pChart是一個開源的圖表生成庫,主要涉及3個Class:pChart.class, pData.class, pCache.class,可生成20多種簡單或復雜的圖表,支持PNG,JPG,GIF通用圖片格式。數據源可以來自於Database,CSV,當然也可以手寫。使用該程序PHP需要開啟GD服務,先來看看pChart的工作流程:

主要分為三步:
下面看一個簡單的柱狀圖表:

代碼如下:
<?php
// Standard inclusions
include("pChart/pData.class");
include("pChart/pChart.class");
// Dataset definition
$DataSet = new pData;
//圖表數據
$DataSet->AddPoint(array(1,4,-3,2,-3,3,2,1,0,7,4),"Serie1");
$DataSet->AddPoint(array(3,3,-4,1,-2,2,1,0,-1,6,3),"Serie2");
$DataSet->AddPoint(array(4,1,2,-1,-4,-2,3,2,1,2,2),"Serie3");
$DataSet->AddAllSeries();
$DataSet->SetAbsciseLabelSerie();
//數據圖例
$DataSet->SetSerieName("Microsoft","Serie1");
$DataSet->SetSerieName("IBM","Serie2");
$DataSet->SetSerieName("Google","Serie3");
// Initialise the graph
$Test = new pChart(700,230);
//設置圖表尺寸、樣式
$Test->setFontProperties("Fonts/tahoma.ttf",8);
$Test->setGraphArea(50,30,680,200);
$Test->drawFilledRoundedRectangle(7,7,693