Google Maps Geocoding not working on TSO Host webhosting - php

Question

I'm using the following code to convert an address to longitude and latitude. The code is taken from http://www.phpmoot.com/php-get-latitudelongitude-from-an-address-with-google-map/
$address = '201 S. Division St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104'; // Google HQ
$prepAddr = str_replace(' ','+',$address);
$geocode=file_get_contents('http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='.$prepAddr.'&sensor=false');
$output= json_decode($geocode);
$lat = $output->results[0]->geometry->location->lat;
$long = $output->results[0]->geometry->location->lng;
echo $address.'<br>Lat: '.$lat.'<br>Long: '.$long;
This works fine on my previous hosting, but when I moved the site to TSO host, it no longer works. What reasons might there be for this?
I've tried using a browser api key in the url and a server api key and that doesn't work either. like this
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='.$prepAddr.'&key=****API_KEY_GOES_HERE****&sensor=false
Any help welcome. TSO Host support can't seem to figure it out.

Answer 1

Just to be sure it is server related I would recommend you to try using the JS in page. Please try to implement below code with changing your div ID and KEY. Also pass the address variable you have to related place.
<script>
function initialize() {
var center;
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
geocoder.geocode( { 'address': $AdressYouGotFromThePost}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
var mycenter = new google.maps.LatLng(results[0].geometry.location.lat(),results[0].geometry.location.lng());//
var mapProp = {
center:mycenter,
zoom:11
};
var map=new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("YOURDIVID"),mapProp);
var request = {
location: mycenter,
radius: '20000',
types: ['bar,night_club,cafe,museum,movie_theater,zoo,aquapark']
};
service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(map);
service.nearbySearch(request, callback);
}
function callback(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.places.PlacesServiceStatus.OK) {
for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
var place = results[i];
createPhotoMarker(results[i]);
}
}
}
function createPhotoMarker(place) {
var photos = place.photos;
if (!photos) {
return;
}
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: place.geometry.location,
title: place.name
//icon: photos[0].getUrl({'maxWidth': 55, 'maxHeight': 55})
});
//console.log(photos[0].getUrl({'maxWidth': 105, 'maxHeight': 105}));
var contenthtml = "<p>"+place.name+"</p><img src="+photos[0].getUrl({'maxWidth': 105, 'maxHeight': 105})+" width='105px'/>";
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
content:contenthtml
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker,'click',function() {
map.setZoom(17);
map.setCenter(marker.getPosition());
infowindow.open(map,marker);
});
}
});
}
</script>
<script async="" defer="" src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOURACCESSKEYHERE&callback=initialize&libraries=places">

Answer 2

Using the php method to convert the address to longitude and latitude like this example http://www.phpmoot.com/php-get-latitudelongitude-from-an-address-with-google-map/
was causing the api limits to be reached on the TSO host shared cloud server. Using an API key didn't seem to make any difference. The solution was to not use the php method and instead use the Javascript method as per Googles example here - https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/geocoding-simple