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phpmysqlchart.js
JamesH
JamesH

Reputation: 85

ChartJS - format datetime X axis when displaying data from MySql table

I've adapted the example on this site and have managed to get to a position where I can retrieve data from my MySql database and plot it ok, but I can't format the X axis as a date time axis correctly.

linegraph.html:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>ChartJS - LineGraph</title>
    <style>
      .chart-container {
        width: 1000px;
        height: auto;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
tst1
    <div class="chart-container">
      <canvas id="mycanvas"></canvas>
    </div>
    tst2
    <!-- javascript -->
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/Chart.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/linegraph.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

followersdata.php

<?php
//setting header to json
header('Content-Type: application/json');

//database
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx');
define('DB_NAME', 'test');

//get connection
$mysqli = new mysqli(DB_HOST, DB_USERNAME, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME);

if(!$mysqli){
  die("Connection failed: " . $mysqli->error);
}

//query to get data from the table
$query = sprintf("SELECT reading_time, value1 FROM Sensor");

//execute query
$result = $mysqli->query($query);

//loop through the returned data
$data = array();
foreach ($result as $row) {
  $data[] = $row;
}

//free memory associated with result
$result->close();

//close connection
$mysqli->close();

//now print the data
print json_encode($data);

Example output of followersdata.php

[{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:38:48","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:39:18","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:39:49","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:40:19","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:40:49","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:41:19","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:41:49","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:42:19","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:42:49","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:43:19","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:43:50","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:44:20","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:44:50","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:45:20","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:45:50","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:46:21","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:46:51","value1":"1.10"},{"reading_time":"2020-02-24 22:47:21","value1":"1.10"},

linegraph.js:

$(document).ready(function(){
$.ajax({
url : "followersdata.php",

type : "GET",
success : function(data){
  console.log(data);

  var datetime = [];
  var value1  = [];
  //var twitter_follower = [];
  //var googleplus_follower = [];

  for(var i in data) {
    datetime.push(data[i].reading_time);
    value1.push(data[i].value1);
    //twitter_follower.push(data[i].twitter);
    //googleplus_follower.push(data[i].googleplus);
  }

  var chartdata = {
    labels: datetime,
    datasets: [
      {
        label: "Value1",
        fill: false,
        lineTension: 0.1,
        backgroundColor: "rgba(59, 89, 152, 0.75)",
        borderColor: "rgba(59, 89, 152, 1)",
        pointHoverBackgroundColor: "rgba(59, 89, 152, 1)",
        pointHoverBorderColor: "rgba(59, 89, 152, 1)",
        data: value1
      //},
      //{
      //  label: "twitter",
      //  fill: false,
      //  lineTension: 0.1,
      //  backgroundColor: "rgba(29, 202, 255, 0.75)",
      //  borderColor: "rgba(29, 202, 255, 1)",
      //  pointHoverBackgroundColor: "rgba(29, 202, 255, 1)",
      //  pointHoverBorderColor: "rgba(29, 202, 255, 1)",
      //  data: twitter_follower
      //},
      //{
      //  label: "googleplus",
       // fill: false,
       // lineTension: 0.1,
       // backgroundColor: "rgba(211, 72, 54, 0.75)",
       // borderColor: "rgba(211, 72, 54, 1)",
       // pointHoverBackgroundColor: "rgba(211, 72, 54, 1)",
       // pointHoverBorderColor: "rgba(211, 72, 54, 1)",
       // data: googleplus_follower
      }
    ],
    options: {
        maintainAspectRatio: false,
    animation: false,
        legend: {display: true  },
    scales:{xAxes: [{type: 'time',time: {unit: 'day',displayFormats: { 'day': 'MMM D' }}}]}
        }



 };



  var ctx = $("#mycanvas");

  var LineGraph = new Chart(ctx, {
    type: 'line',
    data: chartdata
  });
},
error : function(data) {

}
});
});

Resulting chart: Graph output

I have tried using the options 

options: {
    maintainAspectRatio: false,
animation: false,
    legend: {display: true  },
scales:{xAxes: [{type: 'time',time: {unit: 'day',displayFormats: { 'day': 'MMM D' }}}]}
    }

But it doesn't seem to format the axis as MMM D, or if I try hours, as hours etc.

Where am I going wrong? How can I get the Options to work as the legend doesn't display either.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3768

Answers (1)

uminder
uminder

Reputation: 26190

The problem in your code is that the chart options is nested inside the data object and actually ignored by Chart.js. Move it up to the next hierarchically level. Otherwise the xAxis definition looks just fine. There's also no need for explicitly parsing the date as one comment suggests since it is in a format that can be parsed by Date.

Alternatively to your xAxis definition, you can do it the following simpler way, the default display format of unit: 'day' is actually what you're looking for ('MMM D').

xAxes: [{
  type: 'time',
  time: {
    unit: 'day'
  }
}]

See below simplified example:

const data = [
  {"reading_time":"2020-02-10 22:38:48","value1":"1.10"},
  {"reading_time":"2020-02-11 22:39:18","value1":"1.20"},
  {"reading_time":"2020-02-12 22:39:49","value1":"1.40"},
  {"reading_time":"2020-02-13 22:40:19","value1":"1.10"},
  {"reading_time":"2020-02-14 22:40:49","value1":"1.20"},
  {"reading_time":"2020-02-15 22:41:19","value1":"1.30"}
];

new Chart("mycanvas", {
  type: 'line',
  data: {
    labels: data.map(o => o.reading_time ),
    datasets: [{
      label: "Value1",
      fill: false,
      borderColor: "rgba(59, 89, 152, 1)",
      data: data.map(o => o.value1)
    }],
  },
  options: {
    scales: {
      xAxes: [{
        type: 'time',
        time: {
          unit: 'day'
        }
      }]
    }
  }
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.9.3/Chart.bundle.js"></script> 
<canvas id="mycanvas" height="90"></canvas>

Upvotes: 1

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