How to Use Charts.JS in Laravel 9

Steps on How to Use Charts.JS in Laravel 9:

Step 1: Install fresh new laravel 9 application
Step 2: Create Route
Step 3: Create Controller
Step 4: Create Blade File
Step 5: Create Dummy Records
Step 6: Testing
Step 7: Conclusion

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Step 1: Install fresh new laravel 9 application

Let us begin the tutorial by installing a new laravel application. if you have already created the project, then skip following step.

composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app

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Step 2: Create Route

Now we are going to create route create simple route for creating simple line chart. so let’s add simple routes as like below.

routes/web.php

<?php
  
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
  
use App\Http\Controllers\ChartJSController;
  
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 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('chart', [ChartJSController::class, 'index']);

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Step 3: Create Controller

Here, we will create new controller as ChartJSController. so let’s add below code on that controller file.

app/Http/Controllers/ChartJSController.php

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
    
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\User;
use DB;
    
class ChartJSController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $users = User::select(DB::raw("COUNT(*) as count"), DB::raw("MONTHNAME(created_at) as month_name"))
                    ->whereYear('created_at', date('Y'))
                    ->groupBy(DB::raw("month_name"))
                    ->orderBy('id','ASC')
                    ->pluck('count', 'month_name');
 
        $labels = $users->keys();
        $data = $users->values();
              
        return view('chart', compact('labels', 'data'));
    }
}

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Step 4: Create Blade File

Here, we need to create blade file and in this blade file we use highchart js and use their code.

resources/views/chart.blade.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Barlow:wght@200;300;400;500&family=Inter:wght@100;200;300;400;500;600;700;800;900&family=Kodchasan:ital,wght@0,300;1,200;1,300&family=Montserrat:ital,wght@0,200;0,300;0,800;1,200;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,600;1,700&family=Noto+Sans:ital,wght@0,400;0,700;1,400;1,700&family=Parisienne&family=Playball&family=Poppins:ital,wght@0,100;0,200;0,300;0,800;0,900;1,100;1,200;1,300&family=Roboto+Condensed:wght@300;400;700&family=Roboto+Mono:ital,wght@0,100;1,100&family=Roboto:ital,wght@0,100;0,300;1,100&family=Rubik+Beastly&family=Teko:wght@300;400;500;600;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
    <title>How to Use Charts.JS in Laravel 9? - Mywebtuts.com</title>
</head>
<style type="text/css">
    body{
        font-family: 'Roboto Mono', monospace;
    }
    h1{
        text-align: center;
        font-size:35px;
        font-weight:900;
    }
</style>
    
<body>
    <h1>How to Use Charts.JS in Laravel 9 - LaravelTuts.com</h1>
    <canvas id="myChart" height="100px"></canvas>
</body>
  
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js" ></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chart.js"></script>
  
<script type="text/javascript">
  
    var labels =  {{ Js::from($labels) }};
    var users =  {{ Js::from($data) }};
  
    const data = {
        labels: labels,
        datasets: [{
            label: 'My First dataset',
            backgroundColor: 'rgb(255, 99, 132)',
            borderColor: 'rgb(255, 99, 132)',
            data: users,
        }]
    };
  
    const config = {
        type: 'line',
        data: data,
        options: {}
    };
  
    const myChart = new Chart(
        document.getElementById('myChart'),
        config
    );
  
</script>
</html>

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Step 5: Create Dummy Records

Here, we need to add some dummy records on users table as monthly wise.

you can create dummy records using laravel tinker command as bellow:

php artisan tinker
User::factory()->count(30)->create()

You need to create users on each month with created date as like below screenshot.

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Step 6: Testing

Now everything is ready, we are going to test our application, now you have to type the given command and hit enter to run the laravel app.

php artisan serve

Now, you have to open web browser, type the given URL and view the app output.

http://127.0.0.1:8000/chart

Previews:

Step 7: Conclusion

Today, We had learn How to Use Charts.JS in Laravel 9. Hope this tutorial helped you with learning Laravel 9. If you have any question you can ask us at comment section below. If you like the tutorial please subscribe our YouTube Channel and follow us on social network Facebook and Instagram.

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