Hi i am trying to retrieve data from mysql database to create flot graph can anyone walk me through this procedure or give me an idea of what to do thanks
Adding upon the example from @Tom Haigh:
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<div id="placeholder" style="width:600px;height:300px;"></div>
<?php
$server = "localhost";
$user="user";
$password="password";
$database = "some_database";
$connection = mysql_connect($server,$user,$password);
$db = mysql_select_db($database,$connection);
query = "SELECT x_axis_values, y_axis_values FROM some_table";
$result = mysql_query($query);
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
$dataset1[] = array($row['x_axis_value'],$row['y_axis_value']);
}
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
var dataset1 = <?php echo json_encode($dataset1); ?>;
$.plot($("#placeholder"), [ dataset1 ]);
});
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