## FusionCharts PHP Class API > Overview

FusionCharts can be integrated with PHP to output interactive, data-driven charts. Using with PHP section documents charting data from PHP array and forms, connecting to database to fetch data and create snazzy charts out of them and many more sample applications.

While developing these applications in PHP, we realized that a set of built-in PHP functions to perform various chart generation tasks could save us a lot of time! With that said, we release FusionCharts PHP Class for FusionCharts Free! This class has some PHP functions that can be used while chart configuration , XML generation and rendering.

In the coming sections we would see how to use FusionCharts PHP Class effectively so that charting with PHP becomes easier than ever!