GeoDistanceBehavior

A GeoDistance behavior for CakePHP

What does it do?

It finds records based on proximity by latitude and longitude. Perfect for those "find businesses near your location" kind of things.

Usage

In your model:

  public $actsAs = [
      'GeoDistance' => [
          'lat_field' => 'latitude',  //The name of the field where you store latitude
          'lon_field' => 'longitude', //The name of the field where you store longitude
          'unit' => 'miles'           //The unit you use for distances (miles | kilometres)
      ]
  ];

To find data:

  $options = [
      'latitude' => -31.5021452,  //The reference latitude
      'longitude' => -60.541249,  //The reference longitude
      'radius' => 2,              //How far around the latitude and longitude where you want to search
      'unit' => 'kilometres',     //Optional, override model configuration
      'conditions' => [           //Optional, pass extra conditions to filter the results
          'active' => 1,
      ]
  ];
  $fetchedData = $this->YourModel->findClosest($options);

And that's the way the cookie crumbles. Would like to add some Tests, but I don't have much time. Feel free to make improvements.