ChartDirector 7.0 (PHP Edition)
Multi-Color Line Chart
Source Code Listing
<?php
require_once("../lib/phpchartdir.php");
# Data points for the line chart
$dataX = array(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,
24, 25);
$dataY = array(30, 28, 40, 55, 75, 68, 54, 60, 50, 62, 75, 65, 75, 89, 60, 55, 53, 35, 50, 66, 56,
48, 52, 65, 62, 70);
# The data point type. The color of the line segment will be based on the starting point type of the
# segment. In this example, we have 4 point types for 4 different colors. Note that for a line with
# N points, there will be (N - 1) line segments, so we only need (N - 1) values in the point type
# array.
$pointType = array(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 2, 3, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 0, 1, 2, 3, 3);
$colors = array(0xff0000, 0x0066ff, 0xcc00cc, 0x00cc00);
$pointTypeLabels = array("Alpha", "Beta", "Gamma", "Delta");
# Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 430 pixels
$c = new XYChart(600, 430);
# Set default text color to dark grey (0x333333)
$c->setColor(TextColor, 0x333333);
# Add a title box using grey (0x555555) 20pt Arial font
$c->addTitle(" Multi-Color Line Chart", "Arial", 20, 0x555555);
# Set the plotarea at (70, 70) and of size 500 x 300 pixels, with transparent background and border
# and light grey (0xcccccc) horizontal grid lines
$c->setPlotArea(70, 70, 500, 300, Transparent, -1, Transparent, 0xcccccc);
# Add a legend box with horizontal layout above the plot area at (70, 35). Use 12pt Arial font,
# transparent background and border, and line style legend icon.
$b = $c->addLegend(70, 35, false, "Arial", 12);
$b->setBackground(Transparent, Transparent);
$b->setLineStyleKey();
# Set axis label font to 12pt Arial
$c->xAxis->setLabelStyle("Arial", 12);
$c->yAxis->setLabelStyle("Arial", 12);
# Set the x and y axis stems to transparent, and the x-axis tick color to grey (0xaaaaaa)
$c->xAxis->setColors(Transparent, TextColor, TextColor, 0xaaaaaa);
$c->yAxis->setColors(Transparent);
# Set the major/minor tick lengths for the x-axis to 10 and 0.
$c->xAxis->setTickLength(10, 0);
# For the automatic axis labels, set the minimum spacing to 80/40 pixels for the x/y axis.
$c->xAxis->setTickDensity(80);
$c->yAxis->setTickDensity(40);
# Add a title to the y axis using dark grey (0x555555) 14pt Arial font
$c->xAxis->setTitle("X-Axis Title Placeholder", "Arial", 14, 0x555555);
$c->yAxis->setTitle("Y-Axis Title Placeholder", "Arial", 14, 0x555555);
# In ChartDirector, each line layer can only have one line color, so we use 4 line layers to draw
# the 4 different colors of line segments.
# In general, the line segments for each color will not be continuous. In ChartDirector,
# non-continuous line segments can be achieved by inserting NoValue points. To allow for these extra
# points, we use a buffer twice the size of the original data arrays.
$lineX = array_fill(0, count($dataX) * 2, 0);
$lineY = array_fill(0, count($dataY) * 2, 0);
# Use a loop to create a line layer for each color
for($i = 0; $i < count($colors); ++$i) {
$n = 0;
for($j = 0; $j < count($dataX); ++$j) {
# We include data points of the target type in the line layer.
if (($j < count($pointType)) && ($pointType[$j] == $i)) {
$lineX[$n] = $dataX[$j];
$lineY[$n] = $dataY[$j];
$n = $n + 1;
} else if (($j > 0) && ($pointType[$j - 1] == $i)) {
# If the current point is not of the target, but the previous point is of the target
# type, we still need to include the current point in the line layer, as it takes two
# points to draw a line segment. We also need an extra NoValue point so that the current
# point will not join with the next point.
$lineX[$n] = $dataX[$j];
$lineY[$n] = $dataY[$j];
$n = $n + 1;
$lineX[$n] = $dataX[$j];
$lineY[$n] = NoValue;
$n = $n + 1;
}
}
# Draw the layer that contains all segments of the target color
$layer = $c->addLineLayer(array_slice($lineY, 0, $n - 0), $colors[$i], $pointTypeLabels[$i]);
$layer->setXData(array_slice($lineX, 0, $n - 0));
$layer->setLineWidth(2);
}
# Output the chart
$viewer = new WebChartViewer("chart1");
$viewer->setChart($c, SVG);
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Multi-Color Line 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 Line 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>