Not able to generate a Google Chart using MySQL table data as the data source

Question

I am trying to generate google chart from MySQL database. I refereed to this post : PHP MySQL Google Chart JSON - Complete Example

I did everything mentioned in the post but getting this on the webpage:

'Weekly Task', 'type' => 'string'), array('label' => 'Percentage', 'type' => 'number') ); $rows = array(); while($r = mysql_fetch_assoc($sth)) { $temp = array(); // the following line will be used to slice the Pie chart $temp[] = array('v' => (string) $r['Weekly_task']); // Values of each slice $temp[] = array('v' => (int) $r['percentage']); $rows[] = array('c' => $temp); } $table['rows'] = $rows; $jsonTable = json_encode($table); //echo $jsonTable; ?>

I tried and checked my database at everything seems to be fine.

Code:

 <html>
  <head>
    <!--Load the Ajax API-->
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">

    // Load the Visualization API and the piechart package.
    google.load('visualization', '1', {'packages':['corechart']});

    // Set a callback to run when the Google Visualization API is loaded.
    google.setOnLoadCallback(drawChart);

    function drawChart() {

      // Create our data table out of JSON data loaded from server.
      var data = new google.visualization.DataTable(<?=$jsonTable?>);
      var options = {
           title: 'My Weekly Plan',
          is3D: 'true',
          width: 800,
          height: 600
        };
      // Instantiate and draw our chart, passing in some options.
      // Do not forget to check your div ID
      var chart = new google.visualization.PieChart(document.getElementById('chart_div'));
      chart.draw(data, options);
    }
    </script>
  </head>

  <body>
    <?php
$con=mysql_connect("localhost","root","password") or die("Failed to connect with database!!!!");
mysql_select_db("googlecharts", $con); 
// The Chart table contains two fields: weekly_task and percentage
// This example will display a pie chart. If you need other charts such as a Bar chart, you will need to modify the code a little to make it work with bar chart and other charts
$sth = mysql_query("SELECT weekly_task, percentage FROM chart");

/*
---------------------------
example data: Table (Chart)
--------------------------
weekly_task     percentage
Sleep           30
Watching Movie  40
work            44
*/

$rows = array();
//flag is not needed
$flag = true;
$table = array();
$table['cols'] = array(

    // Labels for your chart, these represent the column titles
    // Note that one column is in "string" format and another one is in "number" format as pie chart only required "numbers" for calculating percentage and string will be used for column title
    array('label' => 'Weekly Task', 'type' => 'string'),
    array('label' => 'Percentage', 'type' => 'number')

);

$rows = array();
while($r = mysql_fetch_assoc($sth)) {
    $temp = array();
    // the following line will be used to slice the Pie chart
    $temp[] = array('v' => (string) $r['Weekly_task']); 

    // Values of each slice
    $temp[] = array('v' => (int) $r['percentage']); 
    $rows[] = array('c' => $temp);
}

$table['rows'] = $rows;
$jsonTable = json_encode($table);
//echo $jsonTable;
?>
    <!--this is the div that will hold the pie chart-->
    <div id="chart_div"></div>
  </body>
</html>

UPDATE I separated HTML and PHP codes into different files. Now I am getting blank web page. CODE: PHP:

<?php
$con=mysql_connect("localhost","root","pass") or die("Failed to connect with database!!!!");
mysql_select_db("googlechart", $con); 
// The Chart table contains two fields: weekly_task and percentage
// This example will display a pie chart. If you need other charts such as a Bar chart, you will need to modify the code a little to make it work with bar chart and other charts
$sth = mysql_query("SELECT weekly_task, percentage FROM chart");

/*
---------------------------
example data: Table (Chart)
--------------------------
weekly_task     percentage
Sleep           30
Watching Movie  40
work            44
*/

$rows = array();
//flag is not needed
$flag = true;
$table = array();
$table['cols'] = array(

    // Labels for your chart, these represent the column titles
    // Note that one column is in "string" format and another one is in "number" format as pie chart only required "numbers" for calculating percentage and string will be used for column title
    array('label' => 'Weekly Task', 'type' => 'string'),
    array('label' => 'Percentage', 'type' => 'number')

);

$rows = array();
while($r = mysql_fetch_assoc($sth)) {
    $temp = array();
    // the following line will be used to slice the Pie chart
    $temp[] = array('v' => (string) $r['Weekly_task']); 

    // Values of each slice
    $temp[] = array('v' => (int) $r['percentage']); 
    $rows[] = array('c' => $temp);
}

$table['rows'] = $rows;
$jsonTable = json_encode($table);
//echo $jsonTable;
?>

HTML:

<?php
    include('new.php');
    ini_set('display_errors', 1); 
    error_reporting(E_ALL);
?>

 <html>
  <head>
    <!--Load the Ajax API-->
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">

    // Load the Visualization API and the piechart package.
    google.load('visualization', '1', {'packages':['corechart']});

    // Set a callback to run when the Google Visualization API is loaded.
    google.setOnLoadCallback(drawChart);

    function drawChart() {

      // Create our data table out of JSON data loaded from server.
      var data = new google.visualization.DataTable(<?=$jsonTable?>);
      var options = {
           title: 'No. of Kills',
          is3D: 'true',
          width: 800,
          height: 600
        };
      // Instantiate and draw our chart, passing in some options.
      // Do not forget to check your div ID
      var chart = new google.visualization.PieChart(document.getElementById('chart_div'));
      chart.draw(data, options);
    }
    </script>
  </head>

  <body>

    <!--this is the div that will hold the pie chart-->
    <div id="chart_div"></div>
  </body>
</html>

mickmackusa mickmackusa · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-11T13:51:17

There are several things to adjust. I'll try to itemize them.

Put everything on the one file, this will reduce confusion and there is no real benefit to splitting the codes.
Swap out your mysql_ functions for at least mysqli_ functions.
Move your google visualization javascript code block to a line that follows the DOM element which will receive it. (if you try to put content into a non-existent element, you aren't going to see anything.)
No sample data is provided in your question, so I don't know if $jsonTable is providing the correct data -- you will need to assess this yourself.

As you implement the above correction, be sure to check your code for server-side errors.

If you have no server-side errors, but the graphic is not being displayed, then:

Check your page's source code and confirm that the DateTable() function contains the correct/actual data string from your $jsonTable variable.
Access your browser's Developer Tools interface and look for any error messages. These will be client-side errors.

If you are still stuck, desire more information, or want to see similar working examples, go here.

And here is the Google Charts Reference Page

Not able to generate a Google Chart using MySQL table data as the data source

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