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omar.bohsali@gmail.com

2006-06-08, 7:28 pm

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to find a graphing app that I can run on a webserver that
can draw graphs and charts from sets of data. Something similar to
PopChart, but Ii'm trying to find some alternatives.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

=[TrIpWiRe]=

2006-06-08, 7:28 pm

Hi,

You can use avg for your graphs

Thanks
Alvin

omar.bohs...@XXXXXXXXXX wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm trying to find a graphing app that I can run on a webserver that
> can draw graphs and charts from sets of data. Something similar to
> PopChart, but Ii'm trying to find some alternatives.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.

mbstevens

2006-06-08, 7:28 pm

omar.bohsali@XXXXXXXXXX wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm trying to find a graphing app that I can run on a webserver that
> can draw graphs and charts from sets of data. Something similar to
> PopChart, but Ii'm trying to find some alternatives.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
Several languages have bindings to the GD modules, which can create
graphs. Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP... It is easy to use.

http://www.libgd.org/

omar.bohsali@gmail.com

2006-06-08, 7:28 pm

mbstevens wrote:
> omar.bohsali@XXXXXXXXXX wrote:
> Several languages have bindings to the GD modules, which can create
> graphs. Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP... It is easy to use.
>
> http://www.libgd.org/

Are there specific methods to generate graphs? Or would that have to be
done from scratch? I know it wouldn't be too difficult to do, but have
you heard of methods that do make graphs?

David Cary Hart

2006-06-08, 7:28 pm

On 7 Jun 2006 12:14:52 -0700, omar.bohsali@XXXXXXXXXX opined:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm trying to find a graphing app that I can run on a webserver
> that can draw graphs and charts from sets of data. Something
> similar to PopChart, but Ii'm trying to find some alternatives.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
The graphs on our site are all done with jpgraph. If you understand
php, you will really like this package.

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Charles Sweeney

2006-06-08, 7:28 pm

wrote

>
> mbstevens wrote:
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> Are there specific methods to generate graphs? Or would that have to
be
> done from scratch? I know it wouldn't be too difficult to do, but have
> you heard of methods that do make graphs?

I only know PHP. You would do it from scratch. It's interesting stuff:

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/ref.image.php

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mbstevens

2006-06-08, 7:28 pm

omar.bohsali@XXXXXXXXXX wrote:

>
>
> Are there specific methods to generate graphs? Or would that have to be
> done from scratch? I know it wouldn't be too difficult to do, but have
> you heard of methods that do make graphs?
>
There are differences between bindings. In PERL there are specific
modules for graphs.

use GD::Graph::bars;
use GD::Graph::lines;
use GD::Graph::pie;

You'll also often need

use GD::Graph::color;
use GD::Graph::Data;

Different languages will have different binding details, but the
libraries are really easy to use and quite high level.