ChartDirector 6.1 (PHP Edition)

Rectangular Angular Meters


          

This example demonstrates rectangular angular meters.

The angular span of the meter scale in this example is from -60 to 60 degrees, which is one third of a circle. The meter is configured to have a rectangular frame with rounded corners. A semi-transparent rectangle is put at the bottom of the meter to create the object that covers the meter cap. The rectangle is created by using BaseChart.addText to create an empty text box, and then use Box.setSize and Box.setBackground to configure it to have the proper size and color.

Source Code Listing

[File: phpdemo/rectangularmeter.php]
<?php
require_once("../lib/phpchartdir.php");

# This script can draw different charts depending on the chartIndex
$chartIndex = (int)($_REQUEST["img"]);

# The value to display on the meter
$value = 72.55;

# Create an AngularMeter object of size 240 x 170 pixels with very light grey (0xeeeeee) background,
# and a rounded 4-pixel thick light grey (0xcccccc) border
$m = new AngularMeter(240, 170, 0xeeeeee, 0xcccccc);
$m->setRoundedFrame(Transparent);
$m->setThickFrame(4);

# Set the default text and line colors to dark grey (0x222222)
$m->setColor(TextColor, 0x222222);
$m->setColor(LineColor, 0x222222);

# Center at (120, 145), scale radius = 128 pixels, scale angle -60 to +60 degrees
$m->setMeter(120, 145, 128, -60, 60);

# Meter scale is 0 - 100, with major/minor/micro ticks every 20/10/5 units
$m->setScale(0, 100, 20, 10, 5);

# Set the scale label style to 14pt Arial Italic. Set the major/minor/micro tick lengths to 16/16/10
# pixels pointing inwards, and their widths to 2/1/1 pixels.
$m->setLabelStyle("ariali.ttf", 14);
$m->setTickLength(-16, -16, -10);
$m->setLineWidth(0, 2, 1, 1);

# Demostrate different types of color scales and putting them at different positions
$smoothColorScale = array(0, 0x3333ff, 25, 0x0088ff, 50, 0x00ff00, 75, 0xdddd00, 100, 0xff0000);
$stepColorScale = array(0, 0x00cc00, 60, 0xffdd00, 80, 0xee0000, 100);
$highLowColorScale = array(0, 0x00ff00, 70, Transparent, 100, 0xff0000);

if ($chartIndex == 0) {
    # Add the smooth color scale at the default position
    $m->addColorScale($smoothColorScale);
} else if ($chartIndex == 1) {
    # Add the smooth color scale starting at radius 128 with zero width and ending at radius 128
    # with 16 pixels inner width
    $m->addColorScale($smoothColorScale, 128, 0, 128, -16);
} else if ($chartIndex == 2) {
    # Add the smooth color scale starting at radius 70 with zero width and ending at radius 60 with
    # 20 pixels outer width
    $m->addColorScale($smoothColorScale, 70, 0, 60, 20);
} else if ($chartIndex == 3) {
    # Add the high/low color scale at the default position
    $m->addColorScale($highLowColorScale);
} else if ($chartIndex == 4) {
    # Add the step color scale at the default position
    $m->addColorScale($stepColorScale);
} else {
    # Add the smooth color scale at radius 60 with 15 pixels outer width
    $m->addColorScale($smoothColorScale, 60, 15);
}

# Add a text label centered at (120, 120) with 15pt Arial Italic font
$m->addText(120, 120, "CPU", "ariali.ttf", 15, TextColor, BottomCenter);

# Add a red (0xff0000) pointer at the specified value
$m->addPointer2($value, 0xff0000);

# Add a semi-transparent light grey (0x3fcccccc) rectangle at (0, 120) and of size 240 x 60 pixels
# to cover the bottom part of the meter for decoration
$cover = $m->addText(0, 120, "");
$cover->setSize(240, 60);
$cover->setBackground(0x3fcccccc);

# Output the chart
header("Content-type: image/png");
print($m->makeChart2(PNG));
?>