find longitude / latitude button in listings

[dubdubandaway]

whilst I am currently using Google Maps, when I click on the find longitude / Latitude button for a listing using an entered a valid address in the UK I get the following message

"Wrong parameters passed or incorrect address! Please try to write this address in a different format." I've tried entering a valid US address and the same message

I have an API key generated for the site and set up in the Mappings API tab under general settings so Maps Javascript API is enabled for the site

is there anything else I need to enable or is there a specific format required when entering an address to make the call work ?

Thanks in advance

[administrator]

Contact support and provide them access to your website to check what happens.

[dubdubandaway]

further digging and checking has resolved the problem.

in the file
CGeoLocacation.php stored in the directory \framework\helpers\ the call to the google maps api is made using the command "file_get_contents()'

the server hosting company I use has disabled that functionality and superseded it with Curl

if you are having the same issue then try substituting the following lines over

In the function coordinatesByAddress

comment out the current code

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   [$json = file_get_contents($url);
                $json=readfile($url);
            $json = json_decode($json);


add in something along the lines of

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 $ch = curl_init();
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 1);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
            if(FALSE === ($retval = curl_exec($ch))) {
                   error_log(curl_error($ch));                 }
         $json = json_decode($retval);
         

no other changes are needed and the find location / latitude button should work for you.

if admin / support has time, they may even be able to code it so it chooses what code to run depending on the server set up.

[administrator]

In CHttpRequest method getUrlContent() have following parameters:

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function getUrlContent($url = '', $method = 'get', $data = [], $params = [], $function = 'file_get_contents')

by default this method called with 'curl'

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$json = A::app()->getRequest()->getUrlContent($url, 'get', [], [], 'curl');

so, you may define which option to use according to your needs.