Create pie chart from php using mysql table

Question

I have a mysql table like below

buy_trader    qty
--------------------
abc          48000
xyz          40000
pqr          35000
Others       88000
         


        

Answer 1

You could generate an image of the chart from the command line using sqlchart http://www.sqldashboards.com/sqlchart#example-charts allows generating a pie chart straight from your mysql query like so: sqlchart --host dbserver --servertype mysql --user ryan --pass 123abc --chart piechart --execute "select * from tbl"

In fact this is how it would look: