Set categories names from data stored in a single-dimension array.

void object->SetCategoriesFromArray( array categories )

Arguments

object: Required. A Chart object.
categories: Required. A single-dimension array containing the categories names as elements.

PHP Sample Code

The following PHP code shows how to store the series and categories of the table below using the SetCategoriesFromArray method. This table has two series named "Year 2006" and "Year 2007". The categories are "North America", "South America", "Europe", "Middle East" and "Asia".

	North America	South America	Europe	Middle East	Asia
Year 2006	12	7.5	11.3	9.2	5.3
Year 2007	14	9.9	13.1	11.5	4.9

$myArray= array();

$myArray[0]= "North America";
$myArray[1]= "South America";
$myArray[2]= "Europe";
$myArray[3]= "Middle East";
$myArray[4]= "Asia";

// Fill the chart with the categories stored in the myArray variable
$chart->SetCategoriesFromArray($myArray);

// Add the first series "Year 2006"
$myArray[0]= 12;
$myArray[1]= 7.5;
$myArray[2]= 11.3;
$myArray[3]= 9.2;
$myArray[4]= 5.3;

// Fill the first series with the data stored in the myArray variable
$chart->SetSeriesCaption(0, "Year 2006");
$chart->SetSeriesValuesFromArray(0, $myArray);

// Do the same way for the second series "Year 2007"

Arguments

PHP Sample Code

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