Integrating PHP/SWF Charts with CakePHP
Chris Hartjes, who I had the pleasure of meeting at php|works, has posted a new tutorial on his blog. In this latest post he takes you through integrating graphs into your CakePHP, application. First, I’ve got to say, when you first meet Chris, he looks more like a bouncer than a coder. Thank god he’s a nice guy because I’m sure he could pound me to a pulp if he doesn’t like my story. :)
Chris, who works at VerticalScope has written a nice tutorial on how to integrate the charting package php/swf into a CakePHP application. Let me pull a bit from the post and give you a taste.
Okay, for a project at work I was asked to add graphs to some of the reports I’d already created. So I looked around for solutions for graphing in PHP and stumbled upon PHP/SWF Charts as a solution. Basically, it comes in two parts: a Flash movie that generates the charts for you and a PHP library that sends data to the Flash movie to create those great charts.
The language of the tutorial is unassuming and easy to read. It’s more like a conversation with a friend that a technical tutorial. As with any good tutorial, there is lots and lots of sample code.
Drop by Chris’s blog and check it out.
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