How to make a PHP based script for finding UK addresses by entering postcode?

I’ve almost looked everywhere but nothing found, so my only hope would be here though! 🙁

I want to make a PHP based script for finding UK address by entering postcode, so a list would show with a number of houses’ numbers!

Any idea how I could do that, I know that I must use API, even though I search for Google Maps API for this, but nothing found whatsoever!

Any idea?

I need this particular script for an additional registration script which allows uk residents to be able to register for a specific reason, so please help if you know where I could get started!

Thanks in advance! 🙂

Answer

Generally these systems utilise the Royal Mail PAF database, but this does cost quite a lot of money.

There are services out there that offer X amount of requests for a set price (or a monthly price), so if buying the full thing isn’t an option then you could have a look into one of those services.

It is something you are going to need to spend money on though – it’s not a service that anyone (that I’ve ever found) is offering for free.

I don’t think this is something you can get out of Google maps either.