evasquez/geodistance

GeoDistance

GeoDistance allows you to search for locations within a radius using latitude and longitude values with your eloquent models., _(*1)

Setup

Add geodistance to your composer file., _(*2)

"evasquez/geodistance": "dev-master"

Add the geodistance trait to your eloquent model and latitude/longitude columns to your table., _(*3)

<?php namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Jackpopp\GeoDistance\GeoDistanceTrait;

class Location extends Model {

    use GeoDistanceTrait;

    protected $fillable = ['name', 'latitude', 'longitude'];

}

You can now search for locations within a distance, using miles or kilometers:, _(*4)

$lat = 51.4833;
$lng = 3.1833;
$table = 'youtable'
$locations = Location::within(5, 'miles', $lat, $lng,$table)->get();

$locations = Location::within(5, 'kilometers', $lat, $lng,$table)->get();

You can also search for locations outside a certain distance:, _(*5)

Distances Available, _(*6)

Miles (miles/m) Kilometers (kilometers/km) Nautical Miles (nautical_miles) Feet (feet), _(*7)