This package is a wrapper to the rogergerecke/swiss-ephemeris package which is able to query the Swiss Ephemeris, in order to obtain planets positions, among the other things.
The aim of this project is to query ephemeris data to produce planetar positions in order to be used from astronomy/astrology, calendars, biodynamic agriculture, ect.
In this software, only a fraction of the swiss ephemeris are used: you can query planets, Moon, and known asteroids from 1800 CE (AD) to 2399 CE (AD).
composer require marcoconsiglio/ephemerisFirst of all, to query ephemeris data you need to instantiate it. You need to pass latitude, longitude and timezone to the constructor.
$ephemeris = new LaravelSwissEphemeris(
$this->config->get("ephemeris.latitude"),
$this->config->get("ephemeris.longitude"),
$this->config->get("ephemeris.timezone")
);
// or instead
$ephemeris = new LaravelSwissEphemeris(
41.902782, // Decimal latitude
12.496366, // Decimal longitude
"Europe/Rome" // Timezone
);If something went wrong (e.g. like uncorrect permission for the files placed in the folder /lib, outbound quering date, ect.) it will throw a App\SwissEphemeris\SwissEphemerisException exception.
When using the word collection, it is meant that the class extends the Laravel Collection, so you can treat it like any other collection.