Not so much a Mandrake question, but I collect data off of a server and I want to show the data in a graph on the web. I assume the best way is import the data into mysql and present it using PHP. Does anybody do this at the moment? How easy difficult is it to show the data in a graph. Any links are much appreciated.
Thanks,
Tony.
Hi Tony:
I regularly use PHP/MySQL for my web-db work, but when it comes to graphics, I routinely use Perl because it just seems to have a richer library of "read-to-use" scripts. That may have changed, however. Here's one brief example:
http://penguinsolutions.org/mathematics.png
There are many good resources on the web for Perl's graphics scripts, and one really good book to take a peek at:
Perl Graphics Programming, 1st edition, by Shawn Wallace http://www.penguinsolutions.org/books/bookdetail.php?book_id=2
This text actually is the second book related to Perl's graphics capabilities that Wallace has done, but this one is full of the details you need.
Here are some web resources: http://www.devpapers.com/article/128 http://forums.devshed.com/archive/t-11416 http://linuxgazette.com/issue83/padala.html http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/Languages/Perl/Weave/chart1-4.html http://gdchart.freeservers.com/gdchart/docs/pie_chart.html http://www.devchannel.org/devtoolschannel/04/04/13/1429242.shtml
Hope this helps, Clint
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