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PHP Address Autocomplete and Verification: Authenticate and autocomplete street addresses

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streetlayer 1.0.1GNU General Publi...5PHP 5, Web services, Geography
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This class can authenticate and autocomplete street addresses.

It sends HTTP requests to the streetLayer API Web server to perform several functions:

1. Authenticate an address to verify that it really exists

2. Provide autocomplete text options to an address partially entered

3. Reverse search to addresses close to a geographic location

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Many sites need to request users to enter their postal addresses, like for instance in ecommerce sites. This may be a tedious task for the user, especially those that do not like to type on mobile devices.

Often users give up registering or buying a product when they need to fully enter their postal addresses on forms. So bureaucratic form filling may cause loss of customers.

This package provides a solution to minimize the pain of the users that need to enter postal addresses in forms. It provides means to autocomplete an address partially entered by the user in a Web form.

When used in conjunction with AJAX requests, it can autocomplete the address while the user is typing in on the form without having to reload the current page.

The possibility to validate if an address is correct is also very useful as it may avoid problems of delivering goods to addresses that are incorrect.

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Validate US address using USPS API
I would like to validate US postal addresses using USPS API

Example

<?php
/*
example usage
streetLayer ver 1.0

You must get an API key from https://streetlayer.com/product
and enter it in the streetlayer.class.php file

For more documentation, visit https://streetlayer.com/documentation
*/

//turning off low level notices
error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);

//set your plan to diplay features associated with it.
//plans are free, basic, pro and enterprise
$plan = 'free';

//instantiate the class
include('streetlayer.class.php');
$streetLayer = new streetLayer();

//set our endpoint
//defaults to the validate endpoint, but we will set it just to be safe
$streetLayer->setEndPoint('validate');

/*
specify the address to validate
at a minimum, you must provide the required parameters
and one additional one.
valid parameters are:

address1 (required)
country_code (required) - can be the 2 or 3 digit country code
locality - you may also use 'city' as an alias
region - you may also use 'state' as an alias
postal_code - you may also use 'zip', 'zipcode', 'zip_code', 'postal_code'
county
*/

$streetLayer->setParam('address1','725 5th Ave');
$streetLayer->setParam('locality','New York');
$streetLayer->setParam('region','NY');
$streetLayer->setParam('postal_code','10022');
$streetLayer->setParam('country_code','US');

//get the response from the api
$streetLayer->getResponse();

//the reponse property will contain the response returned from the api
echo '<h4>The validation request returned</h4>';
$success = ( $streetLayer->response->success === true ) ? 'Yes' : 'No';
echo
'Success: '. $success.'<br>';
echo
'Validated: '.$streetLayer->response->validation_status.'<br>';
echo
'The formatted address is:<br><br>';

foreach(
$streetLayer->response->formatted_address as $addressLine ){
    echo
$addressLine.'<br>';
}

echo
'<br>GPS Coordinate are<br><br>';

foreach(
$streetLayer->response->coordinates as $key=>$value ){
    echo
$key.': '.$value.'<br>';
}

/*
You can also use a second method to validate an address
valid parameter are:

text (required)
country_code (required)

$streetLayer->setParam('text','725 5th Ave New York, NY 10022');
$streetLayer->setParam('country_code','US');
$streetLayer->getResponse();

*/

//change our endpoint to use the address autocomplete
$streetLayer->setEndPoint('autocomplete');

/*
specify the address to autocomplete
at a minimum, you must provide the required parameters
pro and enterprise plans allow for the postal code to
return better results
valid parameters are:

text (required)
country_code (required)
postal_code - you may also use 'zip', 'zipcode', 'zip_code', 'postal_code'
*/

$streetLayer->setParam('text','725 5th Ave New York');
$streetLayer->setParam('country_code','US');
if(
$plan == 'pro' or $plan == 'enterprise' ){
   
$streetLayer->setParam('postal_code','10022');
}

//get the response from the api
$streetLayer->getResponse();

echo
'<h4>The autocomplete request returned</h4>';
$success = ( $streetLayer->response->success == true ) ? 'Yes' : 'No';
echo
'Success: '. $success.'<br>';
if(
$success == 'Yes' ){
    echo
'The formatted address choices are:<br><br>';

   
$count = 1;

    foreach(
$streetLayer->response->results as $address ){
        echo
$count.')<br>';

        foreach(
$address->formatted_address as $addressLine ){
            if( empty(
$addressLine) ){continue;}
            echo
$addressLine.'<br>';
        }

        echo
'<br>GPS Coordinate are<br><br>';

        foreach(
$address->coordinates as $key=>$value ){
            if( empty(
$value) ){continue;}
            echo
$key.': '.$value.'<br>';
        }

        echo
'<br>';
       
$count++;

    }

}


//change our endpoint to use the reverse geocode lookup
$streetLayer->setEndPoint('reverse');

/*
specify the coordinates
valid parameters are:

latitude (required) - you may also use 'lat'
lognitude (required) - you may also use 'lon' or 'long'
*/

$streetLayer->setParam('lat',40.762342);
$streetLayer->setParam('lon',-73.973992);

//get the response from the api
$streetLayer->getResponse();

echo
'<h4>The reverse geocode lookup returned</h4>';
$success = ( $streetLayer->response->success == true ) ? 'Yes' : 'No';
echo
'Success: '. $success.'<br>';
if(
$success == 'Yes' ){
    echo
'The formatted address choices are:<br><br>';

   
$count = 1;

    foreach(
$streetLayer->response->results as $address ){
        echo
$count.')<br>';

        foreach(
$address->formatted_address as $addressLine ){
            if( empty(
$addressLine) ){continue;}
            echo
$addressLine.'<br>';
        }

        echo
'<br>GPS Coordinate are<br><br>';

        foreach(
$address->coordinates as $key=>$value ){
            if( empty(
$value) ){continue;}
            echo
$key.': '.$value.'<br>';
        }

        echo
'<br>';
       
$count++;

    }

}
?>


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