Simple Line Chart

This example demonstrates the basic steps in creating line charts.

Create an XYChart object using XYChart.XYChart.
Specify the plot area of the chart using XYChart.setPlotArea. The plot area is the rectangle bounded by the x and y axes. You should leave some margin on the outside of the plot area for axis labels, chart titles, etc.
Specify the labels on the x-axis using Axis.setLabels.
A line chart may contain many points and therefore many x-axis labels. In this example, Axis.setLabelStep is used to specify showing only a subset of the labels on the x-axis to avoid over-crowding.
Add a line layer and specify the data for the line using XYChart.addLineLayer.
Assign the chart to the WebChartViewer using WebChartViewer.setChart, and insert it to the web page using WebChartViewer.renderHTML.
Generate tool tips for the chart using BaseChart.getHTMLImageMap.

[File: phpdemo/simpleline.php]

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

# The data for the line chart
$data = array(30, 28, 40, 55, 75, 68, 54, 60, 50, 62, 75, 65, 75, 91, 60, 55, 53, 35, 50, 66, 56,
    48, 52, 65, 62);

# The labels for the line chart
$labels = 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");

# Create a XYChart object of size 250 x 250 pixels
$c = new XYChart(250, 250);

# Set the plotarea at (30, 20) and of size 200 x 200 pixels
$c->setPlotArea(30, 20, 200, 200);

# Add a line chart layer using the given data
$c->addLineLayer($data);

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

# Display 1 out of 3 labels on the x-axis.
$c->xAxis->setLabelStep(3);

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

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

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Simple 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;">
        Simple 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>