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Add Mapquest To Your Site Using PHP
Thursday, February 10, 2005 Posted: 13:48 PM (EST)
You can easily create a MapQuest link
at your website. When visitors see how close you really are to their home or travel route, they may just decide to give
you a try.
The code has been tailored for locations throughout Canada and
the United States. Try it by clicking the image and locating
the Hair Say administrators.
Wednesday, January 18, 2007
Thanks go out to Dean for submitting an update to this code. He sent us a line to include in the script that will correct any problems that might arise if there is a # sign in the address.
$address = str_replace("#","%23",$address);
Thanks Dean !!!
Instructions:
- copy the code into your web document from <?php
to Map Quest</a>
- edit items 1 to 5
- name your document using the .php extension (mydocument.php)
- your server must be equipped to handle php
- remove the unnecessary elseif
statements once you have it working
<?php
// MapQuest® for USA and Canada in php
// simply copy and save this entire page as yourmap.php
// 1. change to "United States" if from the USA
$country = "Canada";
// 2. change to your address
$address1 = "Suite 311 - 2667 Young Street";
// do not edit this line
$address = $address1;
// 3. change this to your city
$city = "Kingston";
// 4. change this entry to your state or province exactly as
written in the list below
$state = "Ontario";
// 5. enter your 6 character postal code or 5 digit zipcode
$postalcode = "K7K 6K8";
// do not edit below this line
?>
<?php
function mapquest_link($country,$address,$city,$state,$postalcode,$link
= '')
{
if ($country == "United States")
{ $country="US"; }
elseif ($country == "Canada")
{ $country="CA"; }
// Convert state name to proper shortform
{
if ($state =="Alberta") { $state="AB"; }
elseif ($state == "British Columbia") { $state="BC";
}
elseif ($state == "Manitoba") { $state="MB";
}
elseif ($state == "New Brunswick") { $state="NB";
}
elseif ($state == "Newfoundland and Labrador") { $state="NL";
}
elseif ($state == "Northwest Territories") { $state="NT";
}
elseif ($state == "Nova Scotia") { $state="NS";
}
elseif ($state == "Ontario") { $state="ON";
}
elseif ($state == "Prince Edward Island") { $state="PE";
}
elseif ($state == "Quebec") { $state="QC";
}
elseif ($state == "Saskatchewan") { $state="SK";
}
elseif ($state == "Yukon Territory") { $state="YT";
}
elseif ($state == "Alabama") { $state="AL";
}
elseif ($state == "Alaska") { $state="AK";
}
elseif ($state == "Arizona") { $state="AZ";
}
elseif ($state == "Arkansas") { $state="AR";
}
elseif ($state == "California") { $state="CA";
}
elseif ($state == "Colorado") { $state="CO";
}
elseif ($state == "Connecticut") { $state="CT";
}
elseif ($state == "Delaware") { $state="DE";
}
elseif ($state == "District of Columbia") { $state="DC";
}
elseif ($state == "Florida") { $state="FL";
}
elseif ($state == "Georgia") { $state="GA";
}
elseif ($state == "Hawaii") { $state="HI";
}
elseif ($state == "Idaho") { $state="ID";
}
elseif ($state == "Illinois") { $state="IL";
}
elseif ($state == "Indiana") { $state="IN";
}
elseif ($state == "Iowa") { $state="IA";
}
elseif ($state == "Kansas") { $state="KS";
}
elseif ($state == "Kentucky") { $state="KY";
}
elseif ($state == "Louisiana") { $state="LA";
}
elseif ($state == "Maine") { $state="ME";
}
elseif ($state == "Maryland") { $state="MD";
}
elseif ($state == "Massachusetts") { $state="MA";
}
elseif ($state == "Michigan") { $state="MI";
}
elseif ($state == "Minnesota") { $state="MN";
}
elseif ($state == "Mississippi") { $state="MS";
}
elseif ($state == "Missouri") { $state="MO";
}
elseif ($state == "Montana") { $state="MT";
}
elseif ($state == "Nebraska") { $state="NE";
}
elseif ($state == "Nevada") { $state="NV";
}
elseif ($state == "New Hampshire") { $state="NH";
}
elseif ($state == "New Jersey") { $state="NJ";
}
elseif ($state == "New Mexico") { $state="NM";
}
elseif ($state == "New York") { $state="NY";
}
elseif ($state == "North Carolina") { $state="NC";
}
elseif ($state == "North Dakota") { $state="ND";
}
elseif ($state == "Ohio") { $state="OH";
}
elseif ($state == "Oklahoma") { $state="OK";
}
elseif ($state == "Oregon") { $state="OR";
}
elseif ($state == "Pennsylvania") { $state="PA";
}
elseif ($state == "Rhode Island") { $state="RI";
}
elseif ($state == "South Carolina") { $state="SC";
}
elseif ($state == "South Dakota") { $state="SD";
}
elseif ($state == "Tennessee") { $state="TN";
}
elseif ($state == "Texas") { $state="TX";
}
elseif ($state == "Utah") { $state="UT";
}
elseif ($state == "Vermont") { $state="VT";
}
elseif ($state == "Virginia") { $state="VA";
}
elseif ($state == "Washington") { $state="WA";
}
elseif ($state == "West Virginia") { $state="WV";
}
elseif ($state == "Wisconsin") { $state="WI";
}
elseif ($state == "Wyoming") { $state="WY";
}
}
// Trim address postalcode and city
{
$address = trim($address);
$address = str_replace("#","%23",$address);
$address = str_replace(" ","+",$address);
$address = str_replace(",","%2C",$address);
$city = trim($city);
$city = str_replace(" ","+",$city);
$postalcode = trim($postalcode);
$postalcode = str_replace(" ","+",$postalcode);
$link="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp".
"?country=$country".
"&addtohistory=".
"&address=$address".
"&city=$city".
"&state=$state".
"&zipcode=$postalcode";
}
return $link;
}
?>
<a href="<?php echo mapquest_link($country,$address,$city,$state,$postalcode,'$link');
?>" target="_blank">Locate with Map Quest</a>
Ron Poole is the managing editor of Hair
Say Headlines and Hair Say Newsroom.
Copyright 2005 Beauty By Us Inc. All rights reserved. This
material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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