Unpack the PHPlot distribution into a convenient directory. PHPlot releases are available both as ZIP files, and as gzip-compressed TAR files. Use whichever format is more convenient for you. In the example below, the TAR format is unpacked.
$ tar -xvzf phplot-6.*.tar.gz $ cd phplot-6.*
(Use the appropriate file and directory (folder) name.) Check the distribution for README and/or INSTALL files which may contain newer instructions.
Installation of PHPlot simply involves copying the script files somewhere
your PHP application scripts will be able to find them. The scripts are:
phplot.php
, the main script file,
and rgb.inc.php
, an optional script file containing a
large color map.
Make sure the protections on these files allow the web server to read them.
For example:
$ chmod 644 *.php
Then, simply copy the files into a directory where PHP scripts
will be able to include them.
The ideal place is a directory outside your web server
document area, and on your PHP include path (that you noted above in
the PHP Info report). You can add to the include path
in the PHP configuration file; consult the PHP manual for details.
For example, if /usr/local/share/php
is on
your PHP include path, you can install PHPlot with:
$ cp phplot.php rgb.inc.php /usr/local/share/php
On Windows systems, you can simply download the release ZIP file, expand it
using Windows Explorer, and copy the needed script file(s) out of the
contained phplot-*
folder into place.
This version of the manual was produced for the
PHPlot Sourceforge project web service site, which requires the logo on each
page.
To download a logo-free copy of the manual, see the
PHPlot project downloads
area.