ChartDirector 7.0 (PHP Edition)

Vector Chart




This example demonstrates a vector chart.

A vector chart is like a scatter chart, but the symbols are arrows which can be of arbitrary lengths pointing to arbitrary directions. Thus each symbol in a vector chart is specified by 4 values - the x and y coordinates, the length and the direction.

In ChartDirector, an XY vector layer is created using XYChart.addVectorLayer.

Source Code Listing

[File: phpdemo/vector.php]
<?php require_once("../lib/phpchartdir.php"); # The (x, y) coordinates of the starting point of the vectors $dataX = array(20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 20, 40, 58, 62, 80, 100, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100); $dataY = array(20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 80, 80, 80, 80, 80, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100); # The lengths (radii) and directions (angles) of the vectors $dataR = array(6, 6, 9, 6, 6, 6, 9, 12, 9, 6, 9, 12, 12, 12, 12, 9, 6, 9, 12, 9, 6, 6, 6, 9, 6, 6); $dataA = array(-45, -30, 0, 30, 45, -60, -45, 0, 45, 60, -90, -90, -90, 90, 90, 90, -120, -135, 180, 135, 120, -135, -150, 180, 150, 135); # Create a XYChart object of size 450 x 390 pixels $c = new XYChart(450, 390); # Set the plotarea at (55, 40) and of size 350 x 300 pixels, with a light grey border (0xc0c0c0). # Turn on both horizontal and vertical grid lines with light grey color (0xc0c0c0) $c->setPlotArea(55, 40, 350, 300, -1, -1, 0xc0c0c0, 0xc0c0c0, -1); # Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Itatic font. $c->addTitle("Vector Chart Demonstration", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18); # Add a title to the y axis using 12pt Arial Bold Italic font $c->yAxis->setTitle("Y Axis Title", "Arial Bold Italic", 12); # Add a title to the x axis using 12pt Arial Bold Italic font $c->xAxis->setTitle("X Axis Title", "Arial Bold Italic", 12); # Set the axes line width to 3 pixels $c->xAxis->setWidth(3); $c->yAxis->setWidth(3); # Add a vector layer to the chart using blue (0000CC) color, with vector arrow size set to 11 pixels $c->addVectorLayer($dataX, $dataY, $dataR, $dataA, YAxisScale, 0x0000cc)->setArrowHead(11); # Output the chart $viewer = new WebChartViewer("chart1"); $viewer->setChart($c, SVG); # Include tool tip for the chart $viewer->setImageMap($c->getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='Vector at ({x}, {value}): Length = {len}, Angle = {dir} deg'")); ?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Vector 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;"> Vector 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>