using Guzzle with Laravel to get an object from external API with a HTTP. The API return XML Object similar to this (https://www.w3schools.com/php/note.xml)
I need to check one value of the response body. Here is my code:
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$res = $client->request('GET', 'https://www.w3schools.com/php/note.xml');
$stringBody = (string) $res->getBody()->getContents();
echo $stringBody;
which is working fine, I mean it display the body as below picture
but I couldn't get one value?
I tried different methods but non of them is working!
for example, this way:
$result = starts_with($stringBody, 'Tove');
or
splitName = explode(' ', $res->getBody());
$first_name = $splitName[0];
echo $first_name;
non is working? I think it consider the body text empty ?
I tried using json_decode but it doesn't work or not supported anymore.
Any idea?
Thanks
What you get from response is xml content. Due to browser compatibility with XML you see only text. You just need SimpleXML class of php for get content as per XML node. Here is sample code
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$res = $client->request('GET', 'https://www.w3schools.com/php/note.xml');
$stringBody = (string) $res->getBody()->getContents();
$xml = simplexml_load_string($stringBody);
echo $xml->to;
Hope this help you.
I have this simple statement to call a JSON response. It was working until recently I found out it stopped working. Not sure why its not working. Here is my code. Its very simple.
//Here is the response from the API
{"country":"US","state":"NY","city":"GLEN COVE"}
$zip = "11542";
$url = "http://ziptasticapi.com/".$zip;
$info = file_get_contents($url);
$info = json_decode($info);
$cityname = $info->city;
$statename = $info->state;
Not sure why its not picking up the data at the end. I even tried changing it to json_decode($info,true) and changing it to $info['city'].
I have a pho script that takes an address and returns the lat/lon. Works fine until I put the google api key at the end of the url. I tested the url in the browser and it works fine there.
This works fine:
$geo = file_get_contents('https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='.urlencode($address).'&sensor=false');
This causes an error:
$geo = file_get_contents('https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='.urlencode($address).'+&sensor=false+CA&key=[MyAPIKeyHere]');
It causes the error: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request
I've seen consulted similar posts such as,
Warning while using file_get_contents for google api , but they weren't much help.
Here is the complete code:
<?php
// Address
$address = '1451 Broadway New York, NY 10036';
// Address from command line
// $address = readline("Enter an address: ");
// $address = str_replace(' ','+',$address);
// Get JSON results from this request
// This url works
$geo = file_get_contents('https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='.urlencode($address).'&sensor=false');
// This url creates an error
//$geo = file_get_contents('https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='.urlencode($address).'+&sensor=false+CA&key=[MyAPIKeyHere]');
// Convert the JSON to an array
$geo = json_decode($geo, true);
if ($geo['status'] == 'OK') {
// Get Lat & Long
$latitude = $geo['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lat'];
$longitude = $geo['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lng'];
}
// $address = str_replace('+',' ',$address);
echo "The address ". $address. " has the following coordinates:\n" ;
echo "Lat: ". $latitude. " Lon: ". $longitude. "\n";
?>
Try using this API. It worked for me.
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='.$address.'&key=YOUR_API_KEY'
I'm uploading a csv file and getting address field in $address variable, but when I pass $address to google maps, its showing me error,
file_get_contents(http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=9340+Middle+River+Street%A0%2COxford%2CMS%2C38655): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request.
I searched for its solution, I found one that to encode only address but its also not working for me...
CODE
if (!empty($address)) {
$geo = file_get_contents('http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=' . urlencode($address));
$geo = json_decode($geo, true);
if ($geo['status'] = 'OK') {
if (!empty($geo['results'][0])) {
$latitude = $geo['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lat'];
$longitude = $geo['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lng'];
}
$mapdata['latitude'] = $latitude;
$mapdata['longitude'] = $longitude;
return $mapdata;
} else {
$mapdata['latitude'] = "";
$mapdata['longitude'] = "";
return $mapdata;
}
}
Error is at line
$geo = file_get_contents('http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=' . urlencode($address));
Have I missed anything.!
Any help is much appreciated.. Thanks
you need to use google api key
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;
}
}
Use getLatLong() function like the following.
$address = 'White House, Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, United States';
$latLong = getLatLong($address);
$latitude = $latLong['latitude']?$latLong['latitude']:'Not found';
$longitude = $latLong['longitude']?$latLong['longitude']:'Not found';
To specify a Google API key in your request, include it as the value of a key parameter.
$geocodeFromAddr = file_get_contents('http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='.$formattedAddr.'&sensor=true_or_false&key=GoogleAPIKey');
i hope this will help you.
It looks like the problem is with your data set. The part of the url that is being encoded as %A0 by urlencode($address) is a special non-breaking space character, rather than a regular space.
See here for more information on the difference:
Difference between "+" and "%A0" - urlencoding?
The %A0 character isn't accepted in this context, but you can do a quick str_replace() on the result of urlencode() to replace all these special space characters with the + symbols that regular spaces would have resulted in.
$geo = file_get_contents('http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=' . str_replace('%A0', '+', urlencode($address)));
I have a problem when I try to convert an address into latitude and longitude via google service. My address is 1456 sok. no: 10/1 kat:8 Alsancak. The problem is when I write this address to url, correct result is returned, however when I use the php code below, I get zero results.
No problem with result :
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=1456%20sok.%20no:%2010/1%20kat:8%20Alsancak&sensor=true
Problem with php :
<?php
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
getGoogleAddressCoordinates("1456 sok. no: 10/1 kat:8 Alsancak");
function getGoogleAddressCoordinates($address)
{
//$address = urlencode($address);
$address = str_replace(" ", "%20", $address);
$request = file_get_contents('http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=' . $address . '&sensor=true');
$json = json_decode($request, true);
print_r ($json);
}
?>
The address 1456 sok. no: 10/1 kat:8 Alsancak is not valid. If you try it in google maps you get zero results, too.
Try it with: 1456 sok. 10/1 Alsancak and uncomment the line $address = urlencode($address); and clear the line $address = str_replace(" ", "%20", $address);.
The url should look like:
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=1456%20sok.%2010%2F1%20Alsancak&sensor=true