ChartDirector 5.1 (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.ttf", 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.
$tmpArrayMath1 = new ArrayMath($lowData);
$tmpArrayMath1->insert($mediumData);
$tmpArrayMath1->insert($highData);
$c->setData($dataX, null, $tmpArrayMath1->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("arialbd.ttf");
$c->yAxis->setLabelStyle("arialbd.ttf");
$c->zAxis->setLabelStyle("arialbd.ttf");
$c->colorAxis->setLabelStyle("arialbd.ttf");

# Set the x, y and z axis titles using deep blue (000088) 15 points Arial font
$c->xAxis->setTitle("Date/Time Axis", "ariali.ttf", 15, 0x000088);
$c->yAxis->setTitle("Label\nBased\nAxis", "ariali.ttf", 15, 0x000088);
$c->zAxis->setTitle("Numeric Axis", "ariali.ttf", 15, 0x000088);

# Output the chart
header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
print($c->makeChart2(JPG));
?>