README

Custom PHP geocoding library for the Laravel 5 framework - developed by Ixudra.

This package can be used by anyone at any given time, but keep in mind that it is optimized for my personal custom workflow. It may not suit your project perfectly and modifications may be in order.

Installation

Pull this package in through Composer.

    {
        "require": {
            "ixudra/geo": "5.*"
        }
    }

Add the service provider to your config/app.php file:

    providers       => array(

        //...
        'Ixudra\Geo\GeoServiceProvider',

    ),

Add the facade to your config/app.php file:

    facades         => array(

        //...
        'Geo'          => 'Ixudra\Geo\Facades\Geo',

    ),

Usage

Once you've installed the package, you can start using it in your code:

    $response = Geo::geocode('Mersenhovenstraat 5, 3722 Kortessem');

    // Will return the following response:
    //
    // {
    //     "status": "success"
    //     "lat": 50.8565248
    //     "lng": 5.391962
    // }

If the GeoCoder instance could not find any results, it wil thrown an Ixudra\Geo\Exceptions\EmptyResponseException. If the GeoCoder instance encounters an error of some kind, an Ixudra\Geo\Exceptions\ErrorResponseException will be thrown:

Configuration options

Publishing the config file

The package has several configuration options. In order to modify these, you will have to publish the config file using artisan:

    // Publish all resources from all packages
    php artisan vendor:publish

    // Publish only the resources of the package
    php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Ixudra\\Geo\\GeoServiceProvider"

This will create a configuration file and publish it as config/geo.php. By default, the config file will look like this:

    return array(

        'service'                   => 'google',


        // Google specific configuration
        'google'                    => array(

            'api_key'                   => '',

        ),


        // MapQuest specific configuration
        'mapQuest'                  => array(

            'api_key'                   => '',

        ),

    );

The service key can be used to select the specific geocoder that you would like to use. The default is set to google. At this point, only google and mapQuest are supported. Once you have selected a geocoder, you can add API configuration to its specific configuration array.

That's all there is to it! Have fun!

License

This template is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license

Contact

Jan Oris (developer)

• Email: jan.oris@ixudra.be
• Telephone: +32 496 94 20 57