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Translated country helper for CodeIgniter 4.

This package provides:

• a translated country list
• country name lookup from ISO code
• a ready-to-use country dropdown helper
• list of all countries with names and ISO 3166-1 codes

Installation

composer require domprojects/codeigniter4-country

Usage

Load the helper:

helper('country');

Get the translated country list:

$countries = countryList();

Translate an ISO code:

$name = countryIsoToName('fr');

Render a dropdown:

echo countryDropdown('country', ['class' => 'form-select'], 'FR');

Available Functions

• countryList(): array
• countryIsoToName(string $iso): string
• countryDropdown(string $name, array|string $extra = '', array|string $selected = ''): string

Locales

The package currently includes translated country files for:

• English
• French
• German

The helper uses the current CodeIgniter locale automatically through lang().

Additional locales can be added over time.

Package Structure

src/
  Helpers/
    country_helper.php
  Language/
    <locale>/
      Country.php

Language Source

The language files are based on data from:

• @umpirsky
• https://github.com/umpirsky/country-list

License

MIT