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Search For Points Within a Polygon Boundary

Search For Points Within a Polygon Boundary​

The trait provides a scopeWithinBounds scope to search for records that fall within a given boundary.

$city = new City();
$city->name = 'Male City';
$city->setPoint(4.175804, 73.509337);
$city->save();

$male_city_boundary_wkt = 'POLYGON ((73.50932514628285 4.175929944808645,73.50954911073559 4.175730219415812,73.50914768804103 4.17570881870468,73.50932514628285 4.175929944808645))';

$cities_within_search_area = City::withinBounds($male_city_boundary_wkt)->get();
$cities_within_search_area->first()->name; // "Male City"

$uligan_boundary_wkt = '(72.92683934689452 7.0841231111032235,72.92706331134727 7.083924382773967,72.9266618886527 7.083903088896789,72.92683934689452 7.0841231111032235)';
City::withinBounds($uligan_boundary_wkt)->first(); // null