Get Google Maps API Address based on Address

$url = “http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?sensor=false&address=”.urlencode($resident_address);

$lat_long = get_object_vars(json_decode(file_get_contents($url)));
// pick out what we need (lat,lng)
$lat = $lat_long[‘results’][0]->geometry->location->lat;
$lng =$lat_long[‘results’][0]->geometry->location->lng;

/*echo $lat;
echo $lng;*/