Get Nearest Location in Laravel 10 using Latitude and Longitude

If you have Latitude and Longitude stored in your MySQL database and you want to get the nearest location in laravel. So In this tutorial, you will learn how to get the nearest location using latitude and longitude in laravel 10 with query builder.

How to Find Nearest Location using Latitude and Longitude in Laravel 10

By using these steps, you can get/find the nearest location or places using latitude and longitude in Laravel:

• Step 1 – Create New Laravel 10 Project
• Step 2 – Setup Database with Laravel App
• Step 3 – Add Routes
• Step 4 – Create Controller File
• Step 5 – Start Application Development Server
• Step 6 – Test This App

Step 1 – Create New Laravel 10 Project

Firstly, Open your terminal or command prompt.

Then execute the following command on the terminal to install/download Laravel 10 application in your system(server):

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog

Step 2 – Setup Database with Laravel App

In this step, Open .env file, which is located on root directory of your laravel applications.

So, visit your app root directory and find .env file. Then configure database details as follows:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=Enter_Your_Database_Name
DB_USERNAME=Enter_Your_Database_Username
DB_PASSWORD=Enter_Your_Database_Password

Step 3 – Add Routes

In this step, create routes in the web.php file.

So, Go to app/routes/web.php file and following routes in the web.php file:

use App\Http\Controllers\LocationController;
Route::get('near-places', [LocationController::class, 'index']);

Step 4 – Create Controller File

In this step, open your terminal or command prompt.

Then execute the following command on the terminal to create a controller name LocationController. So you need to use the below command and create a Controller:

php artisan make:controller LocationController

Once you have successfully created the controller file. Then go to app/controllers/LocationController.php and update the following code:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use DB;

class LocationController extends Controller
{
    // ---------------- [ Location ] ----------------
    public function index(Request $request) {

                $lat = YOUR_CURRENT_LATTITUDE;
		$lon = YOUR_CURRENT_LONGITUDE;

		$data = DB::table("users")
		    ->select("users.id"
		        ,DB::raw("6371 * acos(cos(radians(" . $lat . "))
		        * cos(radians(users.lat))
		        * cos(radians(users.lon) - radians(" . $lon . "))
		        + sin(radians(" .$lat. "))
		        * sin(radians(users.lat))) AS distance"))
		        ->groupBy("users.id")
		        ->get();

      dd($data);
    }
}

Step 5 – Start Application Development Server

In this step, execute the following command on the terminal to start the development server. Use the php artisan serve command and start your server:

 php artisan serve
 If you want to run the project diffrent port so use this below command 
 php artisan serve --port=8080  

Step 6 – Test This App

Open your browser and hit the following url on it:

 http://localhost:8000/near-places

Conclusion

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