ChartDirector 7.0 (PHP Edition)

Contour Color Scale


      

This example demonstrates using various color scales for contour charts.

ChartDirector supports two ways to configure the color scale:

This example includes 4 charts to demonstrate both of the above methods.

Source Code Listing

[File: phpdemo/contourcolor.php]
<?php require_once("../lib/phpchartdir.php"); function createChart($viewer, $chartIndex) { # The x and y coordinates of the grid $dataX = array(-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4); $dataY = array(-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4); # Use random numbers for the z values on the XY grid $r = new RanSeries(99); $dataZ = $r->get2DSeries(count($dataX), count($dataY), -0.9, 0.9); # Create a XYChart object of size 420 x 360 pixels $c = new XYChart(420, 360); # Set the plotarea at (30, 25) and of size 300 x 300 pixels. Use semi-transparent grey # (0xdd000000) horizontal and vertical grid lines $c->setPlotArea(30, 25, 300, 300, -1, -1, -1, 0xdd000000, -1); # Set the x-axis and y-axis scale $c->xAxis->setLinearScale(-4, 4, 1); $c->yAxis->setLinearScale(-4, 4, 1); # Add a contour layer using the given data $layer = $c->addContourLayer($dataX, $dataY, $dataZ); # Enable contour label by setting its style to black (000000) 8pt default bold font $layer->setContourLabelStyle("bold", 8, 0x000000); # Set the label to display the value in a CDML block with semi-transparent white (4FFFFFFF) # background and 2 pixels left/right margin and 1 pixel top/bottom margin $layer->setContourLabelFormat("<*block,bgcolor=4FFFFFFF,margin=2 2 1 1*>{value}"); # Move the grid lines in front of the contour layer $c->getPlotArea()->moveGridBefore($layer); # Add a color axis (the legend) in which the top left corner is anchored at (350, 25). Set the # length to 400 300 and the labels on the right side. $cAxis = $layer->setColorAxis(350, 25, TopLeft, 300, Right); if ($chartIndex == 1) { # Speicify a color gradient as a list of colors, and use it in the color axis. $colorGradient = array(0x0044cc, 0xffffff, 0x00aa00); $cAxis->setColorGradient(false, $colorGradient); } else if ($chartIndex == 2) { # Specify the color scale to use in the color axis $colorScale = array(-1.0, 0x1a9850, -0.75, 0x66bd63, -0.5, 0xa6d96a, -0.25, 0xd9ef8b, 0, 0xfee08b, 0.25, 0xfdae61, 0.5, 0xf46d43, 0.75, 0xd73027, 1); $cAxis->setColorScale($colorScale); } else if ($chartIndex == 3) { # Specify the color scale to use in the color axis. Also specify an underflow color 0x66ccff # (blue) for regions that fall below the lower axis limit. $colorScale = array(0, 0xffff99, 0.2, 0x80cdc1, 0.4, 0x35978f, 0.6, 0x01665e, 0.8, 0x003c30, 1); $cAxis->setColorScale($colorScale, 0x66ccff); } # Output the chart $viewer->setChart($c, SVG); # Include tool tip for the chart $viewer->setImageMap($c->getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='<*cdml*><*b*>X: {x|2}<*br*>Y: {y|2}<*br*>Z: {z|2}'")); # Output Javascript chart model to support contour chart tooltips $viewer->setChartModel($c->getJsChartModel()); } # This example includes 4 charts $viewers = array(); for ($i = 0; $i < 4; ++$i) { $viewers[$i] = new WebChartViewer("chart$i"); createChart($viewers[$i], $i); } ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Contour Color Scale</title> <!-- Include ChartDirector Javascript Library to support chart interactions --> <script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script> </head> <body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px"> <div style="font:bold 18pt verdana;"> Contour Color Scale </div> <hr style="border:solid 1px #000080; background:#000080" /> <div style="font:10pt verdana; margin-bottom:1.5em"> <a href="viewsource.php?file=<?=basename(__FILE__)?>">View Chart Source Code</a> </div> <!-- ****** Here are the chart images ****** --> <?php for ($i = 0; $i < count($viewers); ++$i) { echo $viewers[$i]->renderHTML(), " "; } ?> </body> </html>