In today's article on dynamic graphing with PHP, we convert the supplied script that plots a a line graph into one that plots a bar chart on the fly from dynamic data:
Then, we discover how to fill the bars with colour:
Finally, we give the bars a 3D perspective effect:
The start-up code is provided, so the tutorial is for Dreamweaver users with any level of PHP experience.
Allan comes from Cape Town, South Africa. He has been implicated in writing for several WROX, glasshaus, Wiley and Apress publications, generally in the 'cool stuff that PHP can do' sections.
You can catch up with him at his website http://www.mediafrenzy.co.za.