Testei direto no navegador e está correto o retorno do seu parâmetro abaixo:
{
"results" : [
{
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "900",
"short_name" : "900",
"types" : [ "street_number" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Avenida Monsenhor Alderige",
"short_name" : "Av. Monsenhor Alderige",
"types" : [ "route" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Jardim Country Club",
"short_name" : "Jardim Country Club",
"types" : [ "political", "sublocality", "sublocality_level_1" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Poços de Caldas",
"short_name" : "Poços de Caldas",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_2", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Minas Gerais",
"short_name" : "MG",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Brasil",
"short_name" : "BR",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "37704",
"short_name" : "37704",
"types" : [ "postal_code", "postal_code_prefix" ]
}
],
"formatted_address" : "Av. Monsenhor Alderige, 900 - Jardim Country Club, Poços de Caldas - MG, Brasil",
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : -21.7947925,
"lng" : -46.6031532
},
"location_type" : "ROOFTOP",
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : -21.7934435197085,
"lng" : -46.60180421970851
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : -21.7961414802915,
"lng" : -46.6045021802915
}
}
},
"partial_match" : true,
"place_id" : "ChIJW3XfqnrbyZQRhu-IkliX0FU",
"types" : [ "street_address" ]
}
],
"status" : "OK"
}
Irei realizar um teste aqui no PHP da função file_get_contents().