http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/local?v=1.0&q=campgrounds&key=abcdef

Powered by the Google AJAX Search Local API (aka GeoSearch??), pear-JSON and KML writing class

<?
    require_once 'JSON.php';

    $json = new Services_JSON();

    $_GET = array('v' => "1.0")+$_GET;
    $_GET['key'] = "abcdef";
    
    $url = "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/local?".http_build_query($_GET); 
    $output = file_get_contents($url);
    
    $value = $json->decode($output);
    
    require_once 'kmlfile.class.php';
    $kml = new kmlFile();
    $kml->atom = true;
    
    $kml->filename = "GeoWeb-Example.kml";
    $folder = $kml->addChild('Folder');
    $folder->setItem('name',"Results");
    
    if (count($value->responseData->results)) {
        foreach ($value->responseData->results as $id => $obj) {
            $point = new kmlPoint($obj->lat,$obj->lng);

            $placemark = new kmlPlacemark($id+1000,$obj->title,$point);
            $placemark->useCredit('',$obj->url);
            if (!empty($obj->content))
                $placemark->setItemCDATA('description',$obj->content);
            
            $folder->addChild($placemark);
        }
    }
    
    if (!isset($_GET['debug'])) {
        //if havent sent headers could just do this:
        $kml->outputKML();
        //which would output the correct http headers
    } else {
        print "<textarea rows=35 style=width:100%>";
        print $kml->returnKML();
        print "</textarea>";
    }
?>

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