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Get closest locations by latitude longitude SQL math statement

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Expects databaseTable to have both lat and lon columns with appropriate location coordinate data.

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  1. $lat = trim($_REQUEST['lat']);
  2. $lng = trim($_REQUEST['lng']);
  3.  
  4. $lat = (!empty($lat)? $lat : 41.3423502);
  5. $lng = (!empty($lng)? $lng : -73.0774616);
  6.  
  7. $HelpQuery = sprintf("SELECT *, ( 3959 * acos( cos( radians( %s ) ) * cos( radians( lat ) ) * cos( radians( lng ) - radians( %s ) ) + sin( radians( %s ) ) * sin( radians( lat ) ) ) ) AS distance FROM databaseTable ORDER BY distance LIMIT 0,5",$lat,$lng,$lat);
  8.  
  9. $HelpResult = mysql_query($HelpQuery);
  10. $result = array();
  11. $result['info'] = "";
  12.  
  13. if($HelpResult)
  14. {
  15. 	while($Helprow = mysql_fetch_assoc($HelpResult))
  16. 	{
  17. 			$Helprow['distance'] = round($Helprow['distance'],2);
  18. 			$result['info'][] = $Helprow; 
  19. 	}
  20. }
  21. else
  22. {
  23. 	$result['info'] = "Error";
  24. }

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