Posted by Paul on 05/10/05 21:18

I am having problems retrieving weather for a specific location using a
lat/long look up. The weather module works fine, using the provided
examples, but when I attempt to retrieve the weather for a locate, as
provided by the searchAirport method, as opposed to using the
searchLocation method, the following error is generated "Invalid
location provided. Error:1 Services_Weather (Metar.php:273)" . Both the
searchAirport and searchLocation methods return a valid location code.
In the example of Bonn Germany the location code of 'EDDK' is returned,
the latitude/longitude method returns 'K5R5'. When 'EDDK' is supplied to
the getWeather method, a weather report is returned, when 'K5R5' is
supplied I get the error.

I know 'K5R5' is a valid location code since it is returned by the
searchAirport method, and if I go to the Metar service site and enter
this code a weather report is returned.

Code Snippet..

// returns 'EDDK' only one of these functions is active in my code at a
// time searchLocation or searchAirport

$search = $metar->searchLocation($location, true);
if (Services_Weather::isError($search)) {
die("Error: ".$search->getMessage()."\n");
}
else{
print("Station found by name:$search2<br>");
}

// returns 'K5R5' only one of these functions is active in my code at a
// time searchLocation or searchAirport

$search = $metar->searchAirport($latitude,$longitude,1);
if(Services_Weather::isError($search)){
die("Error Lat//Long search Failed".$search->getMessage()."\n");
}
else{
print("Station found by lat/long: $search<br><br>");
}


// Retrieve data, store in variables, bail out on error
$fetch = array(
"location" => "getLocation",
"weather" => "getWeather",
"forecast" => "getForecast"
);

foreach ($fetch as $variable => $function) {
$$variable = $metar->$function($search);
if (Services_Weather::isError($$variable)) {
echo "Error:1 ".$$variable->getMessage()."\n";
continue;
}
}

// if $search = 'EDDK' success
// if $search = 'K5R5' fail

Pear class ref:
http://pear.php.net/package/Services_Weather/docs/latest/li_Services_Weather.html

Thank you for your time and interest.

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