Polygon Bar Shapes

This example demonstrates bars of various polygonal shapes.

ChartDirector supports bars in cylindrical or arbitrary polygonal shapes. This is specified by using BarLayer.setBarShape and BarLayer.setBarShape2. In this example, various polygonal shapes are illustrated.

See Shape Specification on how built-in and custom shapes are defined in ChartDirector.

For demonstration, in this example each bar is of a different shape. BarLayer.setBarShape and BarLayer.setBarShape2 also supports setting the bar shapes based on data groups (or data sets) or data item position. For an example, see Multi-Shape Bar Chart.

[File: phpdemo/polygonbar.php]

<?php
require_once("../lib/phpchartdir.php");

# The data for the bar chart
$data = array(85, 156, 179.5, 211, 123, 176, 195);

# The labels for the bar chart
$labels = array("Square", "Star(8)", "Polygon(6)", "Cross", "Cross2", "Diamond", "Custom");

# Create a XYChart object of size 500 x 280 pixels.
$c = new XYChart(500, 280);

# Set the plotarea at (50, 40) with alternating light grey (f8f8f8) / white (ffffff) background
$c->setPlotArea(50, 40, 400, 200, 0xf8f8f8, 0xffffff);

# Add a title to the chart using 14pt Arial Bold Italic font
$c->addTitle("    Bar Shape Demonstration", "Arial Bold Italic", 14);

# Add a multi-color bar chart layer
$layer = $c->addBarLayer3($data);

# Set layer to 3D with 10 pixels 3D depth
$layer->set3D(10);

# Set bar shape to circular (cylinder)
$layer->setBarShape(CircleShape);

# Set the first bar (index = 0) to square shape
$layer->setBarShape(SquareShape, 0, 0);

# Set the second bar to 8-pointed star
$layer->setBarShape(StarShape(8), 0, 1);

# Set the third bar to 6-sided polygon
$layer->setBarShape(PolygonShape(6), 0, 2);

# Set the next 3 bars to cross shape, X shape and diamond shape
$layer->setBarShape(CrossShape(), 0, 3);
$layer->setBarShape(Cross2Shape(), 0, 4);
$layer->setBarShape(DiamondShape, 0, 5);

# Set the last bar to a custom shape, specified as an array of (x, y) points in normalized
# coordinates
$customShape = array(-500, 0, 0, 500, 500, 0, 500, 1000, 0, 500, -500, 1000);
$layer->setBarShape2($customShape, 0, 6);

# Set the labels on the x axis.
$c->xAxis->setLabels($labels);

# Add a title to the y axis
$c->yAxis->setTitle("Frequency");

# Add a title to the x axis
$c->xAxis->setTitle("Shapes");

# Output the chart
$viewer = new WebChartViewer("chart1");
$viewer->setChart($c, SVG);

# Include tool tip for the chart
$viewer->setImageMap($c->getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{xLabel}: {value}'"));
?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Polygon Bar Shapes</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;">
        Polygon Bar Shapes
    </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>