ChartDirector 7.0 (PHP Edition)

Multi-Color Gantt Chart




This example demonstrates a multi-color gantt chart with milestone symbols.

The bars in this chart come from a multi-color box-whisker layer created using XYChart.addBoxWhiskerLayer2. The scatter symbols come from scatter layers created using XYChart.addScatterLayer.

In this example, a data series is used to specify the task number of the bars. This allows multiple bars to associated with the same task. The task numbers act as the x coordinates of the bars and are set to the box-whisker layer using Layer.setXData. Another data series is used to specify the colors of the bars. This allows the bars to have different colors.

Source Code Listing

[File: phpdemo/colorgantt.php]
<?php require_once("../lib/phpchartdir.php"); # The tasks for the gantt chart $labels = array("Market Research", "Define Specifications", "Overall Archiecture", "Project Planning", "Detail Design", "Software Development", "Test Plan", "Testing and QA", "User Documentation"); # The task index, start date, end date and color for each bar $taskNo = array(0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8); $startDate = array(chartTime(2018, 8, 16), chartTime(2018, 10, 4), chartTime(2018, 8, 30), chartTime(2018, 9, 13), chartTime(2018, 9, 20), chartTime(2018, 9, 27), chartTime(2018, 10, 4), chartTime(2018, 10, 4), chartTime(2018, 10, 25), chartTime(2018, 11, 1), chartTime(2018, 10, 18 ), chartTime(2018, 11, 8)); $endDate = array(chartTime(2018, 8, 30), chartTime(2018, 10, 18), chartTime(2018, 9, 13), chartTime( 2018, 9, 27), chartTime(2018, 10, 4), chartTime(2018, 10, 11), chartTime(2018, 11, 8), chartTime(2018, 10, 18), chartTime(2018, 11, 8), chartTime(2018, 11, 22), chartTime(2018, 11, 1 ), chartTime(2018, 11, 22)); $colors = array(0x00cc00, 0x00cc00, 0x00cc00, 0x0000cc, 0x0000cc, 0xcc0000, 0xcc0000, 0x0000cc, 0xcc0000, 0xcc0000, 0x00cc00, 0xcc0000); # Create a XYChart object of size 620 x 325 pixels. Set background color to light red (0xffcccc), # with 1 pixel 3D border effect. $c = new XYChart(620, 325, 0xffcccc, 0x000000, 1); # Add a title to the chart using 15 points Times Bold Itatic font, with white (ffffff) text on a # dark red (800000) background $c->addTitle("Mutli-Color Gantt Chart Demo", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 15, 0xffffff )->setBackground(0x800000); # Set the plotarea at (140, 55) and of size 460 x 200 pixels. Use alternative white/grey background. # Enable both horizontal and vertical grids by setting their colors to grey (c0c0c0). Set vertical # major grid (represents month boundaries) 2 pixels in width $c->setPlotArea(140, 55, 460, 200, 0xffffff, 0xeeeeee, LineColor, 0xc0c0c0, 0xc0c0c0)->setGridWidth( 2, 1, 1, 1); # swap the x and y axes to create a horziontal box-whisker chart $c->swapXY(); # Set the y-axis scale to be date scale from Aug 16, 2018 to Nov 22, 2018, with ticks every 7 days # (1 week) $c->yAxis->setDateScale(chartTime(2018, 8, 16), chartTime(2018, 11, 22), 86400 * 7); # Set multi-style axis label formatting. Month labels are in Arial Bold font in "mmm d" format. # Weekly labels just show the day of month and use minor tick (by using '-' as first character of # format string). $c->yAxis->setMultiFormat(StartOfMonthFilter(), "<*font=Arial Bold*>{value|mmm d}", StartOfDayFilter(), "-{value|d}"); # Set the y-axis to shown on the top (right + swapXY = top) $c->setYAxisOnRight(); # Set the labels on the x axis $c->xAxis->setLabels($labels); # Reverse the x-axis scale so that it points downwards. $c->xAxis->setReverse(); # Set the horizontal ticks and grid lines to be between the bars $c->xAxis->setTickOffset(0.5); # Add some symbols to the chart to represent milestones. The symbols are added using scatter layers. # We need to specify the task index, date, name, symbol shape, size and color. $c->addScatterLayer(array(1), array(chartTime(2018, 9, 13)), "Milestone 1", Cross2Shape(), 13, 0xffff00)->setHTMLImageMap("{disable}"); $c->addScatterLayer(array(3), array(chartTime(2018, 10, 4)), "Milestone 2", StarShape(5), 15, 0xff00ff)->setHTMLImageMap("{disable}"); $c->addScatterLayer(array(5), array(chartTime(2018, 11, 8)), "Milestone 3", TriangleSymbol, 13, 0xff9933)->setHTMLImageMap("{disable}"); # Add a multi-color box-whisker layer to represent the gantt bars $layer = $c->addBoxWhiskerLayer2($startDate, $endDate, null, null, null, $colors); $layer->setXData($taskNo); $layer->setBorderColor(SameAsMainColor); # Divide the plot area height ( = 200 in this chart) by the number of tasks to get the height of # each slot. Use 80% of that as the bar height. $layer->setDataWidth((int)(200 * 0.8 / count($labels))); # Add a legend box at (140, 265) - bottom of the plot area. Use 8pt Arial Bold as the font with # auto-grid layout. Set the width to the same width as the plot area. Set the backgorund to grey # (dddddd). $legendBox = $c->addLegend2(140, 265, AutoGrid, "Arial Bold", 8); $legendBox->setWidth(461); $legendBox->setBackground(0xdddddd); # The keys for the scatter layers (milestone symbols) will automatically be added to the legend box. # We just need to add keys to show the meanings of the bar colors. $legendBox->addKey("Market Team", 0x00cc00); $legendBox->addKey("Planning Team", 0x0000cc); $legendBox->addKey("Development Team", 0xcc0000); # Output the chart $viewer = new WebChartViewer("chart1"); $viewer->setChart($c, SVG); # Include tool tip for the chart $viewer->setImageMap($c->getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{xLabel}: {top|mmm dd, yyyy} to {bottom|mmm dd, yyyy}'")); ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Multi-Color Gantt Chart</title> <!-- Include ChartDirector Javascript Library to support chart interactions --> <script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script> </head> <body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px"> <div style="font:bold 18pt verdana;"> Multi-Color Gantt Chart </div> <hr style="border:solid 1px #000080; background:#000080" /> <div style="font:10pt verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em"> <a href="viewsource.php?file=<?=basename(__FILE__)?>">View Chart Source Code</a> </div> <!-- ****** Here is the chart image ****** --> <?php echo $viewer->renderHTML(); ?> </body> </html>