ChartDirector 7.0 (PHP Edition)

Simple Bar Chart (2)




This example extends the Simple Bar Chart (1) example to demonstrates various methods to control the chart appearance and to add titles.

Source Code Listing

[File: phpdemo/simplebar2.php]
<?php require_once("../lib/phpchartdir.php"); # The data for the bar chart $data = array(85, 156, 179, 211, 123, 189, 166); # The labels for the bar chart $labels = array("Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat", "Sun"); # Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 400 pixels $c = new XYChart(600, 400); # Add a title box using grey (0x555555) 24pt Arial Bold font $c->addTitle(" Bar Chart Demonstration", "Arial Bold", 24, 0x555555); # Set the plotarea at (70, 60) and of size 500 x 300 pixels, with transparent background and border # and light grey (0xcccccc) horizontal grid lines $c->setPlotArea(70, 60, 500, 300, Transparent, -1, Transparent, 0xcccccc); # Set the x and y axis stems to transparent and the label font to 12pt Arial $c->xAxis->setColors(Transparent); $c->yAxis->setColors(Transparent); $c->xAxis->setLabelStyle("Arial", 12); $c->yAxis->setLabelStyle("Arial", 12); # Add a blue (0x6699bb) bar chart layer with transparent border using the given data $c->addBarLayer($data, 0x6699bb)->setBorderColor(Transparent); # Set the labels on the x axis. $c->xAxis->setLabels($labels); # For the automatic y-axis labels, set the minimum spacing to 40 pixels. $c->yAxis->setTickDensity(40); # Add a title to the y axis using dark grey (0x555555) 14pt Arial Bold font $c->yAxis->setTitle("Y-Axis Title Placeholder", "Arial Bold", 14, 0x555555); # Output the chart $viewer = new WebChartViewer("chart1"); $viewer->setChart($c, SVG); # Include tool tip for the chart $viewer->setImageMap($c->getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{xLabel}: {value} kg'")); ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Simple Bar Chart (2)</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;"> Simple Bar Chart (2) </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>