Get country name from country code in PHP

In this tutorial I am going to show you how to get country name from two digit country code. For this we are going to create a PHP function and we will get country name by this function from country code. Create getcountry_code() function and write down this code into this function.

function getcountry_code( $country_code ){
 $country_code = strtoupper($country_code);
 $country = '';
 if( $country_code == 'AF' ) $country = 'Afghanistan';
 if( $country_code == 'AX' ) $country = 'Aland Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'AL' ) $country = 'Albania';
 if( $country_code == 'DZ' ) $country = 'Algeria';
 if( $country_code == 'AS' ) $country = 'American Samoa';
 if( $country_code == 'AD' ) $country = 'Andorra';
 if( $country_code == 'AO' ) $country = 'Angola';
 if( $country_code == 'AI' ) $country = 'Anguilla';
 if( $country_code == 'AQ' ) $country = 'Antarctica';
 if( $country_code == 'AG' ) $country = 'Antigua and Barbuda';
 if( $country_code == 'AR' ) $country = 'Argentina';
 if( $country_code == 'AM' ) $country = 'Armenia';
 if( $country_code == 'AW' ) $country = 'Aruba';
 if( $country_code == 'AU' ) $country = 'Australia';
 if( $country_code == 'AT' ) $country = 'Austria';
 if( $country_code == 'AZ' ) $country = 'Azerbaijan';
 if( $country_code == 'BS' ) $country = 'Bahamas the';
 if( $country_code == 'BH' ) $country = 'Bahrain';
 if( $country_code == 'BD' ) $country = 'Bangladesh';
 if( $country_code == 'BB' ) $country = 'Barbados';
 if( $country_code == 'BY' ) $country = 'Belarus';
 if( $country_code == 'BE' ) $country = 'Belgium';
 if( $country_code == 'BZ' ) $country = 'Belize';
 if( $country_code == 'BJ' ) $country = 'Benin';
 if( $country_code == 'BM' ) $country = 'Bermuda';
 if( $country_code == 'BT' ) $country = 'Bhutan';
 if( $country_code == 'BO' ) $country = 'Bolivia';
 if( $country_code == 'BA' ) $country = 'Bosnia and Herzegovina';
 if( $country_code == 'BW' ) $country = 'Botswana';
 if( $country_code == 'BV' ) $country = 'Bouvet Island (Bouvetoya)';
 if( $country_code == 'BR' ) $country = 'Brazil';
 if( $country_code == 'IO' ) $country = 'British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago)';
 if( $country_code == 'VG' ) $country = 'British Virgin Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'BN' ) $country = 'Brunei Darussalam';
 if( $country_code == 'BG' ) $country = 'Bulgaria';
 if( $country_code == 'BF' ) $country = 'Burkina Faso';
 if( $country_code == 'BI' ) $country = 'Burundi';
 if( $country_code == 'KH' ) $country = 'Cambodia';
 if( $country_code == 'CM' ) $country = 'Cameroon';
 if( $country_code == 'CA' ) $country = 'Canada';
 if( $country_code == 'CV' ) $country = 'Cape Verde';
 if( $country_code == 'KY' ) $country = 'Cayman Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'CF' ) $country = 'Central African Republic';
 if( $country_code == 'TD' ) $country = 'Chad';
 if( $country_code == 'CL' ) $country = 'Chile';
 if( $country_code == 'CN' ) $country = 'China';
 if( $country_code == 'CX' ) $country = 'Christmas Island';
 if( $country_code == 'CC' ) $country = 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'CO' ) $country = 'Colombia';
 if( $country_code == 'KM' ) $country = 'Comoros the';
 if( $country_code == 'CD' ) $country = 'Congo';
 if( $country_code == 'CG' ) $country = 'Congo the';
 if( $country_code == 'CK' ) $country = 'Cook Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'CR' ) $country = 'Costa Rica';
 if( $country_code == 'CI' ) $country = 'Cote d\\'Ivoire';
 if( $country_code == 'HR' ) $country = 'Croatia';
 if( $country_code == 'CU' ) $country = 'Cuba';
 if( $country_code == 'CY' ) $country = 'Cyprus';
 if( $country_code == 'CZ' ) $country = 'Czech Republic';
 if( $country_code == 'DK' ) $country = 'Denmark';
 if( $country_code == 'DJ' ) $country = 'Djibouti';
 if( $country_code == 'DM' ) $country = 'Dominica';
 if( $country_code == 'DO' ) $country = 'Dominican Republic';
 if( $country_code == 'EC' ) $country = 'Ecuador';
 if( $country_code == 'EG' ) $country = 'Egypt';
 if( $country_code == 'SV' ) $country = 'El Salvador';
 if( $country_code == 'GQ' ) $country = 'Equatorial Guinea';
 if( $country_code == 'ER' ) $country = 'Eritrea';
 if( $country_code == 'EE' ) $country = 'Estonia';
 if( $country_code == 'ET' ) $country = 'Ethiopia';
 if( $country_code == 'FO' ) $country = 'Faroe Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'FK' ) $country = 'Falkland Islands (Malvinas)';
 if( $country_code == 'FJ' ) $country = 'Fiji the Fiji Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'FI' ) $country = 'Finland';
 if( $country_code == 'FR' ) $country = 'France, French Republic';
 if( $country_code == 'GF' ) $country = 'French Guiana';
 if( $country_code == 'PF' ) $country = 'French Polynesia';
 if( $country_code == 'TF' ) $country = 'French Southern Territories';
 if( $country_code == 'GA' ) $country = 'Gabon';
 if( $country_code == 'GM' ) $country = 'Gambia the';
 if( $country_code == 'GE' ) $country = 'Georgia';
 if( $country_code == 'DE' ) $country = 'Germany';
 if( $country_code == 'GH' ) $country = 'Ghana';
 if( $country_code == 'GI' ) $country = 'Gibraltar';
 if( $country_code == 'GR' ) $country = 'Greece';
 if( $country_code == 'GL' ) $country = 'Greenland';
 if( $country_code == 'GD' ) $country = 'Grenada';
 if( $country_code == 'GP' ) $country = 'Guadeloupe';
 if( $country_code == 'GU' ) $country = 'Guam';
 if( $country_code == 'GT' ) $country = 'Guatemala';
 if( $country_code == 'GG' ) $country = 'Guernsey';
 if( $country_code == 'GN' ) $country = 'Guinea';
 if( $country_code == 'GW' ) $country = 'Guinea-Bissau';
 if( $country_code == 'GY' ) $country = 'Guyana';
 if( $country_code == 'HT' ) $country = 'Haiti';
 if( $country_code == 'HM' ) $country = 'Heard Island and McDonald Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'VA' ) $country = 'Holy See (Vatican City State)';
 if( $country_code == 'HN' ) $country = 'Honduras';
 if( $country_code == 'HK' ) $country = 'Hong Kong';
 if( $country_code == 'HU' ) $country = 'Hungary';
 if( $country_code == 'IS' ) $country = 'Iceland';
 if( $country_code == 'IN' ) $country = 'India';
 if( $country_code == 'ID' ) $country = 'Indonesia';
 if( $country_code == 'IR' ) $country = 'Iran';
 if( $country_code == 'IQ' ) $country = 'Iraq';
 if( $country_code == 'IE' ) $country = 'Ireland';
 if( $country_code == 'IM' ) $country = 'Isle of Man';
 if( $country_code == 'IL' ) $country = 'Israel';
 if( $country_code == 'IT' ) $country = 'Italy';
 if( $country_code == 'JM' ) $country = 'Jamaica';
 if( $country_code == 'JP' ) $country = 'Japan';
 if( $country_code == 'JE' ) $country = 'Jersey';
 if( $country_code == 'JO' ) $country = 'Jordan';
 if( $country_code == 'KZ' ) $country = 'Kazakhstan';
 if( $country_code == 'KE' ) $country = 'Kenya';
 if( $country_code == 'KI' ) $country = 'Kiribati';
 if( $country_code == 'KP' ) $country = 'Korea';
 if( $country_code == 'KR' ) $country = 'Korea';
 if( $country_code == 'KW' ) $country = 'Kuwait';
 if( $country_code == 'KG' ) $country = 'Kyrgyz Republic';
 if( $country_code == 'LA' ) $country = 'Lao';
 if( $country_code == 'LV' ) $country = 'Latvia';
 if( $country_code == 'LB' ) $country = 'Lebanon';
 if( $country_code == 'LS' ) $country = 'Lesotho';
 if( $country_code == 'LR' ) $country = 'Liberia';
 if( $country_code == 'LY' ) $country = 'Libyan Arab Jamahiriya';
 if( $country_code == 'LI' ) $country = 'Liechtenstein';
 if( $country_code == 'LT' ) $country = 'Lithuania';
 if( $country_code == 'LU' ) $country = 'Luxembourg';
 if( $country_code == 'MO' ) $country = 'Macao';
 if( $country_code == 'MK' ) $country = 'Macedonia';
 if( $country_code == 'MG' ) $country = 'Madagascar';
 if( $country_code == 'MW' ) $country = 'Malawi';
 if( $country_code == 'MY' ) $country = 'Malaysia';
 if( $country_code == 'MV' ) $country = 'Maldives';
 if( $country_code == 'ML' ) $country = 'Mali';
 if( $country_code == 'MT' ) $country = 'Malta';
 if( $country_code == 'MH' ) $country = 'Marshall Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'MQ' ) $country = 'Martinique';
 if( $country_code == 'MR' ) $country = 'Mauritania';
 if( $country_code == 'MU' ) $country = 'Mauritius';
 if( $country_code == 'YT' ) $country = 'Mayotte';
 if( $country_code == 'MX' ) $country = 'Mexico';
 if( $country_code == 'FM' ) $country = 'Micronesia';
 if( $country_code == 'MD' ) $country = 'Moldova';
 if( $country_code == 'MC' ) $country = 'Monaco';
 if( $country_code == 'MN' ) $country = 'Mongolia';
 if( $country_code == 'ME' ) $country = 'Montenegro';
 if( $country_code == 'MS' ) $country = 'Montserrat';
 if( $country_code == 'MA' ) $country = 'Morocco';
 if( $country_code == 'MZ' ) $country = 'Mozambique';
 if( $country_code == 'MM' ) $country = 'Myanmar';
 if( $country_code == 'NA' ) $country = 'Namibia';
 if( $country_code == 'NR' ) $country = 'Nauru';
 if( $country_code == 'NP' ) $country = 'Nepal';
 if( $country_code == 'AN' ) $country = 'Netherlands Antilles';
 if( $country_code == 'NL' ) $country = 'Netherlands the';
 if( $country_code == 'NC' ) $country = 'New Caledonia';
 if( $country_code == 'NZ' ) $country = 'New Zealand';
 if( $country_code == 'NI' ) $country = 'Nicaragua';
 if( $country_code == 'NE' ) $country = 'Niger';
 if( $country_code == 'NG' ) $country = 'Nigeria';
 if( $country_code == 'NU' ) $country = 'Niue';
 if( $country_code == 'NF' ) $country = 'Norfolk Island';
 if( $country_code == 'MP' ) $country = 'Northern Mariana Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'NO' ) $country = 'Norway';
 if( $country_code == 'OM' ) $country = 'Oman';
 if( $country_code == 'PK' ) $country = 'Pakistan';
 if( $country_code == 'PW' ) $country = 'Palau';
 if( $country_code == 'PS' ) $country = 'Palestinian Territory';
 if( $country_code == 'PA' ) $country = 'Panama';
 if( $country_code == 'PG' ) $country = 'Papua New Guinea';
 if( $country_code == 'PY' ) $country = 'Paraguay';
 if( $country_code == 'PE' ) $country = 'Peru';
 if( $country_code == 'PH' ) $country = 'Philippines';
 if( $country_code == 'PN' ) $country = 'Pitcairn Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'PL' ) $country = 'Poland';
 if( $country_code == 'PT' ) $country = 'Portugal, Portuguese Republic';
 if( $country_code == 'PR' ) $country = 'Puerto Rico';
 if( $country_code == 'QA' ) $country = 'Qatar';
 if( $country_code == 'RE' ) $country = 'Reunion';
 if( $country_code == 'RO' ) $country = 'Romania';
 if( $country_code == 'RU' ) $country = 'Russian Federation';
 if( $country_code == 'RW' ) $country = 'Rwanda';
 if( $country_code == 'BL' ) $country = 'Saint Barthelemy';
 if( $country_code == 'SH' ) $country = 'Saint Helena';
 if( $country_code == 'KN' ) $country = 'Saint Kitts and Nevis';
 if( $country_code == 'LC' ) $country = 'Saint Lucia';
 if( $country_code == 'MF' ) $country = 'Saint Martin';
 if( $country_code == 'PM' ) $country = 'Saint Pierre and Miquelon';
 if( $country_code == 'VC' ) $country = 'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines';
 if( $country_code == 'WS' ) $country = 'Samoa';
 if( $country_code == 'SM' ) $country = 'San Marino';
 if( $country_code == 'ST' ) $country = 'Sao Tome and Principe';
 if( $country_code == 'SA' ) $country = 'Saudi Arabia';
 if( $country_code == 'SN' ) $country = 'Senegal';
 if( $country_code == 'RS' ) $country = 'Serbia';
 if( $country_code == 'SC' ) $country = 'Seychelles';
 if( $country_code == 'SL' ) $country = 'Sierra Leone';
 if( $country_code == 'SG' ) $country = 'Singapore';
 if( $country_code == 'SK' ) $country = 'Slovakia (Slovak Republic)';
 if( $country_code == 'SI' ) $country = 'Slovenia';
 if( $country_code == 'SB' ) $country = 'Solomon Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'SO' ) $country = 'Somalia, Somali Republic';
 if( $country_code == 'ZA' ) $country = 'South Africa';
 if( $country_code == 'GS' ) $country = 'South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'ES' ) $country = 'Spain';
 if( $country_code == 'LK' ) $country = 'Sri Lanka';
 if( $country_code == 'SD' ) $country = 'Sudan';
 if( $country_code == 'SR' ) $country = 'Suriname';
 if( $country_code == 'SJ' ) $country = 'Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'SZ' ) $country = 'Swaziland';
 if( $country_code == 'SE' ) $country = 'Sweden';
 if( $country_code == 'CH' ) $country = 'Switzerland, Swiss Confederation';
 if( $country_code == 'SY' ) $country = 'Syrian Arab Republic';
 if( $country_code == 'TW' ) $country = 'Taiwan';
 if( $country_code == 'TJ' ) $country = 'Tajikistan';
 if( $country_code == 'TZ' ) $country = 'Tanzania';
 if( $country_code == 'TH' ) $country = 'Thailand';
 if( $country_code == 'TL' ) $country = 'Timor-Leste';
 if( $country_code == 'TG' ) $country = 'Togo';
 if( $country_code == 'TK' ) $country = 'Tokelau';
 if( $country_code == 'TO' ) $country = 'Tonga';
 if( $country_code == 'TT' ) $country = 'Trinidad and Tobago';
 if( $country_code == 'TN' ) $country = 'Tunisia';
 if( $country_code == 'TR' ) $country = 'Turkey';
 if( $country_code == 'TM' ) $country = 'Turkmenistan';
 if( $country_code == 'TC' ) $country = 'Turks and Caicos Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'TV' ) $country = 'Tuvalu';
 if( $country_code == 'UG' ) $country = 'Uganda';
 if( $country_code == 'UA' ) $country = 'Ukraine';
 if( $country_code == 'AE' ) $country = 'United Arab Emirates';
 if( $country_code == 'GB' ) $country = 'United Kingdom';
 if( $country_code == 'US' ) $country = 'United States of America';
 if( $country_code == 'UM' ) $country = 'United States Minor Outlying Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'VI' ) $country = 'United States Virgin Islands';
 if( $country_code == 'UY' ) $country = 'Uruguay, Eastern Republic of';
 if( $country_code == 'UZ' ) $country = 'Uzbekistan';
 if( $country_code == 'VU' ) $country = 'Vanuatu';
 if( $country_code == 'VE' ) $country = 'Venezuela';
 if( $country_code == 'VN' ) $country = 'Vietnam';
 if( $country_code == 'WF' ) $country = 'Wallis and Futuna';
 if( $country_code == 'EH' ) $country = 'Western Sahara';
 if( $country_code == 'YE' ) $country = 'Yemen';
 if( $country_code == 'ZM' ) $country = 'Zambia';
 if( $country_code == 'ZW' ) $country = 'Zimbabwe';
 if( $country == '') $country = $country_code;
 return $country;
} 

In this function we get full country name from two digits country code. now we are going to show you how we use this function. create a file name as index.php and write down this code into this file.

<?php
$code = 'US';
$country = getcountry_code($code);
echo $country; // United States of America
?>

Now save this file. when you execute this file then the result will be like this,
United States of America

That means our script is ready, now we can use this script for find country name from country code.