States With Abbreviations in PHP

Mar 27, 2024 php
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To whom it may concern… and that person probably is me… here is a list of the 50 US states in array form, nice and easy to copy+paste into your PHP code.

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

Remember, if you want to only use one of these, but you need them keyed in both manners, you can always use the array_flip method as well.

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