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Get latitude and longitude based on location name google maps api

Get latitude and longitude based on location name google maps api
how to get Latitude and Longitude in Google Maps using PHP   The idea is simple. Make a request to Google Maps server, and it will return an XML (or JSON). Then, parse the XML to get the Lat and Lon. function Get_Lat_lng($address=null)   {   if(!emptyempty($address)){   $prepAddr = str_replace(‘ ‘,‘+’,$address);   $geocode=file_get_contents(‘http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=’.$prepAddr.‘&sensor=false’);   $output= json_decode($geocode, true);   if($output[‘status’] ==‘OK’)   {   $lat = $output[‘results’][0][‘geometry’][‘location’][‘lat’];   $lng = $output[‘results’][0][‘geometry’][‘location’][‘lng’];   $map_code=array(‘status’=>‘ok’,‘lat’=>$lat,‘lng’=>$lng);   return $map_code;   }   else{   ...