public static function latlong($location) {
if ($location!='') {
try {
$json = file_get_contents('http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address='.urlencode($location));
$parsedjson = json_decode($json, true);
if (key_exists(0,$parsedjson['results'])) {
$lat_long_array = $parsedjson['results'][0]['geometry']['location'];
return $lat_long_array;
} else {
return false;
}
} catch (Exception $e) {
//echo 'Caught exception: ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
return false;
}
}
}