GIS Function within Laravel Controller

BusinessProfileController.php

public function geoCoding($zip_code){
        
    $api = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=';
    $par = '&key=';
    $goo = env('GOOGLE_KEY');
    $url = $api . $zip_code . $par . $goo;
    $file = file_get_contents($url);
    $json = json_decode($file, true);

    $lat = $json['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lat'];
    $lon = $json['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lng'];
    $geo = array($lat, $lon);

    return $geo;
}