Parsing data from google maps api v3 using json with php

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Parsing data from google maps api v3 using json with php

I would like to parse data from google maps geocode version 3 via json. I would like to get details like locaityName, AdministrativeAreaName and status code. May I know how to parse this data? thank you

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json php parsing google-maps

davidlee Apr 24 '10 at 9:26

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function getGoogleAddressCoordinates()
    {
        //using the google maps api to get the long and lat coordinates of addresss
        //using form post variables
        $address =trim($_POST['address']);
        $city = trim($_POST['city']);
        $state = trim($_POST['state']);

        //formats the address add '+' into space
        $address = str_replace( ' ', '+' ,$address);
        $city = str_replace( ' ', '+', $city);
        $address = preg_replace("[^A-Za-z0-9]", '+', $address ); //remove non alpha numeric chars such as extra spaces.
        $address_str = $address.',+'. $city.',+'.$state;
        $geo_url = "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=$address_str&sensor=false";
        //echo $geo_url;
        //echo file_get_contents($geo_url);
        $json_result = json_decode(file_get_contents($geo_url));

        $geo_result =  $json_result->results[0];
        $coordinates = $geo_result->geometry->location;

        //see if the it is locating the real address or just apox location, or in most cases a bad address
        if($geo_result->types[0] == 'street_address')
            $coordinates->valid_address  = TRUE;
        else
            $coordinates->valid_address  = FALSE;

        return $coordinates;
    }