PHP Country-array with dial codes
Published on by Karl Lindmark. 0 commentsThis is actually a snippet I’ve wanted to share with the world for a while. It’s not that it’s complex or anything like that, it really isn’t, however a compiled list of countries identified by their ISO-code as well as containing the dial code.
Without further ado, I bring you… $countryArray (click to expand as it’s a lot of code):
function getCountryInformation($filter = '') {
//Let's define the array
$countryArray = array(
'AD' => array(
'country_name' => 'ANDORRA',
'dial_code' => '376'
),
'AE' => array(
'country_name' => 'UNITED ARAB EMIRATES',
'dial_code' => '971'
),
'AF' => array(
'country_name' => 'AFGHANISTAN',
'dial_code' => '93'
),
'AG' => array(
'country_name' => 'ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA',
'dial_code' => '1268'
),
'AI' => array(
'country_name' => 'ANGUILLA',
'dial_code' => '1264'
),
'AL' => array(
'country_name' => 'ALBANIA',
'dial_code' => '355'
),
'AM' => array(
'country_name' => 'ARMENIA',
'dial_code' => '374'
),
'AN' => array(
'country_name' => 'NETHERLANDS ANTILLES',
'dial_code' => '599'
),
'AO' => array(
'country_name' => 'ANGOLA',
'dial_code' => '244'
),
'AQ' => array(
'country_name' => 'ANTARCTICA',
'dial_code' => '672'
),
'AR' => array(
'country_name' => 'ARGENTINA',
'dial_code' => '54'
),
'AS' => array(
'country_name' => 'AMERICAN SAMOA',
'dial_code' => '1684'
),
'AT' => array(
'country_name' => 'AUSTRIA',
'dial_code' => '43'
),
'AU' => array(
'country_name' => 'AUSTRALIA',
'dial_code' => '61'
),
'AW' => array(
'country_name' => 'ARUBA',
'dial_code' => '297'
),
'AZ' => array(
'country_name' => 'AZERBAIJAN',
'dial_code' => '994'
),
'BA' => array(
'country_name' => 'BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA',
'dial_code' => '387'
),
'BB' => array(
'country_name' => 'BARBADOS',
'dial_code' => '1246'
),
'BD' => array(
'country_name' => 'BANGLADESH',
'dial_code' => '880'
),
'BE' => array(
'country_name' => 'BELGIUM',
'dial_code' => '32'
),
'BF' => array(
'country_name' => 'BURKINA FASO',
'dial_code' => '226'
),
'BG' => array(
'country_name' => 'BULGARIA',
'dial_code' => '359'
),
'BH' => array(
'country_name' => 'BAHRAIN',
'dial_code' => '973'
),
'BI' => array(
'country_name' => 'BURUNDI',
'dial_code' => '257'
),
'BJ' => array(
'country_name' => 'BENIN',
'dial_code' => '229'
),
'BL' => array(
'country_name' => 'SAINT BARTHELEMY',
'dial_code' => '590'
),
'BM' => array(
'country_name' => 'BERMUDA',
'dial_code' => '1441'
),
'BN' => array(
'country_name' => 'BRUNEI DARUSSALAM',
'dial_code' => '673'
),
'BO' => array(
'country_name' => 'BOLIVIA',
'dial_code' => '591'
),
'BR' => array(
'country_name' => 'BRAZIL',
'dial_code' => '55'
),
'BS' => array(
'country_name' => 'BAHAMAS',
'dial_code' => '1242'
),
'BT' => array(
'country_name' => 'BHUTAN',
'dial_code' => '975'
),
'BW' => array(
'country_name' => 'BOTSWANA',
'dial_code' => '267'
),
'BY' => array(
'country_name' => 'BELARUS',
'dial_code' => '375'
),
'BZ' => array(
'country_name' => 'BELIZE',
'dial_code' => '501'
),
'CA' => array(
'country_name' => 'CANADA',
'dial_code' => '1'
),
'CC' => array(
'country_name' => 'COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS',
'dial_code' => '61'
),
'CD' => array(
'country_name' => 'CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE',
'dial_code' => '243'
),
'CF' => array(
'country_name' => 'CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC',
'dial_code' => '236'
),
'CG' => array(
'country_name' => 'CONGO',
'dial_code' => '242'
),
'CH' => array(
'country_name' => 'SWITZERLAND',
'dial_code' => '41'
),
'CI' => array(
'country_name' => 'COTE D IVOIRE',
'dial_code' => '225'
),
'CK' => array(
'country_name' => 'COOK ISLANDS',
'dial_code' => '682'
),
'CL' => array(
'country_name' => 'CHILE',
'dial_code' => '56'
),
'CM' => array(
'country_name' => 'CAMEROON',
'dial_code' => '237'
),
'CN' => array(
'country_name' => 'CHINA',
'dial_code' => '86'
),
'CO' => array(
'country_name' => 'COLOMBIA',
'dial_code' => '57'
),
'CR' => array(
'country_name' => 'COSTA RICA',
'dial_code' => '506'
),
'CU' => array(
'country_name' => 'CUBA',
'dial_code' => '53'
),
'CV' => array(
'country_name' => 'CAPE VERDE',
'dial_code' => '238'
),
'CX' => array(
'country_name' => 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND',
'dial_code' => '61'
),
'CY' => array(
'country_name' => 'CYPRUS',
'dial_code' => '357'
),
'CZ' => array(
'country_name' => 'CZECH REPUBLIC',
'dial_code' => '420'
),
'DE' => array(
'country_name' => 'GERMANY',
'dial_code' => '49'
),
'DJ' => array(
'country_name' => 'DJIBOUTI',
'dial_code' => '253'
),
'DK' => array(
'country_name' => 'DENMARK',
'dial_code' => '45'
),
'DM' => array(
'country_name' => 'DOMINICA',
'dial_code' => '1767'
),
'DO' => array(
'country_name' => 'DOMINICAN REPUBLIC',
'dial_code' => '1809'
),
'DZ' => array(
'country_name' => 'ALGERIA',
'dial_code' => '213'
),
'EC' => array(
'country_name' => 'ECUADOR',
'dial_code' => '593'
),
'EE' => array(
'country_name' => 'ESTONIA',
'dial_code' => '372'
),
'EG' => array(
'country_name' => 'EGYPT',
'dial_code' => '20'
),
'ER' => array(
'country_name' => 'ERITREA',
'dial_code' => '291'
),
'ES' => array(
'country_name' => 'SPAIN',
'dial_code' => '34'
),
'ET' => array(
'country_name' => 'ETHIOPIA',
'dial_code' => '251'
),
'FI' => array(
'country_name' => 'FINLAND',
'dial_code' => '358'
),
'FJ' => array(
'country_name' => 'FIJI',
'dial_code' => '679'
),
'FK' => array(
'country_name' => 'FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)',
'dial_code' => '500'
),
'FM' => array(
'country_name' => 'MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF',
'dial_code' => '691'
),
'FO' => array(
'country_name' => 'FAROE ISLANDS',
'dial_code' => '298'
),
'FR' => array(
'country_name' => 'FRANCE',
'dial_code' => '33'
),
'GA' => array(
'country_name' => 'GABON',
'dial_code' => '241'
),
'GB' => array(
'country_name' => 'UNITED KINGDOM',
'dial_code' => '44'
),
'GD' => array(
'country_name' => 'GRENADA',
'dial_code' => '1473'
),
'GE' => array(
'country_name' => 'GEORGIA',
'dial_code' => '995'
),
'GH' => array(
'country_name' => 'GHANA',
'dial_code' => '233'
),
'GI' => array(
'country_name' => 'GIBRALTAR',
'dial_code' => '350'
),
'GL' => array(
'country_name' => 'GREENLAND',
'dial_code' => '299'
),
'GM' => array(
'country_name' => 'GAMBIA',
'dial_code' => '220'
),
'GN' => array(
'country_name' => 'GUINEA',
'dial_code' => '224'
),
'GQ' => array(
'country_name' => 'EQUATORIAL GUINEA',
'dial_code' => '240'
),
'GR' => array(
'country_name' => 'GREECE',
'dial_code' => '30'
),
'GT' => array(
'country_name' => 'GUATEMALA',
'dial_code' => '502'
),
'GU' => array(
'country_name' => 'GUAM',
'dial_code' => '1671'
),
'GW' => array(
'country_name' => 'GUINEA-BISSAU',
'dial_code' => '245'
),
'GY' => array(
'country_name' => 'GUYANA',
'dial_code' => '592'
),
'HK' => array(
'country_name' => 'HONG KONG',
'dial_code' => '852'
),
'HN' => array(
'country_name' => 'HONDURAS',
'dial_code' => '504'
),
'HR' => array(
'country_name' => 'CROATIA',
'dial_code' => '385'
),
'HT' => array(
'country_name' => 'HAITI',
'dial_code' => '509'
),
'HU' => array(
'country_name' => 'HUNGARY',
'dial_code' => '36'
),
'ID' => array(
'country_name' => 'INDONESIA',
'dial_code' => '62'
),
'IE' => array(
'country_name' => 'IRELAND',
'dial_code' => '353'
),
'IL' => array(
'country_name' => 'ISRAEL',
'dial_code' => '972'
),
'IM' => array(
'country_name' => 'ISLAND OF MAN',
'dial_code' => '44'
),
'IN' => array(
'country_name' => 'INDIA',
'dial_code' => '91'
),
'IQ' => array(
'country_name' => 'IRAQ',
'dial_code' => '964'
),
'IR' => array(
'country_name' => 'IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF',
'dial_code' => '98'
),
'IS' => array(
'country_name' => 'ICELAND',
'dial_code' => '354'
),
'IT' => array(
'country_name' => 'ITALY',
'dial_code' => '39'
),
'JM' => array(
'country_name' => 'JAMAICA',
'dial_code' => '1876'
),
'JO' => array(
'country_name' => 'JORDAN',
'dial_code' => '962'
),
'JP' => array(
'country_name' => 'JAPAN',
'dial_code' => '81'
),
'KE' => array(
'country_name' => 'KENYA',
'dial_code' => '254'
),
'KG' => array(
'country_name' => 'KYRGYZSTAN',
'dial_code' => '996'
),
'KH' => array(
'country_name' => 'CAMBODIA',
'dial_code' => '855'
),
'KI' => array(
'country_name' => 'KIRIBATI',
'dial_code' => '686'
),
'KM' => array(
'country_name' => 'COMOROS',
'dial_code' => '269'
),
'KN' => array(
'country_name' => 'SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS',
'dial_code' => '1869'
),
'KP' => array(
'country_name' => 'KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF',
'dial_code' => '850'
),
'KR' => array(
'country_name' => 'KOREA REPUBLIC OF',
'dial_code' => '82'
),
'KW' => array(
'country_name' => 'KUWAIT',
'dial_code' => '965'
),
'KY' => array(
'country_name' => 'CAYMAN ISLANDS',
'dial_code' => '1345'
),
'KZ' => array(
'country_name' => 'KAZAKSTAN',
'dial_code' => '7'
),
'LA' => array(
'country_name' => 'LAO PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC',
'dial_code' => '856'
),
'LB' => array(
'country_name' => 'LEBANON',
'dial_code' => '961'
),
'LC' => array(
'country_name' => 'SAINT LUCIA',
'dial_code' => '1758'
),
'LI' => array(
'country_name' => 'LIECHTENSTEIN',
'dial_code' => '423'
),
'LK' => array(
'country_name' => 'SRI LANKA',
'dial_code' => '94'
),
'LR' => array(
'country_name' => 'LIBERIA',
'dial_code' => '231'
),
'LS' => array(
'country_name' => 'LESOTHO',
'dial_code' => '266'
),
'LT' => array(
'country_name' => 'LITHUANIA',
'dial_code' => '370'
),
'LU' => array(
'country_name' => 'LUXEMBOURG',
'dial_code' => '352'
),
'LV' => array(
'country_name' => 'LATVIA',
'dial_code' => '371'
),
'LY' => array(
'country_name' => 'LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA',
'dial_code' => '218'
),
'MA' => array(
'country_name' => 'MOROCCO',
'dial_code' => '212'
),
'MC' => array(
'country_name' => 'MONACO',
'dial_code' => '377'
),
'MD' => array(
'country_name' => 'MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF',
'dial_code' => '373'
),
'ME' => array(
'country_name' => 'MONTENEGRO',
'dial_code' => '382'
),
'MF' => array(
'country_name' => 'SAINT MARTIN',
'dial_code' => '1599'
),
'MG' => array(
'country_name' => 'MADAGASCAR',
'dial_code' => '261'
),
'MH' => array(
'country_name' => 'MARSHALL ISLANDS',
'dial_code' => '692'
),
'MK' => array(
'country_name' => 'MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF',
'dial_code' => '389'
),
'ML' => array(
'country_name' => 'MALI',
'dial_code' => '223'
),
'MM' => array(
'country_name' => 'MYANMAR',
'dial_code' => '95'
),
'MN' => array(
'country_name' => 'MONGOLIA',
'dial_code' => '976'
),
'MO' => array(
'country_name' => 'MACAU',
'dial_code' => '853'
),
'MP' => array(
'country_name' => 'NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS',
'dial_code' => '1670'
),
'MR' => array(
'country_name' => 'MAURITANIA',
'dial_code' => '222'
),
'MS' => array(
'country_name' => 'MONTSERRAT',
'dial_code' => '1664'
),
'MT' => array(
'country_name' => 'MALTA',
'dial_code' => '356'
),
'MU' => array(
'country_name' => 'MAURITIUS',
'dial_code' => '230'
),
'MV' => array(
'country_name' => 'MALDIVES',
'dial_code' => '960'
),
'MW' => array(
'country_name' => 'MALAWI',
'dial_code' => '265'
),
'MX' => array(
'country_name' => 'MEXICO',
'dial_code' => '52'
),
'MY' => array(
'country_name' => 'MALAYSIA',
'dial_code' => '60'
),
'MZ' => array(
'country_name' => 'MOZAMBIQUE',
'dial_code' => '258'
),
'NA' => array(
'country_name' => 'NAMIBIA',
'dial_code' => '264'
),
'NC' => array(
'country_name' => 'NEW CALEDONIA',
'dial_code' => '687'
),
'NE' => array(
'country_name' => 'NIGER',
'dial_code' => '227'
),
'NG' => array(
'country_name' => 'NIGERIA',
'dial_code' => '234'
),
'NI' => array(
'country_name' => 'NICARAGUA',
'dial_code' => '505'
),
'NL' => array(
'country_name' => 'NETHERLANDS',
'dial_code' => '31'
),
'NO' => array(
'country_name' => 'NORWAY',
'dial_code' => '47'
),
'NP' => array(
'country_name' => 'NEPAL',
'dial_code' => '977'
),
'NR' => array(
'country_name' => 'NAURU',
'dial_code' => '674'
),
'NU' => array(
'country_name' => 'NIUE',
'dial_code' => '683'
),
'NZ' => array(
'country_name' => 'NEW ZEALAND',
'dial_code' => '64'
),
'OM' => array(
'country_name' => 'OMAN',
'dial_code' => '968'
),
'PA' => array(
'country_name' => 'PANAMA',
'dial_code' => '507'
),
'PE' => array(
'country_name' => 'PERU',
'dial_code' => '51'
),
'PF' => array(
'country_name' => 'FRENCH POLYNESIA',
'dial_code' => '689'
),
'PG' => array(
'country_name' => 'PAPUA NEW GUINEA',
'dial_code' => '675'
),
'PH' => array(
'country_name' => 'PHILIPPINES',
'dial_code' => '63'
),
'PK' => array(
'country_name' => 'PAKISTAN',
'dial_code' => '92'
),
'PL' => array(
'country_name' => 'POLAND',
'dial_code' => '48'
),
'PM' => array(
'country_name' => 'SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON',
'dial_code' => '508'
),
'PN' => array(
'country_name' => 'PITCAIRN',
'dial_code' => '870'
),
'PR' => array(
'country_name' => 'PUERTO RICO',
'dial_code' => '1'
),
'PT' => array(
'country_name' => 'PORTUGAL',
'dial_code' => '351'
),
'PW' => array(
'country_name' => 'PALAU',
'dial_code' => '680'
),
'PY' => array(
'country_name' => 'PARAGUAY',
'dial_code' => '595'
),
'QA' => array(
'country_name' => 'QATAR',
'dial_code' => '974'
),
'RO' => array(
'country_name' => 'ROMANIA',
'dial_code' => '40'
),
'RS' => array(
'country_name' => 'SERBIA',
'dial_code' => '381'
),
'RU' => array(
'country_name' => 'RUSSIAN FEDERATION',
'dial_code' => '7'
),
'RW' => array(
'country_name' => 'RWANDA',
'dial_code' => '250'
),
'SA' => array(
'country_name' => 'SAUDI ARABIA',
'dial_code' => '966'
),
'SB' => array(
'country_name' => 'SOLOMON ISLANDS',
'dial_code' => '677'
),
'SC' => array(
'country_name' => 'SEYCHELLES',
'dial_code' => '248'
),
'SD' => array(
'country_name' => 'SUDAN',
'dial_code' => '249'
),
'SE' => array(
'country_name' => 'SWEDEN',
'dial_code' => '46'
),
'SG' => array(
'country_name' => 'SINGAPORE',
'dial_code' => '65'
),
'SH' => array(
'country_name' => 'SAINT HELENA',
'dial_code' => '290'
),
'SI' => array(
'country_name' => 'SLOVENIA',
'dial_code' => '386'
),
'SK' => array(
'country_name' => 'SLOVAKIA',
'dial_code' => '421'
),
'SL' => array(
'country_name' => 'SIERRA LEONE',
'dial_code' => '232'
),
'SM' => array(
'country_name' => 'SAN MARINO',
'dial_code' => '378'
),
'SN' => array(
'country_name' => 'SENEGAL',
'dial_code' => '221'
),
'SO' => array(
'country_name' => 'SOMALIA',
'dial_code' => '252'
),
'SR' => array(
'country_name' => 'SURINAME',
'dial_code' => '597'
),
'ST' => array(
'country_name' => 'SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE',
'dial_code' => '239'
),
'SV' => array(
'country_name' => 'EL SALVADOR',
'dial_code' => '503'
),
'SY' => array(
'country_name' => 'SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC',
'dial_code' => '963'
),
'SZ' => array(
'country_name' => 'SWAZILAND',
'dial_code' => '268'
),
'TC' => array(
'country_name' => 'TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS',
'dial_code' => '1649'
),
'TD' => array(
'country_name' => 'CHAD',
'dial_code' => '235'
),
'TG' => array(
'country_name' => 'TOGO',
'dial_code' => '228'
),
'TH' => array(
'country_name' => 'THAILAND',
'dial_code' => '66'
),
'TJ' => array(
'country_name' => 'TAJIKISTAN',
'dial_code' => '992'
),
'TK' => array(
'country_name' => 'TOKELAU',
'dial_code' => '690'
),
'TL' => array(
'country_name' => 'TIMOR-LESTE',
'dial_code' => '670'
),
'TM' => array(
'country_name' => 'TURKMENISTAN',
'dial_code' => '993'
),
'TN' => array(
'country_name' => 'TUNISIA',
'dial_code' => '216'
),
'TO' => array(
'country_name' => 'TONGA',
'dial_code' => '676'
),
'TR' => array(
'country_name' => 'TURKEY',
'dial_code' => '90'
),
'TT' => array(
'country_name' => 'TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO',
'dial_code' => '1868'
),
'TV' => array(
'country_name' => 'TUVALU',
'dial_code' => '688'
),
'TW' => array(
'country_name' => 'TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA',
'dial_code' => '886'
),
'TZ' => array(
'country_name' => 'TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF',
'dial_code' => '255'
),
'UA' => array(
'country_name' => 'UKRAINE',
'dial_code' => '380'
),
'UG' => array(
'country_name' => 'UGANDA',
'dial_code' => '256'
),
'US' => array(
'country_name' => 'UNITED STATES',
'dial_code' => '1'
),
'UY' => array(
'country_name' => 'URUGUAY',
'dial_code' => '598'
),
'UZ' => array(
'country_name' => 'UZBEKISTAN',
'dial_code' => '998'
),
'VA' => array(
'country_name' => 'HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)',
'dial_code' => '39'
),
'VC' => array(
'country_name' => 'SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES',
'dial_code' => '1784'
),
'VE' => array(
'country_name' => 'VENEZUELA',
'dial_code' => '58'
),
'VG' => array(
'country_name' => 'VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH',
'dial_code' => '1284'
),
'VI' => array(
'country_name' => 'VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S.',
'dial_code' => '1340'
),
'VN' => array(
'country_name' => 'VIET NAM',
'dial_code' => '84'
),
'VU' => array(
'country_name' => 'VANUATU',
'dial_code' => '678'
),
'WF' => array(
'country_name' => 'WALLIS AND FUTUNA',
'dial_code' => '681'
),
'WS' => array(
'country_name' => 'SAMOA',
'dial_code' => '685'
),
'YE' => array(
'country_name' => 'YEMEN',
'dial_code' => '967'
),
'YT' => array(
'country_name' => 'MAYOTTE',
'dial_code' => '262'
),
'ZA' => array(
'country_name' => 'SOUTH AFRICA',
'dial_code' => '27'
),
'ZM' => array(
'country_name' => 'ZAMBIA',
'dial_code' => '260'
),
'ZW' => array(
'country_name' => 'ZIMBABWE',
'dial_code' => '263'
)
);
//Return
return ( $filter == '' ) ? $countryArray : (
isset($countryArray[$filter]) ? $countryArray[$filter] : ''
);
}
Just put the function in a file of your choice (make sure to include it too!) and call the method getCountryInformation() either with or without the $filter-parameter. If you choose to not filter over a specific locale, you get the whole $countryArray right where you want it.
Sounds good? Sounds great if you ask me! This is useful at any time where you’d like to “soft-validate” a phone number to see if it’s coming from where it says it is. Obviously this could be worked around in a few ways, but I’ll leave that unsaid (and unthought of). 
