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

People might want to look at the CakePHP GeoDistance Plugin:

CakePHP-GeoDistance is a CakePHP 3 behavior for querying geocoded data based on cartographic distance using the spherical cosine law. It is great for 'find my nearest X' or 'find Y near me' type queries.

https://github.com/chris48s/cakephp-geodistance

Did the job.