php-countries-array

PHP class to get array of countries with ISO_3166-1, ISO_3166-2 and ISD codes it can provide following information related to the country

1. name - Name of the country
2. alpha2 - alpha2 code, 2 characters (ISO-3166-1 alpha2)
3. alpha3 - alpha3 code, 3 characters (ISO-3166-1 alpha3)
4. num - numeric code (ISO-3166-1 numeric)
5. isd - ISD code for country
6. continent - Name of the continent in which the country is present

Installation

PHP Include

Include CountryArray.php in your php code and you its ready to use.

Composer:

Add the package to your composer.json and run composer update.

{
    "require": {
        "sameer-shelavale/php-countries-array": "*"
    }
}

Usage

Get simple key-value array by default it returns alpha2 => name pairs

$countries = CountriesArray::get();

Include non iso countries:

$countries = CountriesArray::iso(false)->get();

Get key values pairs

$countries = CountriesArray::get( 'alpha2', 'name' ); // returns alpha2->name array
$countries = CountriesArray::get( 'num', 'alpha3' ); // return numeric-codes->alpha3 array
$countries = CountriesArray::get( 'num', 'name' ); // return numeric-codes->name array

Get only values without keys

$countries = CountriesArray::get( null, 'name' ); // return array of country names
$countries = CountriesArray::get( null, 'alpha2' ); // return array of alpha2 codes

Get 2d array

$countries = CountriesArray::get2d( null, 'name' ); // return array of country names
$countries = CountriesArray::get2d( null, 'alpha2' ); // return array of alpha2 codes

Get countries filtered by continent

$countries = CountriesArray::getFromContinent( 'alpha2', 'name', 'Africa' ); // returns alpha2->name array of countries from Africa
$countries = CountriesArray::getFromContinent( 'num', 'alpha3', 'Asia' ); // return numeric-codes->alpha3 array of countries from Asia
$countries = CountriesArray::getFromContinent( 'num', 'name', 'Europe' ); // return numeric-codes->name array of countries from Europe

IMP Note

Do not use ISD code(isd) and continent as key fields, as there are multiple records for them