Web Development Blog

Being a web developer I’m well aware that sites developed need to be checked over with a fine-tooth-comb for bug and potential issues. In fact there are even many times when you can check for bugs and even check the site in many different Internet browsers (such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari, ect…) and still miss things just because your computer might have some slightly different settings which make some sort of bug not present on your computer but still show up on many of the end users’ computers. It bites! But one successful thing is to listen to users and investigate what they report. I’ve found most of the time the user is correct even if I could not reproduce the issue on my end – it usually turns out other people are having the same issue and just didn’t speak up about it.

So with that said I’m hoping someone from Netflix (particular the web development or engineering team) will look this blog post over, take it to heart and investigate these issues. I became a Netflix member about 2 months ago and so far like the service but the bugs I found make it almost impossible to watch anything “Instant” unless you want to spend extra time trying to combat bugs and are forced to refresh the page many times and keep fiddling with the Silverlight settings.

So to get on with it, here are several bugs I’ve found with the Netflix Silverlight player. These are issues not specific to any one video but rather issues experienced them on numerous videos as well as in several browsers (Firefox, IE and Chrome).

1. The buffer rate and play rate tend to become the same rate. This means when you try to play something it’s buffering at the same rate it’s playing – thus choppy video! The buffer rate should be bigger than the play rate in order to keep the video buffered enough in advance so the play back is smooth. I’ve even tried to manually change the buffer rate (via the Silverlight setting, shift + alt + right click) and moved the video playback track around so the new buffer rate would take effect (another trick I’ve found you have to do) plus enabling the GPU Acceleration but that only helps for a little while and the rates eventually match each other again and cause playback issues.

2. Also recently (similar to he above issue) it seems there is some other play back or buffering issues going on too. As I’ve noticed that when you first start a video it plays for a few minutes or so and then has to buffer/load but the buffer time starts out loading at a good speed but then slows down and takes for ever to buffer/load. But if I just refresh when this happens the page the load/buffer time is considerably quicker. So there is something going on with buffering.

3. There are some issues with the player going full screen and back to normal. Sometimes I’ll get a tiled view (or like window blinds, see picture below) where the picture is distorted horizontally. Sometimes it happens when I click full screen, other times when I click to exit full screen (or click Esc button on keyword). This does not happen all the time but usually is corrected by clicking full screen then existing full screen and back again several times until picture looks normal.

4. Can’t change play track position while loading/buffering (aka, during the screen with the red loading bar going across video). When the video is loading/buffering (even when video stops during play back to load/buffer video) I can’t change the play track position. The video track and all other Silverlight features (can’t use shift + alt + right click) are locked. This is a pain if you want to change the video track (position in video were you are playing from) and the loading/buffering bar is there as you have to wait till it’s done which could take a while then you click to another point on the video track and it’s got to do it all over again (same if need to change a setting in Sliverlight)… aggg

5. More things to come as I find them… above are 4 of the most important for now.

Also if you know of anything please feel free to post your bugs/issues in the comments. Hopefully this will at least get these above items fixed.

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 dynamicly select/checked based on what the user submited. For example, when someone submits a form and it faild validation and you want to show the form again but don’t want the user to have to reselect that checkbox, select option or radio option again. This handy script dynamically checks/selects the right one based off what the user submitted.

I’m giving this script out since it will also give me a reference to quickly use it myself in projects as well as provided it to you.

So here goes… The following first code is my custom PHP function for making a checkbox, select or radio field checked dynamically based on what was submitted. 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

States 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>

States 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>

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?