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HTML State Dropdown List with PHP Dynamic Select

July 15th, 2010

I’m always running into a project were I am setting up a sign up form or something and need a HTML state dropdown list for the 50 US states but also needs to include a PHP based dynamic select/validation. And for some reason I keep losing track of where I placed the scripts I create for these sites so I figured it would be nice to also post it here on my blog so the webmaster/ website owner community could also find it.

So here goes… The following first code is my custom PHP function for validating select options, checkboxs and radio input fields. Then following that is the 50 U.S. states dropdown list in both an abbreviation and non abbreviation format. As an added bonus I’ve also included a select dropdown list for countries.

PHP Function


<?php
############################
# Dynamic Form Fields Func #
############################
function dynField($option,$value,$type)
{
 if($type=='checkbox' && @in_array($value,$option)) { echo ' CHECKED'; return; }
 if($option==$value)
 {
  if($type=='option') { echo ' SELECTED'; }
  if($type=='radio') { echo ' CHECKED'; }
 }
}
?>

HTML Select Dropdown

Non-Abbreviated Format


<select name="state">
 <option value="AL"<?php dynField(@$state,'AL','option'); ?>>Alabama</option>
 <option value="AK"<?php dynField(@$state,'AK','option'); ?>>Alaska</option>
 <option value="AZ"<?php dynField(@$state,'AZ','option'); ?>>Arizona</option>
 <option value="AR"<?php dynField(@$state,'AR','option'); ?>>Arkansas</option>
 <option value="CA"<?php dynField(@$state,'CA','option'); ?>>California</option>
 <option value="CO"<?php dynField(@$state,'CO','option'); ?>>Colorado</option>
 <option value="CT"<?php dynField(@$state,'CT','option'); ?>>Connecticut</option>
 <option value="DE"<?php dynField(@$state,'DE','option'); ?>>Delaware</option>
 <option value="DC"<?php dynField(@$state,'DC','option'); ?>>District of Columbia</option>
 <option value="FL"<?php dynField(@$state,'FL','option'); ?>>Florida</option>
 <option value="GA"<?php dynField(@$state,'GA','option'); ?>>Georgia</option>
 <option value="HI"<?php dynField(@$state,'HI','option'); ?>>Hawaii</option>
 <option value="ID"<?php dynField(@$state,'ID','option'); ?>>Idaho</option>
 <option value="IL"<?php dynField(@$state,'IL','option'); ?>>Illinois</option>
 <option value="IN"<?php dynField(@$state,'IN','option'); ?>>Indiana</option>
 <option value="IA"<?php dynField(@$state,'IA','option'); ?>>Iowa</option>
 <option value="KS"<?php dynField(@$state,'KS','option'); ?>>Kansas</option>
 <option value="KY"<?php dynField(@$state,'KY','option'); ?>>Kentucky</option>
 <option value="LA"<?php dynField(@$state,'LA','option'); ?>>Louisiana</option>
 <option value="ME"<?php dynField(@$state,'ME','option'); ?>>Maine</option>
 <option value="MD"<?php dynField(@$state,'MD','option'); ?>>Maryland</option>
 <option value="MA"<?php dynField(@$state,'MA','option'); ?>>Massachusetts</option>
 <option value="MI"<?php dynField(@$state,'MI','option'); ?>>Michigan</option>
 <option value="MN"<?php dynField(@$state,'MN','option'); ?>>Minnesota</option>
 <option value="MS"<?php dynField(@$state,'MS','option'); ?>>Mississippi</option>
 <option value="MO"<?php dynField(@$state,'MO','option'); ?>>Missouri</option>
 <option value="MT"<?php dynField(@$state,'MT','option'); ?>>Montana</option>
 <option value="NE"<?php dynField(@$state,'NE','option'); ?>>Nebraska</option>
 <option value="NV"<?php dynField(@$state,'NV','option'); ?>>Nevada</option>
 <option value="NH"<?php dynField(@$state,'NH','option'); ?>>New Hampshire</option>
 <option value="NJ"<?php dynField(@$state,'NJ','option'); ?>>New Jersey</option>
 <option value="NM"<?php dynField(@$state,'NM','option'); ?>>New Mexico</option>
 <option value="NY"<?php dynField(@$state,'NY','option'); ?>>New York</option>
 <option value="NC"<?php dynField(@$state,'NC','option'); ?>>North Carolina</option>
 <option value="ND"<?php dynField(@$state,'ND','option'); ?>>North Dakota</option>
 <option value="OH"<?php dynField(@$state,'OH','option'); ?>>Ohio</option>
 <option value="OK"<?php dynField(@$state,'OK','option'); ?>>Oklahoma</option>
 <option value="OR"<?php dynField(@$state,'OR','option'); ?>>Oregon</option>
 <option value="PA"<?php dynField(@$state,'PA','option'); ?>>Pennsylvania</option>
 <option value="RI"<?php dynField(@$state,'RI','option'); ?>>Rhode Island</option>
 <option value="SC"<?php dynField(@$state,'SC','option'); ?>>South Carolina</option>
 <option value="SD"<?php dynField(@$state,'SD','option'); ?>>South Dakota</option>
 <option value="TN"<?php dynField(@$state,'TN','option'); ?>>Tennessee</option>
 <option value="TX"<?php dynField(@$state,'TX','option'); ?>>Texas</option>
 <option value="UT"<?php dynField(@$state,'UT','option'); ?>>Utah</option>
 <option value="VT"<?php dynField(@$state,'VT','option'); ?>>Vermont</option>
 <option value="VA"<?php dynField(@$state,'VA','option'); ?>>Virginia</option>
 <option value="WA"<?php dynField(@$state,'WA','option'); ?>>Washington</option>
 <option value="WV"<?php dynField(@$state,'WV','option'); ?>>West Virginia</option>
 <option value="WI"<?php dynField(@$state,'WI','option'); ?>>Wisconsin</option>
 <option value="WY"<?php dynField(@$state,'WY','option'); ?>>Wyoming</option>
</select>

Abbreviated Format


<select name="state">
 <option value="AL"<?php dynField(@$state,'AL','option'); ?>>AL</option>
 <option value="AK"<?php dynField(@$state,'AK','option'); ?>>AK</option>
 <option value="AZ"<?php dynField(@$state,'AZ','option'); ?>>AZ</option>
 <option value="AR"<?php dynField(@$state,'AR','option'); ?>>AR</option>
 <option value="CA"<?php dynField(@$state,'CA','option'); ?>>CA</option>
 <option value="CO"<?php dynField(@$state,'CO','option'); ?>>CO</option>
 <option value="CT"<?php dynField(@$state,'CT','option'); ?>>CT</option>
 <option value="DE"<?php dynField(@$state,'DE','option'); ?>>DE</option>
 <option value="DC"<?php dynField(@$state,'DC','option'); ?>>DC</option>
 <option value="FL"<?php dynField(@$state,'FL','option'); ?>>FL</option>
 <option value="GA"<?php dynField(@$state,'GA','option'); ?>>GA</option>
 <option value="HI"<?php dynField(@$state,'HI','option'); ?>>HI</option>
 <option value="ID"<?php dynField(@$state,'ID','option'); ?>>ID</option>
 <option value="IL"<?php dynField(@$state,'IL','option'); ?>>IL</option>
 <option value="IN"<?php dynField(@$state,'IN','option'); ?>>IN</option>
 <option value="IA"<?php dynField(@$state,'IA','option'); ?>>IA</option>
 <option value="KS"<?php dynField(@$state,'KS','option'); ?>>KS</option>
 <option value="KY"<?php dynField(@$state,'KY','option'); ?>>KY</option>
 <option value="LA"<?php dynField(@$state,'LA','option'); ?>>LA</option>
 <option value="ME"<?php dynField(@$state,'ME','option'); ?>>ME</option>
 <option value="MD"<?php dynField(@$state,'MD','option'); ?>>MD</option>
 <option value="MA"<?php dynField(@$state,'MA','option'); ?>>MA</option>
 <option value="MI"<?php dynField(@$state,'MI','option'); ?>>MI</option>
 <option value="MN"<?php dynField(@$state,'MN','option'); ?>>MN</option>
 <option value="MS"<?php dynField(@$state,'MS','option'); ?>>MS</option>
 <option value="MO"<?php dynField(@$state,'MO','option'); ?>>MO</option>
 <option value="MT"<?php dynField(@$state,'MT','option'); ?>>MT</option>
 <option value="NE"<?php dynField(@$state,'NE','option'); ?>>NE</option>
 <option value="NV"<?php dynField(@$state,'NV','option'); ?>>NV</option>
 <option value="NH"<?php dynField(@$state,'NH','option'); ?>>NH</option>
 <option value="NJ"<?php dynField(@$state,'NJ','option'); ?>>NJ</option>
 <option value="NM"<?php dynField(@$state,'NM','option'); ?>>NM</option>
 <option value="NY"<?php dynField(@$state,'NY','option'); ?>>NY</option>
 <option value="NC"<?php dynField(@$state,'NC','option'); ?>>NC</option>
 <option value="ND"<?php dynField(@$state,'ND','option'); ?>>ND</option>
 <option value="OH"<?php dynField(@$state,'OH','option'); ?>>OH</option>
 <option value="OK"<?php dynField(@$state,'OK','option'); ?>>OK</option>
 <option value="OR"<?php dynField(@$state,'OR','option'); ?>>OR</option>
 <option value="PA"<?php dynField(@$state,'PA','option'); ?>>PA</option>
 <option value="RI"<?php dynField(@$state,'RI','option'); ?>>RI</option>
 <option value="SC"<?php dynField(@$state,'SC','option'); ?>>SC</option>
 <option value="SD"<?php dynField(@$state,'SD','option'); ?>>SD</option>
 <option value="TN"<?php dynField(@$state,'TN','option'); ?>>TN</option>
 <option value="TX"<?php dynField(@$state,'TX','option'); ?>>TX</option>
 <option value="UT"<?php dynField(@$state,'UT','option'); ?>>UT</option>
 <option value="VT"<?php dynField(@$state,'VT','option'); ?>>VT</option>
 <option value="VA"<?php dynField(@$state,'VA','option'); ?>>VA</option>
 <option value="WA"<?php dynField(@$state,'WA','option'); ?>>WA</option>
 <option value="WV"<?php dynField(@$state,'WV','option'); ?>>WV</option>
 <option value="WI"<?php dynField(@$state,'WI','option'); ?>>WI</option>
 <option value="WY"<?php dynField(@$state,'WY','option'); ?>>WY</option>
</select>

Country List


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

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Google Maps Static Images, How to Create

March 30th, 2010

Creating Google maps images to display on your website are really neat. They load really fast and can really give visitors a good idea of where something is located. I personally like to use them on contact us pages to show the location of a company.

Creating them is a blast and relatively easy. First you will need to know the location of the company or whatever your looking to create a map for. Next have an idea of what type of dimensions you want the map to be and finally if you want markers on it you will need to know the latitude and longitude of the spot the market should go.

After you’ve compiled all that data together now is the easy part, just replace your data with what is in the below URL.

http://maps.google.com/staticmap?size=300x115&center=mars+pa&zoom=13&markers=40.6958996,-80.0117254
&key=YOUR_KEY_HERE

This gives you:

You will also notice there is a zoom reference in the URL above. With that you can set how close or far out the zoom level is for the screen shot of the map.

If you are clueless and scratching your head when you look at this URL and don’t get how to put the data in, here are some helpful hints. Directly after each & symbol in the URL is what is called a parameter. This basically is a “label” that you can define. For example in URL above you will see “size” this is a parameter that we can set, simple add your dimensions after the equals sign (make sure you keep the same format).

So now you have a basic understanding of the syntax of the URL you might be wondering what the parameter “center” is for… well that’s the address for the company or place you want a map of. And of course “marker” is the latitude and longitude of where the marker should fall on the map. Also make sure to replace the YOUR_KEY_HERE with the key get from signing up with Google Maps API.

Lastly take the URL and put it into an image’s source tag as follows:

<img src="http://maps.google.com/staticmap?size=300x115&center=mars+pa&zoom=13&markers=40.6958996,
-80.0117254&key=YOUR_KEY_HERE" alt=""/>

I’ve also found a good reference for creating these maps really quickly if you’re still having trouble, can’t calculate the lat and long for the market, or just want something faster/easier then try Google Static Map Wizard.

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FLV File not working on WebHost4Life.com, How to fix

March 10th, 2010

I recently was working on a website containing some flash for a client and we noticed that flash files referencing external FLV documents on the server were not loading. Well at first I thought it must be something within the flash piece that was wrong. But after several tries and rewrites of the code I decided to test the flash piece by using the publish test in my version of Adobe Flash (AS3). Upon testing I got a output message that the FLV file could not be opened.

Well I thought that was interesting as I know it’s uploaded to the server. So I tried browsing for the file via my favorite Internet browser and what-do-you-know I got a 404 error. Obviously I checked again to make sure the FLV file was on the server but yet again I found it was. So my next thought was well maybe this hosting provider has some sort of issue with FLV files.

Therefore I did a little Google search and yep, WebHost4Life.com has some issues with loading FLV files. They don’t recognize Mime Type FLV on their IIS servers (Windows servers) by default. So what’s the solution..?, well luckily you can add in another Mime Type right from your hosting control panel.

Here are the steps to get the FLV files working on WebHost4Life.com:

  1. Login
  2. Select “Site Admin” from the horizontal menu
  3. Select “Set MIME Type” from the vertical submenu
  4. From the list of websites (if you have a list) select “Go” for the website you want to add the MIME type too.
  5. Type in the following to support the .flv MIME type:
    MIME TYPE: video/x-flv
    EXTENSION: flv (without the period “.”)

(Credit to Herb Benton from bizmodules.net for figuring that out.)

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Make IE8 Emulate IE7

December 18th, 2009

For those of you finding IE8 to be another Microsoft beast to tame just as IE6 as been, I’ve provided a solution I found from Microsoft that will make IE8 emulate IE7 or to more accurately put it with render as if IE7. Although do be aware according to Microsoft, this makes Internet Explorer 8 render as if IE7 but still accesses what IE8 has to offer therefore there may be some differences in what you see compared to the stand alone IE7.

Place the following code into your header to make IE8 render as if IE7.

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7"/>

This code will not only handle layout issues but also some JavaScript issues.

Why do we have these issues?
As Microsoft states: “These issues may occur because Internet Explorer 8 displays webpages using “Standards mode” by default, whereas most current webpages are created and tested to work with Internet Explorer 7 Standards mode.”

Read the full text from Microsoft on the issue:
Update your site to render in IE7 Mode
And yet more information on this issue, specifically going over using the code above.
Internet Explorer Compatibility, X-UA-Compatible Tag and More for Developers

How To Turn on Compatibility Mode
If you’re looking for how to make enable the compatibility view your self instead of from within the webpage’s code then here is the “how to” from Microsoft. Some Web sites may not be displayed correctly or work correctly in Windows Internet Explorer 8

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PHP Email Yahoo Hosting, How To

December 4th, 2009

In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to setup a PHP email form with Yahoo hosting. One of the things I’ve found with Yahoo hosting and using PHP to send emails is that there are quite a few steps you have to go through in order to get it working. But lucky you, I’ve figured it all out and laid out the steps below.

Also you should note that Yahoo has a max limit on the number of emails that can be sent, only 250 emails every 24 hours to recipients that are outside any emails not associated with your domain name (IE: emails that don’t go to name@yourwebsite.com). And you can only set the email’s “from address” as an email at your domain name (example: name@yourdomain.com).

Here are the things you will need to complete this tutorial:

  1. Yahoo web hosting login details (username and password).
  2. From email address set up at the same domain name as your emailing from.

How to Send PHP Email with Yahoo Hosting:

  1. Sign in to Yahoo web hosting “Small Business”. You’ll need to click on the Small Business and then login there.
  2. Next click on the Create & Upload tab.
  3. Now scroll down to the “Other Site Building Tools” section. Sometimes this section will be closed and you will not see it’s contents. You need to click on the arrow to open it’s contents and then click on the PHP/Perl Mail link within this section’s content.
  4. On the next page under the “PHP/Perl Mail Setup” section on the right hand column enter in your email address you would like the form to send to. Then click the “Set Default” button.
  5. Now you can use the PHP mail() function to send email but you will have to use the from address as the one you set in the above step. The PHP mail() function is a function that sends emails using PHP coding. Here is an example of it’s usage. 
    <?php
$to = 'Your_Email_Here@Your_Domain.com';
$subject = 'Subject_Goes_Here';
$headers = 'FROM: <Your_Email_Here@Your_Domain.com>';
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>

    For more on the PHP mail() function visit the PHP manual, PHP: mail – Manual

Useful Related links:
Yahoo’s tutorial on how to send email using php: How can I send email with PHP?

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