countries.php

<?php

$countries = array(
    array('name' => 'Afghanistan'),
    array('name' => 'Albania'),
    array('name' => 'Algeria'),
    array('name' => 'American Samoa'),
    array('name' => 'Andorra'),
    array('name' => 'Angola'),
    array('name' => 'Anguilla'),
    array('name' => 'Antarctica'),
    array('name' => 'Antigua and Barbuda'),
    array('name' => 'Argentina'),
    array('name' => 'Armenia'),
    array('name' => 'Aruba'),
    array('name' => 'Australia'),
    array('name' => 'Austria'),
    array('name' => 'Azerbaijan'),
    array('name' => 'Bahamas (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Bahrain'),
    array('name' => 'Bangladesh'),
    array('name' => 'Barbados'),
    array('name' => 'Belarus'),
    array('name' => 'Belgium'),
    array('name' => 'Belize'),
    array('name' => 'Benin'),
    array('name' => 'Bermuda'),
    array('name' => 'Bhutan'),
    array('name' => 'Bolivia (Plurinational State of)'),
    array('name' => 'Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba'),
    array('name' => 'Bosnia and Herzegovina'),
    array('name' => 'Botswana'),
    array('name' => 'Bouvet Island'),
    array('name' => 'Brazil'),
    array('name' => 'British Indian Ocean Territory (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Brunei Darussalam'),
    array('name' => 'Bulgaria'),
    array('name' => 'Burkina Faso'),
    array('name' => 'Burundi'),
    array('name' => 'Cabo Verde'),
    array('name' => 'Cambodia'),
    array('name' => 'Cameroon'),
    array('name' => 'Canada'),
    array('name' => 'Cayman Islands (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Central African Republic (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Chad'),
    array('name' => 'Chile'),
    array('name' => 'China'),
    array('name' => 'Christmas Island'),
    array('name' => 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Colombia'),
    array('name' => 'Comoros (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)'),
    array('name' => 'Congo (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Cook Islands (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Costa Rica'),
    array('name' => 'Croatia'),
    array('name' => 'Cuba'),
    array('name' => 'Curaçao'),
    array('name' => 'Cyprus'),
    array('name' => 'Czechia'),
    array('name' => 'Côte d\'Ivoire'),
    array('name' => 'Denmark'),
    array('name' => 'Djibouti'),
    array('name' => 'Dominica'),
    array('name' => 'Dominican Republic (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Ecuador'),
    array('name' => 'Egypt'),
    array('name' => 'El Salvador'),
    array('name' => 'Equatorial Guinea'),
    array('name' => 'Eritrea'),
    array('name' => 'Estonia'),
    array('name' => 'Eswatini'),
    array('name' => 'Ethiopia'),
    array('name' => 'Falkland Islands (the) [Malvinas]'),
    array('name' => 'Faroe Islands (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Fiji'),
    array('name' => 'Finland'),
    array('name' => 'France'),
    array('name' => 'French Guiana'),
    array('name' => 'French Polynesia'),
    array('name' => 'French Southern Territories (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Gabon'),
    array('name' => 'Gambia (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Georgia'),
    array('name' => 'Germany'),
    array('name' => 'Ghana'),
    array('name' => 'Gibraltar'),
    array('name' => 'Greece'),
    array('name' => 'Greenland'),
    array('name' => 'Grenada'),
    array('name' => 'Guadeloupe'),
    array('name' => 'Guam'),
    array('name' => 'Guatemala'),
    array('name' => 'Guernsey'),
    array('name' => 'Guinea'),
    array('name' => 'Guinea-Bissau'),
    array('name' => 'Guyana'),
    array('name' => 'Haiti'),
    array('name' => 'Heard Island and McDonald Islands'),
    array('name' => 'Holy See (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Honduras'),
    array('name' => 'Hong Kong'),
    array('name' => 'Hungary'),
    array('name' => 'Iceland'),
    array('name' => 'India'),
    array('name' => 'Indonesia'),
    array('name' => 'Iran (Islamic Republic of)'),
    array('name' => 'Iraq'),
    array('name' => 'Ireland'),
    array('name' => 'Isle of Man'),
    array('name' => 'Israel'),
    array('name' => 'Italy'),
    array('name' => 'Jamaica'),
    array('name' => 'Japan'),
    array('name' => 'Jersey'),
    array('name' => 'Jordan'),
    array('name' => 'Kazakhstan'),
    array('name' => 'Kenya'),
    array('name' => 'Kiribati'),
    array('name' => 'Korea (the Democratic People\'s Republic of)'),
    array('name' => 'Korea (the Republic of)'),
    array('name' => 'Kuwait'),
    array('name' => 'Kyrgyzstan'),
    array('name' => 'Lao People\'s Democratic Republic (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Latvia'),
    array('name' => 'Lebanon'),
    array('name' => 'Lesotho'),
    array('name' => 'Liberia'),
    array('name' => 'Libya'),
    array('name' => 'Liechtenstein'),
    array('name' => 'Lithuania'),
    array('name' => 'Luxembourg'),
    array('name' => 'Macao'),
    array('name' => 'Madagascar'),
    array('name' => 'Malawi'),
    array('name' => 'Malaysia'),
    array('name' => 'Maldives'),
    array('name' => 'Mali'),
    array('name' => 'Malta'),
    array('name' => 'Marshall Islands (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Martinique'),
    array('name' => 'Mauritania'),
    array('name' => 'Mauritius'),
    array('name' => 'Mayotte'),
    array('name' => 'Mexico'),
    array('name' => 'Micronesia (Federated States of)'),
    array('name' => 'Moldova (the Republic of)'),
    array('name' => 'Monaco'),
    array('name' => 'Mongolia'),
    array('name' => 'Montenegro'),
    array('name' => 'Montserrat'),
    array('name' => 'Morocco'),
    array('name' => 'Mozambique'),
    array('name' => 'Myanmar'),
    array('name' => 'Namibia'),
    array('name' => 'Nauru'),
    array('name' => 'Nepal'),
    array('name' => 'Netherlands (the)'),
    array('name' => 'New Caledonia'),
    array('name' => 'New Zealand'),
    array('name' => 'Nicaragua'),
    array('name' => 'Niger (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Nigeria'),
    array('name' => 'Niue'),
    array('name' => 'Norfolk Island'),
    array('name' => 'Northern Mariana Islands (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Norway'),
    array('name' => 'Oman'),
    array('name' => 'Pakistan'),
    array('name' => 'Palau'),
    array('name' => 'Palestine, State of'),
    array('name' => 'Panama'),
    array('name' => 'Papua New Guinea'),
    array('name' => 'Paraguay'),
    array('name' => 'Peru'),
    array('name' => 'Philippines (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Pitcairn'),
    array('name' => 'Poland'),
    array('name' => 'Portugal'),
    array('name' => 'Puerto Rico'),
    array('name' => 'Qatar'),
    array('name' => 'Republic of North Macedonia'),
    array('name' => 'Romania'),
    array('name' => 'Russian Federation (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Rwanda'),
    array('name' => 'Réunion'),
    array('name' => 'Saint Barthélemy'),
    array('name' => 'Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha'),
    array('name' => 'Saint Kitts and Nevis'),
    array('name' => 'Saint Lucia'),
    array('name' => 'Saint Martin (French part)'),
    array('name' => 'Saint Pierre and Miquelon'),
    array('name' => 'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines'),
    array('name' => 'Samoa'),
    array('name' => 'San Marino'),
    array('name' => 'Sao Tome and Principe'),
    array('name' => 'Saudi Arabia'),
    array('name' => 'Senegal'),
    array('name' => 'Serbia'),
    array('name' => 'Seychelles'),
    array('name' => 'Sierra Leone'),
    array('name' => 'Singapore'),
    array('name' => 'Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'),
    array('name' => 'Slovakia'),
    array('name' => 'Slovenia'),
    array('name' => 'Solomon Islands'),
    array('name' => 'Somalia'),
    array('name' => 'South Africa'),
    array('name' => 'South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands'),
    array('name' => 'South Sudan'),
    array('name' => 'Spain'),
    array('name' => 'Sri Lanka'),
    array('name' => 'Sudan (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Suriname'),
    array('name' => 'Svalbard and Jan Mayen'),
    array('name' => 'Sweden'),
    array('name' => 'Switzerland'),
    array('name' => 'Syrian Arab Republic'),
    array('name' => 'Taiwan (Province of China)'),
    array('name' => 'Tajikistan'),
    array('name' => 'Tanzania, United Republic of'),
    array('name' => 'Thailand'),
    array('name' => 'Timor-Leste'),
    array('name' => 'Togo'),
    array('name' => 'Tokelau'),
    array('name' => 'Tonga'),
    array('name' => 'Trinidad and Tobago'),
    array('name' => 'Tunisia'),
    array('name' => 'Turkey'),
    array('name' => 'Turkmenistan'),
    array('name' => 'Turks and Caicos Islands (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Tuvalu'),
    array('name' => 'Uganda'),
    array('name' => 'Ukraine'),
    array('name' => 'United Arab Emirates (the)'),
    array('name' => 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)'),
    array('name' => 'United States Minor Outlying Islands (the)'),
    array('name' => 'United States of America (the)'),
    array('name' => 'Uruguay'),
    array('name' => 'Uzbekistan'),
    array('name' => 'Vanuatu'),
    array('name' => 'Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)'),
    array('name' => 'Viet Nam'),
    array('name' => 'Virgin Islands (British)'),
    array('name' => 'Virgin Islands (U.S.)'),
    array('name' => 'Wallis and Futuna'),
    array('name' => 'Western Sahara'),
    array('name' => 'Yemen'),
    array('name' => 'Zambia'),
    array('name' => 'Zimbabwe'),
    array('name' => 'Åland Islands'')
);