[CODE/PHP] JpGraph: How to output your graph as a base64 encoded image

Some times you just want to output the image created by your $graph object without having to create a separate .php script that would need to receive a bunch of parameters.

Here’s a function you can pass your $graph object right before the $graph->Stroke(); call

[pastacode lang=”php” manual=”function%20graphInSrc(%24graph%2C%20%24width%2C%20%24height)%20%7B%0A%20%20%24img%20%3D%20%24graph-%3EStroke(_IMG_HANDLER)%3B%0A%20%20ob_start()%3B%0A%20%20imagepng(%24img)%3B%0A%20%20%24img_data%20%3D%20ob_get_contents()%3B%0A%20%20ob_end_clean()%3B%0A%0A%20%20echo%20’%3Cimg%20width%3D%22′.%24width.’%22%20height%3D%22′.%24height.’%22%20src%3D%22data%3Aimage%2Fpng%3Bbase64%2C’.base64_encode(%24img_data).’%22%2F%3E’%3B%0A%7D” message=”” highlight=”” provider=”manual”/]

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