CakePHP query closest latitude longitude from database

Question

In a CakePHP (v3) application, how can I retrieve the closest results based on passed lat lng values?

I\'d like to have them back as native CakePHP entities, so some

Answer 1

finally i got the solution for this. below is the working example

$distance = 25;
$start_latitude = 12.920479;
$start_longitude = 77.670547;

$contents = $this->Sightings->find()->select(['latitude', 'longitude', 'distance' => 'SQRT(
    POW(69.1 * (latitude - '.$start_latitude.'), 2) +
    POW(69.1 * ('.$start_longitude.' - longitude) * COS(latitude / 57.3), 2))'])->having(["distance < " => $distance]);

output

   {"lat": xx.920479,
    "lng": xx.670547,
    "distance": "0"
   }