In this tutorial, I'll give you an example of how to use highchart js to construct a highchart in a laravel 9 application.
Table of Contents
- Create web routes
- Create Controller
- Create Blade File
- Run Development Server
Create web routes
Create routes for highchart as a first step. Go to routes/web.php and make the following update to the route in your file:
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\HighChartController;
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/
Route::get('highchart', [HighChartController::class, 'index']);
Create Controller
To create a new controller with the name HighChartController.php in this stage, enter the following command into the terminal:
php artisan make:controller HighChartController
Then, in the HighChartController.php file, which is located in the app/Http/Controller directory, add the following code:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\User;
class HighChartController extends Controller
{
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* @var array
*/
public function index()
{
$users = User::select(\DB::raw("COUNT(*) as count"))
->whereYear('created_at', date('Y'))
->groupBy(\DB::raw("Month(created_at)"))
->pluck('count');
return view('highchart', compact('users'));
}
}
Create Blade File
Create a blade view file with the name highchart.blade.php in this stage. So, in order to display the highchart, go to resources/views/ and alter the javascript and HTML code below:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Laravel 9 Highcharts Example - CodeSolutionStuff.com</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Laravel 9 Highcharts Example - CodeSolutionStuff.com</h1>
<div id="container"></div>
</body>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var users = <?php echo json_encode($users) ?>;
Highcharts.chart('container', {
title: {
text: 'New User Growth, 2022'
},
subtitle: {
text: 'Source: CodeSolutionStuff.com'
},
xAxis: {
categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Number of New Users'
}
},
legend: {
layout: 'vertical',
align: 'right',
verticalAlign: 'middle'
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
allowPointSelect: true
}
},
series: [{
name: 'New Users',
data: users
}],
responsive: {
rules: [{
condition: {
maxWidth: 500
},
chartOptions: {
legend: {
layout: 'horizontal',
align: 'center',
verticalAlign: 'bottom'
}
}
}]
}
});
</script>
</html>
Remember to add the highchart JS libraries to your blade view file. You can add or remove this library depending on your needs.
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script> <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script> <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/export-data.js"></script> <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/accessibility.js"></script>
Alternatively, remember to include this javascript code. There are a tonne of alternatives for the highchart in the highchart library. You can alter or edit in accordance with your needs:
<script type="text/javascript">
let chart = JSON.parse(`<?php echo $chart ?>`);
Highcharts.chart('container', {
title: {
text: 'New User Growth, 2022'
},
subtitle: {
text: 'Source: CodeSolutionStuff.com'
},
xAxis: {
categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
},
yAxis: {
title: {
text: 'Number of New Users'
}
},
legend: {
layout: 'vertical',
align: 'right',
verticalAlign: 'middle'
},
plotOptions: {
series: {
allowPointSelect: true
}
},
series: [{
name: 'New Users',
data: chart
}],
responsive: {
rules: [{
condition: {
maxWidth: 500
},
chartOptions: {
legend: {
layout: 'horizontal',
align: 'center',
verticalAlign: 'bottom'
}
}
}]
}
});
</script>
Run Development Server
Start the development server by entering the following command in the terminal window:
php artisan serve
then launch a browser and enter the following URL there:
http://127.0.0.1:8000/highchart
