PHP - Google GeoCoding API

$url="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=".urlencode($house_address);
$json = file_get_contents($url);
$data = json_decode($json, TRUE);
$house_address_lat = $data['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lat'];
$house_address_long = $data['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lng'];