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US states list

So, you need a php array list with all the US states? Right on, I have the list ready for you in a php array and even as a static method you can add to a class object. 

If you click the following link you will get a simple txt document with the US states list. This makes it real easy for you to copy/past the list into your PHP project. You can see how the array in the link will look like below.

• US-States.txt

If you like to read why I have this copy/paste list then see below. Actually it is more about search engines. Without it they would not index this page. That's how SEO works, I guess.

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I have this page and list because I had a problem and maybe you have a similar problem.

You work with the Zend Framework (or another CMS like Wordpress, Joomla or just a plain PHP project). You project requires a form with a select element where users can select the US state they live in. Therefore, you need this: a PHP array with the United States (US).

If you work with the Zend Framework you might think there is a solution with Zend_Locale, just like the one for the country list. Unfortunately there is none and revert to Google to find either a list or some array ready for copy/pase.

Hence, I was looking for an array (not just a list) ready with all these United States in America (USA). What I found was web pages with all sorts of lists but a page where you can easily copy/paste a ready to go PHP array with all states? Not one that exactly had what I was looking for. Most of them were not properly formatted or even worse behind lots and lots of annoying ads and other garbage.

So I create this page with the US-States.txt document. I contains all the United States of America in an array, in case you need one as simple as that.

I have even included the whole array as a static function. You can paste the function into a class as a method. It sports an argument for retrieving just one single state with the abbreviation.

If you are looking for the array on this page here it is below. Although, I highly recommend the txt document above—it is way better for copy/paste.

// a simple PHP array for copy/paste

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