countries_json.php

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