README

This library is the PHP clone of the python library: alephdata/countrynames/

Requirements

• PHP 7.0 and later.
• Extensions: intl, yaml, mbstring, json.

Tested on PHP: 7.0, 7.2, 7.4, 8.1

Installation

Clone the git repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/ClickSend/integration-library-country-names.git

Example:

In your php file, paste this code.
Make sure to edit the integration-library-country-names directory to match your file structure.
Make sure the directory integration-library-country-names/lib/data is writable, for caching purpose.

<?php 

require_once 'integration-library-country-names/lib/CountryNames.php';

use CountryNamesLibrary\CountryNames;

var_dump('DE' == CountryNames::to_code('Germany'));
var_dump('DE' == CountryNames::to_code('Bundesrepublik Deutschland'));
var_dump('DE' == CountryNames::to_code('Bundesrepublik Deutschlan', $fuzzy=true));
var_dump('DE' == CountryNames::to_code('DE'));
var_dump('DEU' == CountryNames::to_code_3('Germany'));

you're all setup! To use the library as a composer package, see below.

To use it as a Composer Package:

First clone the repo to vendor directory in your project, then run composer autoload-dump command

$ git clone https://github.com/ClickSend/integration-library-country-names.git   your-project-path/vendor/integration-library-country-names

$ composer autoload-dump

<?php 

require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

use CountryNamesLibrary\CountryNames;

var_dump('DE' == CountryNames::to_code('Germany'));
var_dump('DE' == CountryNames::to_code('Bundesrepublik Deutschland'));
var_dump('DE' == CountryNames::to_code('Bundesrepublik Deutschlan', $fuzzy=true));
var_dump('DE' == CountryNames::to_code('DE'));
var_dump('DEU' == CountryNames::to_code_3('Germany'));

Reloading data/deleting cache

If you updated the data.yaml file, then you need to delete the cache to reload the newly updated data, call this method once for every update:

CountryNames::_delete_cache();

Unit Test

To unit test run these commands, you need php version >= 7.3

composer install 

./vendor/bin/phpunit test