# Yii2 google api library
, (*1)
A collection of google map api calls, staticmap, geocode, iframe map, (*2)
...for Google API v3, PHP >= 5.4.0, Yii 2.0.*, (*3)
Installation
The preferred way to install this component is through composer., (*4)
Either run, (*5)
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist quexer69/yii2-google-api "2.0.*"
or add, (*6)
"quexer69/yii2-google-api": "2.0.*"
to the require section of your composer.json
file., (*7)
Configuration
in your app and/or console configuration file, add these, (*8)
'components' => [
// Google Maps Image and Geocode API settings for \Yii::$app->googleApi component
'googleApi' => [
'class' => 'quexer\googleapi\GoogleApiLibrary',
// API Keys !!!
'staticmap_api_key' => '***************************************',
'geocode_api_key' => '***************************************',
// Set basePath
'webroot' => '@webroot',
// Image path and map iframe settings
'map_image_path' => '/images/google_map',
'map_type' => 'terrain',
'map_size' => '520x350',
'map_sensor' => false,
'map_zoom' => 9,
'map_scale' => 1,
'map_marker_color' => 'red',
'map_iframe_width' => '100%', // %, px, em
'map_iframe_height' => '500px', // %, px, em
'map_language' => 'de',
// Debug
'quiet' => false
],
...
],
Public Methods
\Yii::$app->googleApi->renderMapIframe($address, $latlng, $iFrameWidth, $iFrameHeight)
\Yii::$app->googleApi->createImage($address, $latlng, $setMarker)
\Yii::$app->googleApi->getGeoCodeObject($address, $latlng)
\Yii::$app->googleApi->getDistance($start, $finish, $unit)
\Yii::$app->googleApi->getBounds($address)
Usage
Once the component is installed, simply use it in your code by:, (*9)
// Use $address OR $latlng
$address = '70180 Stuttgart, Germany';
$latlng = '48.7632145,9.174027';
Create a Google map image, (*10)
$relFilePath = \Yii::$app->googleApi->createImage($address, null, true);
To simply get the Google geocode object, (*11)
$relFilePath = \Yii::$app->googleApi->getGeoCodeObject(null, $latlng);
Render a Google map iframe, (*12)
$iframeMarkup = \Yii::$app->googleApi->renderMapIframe(null, $latlng);
Calculate Distance between two geo points, (*13)
$latlng_origin = ['48.7632145','9.174027'];
$latlng_destination = ['48.4525334','9.468254'];
$unit = 'miles'; // 'miles' or 'km'
$floatDistance = \Yii::$app->googleApi->getDistance($latlng_origin, $latlng_destination, $unit);
See also
... a more extensive variant
* 2amigos/yii2-google-maps-library, (*14)
Resources