geocoding challenge in php

i have two addresses which i can quite easily display within a google map i integrated into my web application. now i would like to calculate the distance of the two addresses. is there any service easily to use which returns the distance i am looking for or i can use to find out if the second address is within a given range from the first one?

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Submitted by Jürgen Giefing on Wed, 12/07/2011 - 16:22
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synchronizing with googasync

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Submitted by Jürgen Giefing on Tue, 12/27/2011 - 11:40

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calculating the distance with sql

i just used google maps to get the coordinates of the two addresses and used simple mathematical functions provided by sql to calculate the distance. there are even special geometrical data types in mysql which provide more possibilities working with geographical data.

Submitted by Jürgen Giefing on Tue, 12/27/2011 - 10:48

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