render Kend UI php chart as svg or png

[mira]

Is it possible to render chart as a svg, png or binary image by using kendo UI Chart PHP Class

I'm trying to find solution to generate charts from background php script, so any frontend charts with js and css don't work for me. I need to generate chart as an image and save it, just by running the script from background.

[Georgi Denchev]

Hello, Mira,

The Chart can be rendered as a canvas/svg inside the browser.

I'm assuming that your question is if you can download the rendered Chart as an svg/image file, to which the answer is also yes. You can use the exportImage and exportSVG methods for this purpose.

The Kendo UI for PHP classes render JavaScript/Html elements. They are meant to make it easier to configure widgets with PHP, however the end result is still JavaScript code.

You cannot "generate" the chart without a browser. You should look for an approach similar to the one that is used when testing an application. A browser window is loaded in the background(invisible), the page is then rendered and the chart is created and saved as an image/svg.

You can check the following GitHub project which seems to be offerring a headless mode for Chrome:

https://github.com/chrome-php/chrome 

Best Regards,
Georgi Denchev
Progress Telerik