PHP developers often build applications that work on a diverse data spectrum like sales, marketing, finance, health care or government and beyond. For the end-users of such applications to be able to make sense and take the right actions, it is necessary to represent data in the right form as dashboards or reports. Dashboards, which are an inter-connected collection of charts, gauges and grids facilitate inference, insight and actions – the most critical aspects of any enterprise.
Many charting components are available for use in your PHP apps. While most of these are server side components that generate static images of charts and gauges, without any interactivity, a few are client-side solutions that use JavaScript or Flash to generate interactive charts, gauges and grids. Enter FusionCharts Suite, the industry’s leading enterprise-grade JavaScript charting solution. For PHP developers who wouldn’t want to dabble in JavaScript, it also provides server-side libraries which enable them to create delightful charts in JavaScript. These libraries help in connecting to data sources, producing the chart data, and generating the required HTML and JavaScript code, which can be easily embedded in any web page.
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