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+<?php
+/*
+ * LibreNMS dynamic graph types
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Gear Consulting Pty Ltd <github@libertysys.com.au>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.  Please see LICENSE.txt at the top level of
+ * the source code distribution for details.
+ */
+
+// load graph types from the database
+foreach (dbFetchRows('select * from graph_types') as $graph) {
+    // remove leading 'graph_' from column names
+    foreach ($graph as $k => $v) {
+        $key = strpos($k, 'graph_') == 0 ? str_replace('graph_', '', $k) : $k;
+        $g[$key] = $v;
+    }
+    $config['graph_types'][$g['type']][$g['subtype']] = $g;
+}