The Addressable/Geocodable module is an extension to Andrew Short's Addressable module (which adds address fields and geocoding to an object) to also allow for a user to manually specify a location on a google map.
- Mark James (mail@mark.james.name)
- SilverStripe 2.4 (not compatible with 3.x)
In order to add simple address fields (address, suburb, city, postcode and
country) to an object, simply apply to Addressable extension:
Object::add_extension('Object', 'Addressable');
In order to then render the full address into a template, you can use either
$FullAddress to return a simple string, or $LocalisedFullAddressHTML to render
the address into one of the address templates.
To add automatic geocoding to an Addressable object when the address is
changed, simple apply the Geocodable extension:
Object::add_extension('Object', 'Geocodable');
This will then use the Google Maps API to translate the address into a latitude
and longitude on save, and save it into the Lat and Lng fields.
You can define a global set of allowed states or countries using
Addressable::set_allowed_states() and ::set_allowed_countries()
respectively. These can also be set per-instance using setAllowedStates() and
setAllowedCountries().
If a single string is provided as a value, then this will be set as the field for all new objects and the user will not be presented with an input field. If the value is an array, the user will be presented with a dropdown field.