Comments on: PHP State Drop Down Menu – Reusable Code!

By: Form Design with CSS , PHP and Codeigniter Framework « Yidea's Blog

Form Design with CSS , PHP and Codeigniter Framework « Yidea's Blog — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:53:29 +0000

[...] USA state dropdown list [...]

By: Preeti

Preeti — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:39:03 +0000

can anybody give me the detail code in php after selecting item from dropdown it will display all related information from table i.e. present database.

By: Larry Zoumas

Larry Zoumas — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:50:53 +0000

Nice code Peter, you rock.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:40:06 +0000

I'm pretty lazy, and I don't like to have to think, so I just threw this together... works like a charm. Simple "for" loop to select a state from an array...

$state = 'CA'; // the abbreviation is submitted with the form, not the full name

$states = Array('AL - Alabama', 'AK - Alaska', 'AZ - Arizona', 'AR - Arkansas', 'CA - California', 'CO - Colorado', 'CT - Connecticut', 'DE - Delaware', 'DC - District Of Columbia', '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');

$selected = '';
for ($s=0;$s<=50;$s++){ // let's not forget DC
    if ($state == $states[$s]){
        $selected = ' selected="selected"';
    } else {
        $selected = '';
    }
    $st = substr($states[$s], 0, 2);
    echo '' . $states[$s] . '';
}

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:09:25 +0000

Thanks again, nice to find a quick help via Google.

@Sara, your array is in alphabetical order by state code, the posted array code is in alphabetical order by actual state name... so it depends on which part you display to as to which one you should use.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:56:40 +0000

cool.. this will save me time. thanks.

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:34:22 +0000

Thanks for the arrays...just an FYI that your states array was not in alphabetical order. Here is the updated array in the right order:

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

By: sivagami

sivagami — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:08:34 +0000

how i submit my dateof birth into table in mysql. i am using function for to select date through dropdown box.

i have to combine this three field drop down seleted date month year into table. please reply me. i use this following coding but it doesn't work. anybosdy reply me.

By: Zend Form U.S. state drop down select menu | The Disgruntled Developer

Zend Form U.S. state drop down select menu | The Disgruntled Developer — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:33:33 +0000

[...] Here’s a link to a helpful blog post with common PHP arrays: http://blog.ninedays.org/2008/01/03/php-state-drop-down-menu-reusable-code/ [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:19:45 +0000

Thanks for the arrays.