ChartDirector 7.0 (PHP Edition)

Overlapping Bar Chart




This example demonstrates a multi-bar chart in which the bars within a cluster overlaps.

The overlapping effect is configured using BarLayer.setOverlapRatio. This method allows you to specify overlapping ratio and order. In this example, the overlapping ratio is 0.5, while the default overlapping order is used. The default order is that the first data set will stay on top of the second data set, and so on.

Source Code Listing

[File: phpdemo/overlapbar.php]
<?php require_once("../lib/phpchartdir.php"); # The data for the bar chart $data0 = array(100, 125, 156, 147, 87, 124, 178, 109, 140, 106, 192, 122); $data1 = array(122, 156, 179, 211, 198, 177, 160, 220, 190, 188, 220, 270); $data2 = array(167, 190, 213, 267, 250, 320, 212, 199, 245, 267, 240, 310); $labels = array("Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sept", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec") ; # Create a XYChart object of size 580 x 280 pixels $c = new XYChart(580, 280); # Add a title to the chart using 14pt Arial Bold Italic font $c->addTitle("Product Revenue For Last 3 Years", "Arial Bold Italic", 14); # Set the plot area at (50, 50) and of size 500 x 200. Use two alternative background colors (f8f8f8 # and ffffff) $c->setPlotArea(50, 50, 500, 200, 0xf8f8f8, 0xffffff); # Add a legend box at (50, 25) using horizontal layout. Use 8pt Arial as font, with transparent # background. $c->addLegend(50, 25, false, "Arial", 8)->setBackground(Transparent); # Set the x axis labels $c->xAxis->setLabels($labels); # Draw the ticks between label positions (instead of at label positions) $c->xAxis->setTickOffset(0.5); # Add a multi-bar layer with 3 data sets $layer = $c->addBarLayer2(Side); $layer->addDataSet($data0, 0xff8080, "Year 2003"); $layer->addDataSet($data1, 0x80ff80, "Year 2004"); $layer->addDataSet($data2, 0x8080ff, "Year 2005"); # Set 50% overlap between bars $layer->setOverlapRatio(0.5); # Add a title to the y-axis $c->yAxis->setTitle("Revenue (USD in millions)"); # Output the chart $viewer = new WebChartViewer("chart1"); $viewer->setChart($c, SVG); # Include tool tip for the chart $viewer->setImageMap($c->getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{xLabel} Revenue on {dataSetName}: {value} millions'")); ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Overlapping Bar 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;"> Overlapping Bar 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>