// based on jmdeldin's Php State-Array Generator. Shows name in drop down, outputs two letter abbreviation for option value.

function state_prov_selection() {
	echo '<select name="state">';
                   $states = array('Alabama'=>'AL','Alaska'=>'AK','Arizona'=>'AZ','Arkansas'=>'AR','California'=>'CA','Colorado'=>'CO',
'Connecticut'=>'CT','Delaware'=>'DE','Florida'=>'FL','Georgia'=>'GA','Hawaii'=>'HI','Idaho'=>'ID','Illinois'=>'IL','Indiana'=>'IN','Iowa'=>'IA','Kansas'=>'KS',
'Kentucky'=>'KY','Louisiana'=>'LA','Maine'=>'ME','Maryland'=>'MD','Massachusetts'=>'MA','Michigan'=>'MI','Minnesota'=>'MN','Mississippi'=>'MS','Missouri'=>'MO',
'Montana'=>'MT','Nebraska'=>'NE','Nevada'=>'NV','New Hampshire'=>'NH','New Jersey'=>'NJ','New Mexico'=>'NM','New York'=>'NY','North Carolina'=>'NC',
'North Dakota'=>'ND','Ohio'=>'OH','Oklahoma'=>'OK','Oregon'=>'OR','Pennsylvania'=>'PA','Rhode Island'=>'RI','South Carolina'=>'SC','South Dakota'=>'SD',
'Tennessee'=>'TN','Texas'=>'TX','Utah'=>'UT','Vermont'=>'VT','Virginia'=>'VA','Washington'=>'WA','West Virginia'=>'WV','Wisconsin'=>'WI','Wyoming'=>'WY'
,'Alberta '=>'AB','British Columbia '=>'BC','Manitoba '=>'MB','New Brunswick '=>'NB','Newfoundland and Labrador '=>'NL','Northwest Territories '=>'NT',
'Nova Scotia '=>'NS','Nunavut '=>'NU','Ontario '=>'ON','Prince Edward Island '=>'PE','Quebec '=>'QC','Saskatchewan '=>'SK','Yukon '=>'YT');
		
   foreach($states as $key => $value){
             echo '<option value="'.$value.'">'.$key.'</option>\n';
	}
	echo '</select>';
}
state_prov_selection();

Simple array for HTML mockups.

function state_selection() {
	echo '<select name="state">';
		$states = array(
			'Alabama', 'Alaska', 'Arizona', 'Arkansas', 'California', 'Colorado', 'Connecticut', 'Delaware', 'District of Columbia', 'Florida', 'Georgia', 'Hawaii', 'Idaho', 'Illinois', 'Indiana', 'Iowa', 'Kansas', 'Kentucky', 'Louisiana', 'Maine', 'Maryland', 'Massachusetts', 'Michigan', 'Minnesota', 'Mississippi', 'Missouri', 'Montana', 'Nebraska', 'Nevada', 'New Hampshire', 'New Jersey', 'New Mexico', 'New York', 'North Carolina', 'North Dakota', 'Ohio', 'Oklahoma', 'Oregon', 'Pennsylvania', 'Rhode Island', 'South Carolina', 'South Dakota', 'Tennessee', 'Texas', 'Utah', 'Vermont', 'Virginia', 'Washington', 'West Virginia', 'Wisconsin', 'Wyoming'
		);
		foreach ($states as $state_name) {
			echo '<option value="'.$state_name.'">'.$state_name.'</option>';
		}
	echo '</select>';
}
state_selection();