PHP: Country Array

Here is a handy function to have when you need to provide translations from two letter country codes to the country name, or, get the two letter code for a country. 


<?phppublic function countryArray(){

return array('AF'=>'Afghanistan','AL'=>'Albania','DZ'=>'Algeria','AS'=>'American Samoa','AD'=>'Andorra','AO'=>'Angola','AI'=>'Anguilla','AQ'=>'Antarctica','AG'=>'Antigua And Barbuda','AR'=>'Argentina','AM'=>'Armenia','AW'=>'Aruba','AU'=>'Australia','AT'=>'Austria','AZ'=>'Azerbaijan','BS'=>'Bahamas','BH'=>'Bahrain','BD'=>'Bangladesh','BB'=>'Barbados','BY'=>'Belarus','BE'=>'Belgium','BZ'=>'Belize','BJ'=>'Benin','BM'=>'Bermuda','BT'=>'Bhutan','BO'=>'Bolivia','BA'=>'Bosnia And Herzegovina','BW'=>'Botswana','BV'=>'Bouvet Island','BR'=>'Brazil','IO'=>'British Indian Ocean Territory','BN'=>'Brunei','BG'=>'Bulgaria','BF'=>'Burkina Faso','BI'=>'Burundi','KH'=>'Cambodia','CM'=>'Cameroon','CA'=>'Canada','CV'=>'Cape Verde','KY'=>'Cayman Islands','CF'=>'Central African Republic','TD'=>'Chad','CL'=>'Chile','CN'=>'China','CX'=>'Christmas Island','CC'=>'Cocos (Keeling) Islands','CO'=>'Columbia','KM'=>'Comoros','CG'=>'Congo','CK'=>'Cook Islands','CR'=>'Costa Rica','CI'=>'Cote D\'Ivorie (Ivory Coast)','HR'=>'Croatia (Hrvatska)','CU'=>'Cuba','CY'=>'Cyprus','CZ'=>'Czech Republic','CD'=>'Democratic Republic Of Congo (Zaire)','DK'=>'Denmark','DJ'=>'Djibouti','DM'=>'Dominica','DO'=>'Dominican Republic','TP'=>'East Timor','EC'=>'Ecuador','EG'=>'Egypt','SV'=>'El Salvador','GQ'=>'Equatorial Guinea','ER'=>'Eritrea','EE'=>'Estonia','ET'=>'Ethiopia','FK'=>'Falkland Islands (Malvinas)','FO'=>'Faroe Islands','FJ'=>'Fiji','FI'=>'Finland','FR'=>'France','FX'=>'France, Metropolitan','GF'=>'French Guinea','PF'=>'French Polynesia','TF'=>'French Southern Territories','GA'=>'Gabon','GM'=>'Gambia','GE'=>'Georgia','DE'=>'Germany','GH'=>'Ghana','GI'=>'Gibraltar','GR'=>'Greece','GL'=>'Greenland','GD'=>'Grenada','GP'=>'Guadeloupe','GU'=>'Guam','GT'=>'Guatemala','GN'=>'Guinea','GW'=>'Guinea-Bissau','GY'=>'Guyana','HT'=>'Haiti','HM'=>'Heard And McDonald Islands','HN'=>'Honduras','HK'=>'Hong Kong','HU'=>'Hungary','IS'=>'Iceland','IN'=>'India','ID'=>'Indonesia','IR'=>'Iran','IQ'=>'Iraq','IE'=>'Ireland','IL'=>'Israel','IT'=>'Italy','JM'=>'Jamaica','JP'=>'Japan','JO'=>'Jordan','KZ'=>'Kazakhstan','KE'=>'Kenya','KI'=>'Kiribati','KW'=>'Kuwait','KG'=>'Kyrgyzstan','LA'=>'Laos','LV'=>'Latvia','LB'=>'Lebanon','LS'=>'Lesotho','LR'=>'Liberia','LY'=>'Libya','LI'=>'Liechtenstein','LT'=>'Lithuania','LU'=>'Luxembourg','MO'=>'Macau','MK'=>'Macedonia','MG'=>'Madagascar','MW'=>'Malawi','MY'=>'Malaysia','MV'=>'Maldives','ML'=>'Mali','MT'=>'Malta','MH'=>'Marshall Islands','MQ'=>'Martinique','MR'=>'Mauritania','MU'=>'Mauritius','YT'=>'Mayotte','MX'=>'Mexico','FM'=>'Micronesia','MD'=>'Moldova','MC'=>'Monaco','MN'=>'Mongolia','MS'=>'Montserrat','MA'=>'Morocco','MZ'=>'Mozambique','MM'=>'Myanmar (Burma)','NA'=>'Namibia','NR'=>'Nauru','NP'=>'Nepal','NL'=>'Netherlands','AN'=>'Netherlands Antilles','NC'=>'New Caledonia','NZ'=>'New Zealand','NI'=>'Nicaragua','NE'=>'Niger','NG'=>'Nigeria','NU'=>'Niue','NF'=>'Norfolk Island','KP'=>'North Korea','MP'=>'Northern Mariana Islands','NO'=>'Norway','OM'=>'Oman','PK'=>'Pakistan','PW'=>'Palau','PA'=>'Panama','PG'=>'Papua New Guinea','PY'=>'Paraguay','PE'=>'Peru','PH'=>'Philippines','PN'=>'Pitcairn','PL'=>'Poland','PT'=>'Portugal','PR'=>'Puerto Rico','QA'=>'Qatar','RE'=>'Reunion','RO'=>'Romania','RU'=>'Russia','RW'=>'Rwanda','SH'=>'Saint Helena','KN'=>'Saint Kitts And Nevis','LC'=>'Saint Lucia','PM'=>'Saint Pierre And Miquelon','VC'=>'Saint Vincent And The Grenadines','SM'=>'San Marino','ST'=>'Sao Tome And Principe','SA'=>'Saudi Arabia','SN'=>'Senegal','SC'=>'Seychelles','SL'=>'Sierra Leone','SG'=>'Singapore','SK'=>'Slovak Republic','SI'=>'Slovenia','SB'=>'Solomon Islands','SO'=>'Somalia','ZA'=>'South Africa','GS'=>'South Georgia And South Sandwich Islands','KR'=>'South Korea','ES'=>'Spain','LK'=>'Sri Lanka','SD'=>'Sudan','SR'=>'Suriname','SJ'=>'Svalbard And Jan Mayen','SZ'=>'Swaziland','SE'=>'Sweden','CH'=>'Switzerland','SY'=>'Syria','TW'=>'Taiwan','TJ'=>'Tajikistan','TZ'=>'Tanzania','TH'=>'Thailand','TG'=>'Togo','TK'=>'Tokelau','TO'=>'Tonga','TT'=>'Trinidad And Tobago','TN'=>'Tunisia','TR'=>'Turkey','TM'=>'Turkmenistan','TC'=>'Turks And Caicos Islands','TV'=>'Tuvalu','UG'=>'Uganda','UA'=>'Ukraine','AE'=>'United Arab Emirates','UK'=>'United Kingdom','US'=>'United States','UM'=>'United States Minor Outlying Islands','UY'=>'Uruguay','UZ'=>'Uzbekistan','VU'=>'Vanuatu','VA'=>'Vatican City (Holy See)','VE'=>'Venezuela','VN'=>'Vietnam','VG'=>'Virgin Islands (British)','VI'=>'Virgin Islands (US)','WF'=>'Wallis And Futuna Islands','EH'=>'Western Sahara','WS'=>'Western Samoa','YE'=>'Yemen','YU'=>'Yugoslavia','ZM'=>'Zambia','ZW'=>'Zimbabwe');
}?>