This pie chart looks better than some dry ratio numbers, isn’t it?

The pie chart above can be created on the fly with this simple piece of html code:

<img src=”http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?
chs=250×100
&amp;chd=t:10,90
&amp;cht=p3
&amp;chl=Smart|Silly”
alt=”Sample chart” />

Interesting here:

1. With http://chart.apis.google.com/chart you call the Google Chart Api

2. This alone gives us of course not yet a nice pie chart – we have to add some parameters

For example with &amp;chd=t:10,90 we get a 10% | 90% ratio of the pie chart.
Means you could manipulate this ratio with some php values. The number of smart people might increase…

<?php
$silly = 5;
$smart = 95;
?>

<img src=”http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?
chs=250×100
&amp;chd=t:<?= $silly ?>,<?= $smart ?>
&amp;cht=p3
&amp;chl=Smart|Silly”
alt=”Sample chart” />

Ideal for web statistics…

3. More information about cool charts with the Google Chart Api you can find here: http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/chart/types.html#pie_charts

4. And, its also possible to highlight countries on a map