Find Distance Between two Addresses using Google API and PHP

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Find Distance Between two Addresses using Google API and PHP


In this article you are going to learn how you can find distance between two addresses. We are going to use google map api and PHP to accomplish this task.
The Module we are going to develop here is basically an API provided by Google itself. This API can measure distance between two locations as well as Travel Time.
The format for origin location and destination location could be one of the following:
  • place name (e.g. Bhopal,India)
  • ZIP code (e.g. 462016)
  • latitude/longitude coordinates (e.g. 23.77xxx, 77.30xxx)
to know more about permissible formats please visit googl’s official documentation page.

Find Distance Between two Addresses

Step 1:- Get an google’s API Key from here.
click on GET A KEY button
find distance between two addresses
now click on +create a new project and enter your project name then click on ENABLE API button
distance calculator api
then after you are finally prompted to a popup window containing you API KEY.
calculate distance between two cities
Step 2: source code







<!DOCTYPE html>



<html>



    <body>



        <form action="" method="post">



            <label>Origin:</label> <input type="text" name="o" placeholder="Enter Origin location" required> <br><br>



            <label>Destination:</label> <input type="text" name="d" placeholder="Enter Destination location" required> <br><br>



            <input type="submit" value="Calculate distance & time" name="submit"> <br><br>



        </form>



        <?php



            if(isset($_POST['submit'])){



            $origin = $_POST['o']; $destination = $_POST['d'];



            $api = file_get_contents("https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/distancematrix/json?units=imperial&origins=".$origin."&destinations=".$destination."&key=YOUR_API_KEY");



            $data = json_decode($api);



        ?>




            <label><b>Distance: </b></label> <span><?php echo ((int)$data->rows[0]->elements[0]->distance->value / 1000).' Km'; ?></span> <br><br>



            <label><b>Travel Time: </b></label> <span><?php echo $data->rows[0]->elements[0]->duration->text; ?></span> 



        <?php } ?>



    </body>



</html>
replace YOUR_API_KEY with your API KEY (Step 1) in above code.
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