/**
Retrieves the set of locations. If Google returns a single set,
then we get the geocode data and attach it to our query as a
location object. Otherwise, we return a list of possible locations.
*/
function getLocations($q)
{
global $locations;
$locations = array();
$googleData = getGoogleData($q);
$count = substr_count($googleData, ",markers:[");
#echo "count = $count<br/>";
if ($count > 0) {
#echo "marker found<br/>";
$location = getGeocode($googleData, $q);
$locations[] = $location;
return $locations;
}
// want to retrieve all the different address choices
#echo "location_functions.getLocations::multiple locations<br/>";
return getLocationOptions($googleData);
}
/**
An improved version of the getLocations method.
*/
function getLocations2($q)
{
$gData = getGoogleData($q);
$locations = getGoogleLocations($gData);
return $locations;
}