1 public static function latlong($location) {
2
3 if ($location!='') {
4 try {
5 $json = file_get_contents('http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='.urlencode($location));
6 $parsedjson = json_decode($json, true);
7
8 if (key_exists(0,$parsedjson['results'])) {
9 $lat_long_array = $parsedjson['results'][0]['geometry']['location'];
10 return $lat_long_array;
11 } else {
12 return false;
13 }
14 } catch (Exception $e) {
15 //echo 'Caught exception: ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
16 return false;
17 }
18 }
19
20
21 }
22