api_search.md

Search API reference

Retrieving API

<?php

$api = new Places();

$search = $api->getSearchApi();

Available methods

Search by location and radius

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array Search::searchLocation($location, $radius [, array $other = []])

• location: a location (latitude,longitude), i.e. 48.8588589,2.3470599,13
• radius: distance in meters around the location, i.e. 1000 (meaning 1 kilometer)
• other: see all possible parameters here: https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/search

Search by text query

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array Search::textSearch($text [, array $others = []])

• text: some text defining a place
• other: see https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/search

Notice: if you specify location, you need to specify also radius

Get an iterator on your search

The parameters of this method are the same as the search method but the result is an iterator that iterate over the Google Places API. It automatically stops when there is no results.

Here is an example of usage:

<?php

$i = $searchApi->getSearchIterator('48.8267545,2.3083555', '100', ['keyword' => 'KFC']);

foreach($i as $key => $data) {
    foreach($data['results'] as $place) {
        if ($place['opening_hours']['open_now'] === true) {
            echo $place['name'] . ' is open right now';
        }
    }
}