Point Class not found

[grimzy]

Point Class not found

[grimzy]

Controller.php

use Grimzy\LaravelMysqlSpatial\Types\Point;

[keithgulbro]

@grimzy Hi, thanks that fixed my error but now I am noticing that the record inserted into my database looks like this:

POINT(-43.76543 -40.1134343)

but I expected it to become a JSON object inside the database. The reason I'm asking this is because for the project that I'm implementing this in, I'm trying to implement https://www.algolia.com/doc/guides/searching/geo-search/ which requires a database column _geoloc that has coordinates in JSON format.

I figured this package would help me out since my current MySQL version (5.6) doesn't allow JSON datatypes.

[grimzy]

Unfortunately, when using Spatial Types, MySQL doesn't store the the data in a JSON string:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/gis-data-formats.html

You'll have to upgrade your MySQL version and use the JSON type or use some kind of String type.

[keithgulbro]

@grimzy Thanks for the quick response and feedback, I really appreciate it!