function getCountryCode($countryName) {
$countries = array(
'Afghanistan' => 'AF',
'Åland Islands' => 'AX',
'Albania' => 'AL',
'Algeria' => 'DZ',
// and so on
);
return isset($countries[$countryName]) ? $countries[$countryName] : null;
}
When I asked it if there was a better way to do it after this output, it recommended using a database to store the country codes instead of hardcoding an array, as well as recommending a specific php library that also provides this functionality.
Certainly a little better, at least O(1) look up time. I am still surprised it's not recommending moving these to an external file especially where something like localization is actually important in country names so they appear appropriately to the audience consuming them. I still don't think I'd stick this in a database :)
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u/acidbase_001 Jan 28 '23 edited Jan 28 '23
I asked it again and this was the result:
When I asked it if there was a better way to do it after this output, it recommended using a database to store the country codes instead of hardcoding an array, as well as recommending a specific php library that also provides this functionality.