PHP Charts
Digital Media Minute did a post years back (did I mention we are coming up on our sixth birthday?) on generating Flash/PHP charts . Here’s a list of some of the better places on the net that will help you build PHP charts.
pChart is a free PHP class-oriented framework for creating good-looking aliased charts, from Sourceforge.net. There are color scheme add-ons and a slick, easy-to-use demo area to test the functionality.
For a wide selection of PHP scripts to build graphs and charts, get over to Hotscripts.com where you’ll find links and ratings to dozens of PHP chart builders, the vast majority of which are free.
I’m very impressed with TeeChart for PHP, from Steema Software. The basic server license is US$149, but the gallery reveals a wide variety of gorgeous charts. For something really professional, this might be the place to start.
In the Zend Developer Zone at zend.com, there’s a full-blown tutorial on the GDChart extension, available from PECL, which gives you a full-featured API to generate charts and graphs that will make it much easier to dynamically generate graphical representations of numerical data at run-time.
It certainly doesn’t cover the whole API, but to create and maintain dynamic PHP charts through Google Charts, take a look at the GoogChart PHP class, created by Ludwig Pettersson.
Jpowered.com gets high marks for including easy-to-follow tutorials and demos in its offering of Advanced Graphs and Charts for PHP. Judging from the demo, the charts are of high quality, though the single domain license costs US$195.
Another pretty good list of PHP Graphs and Charts Scripts is over at developertutorials.com.
