ChartDirector 6.0 (PHP Edition)

Polar Vector Chart




This example demonstrates a polar 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 radial and angular coordinates, and the length and the direction.

In ChartDirector, a polar vector layer is created using PolarChart.addVectorLayer.

Source Code Listing

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

# Coordinates of the starting points of the vectors
$radius = array(5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10,
    15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20,
    25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25);
$angle = array(0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180,
    210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90,
    120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330);

# Magnitude and direction of the vectors
$magnitude = array(5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3,
    3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
    1);
$direction = array(60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180,
    210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90,
    120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330,
    0, 30);

# Create a PolarChart object of size 460 x 460 pixels
$c = new PolarChart(460, 460);

# Add a title to the chart at the top left corner using 15pt Arial Bold Italic font
$c->addTitle("Polar Vector Chart Demonstration", "arialbi.ttf", 15);

# Set center of plot area at (230, 240) with radius 180 pixels
$c->setPlotArea(230, 240, 180);

# Set the grid style to circular grid
$c->setGridStyle(false);

# Set angular axis as 0 - 360, with a spoke every 30 units
$c->angularAxis->setLinearScale(0, 360, 30);

# Add a polar vector layer to the chart with blue (0000ff) vectors
$c->addVectorLayer($radius, $angle, $magnitude, $direction, RadialAxisScale, 0x0000ff);

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