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bravo14

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Hi all

I am trying to get the lat and long properties from the googlemaps geocoding api.

$xml=simplexml_load_file($url);
if ($xml === false) {
    echo "Failed loading XML\n";
    foreach(libxml_get_errors() as $error) {
        echo "\t", $error->message;
    }
}
else{
           $path = $xml->xpath( "/GeocodeResponse/result/geometry/location");
            $lat = $path->lat;
            $lng = $path->lng;
            echo $lat;
            echo $lng;
           $sql1 = "UPDATE tbl_clubs set lat='$lat',lng='$lng' where club_id =$id";
           echo $sql1;
           $result1 = mysqli_query($dbConn,$sql1) or die($mysqli_error($dbConn));
}

This is the XML  I am using

<GeocodeResponse>
<status>OK</status>
<result>
<type>establishment</type>
<type>point_of_interest</type>
<type>stadium</type>
<formatted_address>Aldridge Rd, Perry Barr, Birmingham B42 2ET, UK</formatted_address>
<address_component>
</address_component>
<address_component>
</address_component>
<address_component>
</address_component>
<address_component>
<long_name>West Midlands</long_name>
<short_name>West Midlands</short_name>
<type>administrative_area_level_2</type>
<type>political</type>
</address_component>
<address_component>
<long_name>England</long_name>
<short_name>England</short_name>
<type>administrative_area_level_1</type>
<type>political</type>
</address_component>
<address_component>
<long_name>United Kingdom</long_name>
<short_name>GB</short_name>
<type>country</type>
<type>political</type>
</address_component>
<address_component>
<long_name>B42 2ET</long_name>
<short_name>B42 2ET</short_name>
<type>postal_code</type>
</address_component>
<geometry>
<location>
<lat>52.5196698</lat>
<lng>-1.8986236</lng>
</location>
<location_type>GEOMETRIC_CENTER</location_type>
<viewport>
<southwest>
<lat>52.5183208</lat>
<lng>-1.8999726</lng>
</southwest>
<northeast>
<lat>52.5210188</lat>
<lng>-1.8972746</lng>
</northeast>
</viewport>
</geometry>

 

But I am getting the following response

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /home/sites/1a/9/95f15f28a6/public_html/results/getLatLng.php on line 22

I am guessing my path is wrong, any guidance would be great

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simplexml_load_file->xpath "returns an array of SimpleXMLElement objects"

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.simplexml-load-file.php

So using the syntax $path->name will not work and will throw such an error

$simplexml_load_file returns one SimpleXMLElement

 

But why even use xpath()?  You could just do this.

<?php
$string = <<<XML
<?xml version='1.0'?> 
<GoogleCodeBase>
  <result>
      <geometry>
          <location>
            <lat>LATITUDE</lat>
            <lng>LONGITUDE</lng>
          </location>
      </geometry>
  </result>
  <result>
      <geometry>
          <location>
            <lat>2nd LATITUDE</lat>
            <lng>2nd LONGITUDE</lng>
          </location>
      </geometry>
  </result>

</GoogleCodeBase>
XML;

$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);
$o = $xml->result->geometry->location->lat;
echo $o;

/*
If you wanted the second result instead, you'd treat it like an array
*/

$xml = simplexml_load_string($string);
$o = $xml->result[1]->geometry->location->lat;
echo $o;


?>

 

 

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