Postcode address finder – Javascript

11th November 2015

Javascript


<?PHP

$postcode = $_REQUEST['postcode'];

$postcode = "SE12 0UW"; // CHANGE

// Get the latitude & longitude of submitted postcode
$postcode = urlencode($postcode);
$query = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=' . $postcode . '&sensor=false';
$result = json_decode(file_get_contents($query));

$lat = $result->results[0]->geometry->location->lat;
$lng = $result->results[0]->geometry->location->lng;

// Get the address based on returned lat & long
$address_url = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=' . $lat . ',' . $lng . '&sensor=false';
$address_json = json_decode(file_get_contents($address_url));
$address_data = $address_json->results[0]->address_components;

foreach($address_data as $data):
$array[$data->types[0]] = $data->long_name;
endforeach;

echo json_encode($array);

?>

<?PHP

$postcode = $_REQUEST['postcode'];

$postcode = "SE12 0UW"; // CHANGE

// Get the latitude & longitude of submitted postcode

$postcode = urlencode($postcode);

$query = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=' . $postcode . '&sensor=false';

$result = json_decode(file_get_contents($query));

$lat = $result->results[0]->geometry->location->lat;

$lng = $result->results[0]->geometry->location->lng;

// Get the address based on returned lat & long

$address_url = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=' . $lat . ',' . $lng . '&sensor=false';

$address_json = json_decode(file_get_contents($address_url));

$address_data = $address_json->results[0]->address_components;

foreach($address_data as $data):

$array[$data->types[0]] = $data->long_name;

endforeach;

echo json_encode($array);

Returns an array showing {“street_number”:”254A”,”route”:”Baring Road”,”locality”:”London”,”postal_town”:”London”,”administrative_area_level_2″:”Greater London”,”country”:”United Kingdom”,”postal_code”:”SE12 0UW”}