function getDistanceBetweenPointsNew( $latitude1 , $longitude1 , $latitude2 , $longitude2 ) { |
$theta = $longitude1 - $longitude2 ; |
$miles = (sin( deg2rad ( $latitude1 )) * sin( deg2rad ( $latitude2 ))) + ( cos ( deg2rad ( $latitude1 )) * cos ( deg2rad ( $latitude2 )) * cos ( deg2rad ( $theta ))); |
$miles = acos ( $miles ); |
$miles = rad2deg( $miles ); |
$miles = $miles * 60 * 1.1515; |
$feet = $miles * 5280; |
$yards = $feet / 3; |
$kilometers = $miles * 1.609344; |
$meters = $kilometers * 1000; |
return compact( 'miles' , 'feet' , 'yards' , 'kilometers' , 'meters' ); |
} |
$point1 = array ( 'lat' => 40.770623, 'long' => -73.964367); |
$point2 = array ( 'lat' => 40.758224, 'long' => -73.917404); |
$distance = getDistanceBetweenPointsNew( $point1 [ 'lat' ], $point1 [ 'long' ], $point2 [ 'lat' ], $point2 [ 'long' ]); |
foreach ( $distance as $unit => $value ) { |
echo $unit . ': ' .number_format( $value ,4).' |
'; |
} |
The example returns the following: |
miles: 2.6025 |
feet: 13,741.4350 |
yards: 4,580.4783 |
kilometers: 4.1884 |
meters: 4,188.3894 |