Geo data to Geolocation

Get a complete standardized location php array or object from coordinates, address, postal code or IP. Through the Location Facade you can request the Google and IpInfo API to return the address of a visitor on your website. This script works out of the box, no need for any keys or registrations., _(*2)

What you should keep in mind

This script uses the Google geodata and maps API to request information. Especially with the IP API there is margin for error. The Google API is quite accurate. However, please don't use this data as fact but rather as indication., _(*3)

How to make it work

Run:, _(*4)

composer require thorazine/location

That's it, _(*5)

If you are on Laravel < 5.5

You can't use this version. Please go to the pre55 branch, _(*6)

Other optional stuff

Get the configuration:, _(*7)

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=location

If you have a Google key add a line to your .env file:, _(*8)

GOOGLE_KEY=[key]

This script used to work out of the box without a key, but it doesn't anymore. Thanks Google. You can request one here Do make sure it has sufficiant rights., _(*9)

These (quick examples):, _(*10)

$location = Location::locale('nl')->coordinatesToAddress(['latitude' => 52.385288, 'longitude' => 4.885361])->get();

$location = Location::locale('nl')->addressToCoordinates(['country' => 'Nederland', 'street' => 'Nieuwe Teertuinen', 'street_number' => 25])->get();

$location = Location::locale('nl')->postalcodeToCoordinates(['postal_code' => '1013 LV', 'street_number' => '25'])->coordinatesToAddress()->get();

$location = Location::locale('nl')->postalcodeToCoordinates(['postal_code' => '1013 LV', 'street_number' => '25'], true)->get();

$location = Location::locale('nl')->ipToCoordinates('46.44.160.221')->coordinatesToAddress()->get(); // if IP resolves properly, which it mostly doesn't

$location = Location::locale('nl')->ipToCoordinates('46.44.160.221', true)->get(); // if IP resolves properly, which it mostly doesn't

Will all result in:, _(*11)

$location['latitude'] = 52.385288,
$location['longitude'] = 4.885361;
$location['iso'] = 'NL';
$location['country'] = 'Nederland';
$location['region'] = 'Noord-Holland';
$location['city'] = 'Amsterdam';
$location['street'] = 'Nieuwe Teertuinen';
$location['street_number'] = '25';
$location['postal_code'] = '1013 LV';

To return it as object set the get() function to true: get(true), _(*12)

Limit results by country

To limit the search results to only be included when from a set of predefined countries, use the countries() function. It accepts iso notation country names as defined by "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2"., _(*13)

Extended example:

try {
    $location = Location::coordinatesToAddress(['latitude' => 52.385288, 'longitude' => 4.885361])->get(true);

    if($error = Location::error()) {
        dd($error);
    }
}
catch(Exception $e) {
    dd($e->getMessage());
}

The result is the default template and starts out as empty and gets filled throughout the call. So if no data is available the result for that entry will be "". After every call the script resets to it's initial template., _(*14)

Chainable functions and their variables

Functions	Values	Validation	Type
countries()	iso's	required	array
coordinatesToAddress()	latitude	required	float
longitude		required	float
addressToCoordinates()	country	recommended	string
region			string
city		required	string
street		recommended	string
street_number		recommended	string
postalcodeToCoordinates()	postal_code	required	string
street_number		recommended	string
get()	true/false	boolean	boolean

Other functions

Functions	Values	Result
error()	none	Returns any error if there is one
response()	none	Returns the raw response from the Google API

Debug

With the try catch you can already see what you need. But besides this there is also a cached result of the raw response from the google API. Please note that this is not the case with the ip request., _(*15)

$location = Location::coordinatesToAddress(['latitude' => 52.385288, 'longitude' => 4.885361])->get();
Location::response(); // results in raw api response