varsitynewsnetwork/google-places-api

A mini library to fetch place information out of Google Places API via a text search

google-places-api

A mini library to fetch place information out of Google Places API via a text search or a find place request, _(*1)

, _(*2)

Usage

$service = new PlaceService(new GuzzleAdapter());
$service->setApiKey('YOUR_KEY_HERE');

$results = $service->textSearch('Van Andel Arena');

Formatters

The concept of formatters are baked in to allow you to easily manipulate the data returned by Google. Simply pass a callable as the second argument to textSearch() or findPlace()., _(*3)

For instance, if you only wanted the address of the first result:, _(*4)

$service = new PlaceService(new GuzzleAdapter());
$service->setApiKey('YOUR_KEY_HERE');

$results = $service->textSearch('Van Andel Arena', function (results) {
    if (count($results)) {
        return $results[0]['formatted_address'];
    }

    return null;
});

The library also ships with some standard formatters:, _(*5)

1. CountryStripperFormatter: Removes the country from the formatted_address
2. LatLngFormatter: Formats the results as an array of lat, lng, and address.
3. SingleResultFormatter: Grabs the first result and returns it
4. CompositeFormatter: Allows for running multiple formatters

Example:, _(*6)

$service = new PlaceService(new GuzzleAdapter());
$service->setApiKey('YOUR_KEY_HERE');

$result = $service->textSearch('Van Andel Arena', new CompositeFormatter([
    new SingleResultFormatter(),
    new CountryStripperFormatter(true),
    new LatLngFormatter(true)
]));

Which will yield something like:, _(*7)

Array
(
    [address] => 130 Fulton West, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    [lat] => 42.962433
    [lng] => -85.671566
)