This is a 'linepoints' plot (Lines/Points) showing all the point shapes available for 'point' and 'linepoints' plots. In this example, we also use a legend to display a text string for each data set, and change the data colors to get 10 distinctive colors.
Example 5.7. Line/Point Plot, Point Shapes
<?php # PHPlot Example: Line-Point plot showing all the point shapes require_once 'phplot.php'; # This array is used for both the point shapes and legend: $shapes = array( 'circle', 'cross', 'diamond', 'dot', 'halfline', 'line', 'plus', 'rect', 'triangle', 'trianglemid'); # Make 10 offset lines, one for each shape: $data = array(); for ($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) { $subdata = array('', $i); for ($j = 0; $j < 10; $j++) $subdata[] = 20 - $j - $i; $data[] = $subdata; } $plot = new PHPlot(800, 600); $plot->SetImageBorderType('plain'); $plot->SetPlotType('linepoints'); $plot->SetDataType('data-data'); $plot->SetDataValues($data); # Main plot title: $plot->SetTitle('Linepoints Plot - All Point Shapes'); # Increase X range to make room for the legend. $plot->SetPlotAreaWorld(0, 0, 13, 20); # Turn off tick labels - not used for this plot. $plot->SetXTickLabelPos('none'); $plot->SetYTickLabelPos('none'); # Need 10 different colors; $plot->SetDataColors(array('red', 'green', 'blue', 'yellow', 'cyan', 'magenta', 'brown', 'lavender', 'pink', 'orange')); # Show all 10 shapes: $plot->SetPointShapes($shapes); # Make the points bigger so we can see them: $plot->SetPointSizes(10); # Make the lines all be solid: $plot->SetLineStyles('solid'); # Also show that as the legend: $plot->SetLegend($shapes); # Draw no grids: $plot->SetDrawXGrid(False); $plot->SetDrawYGrid(False); $plot->DrawGraph();