| Re: From city to lati and long [message #175025 is a reply to message #174991] |
Thu, 04 August 2011 08:03  |
Paul Herber
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Registered: February 2011
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On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:20:03 -0700 (PDT), Sarah <dandi(dot)box(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi, I've created a PHP script that reads values from XML file
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> and that calculate longi and lati
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> $town = $event->town;
> $position = $town . " " . $city . " " . $state;
> $whereurl = urlencode($position);
> $location = file("http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=
> $whereurl&output=csv&key=ABQIAAAAvp3__HwvT3VkixIIbsW0axQuKI_6t1bH2P 0vCI_Q8jfpn8qdNBQMnneljxh9czilkau_bYSCXteS_A ");
> list ($stat,$acc,$latitude,$longitude) = explode(",",$location[0]);
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> it works but sometimes lati and longi are both set to zero (in the
> same record) .... and if I re-execute script I show differents records
> set to zero .... can you help me?
Have you considered what happens if Google is slow to respond to your request?
Try using the cURL functions.
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Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
http://www.sandrila.co.uk/
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