Hi I have an sql query that calculates distance out of few columns. How could I do the same calulcation in php using variables? Thanks. This is the query: $query = sprintf("SELECT address, name, lat, lng, ( 6371 * acos( cos( radians('%s') ) * cos( radians( lat ) ) * cos( radians( lng ) - radians('%s') ) + sin( radians('%s') ) * sin( radians( lat ) ) ) ) AS distance FROM markers HAVING distance < '%s' ORDER BY distance LIMIT 0 , 20", Code (markup): This is the calculation: ( 6371 * acos( cos( radians('%s') ) * cos( radians( lat ) ) * cos( radians( lng ) - radians('%s') ) + sin( radians('%s') ) * sin( radians( lat ) ) ) ) Code (markup):