function get_postcode_data($postcode, $mcapi2 = true)
{
if (Postcode::isValidFormat($postcode)) {
$postcode = Postcode::getUnit($postcode);
$postArea = Postcode::getArea($postcode);
$postDistrict = Postcode::getDistrict($postcode);
// get data from MapIt api
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://mapit.mysociety.org/postcode/" . urlencode($postcode));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$mapitData = curl_exec($ch);
if (200 == curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE)) {
$mapitData = json_decode($mapitData, true);
$wmcCode = $mapitData['shortcuts']['WMC'];
$wardCode = $mapitData['shortcuts']['ward'];
$councilCode = $mapitData['shortcuts']['council'];
// need to search $mapitData for EUR area as no shortcode is available
$regionAreaData = array_filter($mapitData['areas'], function ($ar) {
return $ar['type'] == 'EUR';
});
$regionAreaData = array_shift($regionAreaData);
// debug code for future reference
// file_put_contents('/home/national/logs/debug.log', print_r($regionAreaData, true));
$region = $regionAreaData['name'];
$constituency = $mapitData['areas'][(string) $wmcCode]['name'];
$ward = $mapitData['areas'][(string) $wardCode]['name'];
$council = $mapitData['areas'][(string) $councilCode]['name'];
}
$cameocode = cameoCode($postcode);
}
if ($mcapi2 == true) {
$groups = array(array('name' => 'Region', 'groups' => array($region)), array('name' => 'Send me', 'groups' => array('Weekly Updates', 'Newsletters')));
} else {
$groups = array(array('name' => 'Region', 'groups' => $region), array('name' => 'Send me', 'groups' => 'Weekly Updates, Newsletters'));
}
$postcode_data = array('GROUPINGS' => $groups, "POSTCODE" => $postcode, "POSTAREA" => $postArea, "DISTRICT" => $postDistrict, "REGION" => $region, "CONSTNAME" => $constituency, "WARD" => $ward, "COUNCIL" => $council, "CAMEOCODE" => $cameocode);
return $postcode_data;
}
