The form shows a list of countries, and then receives a list of the State/Region/Province for which ever country is chosen.
Here's the table layout for the select options:
This is the javascript/ajax that grabs the state info:
Here's 'getstate.php'
The image 'spinner.gif' is attached....of course you can use whatever image you want, or none at all🙂
I originally used the curl method to get the list of countries too, but really it took too long loading the page. It's better to just hard code the countries first, I think.
Hope this helps someone!
Here's the table layout for the select options:
<!-- Basic Table Here.... -->
<tr>
<td class="style3" style="width: 138px">Country</td>
<td class="required" style="width: 6px">*</td><td class="sectiontableentry2"><select name="country" onchange="showState(this.value)">
<option value="" selected>Please select a county</option>
<option value="AD">Andorra</option>
<option value="AE">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="AF">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="AG">Antigua and Barbuda</option>
<option value="AI">Anguilla</option>
<option value="AL">Albania</option>
<option value="AM">Armenia</option>
<option value="AN">Netherlands Antilles</option>
<option value="AO">Angola</option>
<option value="AQ">Antarctica</option>
<option value="AR">Argentina</option>
<option value="AS">American Samoa</option>
<option value="AT">Austria</option>
<option value="AU">Australia</option>
<option value="AW">Aruba</option>
<option value="AX">Aland Islands</option>
<option value="AZ">Azerbaijan</option>
<option value="BA">Bosnia and Herzegovina</option>
<option value="BB">Barbados</option>
<option value="BD">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="BE">Belgium</option>
<option value="BF">Burkina Faso</option>
<option value="BG">Bulgaria</option>
<option value="BH">Bahrain</option>
<option value="BI">Burundi</option>
<option value="BJ">Benin</option>
<option value="BL">Saint Barthélemy</option>
<option value="BM">Bermuda</option>
<option value="BN">Brunei</option>
<option value="BO">Bolivia</option>
<option value="BR">Brazil</option>
<option value="BS">Bahamas</option>
<option value="BT">Bhutan</option>
<option value="BV">Bouvet Island</option>
<option value="BW">Botswana</option>
<option value="BY">Belarus</option>
<option value="BZ">Belize</option>
<option value="CA">Canada</option>
<option value="CC">Cocos Islands</option>
<option value="CD">Democratic Republic of Congo</option>
<option value="CF">Central African Republic</option>
<option value="CG">Congo</option>
<option value="CH">Switzerland</option>
<option value="CI">Ivory Coast</option>
<option value="CK">Cook Islands</option>
<option value="CL">Chile</option>
<option value="CM">Cameroon</option>
<option value="CN">China</option>
<option value="CO">Colombia</option>
<option value="CR">Costa Rica</option>
<option value="CU">Cuba</option>
<option value="CV">Cape Verde</option>
<option value="CX">Christmas Island</option>
<option value="CY">Cyprus</option>
<option value="CZ">Czech Republic</option>
<option value="DE">Germany</option>
<option value="DJ">Djibouti</option>
<option value="DK">Denmark</option>
<option value="DM">Dominica</option>
<option value="DO">Dominican Republic</option>
<option value="DZ">Algeria</option>
<option value="EC">Ecuador</option>
<option value="EE">Estonia</option>
<option value="EG">Egypt</option>
<option value="EH">Western Sahara</option>
<option value="ER">Eritrea</option>
<option value="ES">Spain</option>
<option value="ET">Ethiopia</option>
<option value="FI">Finland</option>
<option value="FJ">Fiji</option>
<option value="FK">Falkland Islands</option>
<option value="FM">Micronesia</option>
<option value="FO">Faroe Islands</option>
<option value="FR">France</option>
<option value="GA">Gabon</option>
<option value="GB">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="GD">Grenada</option>
<option value="GE">Georgia</option>
<option value="GF">French Guiana</option>
<option value="GG">Guernsey</option>
<option value="GH">Ghana</option>
<option value="GI">Gibraltar</option>
<option value="GL">Greenland</option>
<option value="GM">Gambia</option>
<option value="GN">Guinea</option>
<option value="GP">Guadeloupe</option>
<option value="GQ">Equatorial Guinea</option>
<option value="GR">Greece</option>
<option value="GS">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</option>
<option value="GT">Guatemala</option>
<option value="GU">Guam</option>
<option value="GW">Guinea-Bissau</option>
<option value="GY">Guyana</option>
<option value="HK">Hong Kong</option>
<option value="HM">Heard Island and McDonald Islands</option>
<option value="HN">Honduras</option>
<option value="HR">Croatia</option>
<option value="HT">Haiti</option>
<option value="HU">Hungary</option>
<option value="ID">Indonesia</option>
<option value="IE">Ireland</option>
<option value="IL">Israel</option>
<option value="IM">Isle of Man</option>
<option value="IN">India</option>
<option value="IO">British Indian Ocean Territory</option>
<option value="IQ">Iraq</option>
<option value="IR">Iran</option>
<option value="IS">Iceland</option>
<option value="IT">Italy</option>
<option value="JE">Jersey</option>
<option value="JM">Jamaica</option>
<option value="JO">Jordan</option>
<option value="JP">Japan</option>
<option value="KE">Kenya</option>
<option value="KG">Kyrgyzstan</option>
<option value="KH">Cambodia</option>
<option value="KI">Kiribati</option>
<option value="KM">Comoros</option>
<option value="KN">Saint Kitts and Nevis</option>
<option value="KP">North Korea</option>
<option value="KR">South Korea</option>
<option value="KW">Kuwait</option>
<option value="KY">Cayman Islands</option>
<option value="KZ">Kazakhstan</option>
<option value="LA">Laos</option>
<option value="LB">Lebanon</option>
<option value="LC">Saint Lucia</option>
<option value="LI">Liechtenstein</option>
<option value="LK">Sri Lanka</option>
<option value="LR">Liberia</option>
<option value="LS">Lesotho</option>
<option value="LT">Lithuania</option>
<option value="LU">Luxembourg</option>
<option value="LV">Latvia</option>
<option value="LY">Libya</option>
<option value="MA">Morocco</option>
<option value="MC">Monaco</option>
<option value="MD">Moldova</option>
<option value="ME">Montenegro</option>
<option value="MF">Saint Martin</option>
<option value="MG">Madagascar</option>
<option value="MH">Marshall Islands</option>
<option value="MK">Macedonia</option>
<option value="ML">Mali</option>
<option value="MM">Myanmar</option>
<option value="MN">Mongolia</option>
<option value="MO">Macao</option>
<option value="MP">Northern Mariana Islands</option>
<option value="MQ">Martinique</option>
<option value="MR">Mauritania</option>
<option value="MS">Montserrat</option>
<option value="MT">Malta</option>
<option value="MU">Mauritius</option>
<option value="MV">Maldives</option>
<option value="MW">Malawi</option>
<option value="MX">Mexico</option>
<option value="MY">Malaysia</option>
<option value="MZ">Mozambique</option>
<option value="NA">Namibia</option>
<option value="NC">New Caledonia</option>
<option value="NE">Niger</option>
<option value="NF">Norfolk Island</option>
<option value="NG">Nigeria</option>
<option value="NI">Nicaragua</option>
<option value="NL">Netherlands</option>
<option value="NO">Norway</option>
<option value="NP">Nepal</option>
<option value="NR">Nauru</option>
<option value="NU">Niue</option>
<option value="NZ">New Zealand</option>
<option value="OM">Oman</option>
<option value="PA">Panama</option>
<option value="PE">Peru</option>
<option value="PF">French Polynesia</option>
<option value="PG">Papua New Guinea</option>
<option value="PH">Philippines</option>
<option value="PK">Pakistan</option>
<option value="PL">Poland</option>
<option value="PM">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</option>
<option value="PN">Pitcairn</option>
<option value="PR">Puerto Rico</option>
<option value="PS">Palestinian Territory</option>
<option value="PT">Portugal</option>
<option value="PW">Palau</option>
<option value="PY">Paraguay</option>
<option value="QA">Qatar</option>
<option value="RE">Reunion</option>
<option value="RO">Romania</option>
<option value="RS">Serbia</option>
<option value="RU">Russia</option>
<option value="RW">Rwanda</option>
<option value="SA">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="SB">Solomon Islands</option>
<option value="SC">Seychelles</option>
<option value="SD">Sudan</option>
<option value="SE">Sweden</option>
<option value="SG">Singapore</option>
<option value="SH">Saint Helena</option>
<option value="SI">Slovenia</option>
<option value="SJ">Svalbard and Jan Mayen</option>
<option value="SK">Slovakia</option>
<option value="SL">Sierra Leone</option>
<option value="SM">San Marino</option>
<option value="SN">Senegal</option>
<option value="SO">Somalia</option>
<option value="SR">Suriname</option>
<option value="ST">Sao Tome and Principe</option>
<option value="SV">El Salvador</option>
<option value="SY">Syria</option>
<option value="SZ">Swaziland</option>
<option value="TC">Turks and Caicos Islands</option>
<option value="TD">Chad</option>
<option value="TF">French Southern Territories</option>
<option value="TG">Togo</option>
<option value="TH">Thailand</option>
<option value="TJ">Tajikistan</option>
<option value="TK">Tokelau</option>
<option value="TL">East Timor</option>
<option value="TM">Turkmenistan</option>
<option value="TN">Tunisia</option>
<option value="TO">Tonga</option>
<option value="TR">Turkey</option>
<option value="TT">Trinidad and Tobago</option>
<option value="TV">Tuvalu</option>
<option value="TW">Taiwan</option>
<option value="TZ">Tanzania</option>
<option value="UA">Ukraine</option>
<option value="UG">Uganda</option>
<option value="UM">United States Minor Outlying Islands</option>
<option value="US">United States</option>
<option value="UY">Uruguay</option>
<option value="UZ">Uzbekistan</option>
<option value="VA">Vatican</option>
<option value="VC">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</option>
<option value="VE">Venezuela</option>
<option value="VG">British Virgin Islands</option>
<option value="VI">U.S. Virgin Islands</option>
<option value="VN">Vietnam</option>
<option value="VU">Vanuatu</option>
<option value="WF">Wallis and Futuna</option>
<option value="WS">Samoa</option>
<option value="XK">Kosovo</option>
<option value="YE">Yemen</option>
<option value="YT">Mayotte</option>
<option value="ZA">South Africa</option>
<option value="ZM">Zambia</option>
<option value="ZW">Zimbabwe</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="style3" style="width: 138px">State/Region/Province</td>
<td class="required" style="width: 6px">*</td>
<td class="sectiontableentry2"><div id="getStates"><select name="statename"><option value="">Select a country</option></select></div></td>
</tr>
<!-- More Table Here.... -->
This is the javascript/ajax that grabs the state info:
var xmlhttp;
function showState(str)
{
xmlhttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
if (xmlhttp==null)
{
alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request");
return;
}
var url="getstate.php";
url=url+"?country="+str;
url=url+"&sid="+Math.random();
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
xmlhttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlhttp.send(null);
}
function stateChanged()
{
if (xmlhttp.readyState==1)
{
document.getElementById("getStates").innerHTML= "<option selected=\"selected\">...Searching....</option><img src=\"images/spinner.gif\" />";
}
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4)
{
document.getElementById("getStates").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
}
}
function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{
// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
return new XMLHttpRequest();
}
if (window.ActiveXObject)
{
// code for IE6, IE5
return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
return null;
}Here's 'getstate.php'
<?php
$country=$_GET["country"];
$request_url = "http://ws.geonames.org/countryInfo?country=" . $country;
$ch = curl_init($request_url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$xml_raw = curl_exec($ch);
$countryxml = simplexml_load_string($xml_raw);
echo '<select name="statename">' . "\n";
echo '<option selected="selected" value="">Select a state</option>' . "\n";
foreach ($countryxml->country as $link) {
$geonameid = $link->geonameId;
$stateurl = "http://ws.geonames.org/children?geonameId=" . $geonameid;
$statexml = simplexml_load_file($stateurl);
foreach ($statexml->geoname as $link) {
$statename = $link->name;
echo '<option value="' . $statename . '">' . $statename . '</option>' . "\n";
}
}
echo '</select>';
?>
The image 'spinner.gif' is attached....of course you can use whatever image you want, or none at all🙂
I originally used the curl method to get the list of countries too, but really it took too long loading the page. It's better to just hard code the countries first, I think.
Hope this helps someone!
