README

Allows to easily use the Photon API in your symphony project.

Installation

Step 1: Download the Bundle

Open a command console, enter your project directory and execute the following command to download the latest stable version of this bundle:

$ composer require schoenef/photon-osm-connector-bundle:~1.0

This command requires you to have Composer installed globally, as explained in the installation chapter of the Composer documentation.

Step 2: Enable the Bundle

Then, enable the bundle by adding it to the list of registered bundles in the app/AppKernel.php file of your project:

<?php
// app/AppKernel.php

// ...
class AppKernel extends Kernel
{
    public function registerBundles()
    {
        $bundles = array(
            // ...

            new Schoenef\PhotonOsmConnectorBundle\SchoenefPhotonOsmConnectorBundle(), // geo coding service wrapper
        );

        // ...
    }

    // ...
}

Step 3: Configure the Bundle

Add the following configuration to your app/config/config.yml:

schoenef_photon_osm_connector:
  timeout: 20
  lang: de

Usage

To use the connector, you can use the following inside of symfony controllers:

$connector = $this->get('photon_osm.connector');
$results = $connector->searchLocation('berlin');