After coding for a while things no longer become “fun” to do over and over. One of those things for me is forms and particularly for this article a state drop down.

Below is an array of all the current states along with a quick example of how to use it. I hope you find it useful.

$state_array = 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"
);