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tech0925
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Is this the best way to do this?

Post by tech0925 »

This works great but I did not know if this was the best solution or not. Thanks for your advice ahead of time :D

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if($ThisCountry=='United States')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/united-states.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Canada')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/canada.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='United Kingdom')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/united-kingdom.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Ireland')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/ireland.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Australia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/australia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='New Zealand')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/new-zealand.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Afghanistan')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/afghanistan.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Albania')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/albania.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Algeria')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/algeria.jpg";  
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/somoa.jpg";  
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/andorra.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Angola')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/angola.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Anguilla')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/anguilla.jpg";                   
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Antarctica')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/antarctica.jpg";                      
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Antigua and Barbuda')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/antigua-barbuda.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Argentina')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/argentina.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Armenia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/armenia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Aruba')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/aruba.jpg";  
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/austria.jpg";  
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/azerbaidjan.jpg";  
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/bahamas.jpg";  
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/bahrain.jpg";  
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/bangladesh.jpg";  
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/barbados.jpg";  
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/belarus.jpg";  
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/belgium.jpg";  
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/belize.jpg";  
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/benin.jpg";  
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/bermuda.jpg";  
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/bhutan.jpg";  
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/bolivia.jpg";  
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/bosnia-herzegovina.jpg";  
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/botswana.jpg";  
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    elseif($ThisCountry=='Bouvet Island')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/bouvet-island.jpg";                             
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/brazil.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='British Indian Ocean Territory')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/british-indian-ocean-territory.jpg";                                     
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/brunei.jpg";  
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    elseif($ThisCountry=='Bulgaria')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/bulgaria.jpg";  
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    elseif($ThisCountry=='Burkina Faso')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/burkina-faso.jpg";  
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/burundi.jpg";  
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/cambodia.jpg";  
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/cameroon.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Cape Verde')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/cape-verde.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Cayman Islands')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/cayman-islands.jpg";                               
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Central African Republic')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/central-african-republic.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Chad')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/chad.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Chile')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/chile.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='China')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/china.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Christmas Island')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/christmas-island.jpg";                                
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Cocos (Keeling) Islands')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/cocos-keeling-islands.jpg";                               
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Colombia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/colombia.jpg";  
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    elseif($ThisCountry=='Comoros')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/comoros.jpg";                            
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/congo.jpg";                            
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Congo, The Democratic Republic of The')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the.jpg";                           
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Cook Islands')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/cook-islands.jpg";                           
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Costa Rica')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/costa-rica.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Cote D\'ivoire')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/cote-divoire.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Croatia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/croatia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Cuba')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/cuba.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Cyprus')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/cyprus.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Czech Republic')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/czech-republic.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Denmark')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/denmark.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Djibouti')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/djibouti.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Dominica')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/dominica.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Dominican Republic')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/dominican-republic.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Ecuador')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/ecuador.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Egypt')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/egypt.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='El Salvador')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/el-salvador.jpg";                            
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Equatorial Guinea')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/ecuatorial-guinea.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Eritrea')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/eritrea.jpg";                            
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Estonia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/estonia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Ethiopia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/ethiopia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Falkland Islands (Malvinas)')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/falkland-islands-malvinas.jpg";                                 
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Faroe Islands')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/faroe-island.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Fiji')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/fiji.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Finland')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/finland.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='France')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/france.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='French Guiana')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/france.jpg";                               
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='French Polynesia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/french-polynesia.jpg";                       
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='French Southern Territories')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/french-southern-territories.jpg";                      
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Gabon')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/gabon.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Gambia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/bambia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Georgia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/georgia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Germany')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/germany.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Ghana')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/ghana.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Gibraltar')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/gibraltar.jpg";                           
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Greece')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/greece.jpg";  
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    elseif($ThisCountry=='Greenland')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/greenland.jpg";  
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/grenada.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Guadeloupe')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/guadeloupe.jpg";                            
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Guam')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/guam.jpg";  
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    elseif($ThisCountry=='Guatemala')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/guatemala.jpg";  
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/guinea.jpg";  
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/guine-bissau.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Guyana')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/guyana.jpg";  
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/hati.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/heard-island-and-mcdonald-islands.jpg";                          
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Holy See (Vatican City State)')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/holy-see-vatican-city-state.jpg";                          
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Honduras')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/honduras.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Hong Kong')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/hong-kong.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Hungary')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/hungary.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Iceland')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/iceland.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='India')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/india.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Indonesia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/indonesia.jpg";  
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/iran.jpg";  
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/iraq.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Israel')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/israel.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Italy')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/italy.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Jamaica')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/jamaica.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Japan')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/japan.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Jordan')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/jordan.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Kazakhstan')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/dazakhstan.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Kenya')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/kenya.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Kiribati')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/kiribati.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Korea, Democratic People\'s Republic of')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/north-korea.jpg";                            
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Korea, Republic of')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/south-korea.jpg";                               
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Kuwait')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/kuwait.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Kyrgyzstan')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/kyrgyzstan.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Lao People\'s Democratic Republic')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/laos.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Latvia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/latvia.jpg";                            
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Lebanon')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/lebanon.jpg";                       
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Lesotho')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/lesotho.jpg";                        
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Liberia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/liberia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Libyan Arab Jamahiriya')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/libya.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Liechtenstein')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/liechtenstein.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Lithuania')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/lithuania.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Luxembourg')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/luxembourg.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Macao')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/macao.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/macedonia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Madagascar')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/madagascar.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Malawi')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/malawi.jpg";  
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/malaysia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Maldives')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/maldives.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Mali')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/mali.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Malta')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/malta.jpg";  
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/marshall.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Martinique')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/italy.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Mauritania')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/mauritania.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Mauritius')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/mauritius.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Mayotte')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/france.jpg";                               
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Mexico')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/mexico.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Micronesia, Federated States of')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/micronesia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Moldova, Republic of')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/moldavia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Monaco')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/monaco.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Mongolia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/mongolia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Montserrat')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/montserrat.jpg";                           
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Morocco')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/morocco.jpg";                           
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Mozambique')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/mozambique.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Myanmar')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/myanmar.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Namibia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/namibia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Nauru')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/nauru.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Nepal')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/nepal.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Netherlands')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/nederland.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Netherlands Antilles')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/netherlands-antilles.jpg";                                  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='New Caledonia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/france.jpg";                            
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Nicaragua')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/nicaragua.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Niger')
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    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/nigeria.jpg";  
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/niue.jpg";                       
    }
    
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    {
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    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Northern Mariana Islands')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/northern-mariana-islands.jpg";                                       
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Norway')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/norway.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Oman')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/oman.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Pakistan')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/pakistan.jpg";  
    }
    
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    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Papua New Guinea')
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         $flag = "images/flags/papua-new-guinea.jpg";  
    }
    
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         $flag = "images/flags/paraguay.jpg";  
    }
    
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    }
    
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         $flag = "images/flags/phillipines.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Pitcairn')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/pitcairn.jpg";                                   
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Poland')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/poland.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Portugal')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/portugal.jpg";  
    }
    
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    }
    
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         $flag = "images/flags/quatar.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Reunion')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/reunion.jpg";                                   
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Romania')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/romania.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Russian Federation')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/russia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Rwanda')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/rwanda.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Saint Helena')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/saint-helena.jpg";                                       
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Saint Kitts and Nevis')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/saint-kitts-nevis.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Saint Lucia')
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         $flag = "images/flags/saint-lucia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Saint Pierre and Miquelon')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/france.jpg";                                    
    }
    
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/saint-vincent-the-grenadines.jpg";  
    }
    
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         $flag = "images/flags/samoa.jpg";  
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    {
         $flag = "images/flags/san-marino.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Sao Tome and Principe')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/sao-tome-principe.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Saudi Arabia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/saudi-arabia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Senegal')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/senegal.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Serbia and Montenegro')
    {
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    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Seychelles')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/seychelles.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Sierra Leone')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/sierra-leone.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Singapore')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/singapore.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Slovakia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/slovakia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Slovenia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/slovenia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Solomon Islands')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/solomon-island.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Somalia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/somalia.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='South Africa')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/south-africa.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/south-georgia-and-the-south-sandwich-islands.jpg";                                          
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Spain')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/spain.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Sri Lanka')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/sri-lanka.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Sudan')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/sudan.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Suriname')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/suriname.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Svalbard and Jan Mayen')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/svalbard-and-jan-mayen.jpg";                               
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Swaziland')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/swaizland.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Sweden')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/sweden.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Switzerland')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/switzerland.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Syrian Arab Republic')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/syria.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Taiwan, Province of China')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/taiwan.jpg";  
    }
    
    elseif($ThisCountry=='Tajikistan')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/tajikistan.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Tanzania, United Republic of')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/tanzania.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Thailand')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/thailand.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Timor-leste')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/timor-leste.jpg";                               
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Togo')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/togo.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Tokelau')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/tokelau.jpg";                               
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Tonga')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/tonga.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Trinidad and Tobago')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/trinidad-tobago.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Tunisia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/tunisia.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Turkey')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/turkey.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Turkmenistan')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/turkmenistan.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Turks and Caicos Islands')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/turks-and-caicos-islands.jpg";                                      
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Tuvalu')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/tuvalu.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Uganda')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/uganda.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Ukraine')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/ukraine.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='United Arab Emirates')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/united-arabian-emirates.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='United States Minor Outlying Islands')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/united-states.jpg";                                              
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Uruguay')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/uruguay.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Uzbekistan')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/uzbekistan.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Vanuatu')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/vanuatu.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Venezuela')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/venezuela.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Viet Nam')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/vietnam.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Virgin Islands, British')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/virgin-islands-british.jpg";                                      
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Virgin Islands, U.S')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/us-virgin-islands.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Wallis and Futuna')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/france.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Western Sahara')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/western-sahara.jpg";                                              
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Yemen')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/yemen.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Zambia')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/zambia.jpg";  
    }
    
     elseif($ThisCountry=='Zimbabwe')
    {
         $flag = "images/flags/zimbabwe.jpg";  
    }
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Re: Is this the best way to do this?

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That works, as would a switch statement, but I'd put the whole thing in a database if I were you.
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Re: Is this the best way to do this?

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Ok, thank you for the advice!
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Re: Is this the best way to do this?

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Given the naming scheme, you could probably make do with a combination of str_replace() and strtolower().

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$ThisCountry = strtolower($ThisCountry);
$ThisCountry = str_replace(" and", "", $ThisCountry);
$ThisCountry = str_replace("(", "", $ThisCountry);
$ThisCountry = str_replace(" ", "-", $ThisCountry);
$ThisCountry = str_replace(",", "", $ThisCountry);
$flag = "images/flags/{$ThisCountry}.jpg";
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Re: Is this the best way to do this?

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Kewl, thanks!!!! I will give that a whirl.
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Re: Is this the best way to do this?

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Celauran wrote:Given the naming scheme, you could probably make do with a combination of str_replace() and strtolower().

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$ThisCountry = strtolower($ThisCountry);
$ThisCountry = str_replace(" and", "", $ThisCountry);
$ThisCountry = str_replace("(", "", $ThisCountry);
$ThisCountry = str_replace(" ", "-", $ThisCountry);
$ThisCountry = str_replace(",", "", $ThisCountry);
$flag = "images/flags/{$ThisCountry}.jpg";
There are 47 entries that will not convert over. You will need to account for them (ex. Martinique => italy ).

Here is a modified copy of yours, that will properly convert four more, so it has just 43 special cases to do with a lookup:

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if (array_key_exists($ThisCountry,$arySpecial)) {
	$strImage = $arySpecial[$ThisCountry];
}
else {
	$strImage = strtolower(str_replace("'",'',$ThisCountry));
	$strImage = trim(preg_replace('/(( and )|[^a-z])+/','-',$strImage),'-');
}
$flag = 'images/flags/'.$strImage.'.jpg";
Note this is comparing against an array called $arySpecial. The code for creating that array is below. I ran a test on this and all 234 came out as given in your code.

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$arySpecial = array('American Samoa'=>'somoa',
'Azerbaijan'=>'azerbaidjan',
'Brunei Darussalam'=>'brunei',
'Equatorial Guinea'=>'ecuatorial-guinea',
'Falkland Islands (Malvinas)'=>'falkland-islands-malvinas',
'Faroe Islands'=>'faroe-island',
'French Guiana'=>'france',
'Gambia'=>'bambia',
'Guinea-bissau'=>'guine-bissau',
'Haiti'=>'hati',
'Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands'=>'heard-island-and-mcdonald-islands',
'Holy See (Vatican City State)'=>'holy-see-vatican-city-state',
'Iran, Islamic Republic of'=>'iran',
'Kazakhstan'=>'dazakhstan',
'Korea, Democratic People\'s Republic of'=>'north-korea',
'Korea, Republic of'=>'south-korea',
'Lao People\'s Democratic Republic'=>'laos',
'Libyan Arab Jamahiriya'=>'libya',
'Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of'=>'macedonia',
'Marshall Islands'=>'marshall',
'Martinique'=>'italy',
'Mayotte'=>'france',
'Micronesia, Federated States of'=>'micronesia',
'Moldova, Republic of'=>'moldavia',
'Netherlands'=>'nederland',
'New Caledonia'=>'france',
'Palestinian Territory, Occupied'=>'palestine',
'Philippines'=>'phillipines',
'Qatar'=>'quatar',
'Russian Federation'=>'russia',
'Saint Pierre and Miquelon'=>'france',
'Serbia and Montenegro'=>'serbia',
'Solomon Islands'=>'solomon-island',
'South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands'=>'south-georgia-and-the-south-sandwich-islands',
'Svalbard and Jan Mayen'=>'svalbard-and-jan-mayen',
'Swaziland'=>'swaizland',
'Syrian Arab Republic'=>'syria',
'Taiwan, Province of China'=>'taiwan',
'Tanzania, United Republic of'=>'tanzania',
'Turks and Caicos Islands'=>'turks-and-caicos-islands',
'United Arab Emirates'=>'united-arabian-emirates',
'United States Minor Outlying Islands'=>'united-states',
'Viet Nam'=>'vietnam',
'Virgin Islands, U.S'=>'us-virgin-islands',
'Wallis and Futuna'=>'france');
-Greg

PS. In looking at the results, there are some that just look like flat out mispellings or ones that DID keep the "and", so if you fix these (give correct names the images), you can remove them from $arySpecial (The top one is from your code, the bottom one is what my code created):

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[azerbaidjan]
[azerbaijan]

[ecuatorial-guinea]
[equatorial-guinea]

[faroe-island]
[faroe-islands]

[bambia]
[gambia]

[guine-bissau]
[guinea-bissau]

[hati]
[haiti]

(Note, this one has the "and", most others "and"s were gone)
[heard-island-and-mcdonald-islands]
[heard-island-mcdonald-islands]

[dazakhstan]
[kazakhstan]

[nederland]
[netherlands]

[phillipines]
[philippines]

[quatar]
[qatar]

[solomon-island]
[solomon-islands]

(Note, this one has the "and", most others "and"s were gone)
[south-georgia-and-the-south-sandwich-islands]
[south-georgia-the-south-sandwich-islands]

(Note, this one has the "and", most others "and"s were gone
[svalbard-and-jan-mayen]
[svalbard-jan-mayen]

[swaizland]
[swaziland]

(Note, this one has the "and", most others "and"s were gone
[turks-and-caicos-islands]
[turks-caicos-islands]
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Re: Is this the best way to do this?

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twinedev wrote:
Celauran wrote:Given the naming scheme, you could probably make do with a combination of str_replace() and strtolower().

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$ThisCountry = strtolower($ThisCountry);
$ThisCountry = str_replace(" and", "", $ThisCountry);
$ThisCountry = str_replace("(", "", $ThisCountry);
$ThisCountry = str_replace(" ", "-", $ThisCountry);
$ThisCountry = str_replace(",", "", $ThisCountry);
$flag = "images/flags/{$ThisCountry}.jpg";
There are 47 entries that will not convert over. You will need to account for them (ex. Martinique => italy ).
I figured there probably would be, but I didn't go through the whole list. I still think the database solution is probably the easiest to manage.
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Re: Is this the best way to do this?

Post by tech0925 »

Wow,

Thank you everyone. You have been so helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to look over this!! You guys rock! :D
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