PHP计算2点经纬度之间的距离

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<?php 
    header("Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8"); 
    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).'<br />';  
    }  
       
    // The example returns the following:  
       
    // miles: 2.6025       英里
    // feet: 13,741.4350   英尺  
    // yards: 4,580.4783   码（等于3英尺或36英寸或0。9144米）
    // kilometers: 4.1884  千米，公里
    // meters: 4,188.3894  米


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再这里再解释下:

$point1与$point2是2个点 , lat 代表纬度 , long代表的是经度