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[API Development](/categories/api) 4. / 5. varsitynewsnetwork/google-places-api ActiveLibrary[API Development](/categories/api) varsitynewsnetwork/google-places-api ==================================== A mini library to fetch place information out of Google Places API via a text search 2.1.1(5y ago)55.6k5[2 PRs](https://github.com/varsitynewsnetwork/php-google-places-api/pulls)MITPHP Since Jul 30Pushed 3y ago6 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/varsitynewsnetwork/php-google-places-api)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/varsitynewsnetwork/google-places-api)[ RSS](/packages/varsitynewsnetwork-google-places-api/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (6)Dependencies (6)Versions (10)Used By (0) google-places-api ================= [](#google-places-api) A mini library to fetch place information out of Google Places API via a text search or a find place request [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1aaa299eefc1f288082f079140482c625e4a8aa208b3f1fc88aef4f538366bd6/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f766172736974796e6577736e6574776f726b2f7068702d676f6f676c652d706c616365732d6170692e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1aaa299eefc1f288082f079140482c625e4a8aa208b3f1fc88aef4f538366bd6/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f766172736974796e6577736e6574776f726b2f7068702d676f6f676c652d706c616365732d6170692e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572) Usage ----- [](#usage) ``` $service = new PlaceService(new GuzzleAdapter()); $service->setApiKey('YOUR_KEY_HERE'); $results = $service->textSearch('Van Andel Arena'); ``` ### Formatters [](#formatters) The concept of formatters are baked in to allow you to easily manipulate the data returned by Google. Simply pass a callable as the second argument to `textSearch()` or `findPlace()`. For instance, if you only wanted the address of the first result: ``` $service = new PlaceService(new GuzzleAdapter()); $service->setApiKey('YOUR_KEY_HERE'); $results = $service->textSearch('Van Andel Arena', function (results) { if (count($results)) { return $results[0]['formatted_address']; } return null; }); ``` The library also ships with some standard formatters: 1. `CountryStripperFormatter`: Removes the country from the `formatted_address` 2. `LatLngFormatter`: Formats the results as an array of lat, lng, and address. 3. `SingleResultFormatter`: Grabs the first result and returns it 4. `CompositeFormatter`: Allows for running multiple formatters Example: ``` $service = new PlaceService(new GuzzleAdapter()); $service->setApiKey('YOUR_KEY_HERE'); $result = $service->textSearch('Van Andel Arena', new CompositeFormatter([ new SingleResultFormatter(), new CountryStripperFormatter(true), new LatLngFormatter(true) ])); ``` Which will yield something like: ``` Array ( [address] => 130 Fulton West, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 [lat] => 42.962433 [lng] => -85.671566 ) ``` ### Health Score 36 — LowBetter than 82% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity25 Limited adoption so far Community19 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity69 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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