Graphic support in php ???

Ruchi_Bhindwale

I need to develop a model which simulates some calculations and displays some graphs. The model needs to be deployed on the web. Is PHP a good choice for displaying complex graphs ? Or else which script can I use for the same ??

sid

Ruchi Bhindwale wrote:
I need to develop a model which simulates some calculations and displays some graphs. The model needs to be deployed on the web. Is PHP a good choice for displaying complex graphs ? Or else which script can I use for the same ??

it can be done, but there are better (faster, "prettier") technologies for this type of application. if you only need to show a few bars or curves, that probably won't be to hard, but since you say it's "complex"... svg or flash are technologies i've tapped into for such purposes before.

p.s.: i got the 666

Ruchi_Bhindwale

hey thanks for the reply..

So you mean I may use flash technology in the server side coding along with php for the display ? That is I may get the computations using php and then display then using these technologies. Have I inferred correctly ???

NogDog

As far as PHP implementations, there is this PEAR package: http://pear.php.net/package/Image_Graph . You might also want to look at http://www.aditus.nu/jpgraph/ .

sid

Ruchi Bhindwale wrote:
hey thanks for the reply..

So you mean I may use flash technology in the server side coding along with php for the display ? That is I may get the computations using php and then display then using these technologies. Have I inferred correctly ???

a.) that's one suggestion: passing parameters to a flash file that takes care of the presentation. i dont know much about action script, but i assume that you could accomplish the whole task with that as well.
although, jpgraph looks pretty fancy too...

b.) this was my 666th post... :xbones:

myownsummer

Can anyone suggest a good graphs package with mysql support? I have tried pchart but am unabke to get it 2 work.
Thanks!

myownsummer

Hey.
If anyone can suggest graph packages with mysql support it would be great.
I have tried pchart and jpgraph but cant get them to work.
Thanks

dagon

at work we went with the cheap and nasty (Fine for what we needed at the time) Google Chart API

myownsummer

Thanks, but I already ruled out that one since I need an offline solution.

Anyways, I got pChart to work for me, so problem solved!