geocoder json to get street address, city, country ,postcode - php

Question

I do have requirement to pull out
street name, postcode, city, state, country , latitude, longitude
from my address ..
Geocode API returns this in JSON format my web browser
what is the most common format to use (long_name or short_name)
{
"results" : [
{
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "City Road",
"short_name" : "City Rd",
"types" : [ "route" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Darlington",
"short_name" : "Darlington",
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "New South Wales",
"short_name" : "NSW",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Australia",
"short_name" : "AU",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "2008",
"short_name" : "2008",
"types" : [ "postal_code" ]
}
],
"formatted_address" : "City Road, Darlington NSW 2008, Australia",
"geometry" : {
"bounds" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : -33.88775940,
"lng" : 151.19316880
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : -33.8913630,
"lng" : 151.18843910
}
},
"location" : {
"lat" : -33.88924140,
"lng" : 151.19051430
},
"location_type" : "GEOMETRIC_CENTER",
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : -33.88775940,
"lng" : 151.19316880
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : -33.8913630,
"lng" : 151.18843910
}
}
},
"types" : [ "route" ]
}
],
"status" : "OK"
}
This is my code
$address = urlencode($address);
$googleApi = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=%s&sensor=false';
$json = file_get_contents(sprintf($googleApi, $address));
$resultObject = json_decode($json);
$address = $resultObject->results[0]->address_components;
// please help me in pulling other data
$location = $resultObject->results[0]->geometry->location;
$latitude = $location->lat;
$longitude = $location->lng;
// (latitude and longitude is working)

Answer 1

$location = $resultObject->results[0]->address_components[0];
$long_name = $location->long_name;// long_name not ong_name
$short_name = $location->short_name;