2.2. Creating the Object

You create a PHPlot object by first including the code to be used, and then defining the variable:

<?php
require_once 'phplot.php';  // here we include the PHPlot code 
$plot =& new PHPlot;    // here we define the variable

//Rest of code goes below

The above code assigns the PHPlot object to the variable $plot. Please, use that '&' to create a reference. It is needed by phplot's approximation of a destructor, a facility unavailable in PHP4.