I want to save a Google maps overlay shape in the database. This is my code. It works perfectly but I just need to save all_shapes array in the database.
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#map, html, body
{
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
height: 100%;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=true&libraries=drawing,geometry"></script>
<script>
var coordinates = [];
var all_shapes = [];
var selectedShape;
</script>
<script>
function draw_shape()
{
for(var i = 0; i < all_shapes.length; i++)
{
all_shapes[i].setMap(null);
}
for(var i = 0; i < all_shapes.length; i++)
{
all_shapes[i].setMap(map);
}
}
</script>
<script>
function clearSelection()
{
if(selectedShape)
{
selectedShape.setEditable(false);
selectedShape = null;
}
}
function setSelection(shape)
{
clearSelection();
selectedShape = shape;
shape.setEditable(true);
}
function deleteSelectedShape()
{
if (selectedShape)
{
selectedShape.setMap(null);
}
}
</script>
<script>
function save_coordinates_to_array(newShapeArg)
{
if(newShapeArg.type == google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.POLYGON)
{
var polygonBounds = newShapeArg.getPath();
for(var i = 0 ; i < polygonBounds.length ; i++)
{
coordinates.push(polygonBounds.getAt(i).lat(), polygonBounds.getAt(i).lng());
}
}
else
{
//alert("Not polygon");/////////////
}
}
</script>
<script>
var map;
function initialize()
{
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {zoom: 12, center: new google.maps.LatLng(32.344, 51.048)});
var drawingManager = new google.maps.drawing.DrawingManager();
drawingManager.setMap(map);
google.maps.event.addListener(drawingManager, 'overlaycomplete', function(e) {
var newShape = e.overlay;
newShape.type = e.type;
all_shapes.push(newShape);
setSelection(newShape);
save_coordinates_to_array(newShape);
google.maps.event.addListener(newShape, 'click', function() {setSelection(newShape)});
});
google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', function(e) {clearSelection();});
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>Name</td>
<td><input name="name" id="name" type="text"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Color</td>
<td>
<table border="1" width="100%">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td>
<td bgcolor="#00FF00"> </td>
<td bgcolor="#0000FF"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><input name="save" type="button" value="Save" onClick="draw_shape()"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><input name="delete" type="button" value="Delete" onClick="deleteSelectedShape()"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<div id="map"></div>
</body>
</html>
Where and how can I save the created overlay shapes in the database. All shapes are saved in the var all_shapes = []; array. What kind of type I have to choose for the field in database? I mean for example int, char, etc.
I'm going to use MySQL and PHP.