JohnPru wrote:
> I have tried as you suggested but am not sure if I understand
> correctly.
> looking at the result of using (dirn.getDistance().meters)
> I am still
> getting the html as well as the distance!
The "GLog" on your map shows .meters = 6144, according to google:
6144 meters = 3.81770461 miles
Where are you "getting the html"?
> also i am a bit confused as I have used
> GDownloadUrl("callback_miles.php?distance="+ dist,callbackFunction);
> On the callback_miles.php page I have just used "$val =
> $_GET['distance'];
> echo "the distance is: $val";
> I am a bit lost, do I need to wtite a call back function ?
Only if the client needs to do something with the information the
server sends back.
-- Larry
> Thanks for your time on this, am starting do get a bit desparate
> John
>
>
> On Sep 2, 5:43 pm, "warden [Andrew Leach - Maps API Guru]"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sep 2, 5:26 pm, JohnPru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > I am trying to use the code below which works fine but I need to pass
> > > just the actual distance i.e. "8.3" to a php variable so I can use it
> > > to charge for delivery on a price per mile basis, I do not want
> > > anything written to the screen!
> >
> > Instead of using dirn.getDistance().html to get the distance, use
> > dirn.getDistance().meters. Note the spelling. That returns just a
> > number, which you can convert to miles if you need to.
> >
> > You can then use GDownloadUrl() to pass that number to a server
> > script.
> >
> > var dist = dirn.getDistance().meters;
> > GDownloadUrl("myscript.php?distance="+dist,callbackFunction);
> >
> > The callback function could do nothing or could process any output
> > from the php script.
> >
> > Andrew
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