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Getting the Weather in PHP
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weather-class.inc.php
<?php
class Weather {
 public $lat, $long, $weather, $location;
 private $weather_data, $location_data;

 public function __construct($lat=0.0, $long=0.0){
  $this->lat = (float) $lat;
  $this->long = (float) $long;
 }

 // Find out the local weather
 public function getWeather(){
  // Load the Weather data
  $this->weather_data = simplexml_load_file(
   'http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=,,,'.(int)($this->lat*1000000).','.(int)($this->long*1000000));
  
  //var_dump($this->weather_data->weather);
  $this->weather['condition'] = (string)$this->weather_data->weather->current_conditions->condition["data"];
  $this->weather['temp_c'] = (int)$this->weather_data->weather->current_conditions->temp_c["data"];
  $this->weather['humidity'] = (string)$this->weather_data->weather->current_conditions->humidity["data"];
  $this->weather['wind_condition'] = (string)$this->weather_data->weather->current_conditions->wind_condition["data"];
  return $this;
 }

 // Get the nearest weather hub location
 public function getLocation(){
  // Load the location data
  $this->location_data = simplexml_load_file(
  'http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?sensor=true&latlng='.($this->lat).','.($this->long));
 
  // Set the name based on the location. e.g: Portsmouth, England
  $this->location = $this->location_data->result->address_component[2]->short_name.', '.$this->location_data->result->address_component[4]->short_name.', '.$this->location_data->result->address_component[6]->short_name;
  return $this;
 }

 public function sayHuman(){
  return $this->location.' | '.
  $this->weather['condition'].' '.
  $this->weather['temp_c'].'°C, '.
  $this->weather['humidity'].', '.
  $this->weather['wind_condition'];
 }

}
// Example
$w = new Weather('50.799995', '-1.065545'); // Input the Latitude and Longitude
echo $w->getLocation()->getWeather()->sayHuman();
// Ouput~: Portsmouth, England, PO4 8 | Partly Cloudy 4°C, Humidity: 93%, Wind: N at 8 mph
?>
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weather.php
<?php
include('weather-class.inc.php'); // This has all the code.
$w = new Weather('50.799995', '-1.065545'); // Input the Latitude and Longitude
echo $w->getLocation()->getWeather()->sayHuman();
// Ouput~: Portsmouth, England, PO4 8 | Partly Cloudy 4°C, Humidity: 93%, Wind: N at 8 mph
?>
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This is a pretty old script now (7 years!) & it looks like the google weather API has changed a lot since I wrote it.

If you're looking for a weather API, use https://darksky.net/dev/docs#overview

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