PHP Graphing Libraries

[gstelmack]

I've demanded that Ben add a graph to one of his WOOF tools. A quick web search turned up about a billion PHP graphing libraries. Which one should I make him use for this? Bonus points if it's obtuse and makes him pull his hair out right before the baby comes; should be good prep work for him.

[cuervo72]

Graphing tool? For what, change tracking?

[gstelmack]

No, power-rating fluctuations week-to-week. My WOOF team dropped like a rock, then started winning once all my good players got hurt. I'm curious to see what the season progression has been for my team. So a simple point-to-point line graph that shows the ups and downs of my team. Once that's in place, I can urge him to put things like opponent and score along with the week along the bottom.

[Ben E Lou]

Bonus points if it's obtuse and makes him pull his hair out right before the baby comes; should be good prep work for him.:rant:

[gstelmack]

:rant:

By the way, it is also very important that you watch "Bill Cosby: Himself" over the next week or so. I now have one that is 6 and one that is almost 4, and the bath night scene hits SO close to home some nights.

[lordscarlet]

I use the google charts API (http://code.google.com/apis/chart/). There are actually quite a few php libraries out there just for it, but I prefer to just build the querystring myself. I have also used PHP SWF Charts (http://www.maani.us/charts/index.php). They look pretty cool, but I don't like having to use flash to view them.

[flere-imsaho]

:rant:

It's for your own good. Get yourself used to unreasonable sleep deprivation now, I say.

[wade moore]

It's for your own good. Get yourself used to unreasonable sleep deprivation now, I say.

I think he's relatively used to it already ;).

[lighthousekeeper]

I've implemented the PHP SWF Charts mentioned above. They are quite easy to implement and look really good.

[miked]

Personally, I'd love to see in graphical form the constant disparity of my roster rating and overall power rating. That may break the library.

[gstelmack]

Personally, I'd love to see in graphical form the constant disparity of my roster rating and overall power rating. That may break the library.

Like this?

http://www.gstelmack.com/TeamRanks.png

Raleigh is more like:

http://www.gstelmack.com/TeamRanks2.png

[gstelmack]

Taking this off on a bit more of a tangent, might be interesting to see if Ben's Roster rating could take into account guys that are Out at that time.

[miked]

That is so depressing. Thanks :)