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A comprehensive PHP library for accessing detailed country information, including regions, cities, capitals, continents, and more.

Installation

composer require mohanedghawar/countries-info

Features

• Complete country information (names, codes, capitals, etc.)
• Administrative regions for all countries (states, provinces, etc.)
• Detailed city data including:
  • City names and populations
  • Geographical coordinates
  • Hierarchical organization (Country -> Region -> Cities)
• Population and area data
• Continent information
• Easy-to-use API
• Regular updates

Usage

use MohanedGhawar\CountriesInfo\CountriesInfo;

$countriesInfo = new CountriesInfo();

// Get all countries
$countries = $countriesInfo->getAllCountries();

// Get country by code
$usa = $countriesInfo->getCountryByCode('USA');

// Get country by name
$france = $countriesInfo->getCountryByName('France');

// Get countries by continent
$europeanCountries = $countriesInfo->getCountriesByContinent('Europe');

// Search countries by name
$searchResults = $countriesInfo->searchByName('united');

// Get regions (states/provinces) for a country
$usStates = $countriesInfo->getCountryRegions('USA');

// Get cities in a specific region
$californiaCities = $countriesInfo->getCitiesByRegion('USA', 'California');

// Get all cities in a country
$allUsCities = $countriesInfo->getAllCitiesInCountry('USA');

// Get total number of cities in a country
$usCityCount = $countriesInfo->getCityCount('USA');

// Search for cities across all countries
$citiesNamedParis = $countriesInfo->searchCities('Paris');

API Reference

Methods

Countries

• getAllCountries(): array Returns an array of all country objects.

• getCountryByCode(string $code): ?array Returns a country object for the given 3-letter ISO code (e.g., 'USA', 'GBR').

• getCountryByName(string $name): ?array Returns a country object for the given country name.

• getCountriesByContinent(string $continent): array Returns an array of countries in the specified continent.

• searchByName(string $query): array Returns an array of countries whose names contain the search term.

Regions

• getCountryRegions(string $code): array Returns an array of region names for the given country code.

Cities

• getCitiesByRegion(string $countryCode, string $regionName): array Returns an array of city objects for the given country code and region name.

• getAllCitiesInCountry(string $countryCode): array Returns an array of city objects for the given country code.

• getCityCount(string $countryCode): int Returns the total number of cities in the given country code.

• searchCities(string $name): array Returns an array of city objects whose names contain the search term.

Data Structures

Country Object

[
    'name' => [
        'common' => 'United States',
        'official' => 'United States of America'
    ],
    'code' => 'USA',
    'capital' => 'Washington, D.C.',
    'continent' => 'North America',
    'population' => 331002651,
    'area_km2' => 9833517
]

City Object

[
    'name' => 'Los Angeles',
    'latitude' => '34.05223',
    'longitude' => '-118.24368',
    'population' => 3971883,
    'countryCode' => 'USA',  // Only included in searchCities results
    'regionName' => 'California'  // Only included in searchCities results
]

Regions Array

// Example: $countriesInfo->getCountryRegions('USA')
[
    'Alabama',
    'Alaska',
    'Arizona',
    // ... all US states
    'Wisconsin',
    'Wyoming'
]

Data Coverage

• 250+ Countries
• 4,000+ Regions/States
• 150,000+ Cities worldwide

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions, please file an issue on the GitHub repository.