Installation

FusionCharts Suite XT includes the FusionCharts server-side PHP wrapper that lets you create interactive, data-driven charts. Using the wrapper, you can create charts in your browsers without writing any JavaScript code. The required JavaScript and HTML code is generated as a string in the server and inserted in your web page to generate charts.

In this article, we will show you how to download and install the FusionCharts PHP wrapper and all the other dependencies on your system.

The FusionCharts PHP server-side wrapper requires PHP 5 or higher.

Install FusionCharts PHP Wrapper

In order to install and start working with PHP-FusionCharts you need to download the FusionCharts Suite XT package which contains:

• JavaScript files to render Charts, Widgets, and PowerCharts in the js folder.
• JavaScript files to render maps in the js > maps folder.
• JavaScript files to apply themes in the js > themes folder.

The folder structure is shown below:

You need to copy all the files/folders from fusioncharts-suite-xt > js folder to your project folder.

• The download package also contains fusioncharts.php file under the fusioncharts-suite-xt > integrations > php > fusioncharts-wrapper folder and the FusionCharts PHP native Export Handler . The folder structure is shown below:

The php folder in the FusionCharts Suite XT package is available from v3.13.0.

Following is the list of JavaScript files present in your fusioncharts-suite-xt > js folder:

To install FusionCharts Suite XT, simply copy and paste the JavaScript files from the downloaded package into your project folder.

Once you have copied FusionCharts Suite XT into your project, you can now include the FusionCharts JavaScript library in your web page and start building your charts, gauges, and maps.

Create a PHP file and follow the steps given below:

Step 1: Include the FusionCharts package:

<script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/local/fusioncharts.js"></script>

Step 2 (optional): Include the theme file:

<script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/local/themes/fusioncharts.theme.fusion.js"></script>

Step 3: To use FusionCharts PHP wrapper in your project, include the fusioncharts.php wrapper to your PHP page:

<?php
       /* Include the `fusioncharts.php` file that contains functions to embed the charts. */
       include(“path/to/local/fusioncharts.php”);
?>

This completes the installation of FusionCharts in your application. To see how to create a chart, click here .

Installing FusionMaps for your project

FusionCharts Suite XT provides 1400+ data-driven maps as a part of the FusionMaps product. To reduce the size of the download package, we have included the fusioncharts.maps.js file and only two map definition files - the World Map, and the Map of USA. However, you can download the remaining map definition files to plot maps of those countries/regions.

If you are using version v3.12.2 or older, download the latest version and replace for upgrading to the latest map definition files.

To install FusionMaps follow the steps given below:

Step 1: Copy/paste the fusioncharts.php file from fusioncharts-suite-xt > integrations > php > fusioncharts-wrapper to your project’s folder and include it to your PHP page.

Step 2: To render a map, you need to include the core FusionCharts library fusioncharts.js along with fusioncharts.maps.js, and the map definition files to your project's folder.

Step 3: Once done, insert the <script> tag where you want to include the source of the FusionCharts library link from the specific local folder in the project. The <script> tag is shown below:

<script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/local/fusioncharts.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/local/fusioncharts.maps.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/local/maps/fusioncharts.world.js"></script>

In the above example, we’ve included the World Map, whose map definition (path) is in maps/fusioncharts.world.js.

Load other map definition files

To use any other map (except World and USA) from our 1400+ maps, download the map definition files and copy them to your current maps folder. The map definition files are named in fusioncharts.[MAP_ALIAS].js format, where MAP_ALIAS represents the country, state, or region name.

Insert the <script> tag where you want to include the source of the FusionCharts library link from the specific local folder in the project. The <script> tag is shown below:

<script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/local/maps/fusioncharts.[MAP_ALIAS].js"></script>

Therefore, assuming that you want to render the map of California, the alias name california replaces MAP_ALIAS in the format as shown below:

<script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/local/maps/fusioncharts.california.js"></script>

Click here to explore all the maps available in FusionMaps XT.

This completes the installation of FusionMaps in your application. To see how to create a map,

• JavaScript files to apply themes in the js > themes folder. click here .

Themes

Themes shipped with FusionCharts Suite XT allow you to apply centralized themes to any number of charts.

In a theme file, we can centralize the following aspects of all of your charts, gauges and maps:

• Visual appearance (data plot color, font color, font size, etc.)
• Behavior (hover effects for data plots)
• Intelligence (applying different colors to the positive and negative data plots in all charts that use the theme)

The FusionCharts Suite download package also contains predefined theme files under fusioncharts-suite-xt > js > themes folder. The folder structure is shown below:

To add any theme, you need to include the .js file of the theme in the <script> tag as shown below:

<script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/local/fusioncharts.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="path/to/local/themes/fusioncharts.theme.fusion.js"></script>

Only including the fusioncharts.theme.fusion.js file will not apply the theme. To apply the theme, set the value of theme attribute to the respective name of the theme. For more details click here .