PHP Sorting nearest coordinates

Question

I have a MySQL table in a PHP webservice containing longitude and latitude. I want to send the user only the, let\'s say, 5 closest coordinates. I wrote the method which cal

Answer 1

It is more efficient to embed the sort in the query.

This wonderful tutorial will help you (and provides a query that serves your needs): https://developers.google.com/maps/articles/phpsqlsearch_v3#findnearsql