ChartDirector 7.0 (PHP Edition)

Surface Chart Axis Types




The example demonstrates different axis scale types for the surface charts.

Like an XYChart, in a SurfaceChart, the axis scale can represent numbers, date/time or labels. In this example, the x-axis uses a date/time scale, the y-axis uses a label based scale, and the z-axis uses a numeric scale.

Source Code Listing

[File: phpdemo/surfaceaxis.php]
<?php require_once("../lib/phpchartdir.php"); # The x and y coordinates of the grid $dataX = array(chartTime(2008, 9, 1), chartTime(2008, 9, 2), chartTime(2008, 9, 3), chartTime(2008, 9, 4), chartTime(2008, 9, 5), chartTime(2008, 9, 6)); $dataY = array("Low", "Medium", "High"); # The data series $lowData = array(24, 38, 33, 25, 28, 36); $mediumData = array(49, 42, 34, 47, 53, 50); $highData = array(44, 51, 38, 33, 47, 42); # Create a SurfaceChart object of size 760 x 500 pixels $c = new SurfaceChart(760, 500); # Add a title to the chart using 18 points Arial font $c->addTitle("Surface Chart Axis Types", "Arial", 18); # Set the center of the plot region at (385, 240), and set width x depth x height to 480 x 240 x 240 # pixels $c->setPlotRegion(385, 240, 480, 240, 240); # Set the elevation and rotation angles to 30 and -10 degrees $c->setViewAngle(30, -10); # Set the data to use to plot the chart. As the y-data are text strings (enumerated), we will use an # empty array for the y-coordinates. For the z data series, they are just the concatenation of the # individual data series. $c->setData($dataX, null, (new ArrayMath($lowData))->insert($mediumData)->insert($highData)->result( )); # Set the y-axis labels $c->yAxis->setLabels($dataY); # Set x-axis tick density to 75 pixels. ChartDirector auto-scaling will use this as the guideline # when putting ticks on the x-axis. $c->xAxis->setTickDensity(75); # Spline interpolate data to a 80 x 40 grid for a smooth surface $c->setInterpolation(80, 40); # Set surface grid lines to semi-transparent black (cc000000). $c->setSurfaceAxisGrid(0xcc000000); # Set contour lines to the same color as the fill color at the contour level $c->setContourColor(SameAsMainColor); # Add a color axis (the legend) in which the top right corner is anchored at (95, 100). Set the # length to 160 pixels and the labels on the left side. $cAxis = $c->setColorAxis(95, 100, TopRight, 160, Left); # Add a bounding box with light grey (eeeeee) background and grey (888888) border. $cAxis->setBoundingBox(0xeeeeee, 0x888888); # Set label style to Arial bold for all axes $c->xAxis->setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); $c->yAxis->setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); $c->zAxis->setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); $c->colorAxis->setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); # Set the x, y and z axis titles using deep blue (000088) 15 points Arial font $c->xAxis->setTitle("Date/Time Axis", "Arial Italic", 15, 0x000088); $c->yAxis->setTitle("Label\nBased\nAxis", "Arial Italic", 15, 0x000088); $c->zAxis->setTitle("Numeric Axis", "Arial Italic", 15, 0x000088); # Output the chart $viewer = new WebChartViewer("chart1"); $viewer->setChart($c, SVG); ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Surface Chart Axis Types</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;"> Surface Chart Axis Types </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>