Contentful : Am I able to order content by using the location [within] query parameter?

Question

So I'm trying to retrieve entries based on their location/coordinates, within a given radius. And have been successful using this :

$query = new \Contentful\Delivery\Query;
    $query->setContentType('store')
    ->where('fields.location[within]', '-37, 144, 50');

However, the order in which they are returned aren't ordered by their distance to the given centre of the radius. Any help please? Thanks.

Answer 1

The within operator doesn't do any sorting, unlike the near operator. If you're trying to use within in the context of a circular area, which seems to be what you're doing, you can replace it with near and it should work the way you want it:

fields.foo[near]=x,y,radius

The radius parameter can be used to limit the search area. Give it a try, let me know if this helps!

Davide