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Displaying a graphical chart on the internet

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 9:29 am
by Zomis
I have seen some charts at some places on the internet, like at bravenet.com (when I was a member there and used their counter), and at some online games.
And I was just wondering...how to create and display a chart on the internet?

I only have some experience with Charts from Borland Delphi, never used Charts on the internet, but I thought I could try it...

I do know some php, and also a little bit Java, and if it's possible to create charts using those languages, then HOW?

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 10:59 am
by igoy
8O Dunno about JAVA dude... But yes.. :D in PHP you can do that !

you require stuff called GD library installed for your PHP. .. in other words your web server should have it installed with their PHP, as far as how to use it. . . 8) well it would be another story..and long one too. ..

:arrow: go to EvilWalrus.com for readymade codes or PHPClasses.org for readymade classes (makes life easier), also .. :idea: you can run a search programme on net to find info (believe me you will get a lot info) on PHP / GD ... :)

:twisted: Merry PHPing... adios

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 5:14 am
by pootergeist
I'm currently working (well will be next break I get) on a class distro of the usual pie chart, line graph and bar chart as briefly detailed

here

which run under php with GD2+

The top one was written for a stock quote visualization application for some american broker - both need quite a bit of work to get them to distribution quality though.
Let me know if you want a gander at the code.

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 6:09 am
by ik
Hi,
Yes PHP (GD) includes low-level graphics routines. And you can use shareware lbrary HPPlot: http://www.phplot.com to make things much yeasier. Well it isn't so impressive as Delphi tee-chart :D , but also very good - and it allows you to do exactly what you are looking for.

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 7:15 am
by m3mn0n
Regular Flash + Actionscript with PHP/mySQL backend should do the trick or the easier way, which i'm learning how...MING! =)

Ming = swf output library mod for PHP, check it out here: http://ming.sourceforge.net/index.html

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2003 10:50 am
by igoy
Oh yeh.. how can forget Flash.... Flash can do it with much easier way... and quite impressive way also .. . moreover. . . you can user flash's native actionscript with PHP/MySQL to avoid MING routine (with all respect to MING) which can get bit cumbersome in complex stuff... :)

Re: Displaying a graphical chart on the internet

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:00 pm
by J4L
You can have a look at RChat Php Edition:

http://www.java4less.com/rchartphp/index.html