cat_crash/census-php

Census Geocoding API client

dev-master 2021-04-22 19:41 UTC

Requires

• guzzlehttp/guzzle: ^6.3

none

• Val Khval

README

Installation

*NOTE: Although this library may work with PHP 5.3^, it is only tested against PHP 7.2^ and we highly recommended to use PHP 7.2^. Additionally,

Install Client Library

Install the Library via Composer:

composer require cat_crash/census-php

or by adding composer package into your composer.json file

"cat_crash/census-php":"master@dev"

Install Dependencies

Run the following from the root directory of the library:

composer install

if you going use logger for HTTP request - make sure that Monolog\Logger installed as well

Example

require('/path/to/your/vendor/autoload.php');
$census=new cat_crash\census_php\Census(['benchmark'=>'2020']);
$results=$census->search('100 mechanicsville rd, mechanicsville ');

/* or 
$results=$census->search([
	'street'=>'100 mechanicsville rd',
	'city'=>'mechanicsville',
	'state'=>'PA',
	'zip'=>18934
]);
*/

//get amount of returned matches:
//$results->getParsedAddresses()->count(); 

//get first match:
//$results->getParsedAddresses()->first(); 


$matches=$results->getParsedAddresses()->all();
foreach($matches as $value){
	echo $value->streetName; //will return MECHANICSVILLE
}

Documentation

More info about Census Geocoder: https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/Geocoding_Services_API.pdf

Releasing

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