php - Warning while using file_get_contents for google api

Question

I am using this code for finding the lat lon of a location

$api='http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=United States Neversink&sensor=false';

$result = file_get_contents($api);

$data = json_decode($result);

But it give the warning Warning: file_get_contents(http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=United States Neversink&sensor=false) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request in C:wampwww ew_yellowpagesmodulesmod_yellowpages_item_maphelper.php on line 139

if anyone know about this problem help me please.

Answer 1

Use curl instead of file_get_contents:

$address = "India+Panchkula";
$url = "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=$address&sensor=false&region=India";
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYPORT, 3128);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$response_a = json_decode($response);
echo $lat = $response_a->results[0]->geometry->location->lat;
echo "<br />";
echo $long = $response_a->results[0]->geometry->location->lng;