PHP Error Line Charts & Graphs

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Error Graph combined with Line Chart is commonly referred as Error Line Chart. Given example shows Error Line Chart along with PHP source code that you can try running locally.

<?php

$dataPoints1 = array( 
	array("y" => 3.69, "label" => "Jan" ),
	array("y" => 3.06, "label" => "Feb" ),
	array("y" => 4.08, "label" => "Mar" ),
	array("y" => 4.06, "label" => "Apr" ),
	array("y" => 4.48, "label" => "May" ),
	array("y" => 3.45, "label" => "Jun" ),
	array("y" => 4.17, "label" => "Jul" ),
	array("y" => 4.05, "label" => "Aug" ),
	array("y" => 4.05, "label" => "Sep" ),
	array("y" => 3.50, "label" => "Oct" ),
	array("y" => 4.00, "label" => "Nov" ),
	array("y" => 3.86, "label" => "Dec" )
);

$dataPoints2 = array( 
	array("y" => array(3.6, 3.8), "label" => "Jan" ),
	array("y" => array(3.0, 3.4), "label" => "Feb" ),
	array("y" => array(3.8, 4.3), "label" => "Mar" ),
	array("y" => array(3.9, 4.2), "label" => "Apr" ),
	array("y" => array(4.3, 4.6), "label" => "May" ),
	array("y" => array(3.3, 3.6), "label" => "Jun" ),
	array("y" => array(4.0, 4.4), "label" => "Jul" ),
	array("y" => array(3.9, 4.3), "label" => "Aug" ),
	array("y" => array(3.8, 4.2), "label" => "Sep" ),
	array("y" => array(3.4, 3.7), "label" => "Oct" ),
	array("y" => array(3.8, 4.2), "label" => "Nov" ),
	array("y" => array(3.7, 4.0), "label" => "Dec" )
);

?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<script>
window.onload = function() {

var chart = new CanvasJS.Chart("chartContainer", {
	animationEnabled: true,
	title:{
		text: "Predicted Rainfall"
	},
	axisX: {
		interval: 1
	},
	axisY:{
		title: "Precipitation (in inch)",
		suffix: " in"
	},
	toolTip: {
		shared: true
	},
	data: [{
		type: "line",
		name: "Predicted",
		toolTipContent: "<b>{label}</b><br><span style=\"color:#4F81BC\">{name}</span>: {y} in",
		markerType: "none",
		dataPoints: <?php echo json_encode($dataPoints1, JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK); ?>
	},
	{
		type: "error",
		name: "Error Range",
		toolTipContent: "<span style=\"color:#C0504E\">{name}</span>: {y[0]} in - {y[1]} in",
		dataPoints: <?php echo json_encode($dataPoints2, JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK); ?>
	}]
});
chart.render();

}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="chartContainer" style="height: 370px; width: 100%;"></div>
<script src="https://canvasjs.com/assets/script/canvasjs.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Related Customization

Color and dash-type of Stem in Error Chart can be customized using stemColor and stemDashType properties. Other commonly used customization options are whiskerThickness, whiskerColor, lineThickness, lineColor, etc.