Class Library

This section describes the core ChartDirector classes.

phpchartdir is the PHP module for interface with ChartDirector. It includes all ChartDirector classes, general informational functions and predefined constants.

Class	Description
Box	The Box class represents boxes. It is used as the base class for more complex classes (such as the TextBox class).
TextBox	The TextBox class represents text boxes. TextBox is a subclass of Box.
Line	The Line class represents straight lines.

Class	Description
BaseChart	The BaseChart class is an abstract class containing methods that are common to all chart types.
ThreeDChart	The ThreeDChart class is an abstract class containing methods that are common to all true 3D chart types. ThreeDChart is a subclass of BaseChart.
MultiChart	The MultiChart class represents multi-charts. A multi-chart is a container to contain multiple charts. MultiChart is a subclass of BaseChart.
LegendBox	The class LegendBox represents legend boxes. LegendBox is a subclass of TextBox.

Class	Description
PieChart	The PieChart class represents pie charts. PieChart is a subclass of BaseChart.
Sector	The Sector class represents sectors.

Class	Description
XYChart	The XYChart class represents XY charts. It is a subclass of BaseChart.
PlotArea	The PlotArea class represents plot areas in XY charts.
Axis	The Axis class represents x and y axes in XY charts
ColorAxis	The ColorAxis class represents the color axis in contour layers and surface charts. ColorAxis is a subclass of Axis.
Mark	The Mark class represents mark lines. Mark is a subclass of TextBox.
Layer	The Layer class is the base class for all XYChart layer classes.
BarLayer	The BarLayer class represents bar layers. BarLayer is a subclass of Layer.
LineLayer	The LineLayer class represents line layers. LineLayer is a subclass of Layer.
SplineLayer	The SplineLayer class represents spline layers. SplineLayer is a subclass of LineLayer.
StepLineLayer	The StepLineLayer class represents step line layers. StepLineLayer is a subclass of LineLayer.
TrendLayer	The TrendLayer class represents trend layers. TrendLayer is a subclass Layer.
InterLineLayer	The InterLineLayer class represents interline layers. InterLineLayer is a subclass of Layer.
ScatterLayer	The ScatterLayer class represents scatter layers. ScatterLayer is a subclass of Layer.
AreaLayer	The AreaLayer class represents area layers. AreaLayer is a subclass of Layer.
BaseBoxLayer	The BaseBoxLayer class is the base class for layers that uses isolated symbols to represent multiple data sets. These include BoxWhiskerLayer, HLOCLayer and CandleStickLayer. The BaseBoxLayer class is a subclass of Layer.
HLOCLayer	The HLOCLayer class represents high-low-open-close layers. HLOCLayer is a subclass of BaseBoxLayer.
CandleStickLayer	The CandleStickLayer class represents candlestick layers. CandleStickLayer is a subclass of BaseBoxLayer.
BoxWhiskerLayer	The BoxWhiskerLayer class represents box-whisker layers. BoxWhiskerLayer is a subclass of BaseBoxLayer.
VectorLayer	The VectorLayer class represents vector layers. VectorLayer is a subclass of Layer.
ContourLayer	The ContourLayer class represents contour layers. ContourLayer is a subclass of Layer.
DataSet	The DataSet class represents data sets.

Class	Description
SurfaceChart	The SurfaceChart class represents surface charts. SurfaceChart is a subclass of ThreeDChart.

Class	Description
ThreeDScatterChart	The ThreeDScatterChart class represents 3D scatter charts. ThreeDScatterChart is a subclass of ThreeDChart.
ThreeDScatterGroup	The ThreeDSCatterGroup class represents a group of scatter symbols in a ThreeDScatterChart object.

Class	Description
PolarChart	The PolarChart class represents polar charts (including radar charts). PolarChart is a subclass of BaseChart.
RadialAxis	The RadialAxis class represents radial axes in polar charts. RadialAxis is a subclass of Axis.
AngularAxis	The AngularAxis class represents angular axes in polar charts.
PolarLayer	The PolarLayer class is the base class for all PolarChart layer classes.
PolarLineLayer	The PolarLineLayer class represents polar area layers. PolarLineLayer is a subclass of PolarLayer.
PolarAreaLayer	The PolarAreaLayer class represents polar area layers. PolarAreaLayer is a subclass of PolarLayer.
PolarSplineLineLayer	The PolarSplineLineLayer class represents polar spline line layers. PolarSplineLineLayer is a subclass of PolarLineLayer.
PolarSplineAreaLayer	The PolarSplineAreaLayer class represents polar spline area layers. PolarSplineAreaLayer is a subclass of PolarAreaLayer.
PolarVectorLayer	The PolarVectorLayer class represents polar vector layers. PolarVectorLayer is a subclass of PolarLayer.

Class	Description
PyramidChart	The PyramidChart class represents pyramid charts (including cone charts and funnel charts). PyramidChart is a subclass of BaseChart.
PyramidLayer	The PyramidLayer class represents a layer in a pyramid

Class	Description
BaseMeter	The BaseMeter class is the base class of all meters in ChartDirector. BaseMeter is a subclass of BaseChart.
AngularMeter	The AngularMeter class represents angular meters. AngularMeter is a subclass of BaseMeter.
LinearMeter	The LinearMeter class represents linear meters
MeterPointer	The MeterPointer class represent meter pointers in both angular and linear meters.

Class	Description
FinanceChart	FinanceChart is a powerful financial charting library built on top of the main ChartDirector library. It extends MultiChart by implementing many financial indicators, and allowing complex financial charts to be composed easily.

Class	Description
DrawArea	The DrawArea class represents drawing surfaces, with methods for performing graphics primitives (such as drawing lines, shapes and texts) and the surfaces.
TTFText	The TTFText class represents text blocks.

Class	Description
ArrayMath	The ArrayMath class is a utility class used to perform array computations.
RanSeries	RanSeries is a utility class to produce random series.
RanTable	RanTable is a utility class to produce tables with random numbers.
FinanceSimulator	FinanceSimulator is a utility class to produce random data that looks like financial data series.