Postcode Lookup

PHP library that performs a postcode lookup using Google Maps API.

Compatible with Laravel 5.

Quick start

First of all you need to require the package inside your composer.json file:

{
    "require": {
        "lodge/postcode-lookup": "0.4.0"
    }
}

Note: for Laravel 4 use version 0.3.0

Register with Laravel

Register the service provider. Inside your app.php config file add:

'providers' => array(
	...
	'Lodge\Postcode\PostcodeServiceProvider',
)

A facade is also provided, so in order to register it add the following to your app.php config file:

'aliases' => array(
	...
	'Postcode' => 'Lodge\Postcode\Facades\Postcode',
);

Publish the configuration file.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Lodge\Postcode\PostcodeServiceProvider"

Set your Google API key inside config/postcode.php file.

Usage with Laravel

From within your controller you can call:

	$postcode = Postcode::lookup('SW3 4SZ');

	print_r($postcode);

	// Outputs
	array(
		'postcode'      => 'SW34SZ',
		'street_number' => '',
		'street'        => '',
		'sublocality'   => '',
		'town'          => 'London',
		'county'        => 'Greater London',
		'country'       => 'United Kingdom',
		'latitude'      => 51.489117499999999,
		'longitude'     => -0.1579016
	);

Get the Latitude and Longitude of an address

	$coordinates = Postcode::getCoordinates($address);

	print_r($coordinates);

	// Outputs
	array(
		'latitude'  => 1.521231
		'longitude' => -23.012123
	)

Usage outside of Laravel

	// First of all you need to instantiate the class
	// And assuming that you have required the composer
	// autoload.php file
	require 'vendor/autoload.php';

    $googleApiKey = 'your-google-api-key';
	$postcode = new Lodge\Postcode\Postcode($googleApiKey);
	$results = $postcode->lookup('SW3 4SZ');

	print_r($results);

	// Outputs
	array(
		'postcode'      => 'SW34SZ',
		'street_number' => '',
		'street'        => '',
		'sublocality'   => '',
		'town'          => 'London',
		'county'        => 'Greater London',
		'country'       => 'United Kingdom',
		'latitude'      => 51.489117499999999,
		'longitude'     => -0.1579016
	)

If you need to get just the latitude and longitude for an address you can use:

    $googleApiKey = 'your-google-api-key';
	$postcode = new Lodge\Postcode\Postcode($googleApiKey);
	$results = $postcode->getCoordinates('SW3 4SZ');

	print_r($results);

	// Outputs
	array(
		'latitude'  => 51.489117499999999
		'longitude' => -0.1579016
	)

Changelog

• Version 0.4

  • Added configuration file and the ability to set the Google API key.
  • Updated namespaces to PSR-4
  • Added test stubs.
  • Dropped support for Laravel 4.

• Version 0.3

  • Removed deprecated bind call and instantiate as a singleton instead.

• Version 0.2

  • Laravel 5 compatible
  • Fixed facade namespace, that would not adhere to PSR-0
  • Updated documentation

• Version 0.1

  • Initial Release

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013-2015 Dan Ursu

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