ChartDirector 7.0 (PHP Edition)

Floating Box Chart




This example demonstrates creating a multi-color floating box chart.

This chart is composed of 4 box-whisker layers, created using XYChart.addBoxWhiskerLayer. Each layer handles boxes of one color. Only the "box" part of the box-whisker layer is used.

Source Code Listing

[File: phpdemo/floatingbox.php]
<?php require_once("../lib/phpchartdir.php"); # Sample data for the Box-Whisker chart. Represents the minimum, 1st quartile, medium, 3rd quartile # and maximum values of some quantities $Q0Data = array(40, 45, 40, 30, 20, 50, 25, 44); $Q1Data = array(55, 60, 50, 40, 38, 60, 51, 60); $Q2Data = array(62, 70, 60, 50, 48, 70, 62, 70); $Q3Data = array(70, 80, 65, 60, 53, 78, 69, 76); $Q4Data = array(80, 90, 75, 70, 60, 85, 80, 84); # The labels for the chart $labels = array("Group A", "Group B", "Group C", "Group D", "Group E", "Group F", "Group G", "Group H"); # Create a XYChart object of size 550 x 250 pixels $c = new XYChart(550, 275); # Set the plotarea at (50, 25) and of size 450 x 200 pixels. Enable both horizontal and vertical # grids by setting their colors to grey (0xc0c0c0) $c->setPlotArea(50, 50, 450, 200)->setGridColor(0xc0c0c0, 0xc0c0c0); # Add a title to the chart $c->addTitle("Computer Vision Test Scores"); # Set the labels on the x axis and the font to Arial Bold $c->xAxis->setLabels($labels)->setFontStyle("Arial Bold"); # Set the font for the y axis labels to Arial Bold $c->yAxis->setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); # Add a Box Whisker layer using light blue 0x9999ff as the fill color and blue (0xcc) as the line # color. Set the line width to 2 pixels $c->addBoxLayer($Q4Data, $Q3Data, 0x00ff00, "Top 25%"); $c->addBoxLayer($Q3Data, $Q2Data, 0x9999ff, "25% - 50%"); $c->addBoxLayer($Q2Data, $Q1Data, 0xffff00, "50% - 75%"); $c->addBoxLayer($Q1Data, $Q0Data, 0xff0000, "Bottom 25%"); # Add legend box at top center above the plot area using 10pt Arial Bold Font $b = $c->addLegend(50 + 225, 22, false, "Arial Bold", 10); $b->setAlignment(TopCenter); $b->setBackground(Transparent); # Output the chart $viewer = new WebChartViewer("chart1"); $viewer->setChart($c, SVG); # Include tool tip for the chart $viewer->setImageMap($c->getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{xLabel} ({dataSetName}): {bottom} to {top} points'")); ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Floating Box 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;"> Floating Box 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>