ChartDirector 6.0 (PHP Edition)

Multi-Color Bar Chart (1)




This example is the same as Simple Bar Chart (2), except that XYChart.addBarLayer3 is used to add a multi-color bar layer instead of a regular bar layer.

Source Code Listing

[File: phpdemo/colorbar.php]
<?php
require_once("../lib/phpchartdir.php");

# The data for the bar chart
$data = array(85, 156, 179, 211, 123, 189, 166);

# The labels for the bar chart
$labels = array("Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat", "Sun");

# The colors for the bars
$colors = array(0x5588bb, 0x66bbbb, 0xaa6644, 0x99bb55, 0xee9944, 0x444466, 0xbb5555);

# Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 400 pixels
$c = new XYChart(600, 400);

# Add a title box using grey (0x555555) 24pt Arial font
$c->addTitle("Multi-Color Bar Chart", "arial.ttf", 24, 0x555555);

# Set the plotarea at (70, 60) and of size 500 x 300 pixels, with transparent background and border
# and light grey (0xcccccc) horizontal grid lines
$c->setPlotArea(70, 60, 500, 300, Transparent, -1, Transparent, 0xcccccc);

# Set the x and y axis stems to transparent and the label font to 12pt Arial
$c->xAxis->setColors(Transparent);
$c->yAxis->setColors(Transparent);
$c->xAxis->setLabelStyle("arial.ttf", 12);
$c->yAxis->setLabelStyle("arial.ttf", 12);

# Add a multi-color bar chart layer with transparent border using the given data
$barLayerObj = $c->addBarLayer3($data, $colors);
$barLayerObj->setBorderColor(Transparent);

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

# For the automatic y-axis labels, set the minimum spacing to 40 pixels.
$c->yAxis->setTickDensity(40);

# Add a title to the y axis using dark grey (0x555555) 14pt Arial font
$c->yAxis->setTitle("Y-Axis Title Placeholder", "arial.ttf", 14, 0x555555);

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