How to generate a bar chart in PHP, generate bars in php_PHP tutorial

// create an array of values ​​for the chart. These values ​​
// could come from anywhere, POST, GET, database etc.
$values ​​= array(23,32,35,57,12,3,36,54,32,15,43,24,30);

// now we get the number of values ​​in the array. this will
// tell us how many columns to plot
$columns = count($values);

// set the height and width of the graph image

$width = 300;
$height = 200;

// Set the amount of space between each column
$padding = 5;

// Get the width of 1 column
$column_width = $width / $columns ;

// set the graph color variables
$im = imagecreate($width,$height);
$gray = imagecolorallocate ($im,0xcc,0xcc,0xcc);
$gray_lite = imagecolorallocate ($im,0xee,0xee,0xee);
$gray_dark = imagecolorallocate ($im,0x7f,0x7f,0x7f);
$white = imagecolorallocate ($im,0xff,0xff,0xff);

// set the background color of the graph
Imagefilledrectangle($im,0,0,$width,$height,$white);


// Calculate the maximum value we are going to plot
$max_value = max($values);

// loop over the array of columns
for($i=0;$i<$columns;$i++)
                                       {
// set the column hieght for each value
$column_height = ($height / 100) * (( $values[$i] / $max_value)

*100);
// now the coords
         $x1 = $i*$column_width;
         $y1 = $height-$column_height;
          $x2 = (($i+1)*$column_width)-$padding;
          $y2 = $height;

// write the columns over the background
imagefilledrectangle($im,$x1,$y1,$x2,$y2,$gray);

// This gives the columns a little 3d effect
Imageline($im,$x1,$y1,$x1,$y2,$gray_lite);
Imageline($im,$x1,$y2,$x2,$y2,$gray_lite);
Imageline($im,$x2,$y1,$x2,$y2,$gray_dark);
          }

// set the correct png headers
header ("Content-type: image/png");
// spit the image out the other end
imagepng($im);
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