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On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Akshay Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > got the problem.. > > for cities with space within them once has to encode the url so just > query can be modified as > "http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=".urlencode($city)."&output=xml&key=$key<http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=$city&output=xml&key=$key>" > works wonders ! > > Thanks again! > > Akshay > > > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Akshay Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Andrew, >> >> The reason I assumed this is because of following: >> >> My url is $address = " >> http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=$city&output=xml&key=$key";; >> >> and then when I try to do $page = file_get_contents($address); >> >> >> I get following error: >> >> >> *Warning*: >> file_get_contents(http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=SanFrancisco&output=xml&key=ABQIAAAAL9E_Jepzq_1Uig0zdAuDnBQIPHeGMNc8f7iS-VvunL07sOhWqRQpQ9u7A9uOcmb_VWIw6gnFcef0HQ) >> [function.file-get-contents<http://localhost/OAuth_Moc/function.file-get-contents>]: >> failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request in * >> demo.php* on line *231* >> String could not be parsed as XML >> >> >> Is this something a problem of php?... or in case you have come across >> such kind of problem let me know >> >> Many Thanks >> Akshay >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en.
