PHP: Google GeoCoding Example

gistfile1.php

<?php
$input    = "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA";
$request  = array();

$request['url']       = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=";
$request['address']   = urlencode($input);
$request['sensor']    = "&sensor=true";

print "<pre>"; print @file_get_contents(join('',$request));

?>

Short and Sweet, works beautifully. Thank you.