US State Names & Abbreviations as PHP Arrays

us-state-names-abbrevs.php

<?php

/* From https://www.usps.com/send/official-abbreviations.htm */

$us_state_abbrevs_names = array(
	'AL'=>'ALABAMA',
	'AK'=>'ALASKA',
	'AS'=>'AMERICAN SAMOA',
	'AZ'=>'ARIZONA',
	'AR'=>'ARKANSAS',
	'CA'=>'CALIFORNIA',
	'CO'=>'COLORADO',
	'CT'=>'CONNECTICUT',
	'DE'=>'DELAWARE',
	'DC'=>'DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA',
	'FM'=>'FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA',
	'FL'=>'FLORIDA',
	'GA'=>'GEORGIA',
	'GU'=>'GUAM GU',
	'HI'=>'HAWAII',
	'ID'=>'IDAHO',
	'IL'=>'ILLINOIS',
	'IN'=>'INDIANA',
	'IA'=>'IOWA',
	'KS'=>'KANSAS',
	'KY'=>'KENTUCKY',
	'LA'=>'LOUISIANA',
	'ME'=>'MAINE',
	'MH'=>'MARSHALL ISLANDS',
	'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',
	'MP'=>'NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS',
	'OH'=>'OHIO',
	'OK'=>'OKLAHOMA',
	'OR'=>'OREGON',
	'PW'=>'PALAU',
	'PA'=>'PENNSYLVANIA',
	'PR'=>'PUERTO RICO',
	'RI'=>'RHODE ISLAND',
	'SC'=>'SOUTH CAROLINA',
	'SD'=>'SOUTH DAKOTA',
	'TN'=>'TENNESSEE',
	'TX'=>'TEXAS',
	'UT'=>'UTAH',
	'VT'=>'VERMONT',
	'VI'=>'VIRGIN ISLANDS',
	'VA'=>'VIRGINIA',
	'WA'=>'WASHINGTON',
	'WV'=>'WEST VIRGINIA',
	'WI'=>'WISCONSIN',
	'WY'=>'WYOMING',
	'AE'=>'ARMED FORCES AFRICA \ CANADA \ EUROPE \ MIDDLE EAST',
	'AA'=>'ARMED FORCES AMERICA (EXCEPT CANADA)',
	'AP'=>'ARMED FORCES PACIFIC'
);

?>

https://gist.github.com/maxrice/2776900#gistcomment-869296

Capitalized and remove the territories. Here it is:

$states = 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',
);