PHP Form Select for States and Provinces

I put this together and thought I would share it. Uses php to select the current drop down for state. Line 2 is where $state is set. You can set this based on anything you need.

<?php
$state = '';
?>
<select id="state" name="state">
<option value="">Select One</option>
<optgroup label="Canadian Provinces">
<option <?php echo $state=='AB' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="AB">Alberta</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='BC' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="BC">British Columbia</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='MB' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="MB">Manitoba</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='NB' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="NB">New Brunswick</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='NF' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="NF">Newfoundland</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='NT' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="NT">Northwest Territories</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='NS' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="NS">Nova Scotia</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='NU' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="NU">Nunavut</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='ON' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="ON">Ontario</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='PE' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="PE">Prince Edward Island</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='QC' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="QC">Quebec</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='SK' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="SK">Saskatchewan</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='YT' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="YT">Yukon Territory</option>
</optgroup>

<optgroup label="U.S. States">
<option <?php echo $state=='AK' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="AK">Alaska</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='AL' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="AL">Alabama</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='AZ' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="AZ">Arizona</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='AR' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="AR">Arkansas</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='CA' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="CA">California</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='CO' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="CO">Colorado</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='CT' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="CT">Connecticut</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='DE' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="DE">Delaware</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='DC' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="DC">District of Columbia</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='FL' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="FL">Florida</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='GA' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="GA">Georgia</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='HI' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="HI">Hawaii</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='ID' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="ID">Idaho</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='IL' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="IL">Illinois</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='IN' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="IN">Indiana</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='IA' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="IA">Iowa</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='KS' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="KS">Kansas</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='KY' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="KY">Kentucky</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='LA' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="LA">Louisiana</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='ME' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="ME">Maine</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='MD' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="MD">Maryland</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='MA' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="MA">Massachusetts</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='MI' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="MI">Michigan</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='MN' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="MN">Minnesota</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='MS' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="MS">Mississippi</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='MO' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="MO">Missouri</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='MT' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="MT">Montana</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='NE' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="NE">Nebraska</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='NV' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="NV">Nevada</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='NH' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="NH">New Hampshire</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='NJ' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="NJ">New Jersey</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='NM' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="NM">New Mexico</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='NY' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="NY">New York</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='NC' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="NC">North Carolina</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='ND' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="ND">North Dakota</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='OH' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="OH">Ohio</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='OK' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="OK">Oklahoma</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='OR' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="OR">Oregon</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='PA' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="PA">Pennsylvania</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='PR' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="PR">Puerto Rico</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='RI' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="RI">Rhode Island</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='SC' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="SC">South Carolina</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='SD' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="SD">South Dakota</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='TN' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="TN">Tennessee</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='TX' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="TX">Texas</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='UT' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="UT">Utah</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='VT' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="VT">Vermont</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='VA' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="VA">Virginia</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='WA' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="WA">Washington</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='WV' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="WV">West Virginia</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='WI' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="WI">Wisconsin</option>
<option <?php echo $state=='WY' ? 'selected="selected" ' : '';?>value="WY">Wyoming</option>
</optgroup>
</select>