Google Maps - converting address to latitude & longitude - PHP backend?

Question

is it possible to convert (in PHP back-end):

to

Answer 1

This works for me:

status;
  if ($status=="OK") {
      $Lat = $xml->result->geometry->location->lat;
      $Lon = $xml->result->geometry->location->lng;
      $LatLng = "$Lat,$Lon";
  }
?>

References:

• http://www.fcsoftware.co.uk/blog/?p=66
• https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding