Symfony UX Chart.js
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Symfony UX Chart.js is a Symfony bundle integrating the Chart.js library in Symfony applications. It is part of the Symfony UX initiative.
Installation
Before you start, make sure you have Symfony UX configured in your app.
Then, install this bundle using Composer and Symfony Flex:
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$ composer require symfony/ux-chartjs
# Don't forget to install the JavaScript dependencies as well and compile
$ npm install --force
$ npm run watch
# or use yarn
$ yarn install --force
$ yarn watchAlso make sure you have at least version 3.0 of @symfony/stimulus-bridge
in your package.json file.
Usage
To use Symfony UX Chart.js, inject the ChartBuilderInterface service
and create charts in PHP:
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// ...
use Symfony\UX\Chartjs\Builder\ChartBuilderInterface;
use Symfony\UX\Chartjs\Model\Chart;
class HomeController extends AbstractController
{
#[Route('/', name: 'app_homepage')]
public function index(ChartBuilderInterface $chartBuilder): Response
{
$chart = $chartBuilder->createChart(Chart::TYPE_LINE);
$chart->setData([
'labels' => ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July'],
'datasets' => [
[
'label' => 'My First dataset',
'backgroundColor' => 'rgb(255, 99, 132)',
'borderColor' => 'rgb(255, 99, 132)',
'data' => [0, 10, 5, 2, 20, 30, 45],
],
],
]);
$chart->setOptions([
'scales' => [
'y' => [
'suggestedMin' => 0,
'suggestedMax' => 100,
],
],
]);
return $this->render('home/index.html.twig', [
'chart' => $chart,
]);
}
}All options and data are provided as-is to Chart.js. You can read Chart.js documentation to discover them all.
Once created in PHP, a chart can be displayed using Twig if installed (requires Symfony Webpack Encore):
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{{ render_chart(chart) }}
{# You can pass HTML attributes as a second argument to add them on the <canvas> tag #}
{{ render_chart(chart, {'class': 'my-chart'}) }}Extend the default behavior
Symfony UX Chart.js allows you to extend its default behavior using a custom Stimulus controller:
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// mychart_controller.js
import { Controller } from '@hotwired/stimulus';
export default class extends Controller {
connect() {
this.element.addEventListener('chartjs:pre-connect', this._onPreConnect);
this.element.addEventListener('chartjs:connect', this._onConnect);
}
disconnect() {
// You should always remove listeners when the controller is disconnected to avoid side effects
this.element.removeEventListener('chartjs:pre-connect', this._onPreConnect);
this.element.removeEventListener('chartjs:connect', this._onConnect);
}
_onPreConnect(event) {
// The chart is not yet created
console.log(event.detail.options); // You can access the chart options using the event details
// For instance you can format Y axis
event.detail.options.scales = {
yAxes: [
{
ticks: {
callback: function (value, index, values) {
/* ... */
},
},
},
],
};
}
_onConnect(event) {
// The chart was just created
console.log(event.detail.chart); // You can access the chart instance using the event details
// For instance you can listen to additional events
event.detail.chart.options.onHover = (mouseEvent) => {
/* ... */
};
event.detail.chart.options.onClick = (mouseEvent) => {
/* ... */
};
}
}Then in your render call, add your controller as an HTML attribute:
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{{ render_chart(chart, {'data-controller': 'mychart'}) }}Backward Compatibility promise
This bundle aims at following the same Backward Compatibility promise as the Symfony framework: https://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/code/bc.html.
However it is currently considered `experimental`, meaning it is not bound to Symfony's BC policy for the moment.
