PHP code snippets

Name

Calculate Distance

Description

Calculates the distance between two pairs of latitude longitude coordinates Returns the distance in miles or kilometers

PHP Snippet

<?PHP
 
FUNCTION distance($lat1, $lng1, $lat2, $lng2, $miles = TRUE)
{
     $pi80 = M_PI / 180;
     $lat1 *= $pi80;
     $lng1 *= $pi80;
     $lat2 *= $pi80;
     $lng2 *= $pi80;
 
     $r = 6372.797; // mean radius of Earth in km
     $dlat = $lat2 - $lat1;
     $dlng = $lng2 - $lng1;
     $a = SIN($dlat / 2) * SIN($dlat / 2) + COS($lat1) * COS($lat2) * SIN($dlng / 2) * SIN($dlng / 2);
     $c = 2 * ATAN2(SQRT($a), SQRT(1 - $a));
     $km = $r * $c;
 
     RETURN ($miles ? ($km * 0.621371192) : $km);
}
 
?>