5.34. Example - Overlaying Plots
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## 5.34. Example - Overlaying Plots

This example shows overlay plots, where multiple plots are drawn at the same position on the same image. In this case, one plot contains a stacked bar plot, and the second is a linepoints plot. The two plots also have different Y axis scales.

See Section 4.6, “Multiple Plots Per Image” for more information.

Example 5.34. Overlaying Plots

    <?php
    # PHPlot Example: Plot Overlay (lines and stackedbars)
    require_once 'phplot.php';

    $title = '2009 Outbreak, Positive Tests';

    # Note: Graph is based on the real thing, but the data is invented.
    # Data for plot #1: stackedbars:
    $y_title1 = 'Number of positive tests';
    $data1 = array(
        array('1/09',  200,  200,  300),
        array('2/09',  300,  100,  700),
        array('3/09',  400,  200,  800),
        array('4/09',  500,  300, 1200),
        array('5/09',  400,  400, 2500),
        array('6/09',  500,  600, 3600),
        array('7/09',  400, 1200, 3300),
        array('8/09',  300, 1500, 2500),
        array('9/09',  200, 1900,  800),
        array('10/09', 100, 2000,  200),
        array('11/09', 100, 2500,  100),
        array('12/09', 100, 2700,  200),
    );
    $legend1 = array('Strain A', 'Strain B', 'Strain C');

    # Data for plot #2: linepoints:
    $y_title2 = 'Percent Positive';
    $data2 = array(
        array('1/09',   5),
        array('2/09',  10),
        array('3/09',  15),
        array('4/09',  30),
        array('5/09',  40),
        array('6/09',  45),
        array('7/09',  47),
        array('8/09',  35),
        array('9/09',  25),
        array('10/09', 20),
        array('11/09', 25),
        array('12/09', 30),
    );
    $legend2 = array('% positive');

    $plot = new PHPlot(800, 600);
    $plot->SetImageBorderType('plain'); // For presentation in the manual
    $plot->SetPrintImage(False); // Defer output until the end
    $plot->SetTitle($title);
    $plot->SetPlotBgColor('gray');
    $plot->SetLightGridColor('black'); // So grid stands out from background

    # Plot 1
    $plot->SetDrawPlotAreaBackground(True);
    $plot->SetPlotType('stackedbars');
    $plot->SetDataType('text-data');
    $plot->SetDataValues($data1);
    $plot->SetYTitle($y_title1);
    # Set and position legend #1:
    $plot->SetLegend($legend1);
    $plot->SetLegendPixels(5, 30);
    # Set margins to leave room for plot 2 Y title on the right.
    $plot->SetMarginsPixels(120, 120);
    # Specify Y range of these data sets:
    $plot->SetPlotAreaWorld(NULL, 0, NULL, 5000);
    $plot->SetYTickIncrement(500);
    $plot->SetXTickLabelPos('none');
    $plot->SetXTickPos('none');
    # Format Y tick labels as integers, with thousands separator:
    $plot->SetYLabelType('data', 0);
    $plot->DrawGraph();

    # Plot 2
    $plot->SetDrawPlotAreaBackground(False); // Cancel background
    $plot->SetDrawYGrid(False); // Cancel grid, already drawn
    $plot->SetPlotType('linepoints');
    $plot->SetDataValues($data2);
    # Set Y title for plot #2 and position it on the right side:
    $plot->SetYTitle($y_title2, 'plotright');
    # Set and position legend #2:
    $plot->SetLegend($legend2);
    $plot->SetLegendPixels(690, 30);
    # Specify Y range of this data set:
    $plot->SetPlotAreaWorld(NULL, 0, NULL, 50);
    $plot->SetYTickIncrement(10);
    $plot->SetYTickPos('plotright');
    $plot->SetYTickLabelPos('plotright');
    $plot->SetDataColors('black');
    # Format Y tick labels as integers with trailing percent sign:
    $plot->SetYLabelType('data', 0, '', '%');
    $plot->DrawGraph();

    # Now output the graph with both plots:
    $plot->PrintImage();

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