Data return from Yahoo PlaceFinder

PHP
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In a simple example of geocoding with Yahoo placefinder, I am getting a return but my understandinig is the return is supposed to be xml. I am just getting a plain string. Am I supposed to be setting something else? I am under the impression their return default is xml. While I can certainly parse the string to find lat/long, anything else would be difficult I think.

   $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "where.yahooapis.com/geocode?location=15+marrett+rd,+lexington,+ma&appid=xxxx");
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
    $output = curl_exec($ch);
   curl_close($ch);

echo “<pre>”;
var_dump($output);
die();

Any ideas how to get this in an xml format?

2

Never mind, it’s “text/plain”, correct?

3

Don’t output the $output as HTML else you won’t see it properly! Before you output anything write the line ini_set('default_mimetype', 'text/plain'); (you also won’t need the <pre> tag).

4

Many thanks. That works great.

5

Salathe has already pointed it out. :wink:

6

Stupid question, set it to “text” or “plain text”? :slight_smile:

7

For what it’s worth, you can also set that INI option within your php.ini file (on the server/computer that you develop your code on) to output, by default, as plain text. The default of HTML (text/html) can be exceptionally annoying and is the cause of lots of questions like yours here.