seigler/neat-charts

Generates clean-looking SVG charts

seigler/neat-charts

PHP project to generate clean-looking SVG price charts, _(*1)

30 days of Dash price in Bitcoin from Poloniex.com, _(*2)

Ethereum 7-day price in BTC from Poloniex , _(*3)

More examples at cryptohistory.org., _(*4)

Requirements

• PHP >=5.3.0

Installation

Using Composer

To install using Composer, you will have to install Composer first., _(*5)

curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php, _(*6)

Create a composer.json file in your project root. Then run this command in your project folder:, _(*7)

composer require seigler/neat-charts, _(*8)

Tell Composer to install the required dependencies., _(*9)

php composer.phar install, _(*10)

If you want to use the autoloading provided by Composer, add the following line to your application file., _(*11)

require 'vendor/autoload.php';, _(*12)

You are now ready to use NeatCharts., _(*13)

Install NeatCharts manually

Download the folder NeatCharts (in src) and place it alongside your php file. Add the following at the top of your PHP file:, _(*14)

spl_autoload_extensions(".php");
spl_autoload_register();

This will automatically require the correct files when they are referenced, since the namespace and class names match the folder structure., _(*15)

Usage

Header('Content-type: image/svg+xml; charset=utf-8');

$chart = new NeatCharts/LineChart($chartData, [ // all parameters optional
  'width'=>800,
  'height'=>250,
  'lineColor'=>"#1C75BC",
  'labelColor'=>"#777",
  'smoothed'=>false
]);
print '';
print $chart->render();

In your HTML: <img src="path to the PHP file">, _(*16)

There are more demos available in demo.php and demo-as-image.php., _(*17)

Available Options

LineChart

BarChart

CandlestickChart

Credits

• Chart appearance based on advice found at http://vis4.net/blog/posts/doing-the-line-charts-right/