# Drawing a step chart

[Reference](http://wiki.pchart.net/doc.chart.drawstepchart.html)

```php
require '/path/to/your/vendor/autoload.php';

use CpChart\Chart\Data;
use CpChart\Chart\Image;

/* Create and populate the Data object */
$data = new Data();
$data->addPoints([-4, VOID, VOID, 12, 8, 3], "Probe 1");
$data->addPoints([3, 12, 15, 8, 5, -5], "Probe 2");
$data->addPoints([2, 7, 5, 18, 19, 22], "Probe 3");
$data->setSerieTicks("Probe 2", 4);
$data->setAxisName(0, "Temperatures");
$data->addPoints(["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun"], "Labels");
$data->setSerieDescription("Labels", "Months");
$data->setAbscissa("Labels");

/* Create the Image object */
$image = new Image(700, 230, $data);

/* Draw the background */
$settings = ["R" => 170, "G" => 183, "B" => 87, "Dash" => 1, "DashR" => 190, "DashG" => 203, "DashB" => 107];
$image->drawFilledRectangle(0, 0, 700, 230, $settings);

/* Overlay with a gradient */
$settings = [
    "StartR" => 219,
    "StartG" => 231,
    "StartB" => 139,
    "EndR" => 1,
    "EndG" => 138, "EndB" => 68, "Alpha" => 50
];
$image->drawGradientArea(0, 0, 700, 230, DIRECTION_VERTICAL, $settings);
$image->drawGradientArea(0, 0, 700, 20, DIRECTION_VERTICAL, [
    "StartR" => 0,
    "StartG" => 0,
    "StartB" => 0,
    "EndR" => 50,
    "EndG" => 50,
    "EndB" => 50,
    "Alpha" => 80
]);

/* Add a border to the picture */
$image->drawRectangle(0, 0, 699, 229, ["R" => 0, "G" => 0, "B" => 0]);

/* Write the picture title */
$image->setFontProperties(["FontName" => "Silkscreen.ttf", "FontSize" => 6]);
$image->drawText(10, 13, "drawStepChart() - draw a step chart", ["R" => 255, "G" => 255, "B" => 255]);

/* Write the chart title */
$image->setFontProperties(["FontName" => "Forgotte.ttf", "FontSize" => 11]);
$image->drawText(250, 55, "Average temperature", ["FontSize" => 20, "Align" => TEXT_ALIGN_BOTTOMMIDDLE]);

/* Draw the scale and the 1st chart */
$image->setGraphArea(60, 60, 450, 190);
$image->drawFilledRectangle(60, 60, 450, 190, [
    "R" => 255,
    "G" => 255,
    "B" => 255,
    "Surrounding" => -200,
    "Alpha" => 10
]);
$image->drawScale(["DrawSubTicks" => true]);
$image->setShadow(true, ["X" => 1, "Y" => 1, "R" => 0, "G" => 0, "B" => 0, "Alpha" => 10]);
$image->setFontProperties(["FontName" => "pf_arma_five.ttf", "FontSize" => 6]);
$image->drawStepChart(["DisplayValues" => true, "DisplayColor" => DISPLAY_AUTO]);
$image->setShadow(false);

/* Draw the scale and the 2nd chart */
$image->setGraphArea(500, 60, 670, 190);
$image->drawFilledRectangle(500, 60, 670, 190, [
    "R" => 255,
    "G" => 255,
    "B" => 255,
    "Surrounding" => -200,
    "Alpha" => 10
]);
$image->drawScale(["Pos" => SCALE_POS_TOPBOTTOM, "DrawSubTicks" => true]);
$image->setShadow(true, ["X" => -1, "Y" => 1, "R" => 0, "G" => 0, "B" => 0, "Alpha" => 10]);
$image->drawStepChart();
$image->setShadow(false);

/* Write the chart legend */
$image->drawLegend(510, 205, ["Style" => LEGEND_NOBORDER, "Mode" => LEGEND_HORIZONTAL]);

/* Render the picture (choose the best way) */
$image->autoOutput("example.drawStepChart.png");
```
