How to get formatted address from reverse geocoding JSON result?

The following example demonstrates how to parse and access Geocoding Service result long_name & short_name properties in PHP:

$json = file_get_contents('http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=2.993518,101.7874058&sensor=true');$data = json_decode($json, true);foreach ($data['results'] as $item) {    if( !empty( $item['address_components'] ) ){        $longName = $item['address_components'][0]['long_name'];         $shortName = $item['address_components'][0]['short_name'];         print_r('Long Name:' . $longName);        print_r(' Short Name:' . $shortName);    }}

PhpFiddle

First, you can read all about the geocoder result types here -> https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/intro

I would convert the JSON to a stdClass for convenience :

$location = json_decode($location);

Then parse it like this :

$geoResults = [];foreach($location->results as $result){    $geoResult = [];        foreach ($result->address_components as $address) {        if ($address->types[0] == 'country') {            $geoResult['country'] = $address->long_name;        }        if ($address->types[0] == 'administrative_area_level_1') {            $geoResult['state'] = $address->long_name;        }        if ($address->types[0] == 'administrative_area_level_2') {            $geoResult['county'] = $address->long_name;        }        if ($address->types[0] == 'locality') {            $geoResult['city'] = $address->long_name;        }        if ($address->types[0] == 'postal_code') {            $geoResult['postal_code'] = $address->long_name;        }               if ($address->types[0] == 'route') {            $geoResult['route'] = $address->long_name;        }           }    $geoResults[] = $geoResult;}

Now you have a $geoResults array with named properties :

Array(    [0] => Array        (            [route] => Jalan Sungai Chua            [city] => Kajang            [state] => Selangor            [country] => Malaysia            [postal_code] => 43000        )    [1] => Array        (            [city] => Kajang            [state] => Selangor            [country] => Malaysia            [postal_code] => 43000        )    [2] => Array        (            [city] => Kajang            [state] => Selangor            [country] => Malaysia            [postal_code] => 43000        )    [3] => Array        (            [city] => Kajang            [state] => Selangor            [country] => Malaysia        )    [4] => Array        (            [state] => Selangor            [country] => Malaysia        )    [5] => Array        (            [postal_code] => 43000            [state] => Selangor            [country] => Malaysia        )    [6] => Array        (            [state] => Selangor            [country] => Malaysia        )    [7] => Array        (            [state] => Selangor            [country] => Malaysia        )    [8] => Array        (            [country] => Malaysia        ))

You can iterate over all found cities like this :

foreach($geoResults as $result) {    echo isset($result['city']) ? $result['city'] : 'N/A';    echo '<br>';}