I am fairly new to php and have not figured out how I would perform a certain task.
My code has the user input their address and then choose radius to
search, after they search a map is generated that shows the 3 closest
locations to their address.
I want to make it so that when the user clicks on the marker from the
map it generates a page for that item clicked. saying you clicked on
“store name”. Could you please help me understand how this could be
done? Thank you.
<?php
require("phpsqlsearch_dbinfo.php");
// Get parameters from URL
$center_lat = $_GET["lat"];
$center_lng = $_GET["lng"];
$radius = $_GET["radius"];
// Start XML file, create parent node
$dom = new DOMDocument("1.0");
$node = $dom->createElement("markers");
$parnode = $dom->appendChild($node);
// Opens a connection to a mySQL server
$connection=mysql_connect ('localhost', $username, $password);
if (!$connection) {
die("Not connected : " . mysql_error());
}
// Set the active mySQL database
$db_selected = mysql_select_db($database, $connection);
if (!$db_selected) {
die ("Can\'t use db : " . mysql_error());
}
// Search the rows in the markers table
$query = sprintf("SELECT address, name, lat, lng, ( 3959 * acos( cos( radians('%s') ) * cos( radians( lat ) ) * cos( radians( lng ) - radians('%s') ) + sin( radians('%s') ) * sin( radians( lat ) ) ) ) AS distance FROM markers HAVING distance < '%s' ORDER BY distance LIMIT 0 , 3",
mysql_real_escape_string($center_lat),
mysql_real_escape_string($center_lng),
mysql_real_escape_string($center_lat),
mysql_real_escape_string($radius));
$result = mysql_query($query);
if (!$result) {
die("Invalid query: " . mysql_error());
}
header("Content-type: text/xml");
// Iterate through the rows, adding XML nodes for each
while ($row = @mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
$node = $dom->createElement("marker");
$newnode = $parnode->appendChild($node);
$newnode->setAttribute("name", $row['name']);
$newnode->setAttribute("address", $row['address']);
$newnode->setAttribute("lat", $row['lat']);
$newnode->setAttribute("lng", $row['lng']);
$newnode->setAttribute("distance", $row['distance']);
}
echo $dom->saveXML();
?>
and
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
<title>Google Maps AJAX + mySQL/PHP Example</title>
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"
type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
var map;
var markers = [];
var infoWindow;
var locationSelect;
function load() {
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
center: new google.maps.LatLng(40, -100),
zoom: 4,
mapTypeId: 'roadmap',
mapTypeControlOptions: {style: google.maps.MapTypeControlStyle.DROPDOWN_MENU}
});
infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
locationSelect = document.getElementById("locationSelect");
locationSelect.onchange = function() {
var markerNum = locationSelect.options[locationSelect.selectedIndex].value;
if (markerNum != "none"){
google.maps.event.trigger(markers[markerNum], 'click');
}
};
}
function searchLocations() {
var address = document.getElementById("addressInput").value;
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
geocoder.geocode({address: address}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
searchLocationsNear(results[0].geometry.location);
} else {
alert(address + ' not found');
}
});
}
function clearLocations() {
infoWindow.close();
for (var i = 0; i < markers.length; i++) {
markers[i].setMap(null);
}
markers.length = 0;
locationSelect.innerHTML = "";
var option = document.createElement("option");
option.value = "none";
option.innerHTML = "See all results:";
locationSelect.appendChild(option);
}
function searchLocationsNear(center) {
clearLocations();
var radius = document.getElementById('radiusSelect').value;
var searchUrl = 'phpsqlsearch_genxml.php?lat=' + center.lat() + '&lng=' + center.lng() + '&radius=' + radius;
downloadUrl(searchUrl, function(data) {
var xml = parseXml(data);
var markerNodes = xml.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("marker");
var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
for (var i = 0; i < markerNodes.length; i++) {
var name = markerNodes[i].getAttribute("name");
var address = markerNodes[i].getAttribute("address");
var distance = parseFloat(markerNodes[i].getAttribute("distance"));
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(
parseFloat(markerNodes[i].getAttribute("lat")),
parseFloat(markerNodes[i].getAttribute("lng")));
createOption(name, distance, i);
createMarker(latlng, name, address);
bounds.extend(latlng);
}
map.fitBounds(bounds);
locationSelect.style.visibility = "visible";
locationSelect.onchange = function() {
var markerNum = locationSelect.options[locationSelect.selectedIndex].value;
google.maps.event.trigger(markers[markerNum], 'click');
};
});
}
function createMarker(latlng, name, address) {
var html = "<b>" + name + "</b> <br/>" + address;
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
position: latlng
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
infoWindow.setContent(html);
infoWindow.open(map, marker);
});
markers.push(marker);
}
function createOption(name, distance, num) {
var option = document.createElement("option");
option.value = num;
option.innerHTML = name + "(" + distance.toFixed(1) + ")";
locationSelect.appendChild(option);
}
function downloadUrl(url, callback) {
var request = window.ActiveXObject ?
new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP') :
new XMLHttpRequest;
request.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (request.readyState == 4) {
request.onreadystatechange = doNothing;
callback(request.responseText, request.status);
}
};
request.open('GET', url, true);
request.send(null);
}
function parseXml(str) {
if (window.ActiveXObject) {
var doc = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLDOM');
doc.loadXML(str);
return doc;
} else if (window.DOMParser) {
return (new DOMParser).parseFromString(str, 'text/xml');
}
}
function doNothing() {}
//]]>
</script>
</head>
<body style="margin:0px; padding:0px;" onload="load()">
<div>
<input type="text" id="addressInput" size="10"/>
<select id="radiusSelect">
<option value="3" selected>3mi</option>
<option value="5">5mi</option>
<option value="10">10mi</option>
<option value="25">25mi</option>
</select>
<input type="button" onclick="searchLocations();" value="Search"/>
</div>
<div><select id="locationSelect" style="width:500;visibility:hidden"></select></div>
<div id="map" style="width: 500; height: 500"></div>
</body>
</html>
In JS exist a global variable location. By changing the href attribute you can force the browser to open another url. docu: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/obj_location.asp
If you need information about the clicked marker you can put this information in a closure scope, to reuse it later when the marker is clicked. The create-function is called on runtime and the returned anonymous function is called by the click event.
Pseudocode: