Configuring your Chart using PHP
FusionCharts Suite XT includes advanced features that let you add more context to your chart and make data visualization simpler. These features include chart updates, annotations, trend-lines, and events.
This article focuses on how you can configure chart components to:
Update Chart Data
A chart, configured to update data values dynamically, is shown below (click Update Chart Data to start):
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{
"chart": {
"caption": "Customer Satisfaction Score",
"subcaption": "Los Angeles Topanga",
"plotToolText": "Current Score: $value",
"theme": "fusion",
"chartBottomMargin": "50",
"showValue": "1"
},
"colorRange": {
"color": [
{
"minValue": "0",
"maxValue": "90",
"code": "#e44a00"
},
{
"minValue": "90",
"maxValue": "150",
"code": "#f8bd19"
},
{
"minValue": "150",
"maxValue": "250",
"code": "#6baa01"
}
]
},
"dials": {
"dial": [
{
"value": "70",
"id": "dial1"
}
]
}
}The full code of the above sample is given below:
<?php
/* Include the `../src/fusioncharts.php` file that contains functions to embed the charts.*/
include("../includes/fusioncharts.php");
?>
<html>
<head>
<!-- FusionCharts Library -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="//cdn.fusioncharts.com/fusioncharts/latest/fusioncharts.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//cdn.fusioncharts.com/fusioncharts/latest/themes/fusioncharts.theme.fusion.js"></script>
<script>
updateData = function () {
var value = document.getElementById("dial-val").value;
FusionCharts("angulargauge-1").setDataForId("dial1",value);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$gaugeData = "{
\"chart\": {
\"caption\": \"Customer Satisfaction Score\",
\"subcaption\": \"Los Angeles Topanga\",
\"plotToolText\": \"Current Score: \$value\",
\"theme\": \"fusion\",
\"chartBottomMargin\": \"50\",
\"showValue\": \"1\"
},
\"colorRange\": {
\"color\": [{
\"minValue\": \"0\",
\"maxValue\": \"45\",
\"code\": \"#e44a00\"
}, {
\"minValue\": \"45\",
\"maxValue\": \"75\",
\"code\": \"#f8bd19\"
}, {
\"minValue\": \"75\",
\"maxValue\": \"100\",
\"code\": \"#6baa01\"
}]
},
\"dials\": {
\"dial\": [{
\"value\": \"70\",
\"id\": \"dial1\"
}]
}
}";
// chart object
$Chart = new FusionCharts("angulargauge", "angulargauge-1" ,"450", "250", "angulargauge-container", "json", $gaugeData);
// Render the chart
$Chart->render();
?>
<h3>Update data at runtime</h3>
<div id="angulargauge-container">Chart will render here!</div>
<div>
<label for="dial-val">Input dial value</label>
<input name="dial-val" id="dial-val" type="number" />
<input type="button" name="update dial" value="Update Dial" onclick="updateData()" />
</div>
</body>
</html>The above chart has been rendered using the following steps:
Include the
fusioncharts.phpfile which contains functions to embed the charts.Include the necessary libraries and components using
<script>tags. For example,fusioncharts.js,fusioncharts.theme.fusion.js.Add the
updateData()function to randomly update the value of the chart when the button is clicked.Store the chart data in a JSON object.
Store the chart configuration in a JSON object. In the JSON object:
- Set the chart type as
column2d. Find the complete list of chart types with their respective alias here . - Set the width and height of the chart in pixels.
- Set the
dataFormatas JSON. - Embed the json data as the value of
dataSource.
- Set the chart type as
Create the
<div>elements to:- Render the chart using chart
id. - Create button for
updateData().
- Render the chart using chart
When you change the values of
idandrenderAt, ensure that the corresponding changes are reflected in the HTML template. The string values forrenderAtin the code, and the correspondingdiv idin the HTML template, should be the exact same.
Update Chart Attributes
A chart, configured to update the chart caption, sub-caption alignment and chart background dynamically, is shown below (click any one of the buttons shown below the chart to change the chart background and caption, sub-caption alignment):
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{
"chart": {
"caption": "Countries With Most Oil Reserves [2017-18]",
"subCaption": "In MMbbl = One Million barrels",
"xAxisName": "Country",
"yAxisName": "Reserves (MMbbl)",
"numberSuffix": "K",
"theme": "fusion"
},
"data": [
{
"label": "Venezuela",
"value": "290"
},
{
"label": "Saudi",
"value": "260"
},
{
"label": "Canada",
"value": "180"
},
{
"label": "Iran",
"value": "140"
},
{
"label": "Russia",
"value": "115"
},
{
"label": "UAE",
"value": "100"
},
{
"label": "US",
"value": "30"
},
{
"label": "China",
"value": "30"
}
]
}The full code of the above sample is given below:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<?php
/* Include the `../src/fusioncharts.php` file that contains functions to embed the charts.*/
include("../includes/fusioncharts.php");
?>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.button {
display:inline-block;
margin:5px;
padding: 4px 12px;
margin-bottom: 0;
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 20px;
color: #333;
text-align: center;
text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,0.75);
vertical-align: middle;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #f5f5f5;
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top,#fff,#e6e6e6);
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear,0 0,0 100%,from(#fff),to(#e6e6e6));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,#fff,#e6e6e6);
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top,#fff,#e6e6e6);
background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom,#fff,#e6e6e6);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
border-color: #e6e6e6 #e6e6e6 #bfbfbf;
border-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.1) rgba(0,0,0,0.1) rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
border-bottom-color: #b3b3b3;
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffffffff',endColorstr='#ffe6e6e6',GradientType=0);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(enabled=false);
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.2),0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.2),0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.2),0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
}
</style>
<!-- FusionCharts Library -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="//cdn.fusioncharts.com/fusioncharts/latest/fusioncharts.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//cdn.fusioncharts.com/fusioncharts/latest/themes/fusioncharts.theme.fusion.js"></script>
<script>
changeBackground = function(){
FusionCharts("chart-1").setChartAttribute('bgColor', '#efefef');
}
changeCaption = function(e){
FusionCharts("chart-1").setChartAttribute('captionAlignment', 'left');
}
reset = function(e){
FusionCharts("chart-1").setChartAttribute('bgColor', '#ffffff');
FusionCharts("chart-1").setChartAttribute('captionAlignment', 'center');
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$chartData = "{
\"chart\": {
\"caption\": \"Countries With Most Oil Reserves [2017-18]\",
\"subcaption\": \"In MMbbl = One Million barrels\",
\"xaxisname\": \"Country\",
\"yaxisname\": \"Reserves (MMbbl)\",
\"numbersuffix\": \"K\",
\"theme\": \"fusion\"
},
\"data\": [{
\"label\": \"Venezuela\",
\"value\": \"290\"
}, {
\"label\": \"Saudi\",
\"value\": \"260\"
}, {
\"label\": \"Canada\",
\"value\": \"180\"
}, {
\"label\": \"Iran\",
\"value\": \"140\"
}, {
\"label\": \"Russia\",
\"value\": \"115\"
}, {
\"label\": \"UAE\",
\"value\": \"100\"
}, {
\"label\": \"US\",
\"value\": \"30\"
}, {
\"label\": \"China\",
\"value\": \"30\"
}]
}";
// chart object
$Chart = new FusionCharts("column2d", "chart-1" , "700", "400", "chart-container", "json", $chartData);
// Render the chart
$Chart->render();
?>
<div align="center" id="chart-container">Chart will render here!</div>
<div>
<p align="center" id ="message"></p>
</div>
<div id="controllers" align="center" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Arial; font-size: 14px;">
<input type="button" class="button" onClick="changeBackground()" value='Change Chart Background'/>
<input type="button" class="button" onClick="changeCaption()" value='Make Caption Text Left Aligned'/>
<input type="button" class="button" onClick="reset()" value='Reset Attributes'/>
</div>
</body>
</html>The above chart has been rendered using the following steps:
Include the
fusioncharts.phpfile which contains functions to embed the charts.Include the necessary libraries and components using
<script>tags. For example,fusioncharts.js,fusioncharts.theme.fusion.js.Store the chart data in a JSON object.
Store the chart configuration in a JSON object. In the JSON object:
- Set the chart type as
column2d. Find the complete list of chart types with their respective alias here . - Set the width and height of the chart in pixels.
- Set the
dataFormatas JSON. - Embed the json data as the value of
dataSource.
- Set the chart type as
Return the output of the
renderfunction (defined inFusionCharts):- Pass the
request, which is also the only argument accepted by thechartfunction you are defining. - Pass the relative path of the HTML template, where the chart will be rendered.
- Pass a dictionary.
- Pass the
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