This is an advanced example that uses a drawing callback to add annotations to a plot. More information on this topic can be found in Section 4.4.5, “Using Callbacks to Annotate Plots”, where this example is described in detail.
Example 5.22. Annotated Plot

<?php
# PHPlot Example: Annotating a plot using callbacks
# Note: This example is coded for PHPlot > 5.0.7
require_once 'phplot.php';
# Get the Sales data. In real life, this would most likely come from
# a database or external file. For this example, we will use 'random'
# data, but with a fixed seed for repeatable results.
function get_data()
{
mt_srand(1);
$data = array();
# Build an array with 12 arrays of (month_name, value):
for ($month = 1; $month <= 12; $month++)
$data[] = array(strftime('%b', mktime(12, 0, 0, $month, 1)),
5 + mt_rand(5, 40));
return $data;
}
# Find the best and worst sales data.
# Gets the Y value (sales data) and X value. For PHPlot text-data data,
# the X values are assigned as 0.5, 1.5, 2.5, etc.
# The data array is in 'text-data' format: array of array(label, Y)...
function get_best_worst($data,
&$best_index, &$best_sales, &$worst_index, &$worst_sales)
{
$best_sales = NULL;
$worst_sales = NULL;
foreach ($data as $x => $point) {
if (!isset($best_sales) || $point[1] > $best_sales) {
$best_sales = $point[1];
$best_index = $x + 0.5;
}
if (!isset($worst_sales) || $point[1] < $worst_sales) {
$worst_sales = $point[1];
$worst_index = $x + 0.5;
}
}
}
# Plot annotation callback.
# The pass-through argument is the PHPlot object.
function annotate_plot($img, $plot)
{
global $best_index, $best_sales, $worst_index, $worst_sales;
# Allocate our own colors, rather than poking into the PHPlot object:
$red = imagecolorresolve($img, 255, 0, 0);
$green = imagecolorresolve($img, 0, 216, 0);
# Get the pixel coordinates of the data points for the best and worst:
list($best_x, $best_y) = $plot->GetDeviceXY($best_index, $best_sales);
list($worst_x, $worst_y) = $plot->GetDeviceXY($worst_index, $worst_sales);
# Draw ellipses centered on those two points:
imageellipse($img, $best_x, $best_y, 50, 20, $green);
imageellipse($img, $worst_x, $worst_y, 50, 20, $red);
# Place some text above the points:
$font = '3';
$fh = imagefontheight($font);
$fw = imagefontwidth($font);
imagestring($img, $font, $best_x-$fw*4, $best_y-$fh-10,
'Good Job!', $green);
# We can also use the PHPlot internal function for text.
# It does the center/bottom alignment calculations for us.
# Specify the font argument as NULL or '' to use the generic one.
$plot->DrawText('', 0, $worst_x, $worst_y-10, $red,
'Bad News!', 'center', 'bottom');
}
# Begin main processing:
# Fill the data array:
$data = get_data();
# Find the best and worst months:
get_best_worst($data, $best_index, $best_sales, $worst_index, $worst_sales);
# Create the PHPlot object, set title, plot type, data array type, and data:
$plot = new PHPlot(800, 600);
$plot->SetTitle('Monthly Widget Sales');
$plot->SetPlotType('bars');
$plot->SetDataType('text-data');
$plot->SetDataValues($data);
# Borders are needed for the manual:
$plot->SetImageBorderType('plain');
# Select X data labels (not tick labels):
$plot->SetXTickPos('none');
$plot->SetXTickLabelPos('none');
$plot->SetXDataLabelPos('plotdown');
# Format Y labels as "$nM" with no decimals, steps of 5:
$plot->SetYLabelType('data', 0, '$', 'M');
$plot->SetYTickIncrement(5.0);
# Force the bottom of the plot to be at Y=0, and omit
# the bottom "$0M" tick label because it looks odd:
$plot->SetPlotAreaWorld(NULL, 0);
$plot->SetSkipBottomTick(True);
# Establish the drawing callback to do the annotation:
$plot->SetCallback('draw_all', 'annotate_plot', $plot);
# Draw the graph:
$plot->DrawGraph();
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