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PHP RestCountries

Get information about countries via a RESTful API

System requirements

  • PHP >= 5.5

Installation

Using Composer

  • composer require namnv609/php-rest-countries

or you can include the following in your composer.json

  • "namnv609/php-rest-countries": "^1.0.0"

Usage instructions

First, create new RestCountries instance to make configuring the library for use:

use NNV\RestCountries;

$restCountries = new RestCountries;

Once the RestCountries instance has been registered. You may use it like so:

$restCountries->all();

Search by country name. It can be the native name or partial name or full name

$restCountries->byName("viet");

// or with full name
$restCountries->byName("vietnam", true);

Search by ISO 3166-1 2-letter or 3-letter country code(s)

// Single country code
$restCountries->byCodes("vn");

// Multiple country codes
$restCountries->byCodes(["vn", "cn", "th"]);

Search by ISO 4217 currency code

$restCountries->byCurrency("vnd");

Search by ISO 639-1 language code.

$restCountries->byLanguage("vi");

Search by capital city

$restCountries->byCapitalCity("hanoi");

Search by calling code

$restCountries->byCallingCode("84");

Search by region: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania

$restCountries->byRegion("asia");

Search by regional bloc:

  • EU (European Union)
  • EFTA (European Free Trade Association)
  • CARICOM (Caribbean Community)
  • PA (Pacific Alliance)
  • AU (African Union)
  • USAN (Union of South American Nations)
  • EEU (Eurasian Economic Union)
  • AL (Arab League)
  • ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
  • CAIS (Central American Integration System)
  • CEFTA (Central European Free Trade Agreement)
  • NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
  • SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)
$restCountries->byRegionalBloc("asean");

Filter response

You can filter the output of your request to include only the specified fields.

// You can use `fields([])` with any available methods

$restCountries->fields(["name", "callingCodes", "capital"])->all();

$restCountries->fields(["name"])->byName("vietnam", true);

$restCountries->fields(["callingCodes"])->byRegionalBloc("asean");