I've ben trying to convert a php script to work as perl and I must be missing somthing because all I am doing is trying to loop through a file and display listing that are under 30 miles away as in a store locator. It is easier to see what is going on then for me to explain, Any help is welcome. 
#!/usr/local/bin/perl5

#------------------ was php---------------------------
funtion distance($lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2, $unit) { 

  $theta = $lon1 - $lon2; 
  $dist = sin(deg2rad($lat1)) * sin(deg2rad($lat2)) +  cos(deg2rad($la
+t1)) * cos(deg2rad($lat2)) * cos(deg2rad($theta)); 
  $dist = acos($dist); 
  $dist = rad2deg($dist); 
  $miles = $dist * 60 * 1.1515;
  $unit = strtoupper($unit);

  if ($unit == "K") {
    return ($miles * 1.609344); 
  } elsif ($unit == "N") {
      return ($miles * 0.8684);
    } else {
        return $miles;
      }
}
#--------------------------end was php------------------------
{
$selectmiles = 30;
$zipcood = "60.1843160, -128.5069940";

    open(FILE, "area.txt") || die "I can't open that because: $!\n";
    
    while(<FILE>) {
    chop;        
    @all = split(/\n/);

    foreach $line (@all) {
    local($hStoreID, $hStoreName, $hStoreUserName, $hStorePassword, $h
+StoreMCRSPassword, $hStoreCity, $hStoreProv, $hStoreAdd, $hStoreAdd2,
+ $hStorePC, $hStoreCountry, $hStoreEmail, $hStorePhone, $hStoreType, 
+$hStoreLatitude, $hStoreLongitude, $hStoreFirstName, $hStoreLastName,
+ $hStoreHPhone, $hStoreCPhone, $hStoreEmail2, hStoreOwner, hStoreAdmi
+n, $hStoreAdmin2, $hStoreAdmin3, $hStoreActive, $hStoreWeb, $hStoreLa
+ng, $hStoreDesc, $hStoreShowMap, $hStoreComingSoonText, $hStoreComing
+SoonTextFrench, $hStoreVanityName, $hStoreWebCreatedDate, $hStoreLast
+Login, $hStoreLastEnabled, $hStoreManagerEmpID, $hStoreURL) = split(/
+    /, $line);

distance($zipcood, $hStoreLatitude, $hStoreLongitude "M")

if ("M" < "selectmiles") {
        $match = 1;

    $centerinfo = "$hStoreID, $hStoreName\n";
        
    
            }
}
}
close(FILE, "area.txt")

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Thanks in advance...

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