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    copied!<p>Hello i need to print the long and lat values from Google Geocode. I have retrieved the xml using:</p> <pre><code>$url ="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=se18lu&amp;sensor=false"; $result = simplexml_load_file($url); </code></pre> <p>and it returns the following:</p> <pre><code>SimpleXMLElement Object ( [status] =&gt; OK [result] =&gt; SimpleXMLElement Object ( [type] =&gt; postal_code [formatted_address] =&gt; Bankside, London Borough of Lambeth, London SE1 8LU, UK [address_component] =&gt; Array ( [0] =&gt; SimpleXMLElement Object ( [long_name] =&gt; SE1 8LU [short_name] =&gt; SE1 8LU [type] =&gt; postal_code ) [1] =&gt; SimpleXMLElement Object ( [long_name] =&gt; Bankside [short_name] =&gt; Bankside [type] =&gt; Array ( [0] =&gt; sublocality [1] =&gt; political ) ) [2] =&gt; SimpleXMLElement Object ( [long_name] =&gt; London [short_name] =&gt; London [type] =&gt; Array ( [0] =&gt; locality [1] =&gt; political ) ) [3] =&gt; SimpleXMLElement Object ( [long_name] =&gt; London Borough of Lambeth [short_name] =&gt; London Borough of Lambeth [type] =&gt; Array ( [0] =&gt; administrative_area_level_3 [1] =&gt; political ) ) [4] =&gt; SimpleXMLElement Object ( [long_name] =&gt; Greater London [short_name] =&gt; Gt Lon [type] =&gt; Array ( [0] =&gt; administrative_area_level_2 [1] =&gt; political ) ) [5] =&gt; SimpleXMLElement Object ( [long_name] =&gt; United Kingdom [short_name] =&gt; GB [type] =&gt; Array ( [0] =&gt; country [1] =&gt; political ) ) ) [geometry] =&gt; SimpleXMLElement Object ( [location] =&gt; SimpleXMLElement Object ( [lat] =&gt; 51.5034227 [lng] =&gt; -0.1080750 ) [location_type] =&gt; APPROXIMATE [viewport] =&gt; SimpleXMLElement Object ( [southwest] =&gt; SimpleXMLElement Object ( [lat] =&gt; 51.5020958 [lng] =&gt; -0.1094971 ) [northeast] =&gt; SimpleXMLElement Object ( [lat] =&gt; 51.5047938 [lng] =&gt; -0.1067991 ) ) [bounds] =&gt; SimpleXMLElement Object ( [southwest] =&gt; SimpleXMLElement Object ( [lat] =&gt; 51.5032242 [lng] =&gt; -0.1087301 ) [northeast] =&gt; SimpleXMLElement Object ( [lat] =&gt; 51.5036654 [lng] =&gt; -0.1075661 ) ) ) ) ) </code></pre> <p>All is good. i now need to retriave the long and tat values from the xml? how do i <strong>only</strong> print/show these values "lat"???: for example</p> <p>result->geometry->location->lat</p>
 

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