Is there a way to get long/lat for a given address in Google Maps with only PHP?

Question

I know this is possible in Javascript but I need to do it using only PHP, how can I?

Answer 1

Yes, there's a HTTP geocoding interface that you can call from any server language.

Answer 2

And other way:

$geocode=file_get_contents('http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='.$address.'&sensor=false');

$output= json_decode($geocode);

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