Are there any recommended PHP libraries or projects that can assist in implementing location-based searches, such as the opengeodb.de software?

To implement location-based searches in PHP, you can use the Geocoding API from Google Maps or a library like Geocoder PHP. These tools allow you to convert addresses into geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) and perform distance calculations to find nearby locations. 

// Example using Geocoder PHP library
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Geocoder\Query\GeocodeQuery;
use Geocoder\Provider\GoogleMaps\GoogleMaps;

$geocoder = new GoogleMaps();
$result = $geocoder->geocodeQuery(GeocodeQuery::create('1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA'));

$latitude = $result->first()->getCoordinates()->getLatitude();
$longitude = $result->first()->getCoordinates()->getLongitude();

echo "Latitude: $latitude, Longitude: $longitude";

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