## FusionCharts PHP Class API > Advanced Usage > Setting Delimiter
Delimiter is the character used to separate two consecutive attributes within the chart attribute list. FusionCharts uses semicolon (;) as the default delimiter. To replace the default delimiter with a new character, simply call setParamDelimiter() function and pass the new delimiter character though it as shown in the code below:
$FC->setParamDelimiter("$");
Now you can use '$' as delimiter in the following statements of your program:
$strParam="bgColor=CC66CC$canvasBgColor=BC6699$showBorder=1$borderColor=00FF00";
Consider the code below:
<?php # Include FusionCharts PHP Class include('class/FusionCharts_Gen.php'); # Create FusionCharts PHP object $FC = new FusionCharts("MSColumn3DLineDY","350","300"); # set the relative path of the swf file $FC->setSWFPath("FusionCharts/"); # Set chart attributes $strParam="caption=Weekly Sales;subcaption=Comparison;xAxisName=Week; pYAxisName=Revenue;sYAxisName=Total Quantity;decimalPrecision=0;"; # Note that we have used semicolon (;) as the delimiter here $FC->setChartParams($strParam); ... ... # Set colon (:) as delimiter $FC->setParamDelimiter(":"); # Add a new dataset with dataset parameters $FC->addDataset("This Month","numberPrefix=$:showValues=0"); # Please note that in the above line colon (:) has been used to separate consecutive attributes # Add chart data for the above dataset $FC->addChartData("40800"); $FC->addChartData("31400"); $FC->addChartData("26700"); $FC->addChartData("54400"); # Set hash (#) as delimiter $FC->setParamDelimiter("#"); # Add aother dataset with dataset parameters $FC->addDataset("Previous Month","numberPrefix=$#showValues=0"); # Please note that in the above line hash (#) has been used as delimiter) # Add chart data for the second dataset $FC->addChartData("38300"); $FC->addChartData("28400"); $FC->addChartData("15700"); $FC->addChartData("48100"); ... ... <? # Render Chart $FC->renderChart(); ?> </body> </html>
The code shows that we can use different delimiters in our programs provided the delimiter is declared before using.