function geoLocate($address)
{
try {
$lat = 0;
$lng = 0;
$data_location = "https://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?key=".$GOOGLE_API_KEY_HERE."&address=".str_replace(" ", "+", $address)."&sensor=false";
$data = file_get_contents($data_location);
usleep(200000);
// turn this on to see if we are being blocked
// echo $data;
$data = json_decode($data);
if ($data->status=="OK") {
$lat = $data->results[0]->geometry->location->lat;
$lng = $data->results[0]->geometry->location->lng;
if($lat && $lng) {
return array(
'status' => true,
'lat' => $lat,
'long' => $lng,
'google_place_id' => $data->results[0]->place_id
);
}
}
if($data->status == 'OVER_QUERY_LIMIT') {
return array(
'status' => false,
'message' => 'Google Amp API OVER_QUERY_LIMIT, Please update your google map api key or try tomorrow'
);
}
} catch (Exception $e) {
}
return array('lat' => null, 'long' => null, 'status' => false);
}