50 US States Full & Abbreviated – Generate Dropdown in PHP

I was in need for US states’ names and abbreviations in a PHP array for one of my projects. I am sharing it here just in case if anyone needs it. Hope it helps!

$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");

//US state names and abbreviations
foreach($states as $abr=>$name) {
    echo $abr, ' -> ', $name, "
";
}

//generating select box from PHP US states array
echo '<select name="us_states">';
foreach($states as $abr=>$name) {
    echo '	<option value="',$abr,'">',$name,'</option>';
}
echo '</select>';

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