How to get lat and lng from Google Maps API with curl #googlemaps

function-get-latlng-google-maps-api.php

<?php

function yanco_get_lat_long( $address ){
		$latlon_array = array();
		$google_maps_key = 'XXXXXXXXXX'; // Remember to have a valid API key
		$region = 'DK';
		$url =    'https://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=' . $address . '&sensor=false&region=' . $region . '&key=' . $google_maps_key;
		$ch = curl_init();

		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYPORT, 3128);
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);

		$response = curl_exec($ch);
		curl_close($ch);
		$response_a = json_decode($response);

		$lat = $response_a->results[0]->geometry->location->lat;
		$long = $response_a->results[0]->geometry->location->lng;

		array_push($latlon_array, $lat);
		array_push($latlon_array, $long);

		return $latlon_array;
	}