Question

I’m using the following code in a php file

  <script>      
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
        geocoder.geocode( {'address': '<?php echo $element['singleCoords']; ?>' },
              function(results, status) {
                if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
                  firstLoc = results[0].geometry.location;
                  var gmap<?php echo $element['id']; ?>_marker = new google.maps.Marker({
                  position: new google.maps.LatLng(firstLoc)

When I alert firstLoc the long and lat are displayed like: 5.34.., 5,6…

But when I used the variable firstLoc in the function google.maps.LatLng() I can see in the code explorer of Chrome that only the variable name is passed and not the long and lat numbers.

In the code explorer I see this:

new google.maps.LatLng(firstLoc) 

but I want to see this:

new google.maps.LatLng(5.34.., 5,6...).

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Do you need to set the position as a LatLng co-ordinate

According to Google Maps doco you can just pass results[0].geometry.location into position