var stateAbbreviations = {
"Alabama": "AL",
"Alaska": "AK",
"Arizona": "AZ",
"Arkansas": "AR",
"California": "CA",
"Colorado": "CO",
"Connecticut": "CT",
"Delaware": "DE",
"District of Columbia": "DC",
"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"
};
$stateAbbreviations = array(
"Alabama" => "AL",
"Alaska" => "AK",
"Arizona" => "AZ",
"Arkansas" => "AR",
"California" => "CA",
"Colorado" => "CO",
"Connecticut" => "CT",
"Delaware" => "DE",
"District of Columbia" => "DC",
"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"
);