Setting A Point

Setting a Point Column

Use the setPoint method. Method accepts a latitude and longitude. You also have the option to manually pass in the database column and srid as the third argument and fourth argument.

$city = new City();
$latitude = 4.175804;
$longitude = 73.509337;
$city->name = 'Male City';
$city->setPoint($latitude, $longitude); // $city->setPoint($latitude, $longitude, 'coordinates', 4326);
$city->save();

$city->lat // 4.175804
$city->lng // 73.509337

You can use the lat and lng attributes to get the latitude and longitude of the point.