<?php
// some address values
$client_address = '11010 Langton Arms Court';
$client_city = 'Oakton';
$client_state = 'VA';
$client_zip = '22124';
// building the JSON URL string for Google API call
$g_address = str_replace(' ', '+', trim($client_address)).",";
$g_city = '+'.str_replace(' ', '+', trim($client_city)).",";
$g_state = '+'.str_replace(' ', '+', trim($client_state));
$g_zip = isset($client_zip)? '+'.str_replace(' ', '', trim($client_zip)) : '';
$g_addr_str = $g_address.$g_city.$g_state.$g_zip;
$url = "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?
address=$g_addr_str";
// Parsing the JSON response from the Google Geocode API to get exact map coordinates:
// latitude , longitude (see the Google doc. for the complete data return here:
// https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/.)
$jsonData = file_get_contents($url);
$data = json_decode($jsonData);
$xlat = $data->{'results'}[0]->{'geometry'}->{'location'}->{'lat'};
$xlong = $data->{'results'}[0]->{'geometry'}->{'location'}->{'lng'};
echo $xlat.",".$xlong;
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