Elegant Useful and Free PHP Graph/Chart Libraries

Article Last Updated: 13^th Nov 2009
Posted by Ruhani Rabin in PHP, Resources | Comments | |

For various kind of reports/applications graph and charts can play a very important role. Here are some of the free and open source chart libraries that you can use into your own PHP web projects. Use these to enhance the user experience and build a rich client presentation.

OpenFlash Chart 2

Home | Download | Demos

Charts with PHP and Google Charts API

Usage and Download

XML/SWF Charts

Information | Gallery | Download | Tutorial

Max’s Chart CSS and PHP Driven

Information | Download

pChart PHP Class with Cache

Information | Screen shots | Download | Addons | Demo

phpGraphLIB

Information | Documentation | Download | Examples

QGoogleVisualizationAPI (Render charts with Google Visualization API)

Information and Download | Sample

FusionCharts Free

FusionCharts Free is a completely free and open-source Flash charting component. It empowers you to create animated and interactive Flash charts for your web applications, desktop applications and presentations

Some of the highlights are:

• 22 popular charts like Column, Line, Pie, Bar, Area, Stacked, Candlestick and Funnel Chart, that look the same across all browsers
• Animated and interactive charts that make your applications look “wow”
• Works with PHP, ASP.NET, JSP, ColdFusion, Python, RoR, simple HTML pages or even PowerPoint Presentations
• All the charts can pull data from any database and are AJAX enabled

If the chart types and features in FusionCharts Free satiate you, then you end up spending zilch for your charting requirements.
Information and Download | Sample Gallery

So here we are, get these elegant and useful chart libraries and add more rich chart on your PHP web application easily.

Do you know another elegant chart library? Post a comment with it, I will append that in this list afterwards. Share your own thoughts at the comments or you can find me at twitter @ruhanirabin, say hi or share your opinion.

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