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simple bar chart

this simple bar chart doesn't require any image manipulation software on the server.
it's done only in html and uses percentages in tables to show the chart.

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1	<?php
2	// total width
3	$total_width = 600;
4	// base color
5	$base_color = 'silver';
6	// add an array per field to show
7	$graphs = array(
8	array('label'=>'whatever', 'color'=>'red', 'amount'=>'30'),
9	array('label'=>'more here', 'color'=>'green', 'amount'=>'36'),
10	array('label'=>'just an example', 'color'=>'blue', 'amount'=>'82'),
11	array('label'=>'even more', 'color'=>'orange', 'amount'=>'4'),
12	);
13	for($x = 0; $x < count($graphs); $x++)
14	{
15	echo '
16	<table width="'.$total_width.'">
17	<tr>
18	<td colspan="2">
19	'.$graphs[$x]['label'].'
20	</td>
21	</tr>
22	<tr>
23	<td width="'.$graphs[$x]['amount'].'%" bgcolor="'.$graphs[$x]['color'].'">
24	'.$graphs[$x]['amount'].'%
25	</td>
26	<td width="'.(100-$graphs[$x]['amount']).'%" bgcolor="'.$base_color.'">
27
28	</td>
29	</tr>
30	</table>';
31	}
32	?>

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