Newbie just starting on charting with PHP - and seeking advice on options/approaches

["Greg Cocks" <gcocks(at)stoller(dot)com>]

Hello,

 

I am looking at options to chart dynamic data held in the PostgreSQL database pushed out to the web ‘pages’ via PHP, time series data in a scientific setting such as groundwater levels from a transducer…

 

I was seeking any input anyone might care to offer…

 

Initial searching found these:

 

• http://www.maani.us/charts/index.php (with newbie tutorial I found at http://www.developer.com/lang/php/article.php/3714046 )

 

• http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/chart/chart-manual.php

 

• http://www.amcharts.com/

 

• http://naku.dohcrew.com/libchart/pages/introduction/

 

• http://code.google.com/apis/chart/ (simple example explained here à http://james.cridland.net/code/google-chart.html )

 

• Or any other thoughts??

 

(I guess I could maybe pull together US$100 for licence if needed…)

 

I don’t need anything fancy, as the technical data analysis will be done inside the network with ODBC, etc… this is more for the less-technical web page user to see the data graphically… (much like they can see it spatially via MapServer…)

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

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Regards,
GREG COCKS
GIS Analyst V
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