`<?php function toCoordinates($address)
{
    $bad = array(
        " " => "+",
        "," => "",
        "?" => "",
        "&" => "",
        "=" => ""
    );
    $address = str_replace(array_keys($bad), array_values($bad), $address);
    $data = json_decode(file_get_contents("http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address={$address}&sensor=true",0,null,null),true);

    return array(
       "latitude" => $data[results][0][geometry][location][lat],
       "longitude" => $data[results][0][geometry][location][lng]
  );
} ?> `