{"id":33601,"date":"2023-02-10T18:10:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T12:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-shortest-path-using-php-closed\/"},"modified":"2023-02-10T18:10:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T12:40:43","slug":"solved-shortest-path-using-php-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-shortest-path-using-php-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Shortest path using php [closed]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-19127832\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"19127832\" data-parentid=\"19127055\" data-score=\"1\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>As Mark Baker pointed out, you&#8217;ll need to use something like Dijkstra&#8217;s algorithm to traverse a weighted graph (which is what you&#8217;ll have when you include distances).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a simple distance function I found <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geodatasource.com\/developers\/php\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code>&lt;?php\n\n\/*::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::*\/\n\/*::                                                                         :*\/\n\/*::  This routine calculates the distance between two points (given the     :*\/\n\/*::  latitude\/longitude of those points). It is being used to calculate     :*\/\n\/*::  the distance between two locations using GeoDataSource(TM) Products    :*\/\n\/*::                                                                         :*\/\n\/*::  Definitions:                                                           :*\/\n\/*::    South latitudes are negative, east longitudes are positive           :*\/\n\/*::                                                                         :*\/\n\/*::  Passed to function:                                                    :*\/\n\/*::    lat1, lon1 = Latitude and Longitude of point 1 (in decimal degrees)  :*\/\n\/*::    lat2, lon2 = Latitude and Longitude of point 2 (in decimal degrees)  :*\/\n\/*::    unit = the unit you desire for results                               :*\/\n\/*::           where: 'M' is statute miles                                   :*\/\n\/*::                  'K' is kilometers (default)                            :*\/\n\/*::                  'N' is nautical miles                                  :*\/\n\/*::  Worldwide cities and other features databases with latitude longitude  :*\/\n\/*::  are available at http:\/\/www.geodatasource.com                          :*\/\n\/*::                                                                         :*\/\n\/*::  For enquiries, please contact sales@geodatasource.com                  :*\/\n\/*::                                                                         :*\/\n\/*::  Official Web site: http:\/\/www.geodatasource.com                        :*\/\n\/*::                                                                         :*\/\n\/*::         GeoDataSource.com (C) All Rights Reserved 2013                  :*\/\n\/*::                                                                         :*\/\n\/*::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::*\/\nfunction distance($lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2, $unit) {\n\n  $theta = $lon1 - $lon2;\n  $dist = sin(deg2rad($lat1)) * sin(deg2rad($lat2)) +  cos(deg2rad($lat1)) * cos(deg2rad($lat2)) * cos(deg2rad($theta));\n  $dist = acos($dist);\n  $dist = rad2deg($dist);\n  $miles = $dist * 60 * 1.1515;\n  $unit = strtoupper($unit);\n\n  if ($unit == \"K\") {\n    return ($miles * 1.609344);\n  } else if ($unit == \"N\") {\n      return ($miles * 0.8684);\n    } else {\n        return $miles;\n      }\n}\n\necho distance(32.9697, -96.80322, 29.46786, -98.53506, \"M\") . \" Miles&lt;br&gt;\";\necho distance(32.9697, -96.80322, 29.46786, -98.53506, \"K\") . \" Kilometers&lt;br&gt;\";\necho distance(32.9697, -96.80322, 29.46786, -98.53506, \"N\") . \" Nautical Miles&lt;br&gt;\";\n\n?&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>To find all distances between nodes, you&#8217;ll need to simply loop through all your nodes.  You&#8217;ll come out with an array that looks something like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code>$distance[0][1] = 10;\n$distance[0][2] = 12;\n$distance[0][3] = 7;\n...\n$distance[4][3] = 14;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Where the dimensions of your array represent your node numbers, and the assigned value is the distance.  You&#8217;d run this array through Dijkstra to find the shortest weighted path.<\/p>\n<p>Hope this helps you.  If you need further assistance you might want to try to refine your question to be more narrow.  Graph traversal is a VERY broad area of study.  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