Forcing State dropdown to two-character abbreviation?

[johnemaher]

I've enabled the use of the drop down for a customer entering their state, but I would like to use the two-character abbreviation rather than the full state name. Is there an easy (or moderately involved) solution for this?

Thanks very much.

John

[DrByte]

You will need to alter a core file ... one that's often touched by a lot of plugins too. (I say that because you'll need to take care to preserve your changes anytime you touch the file.)

/includes/functions/functions_general.php
Around line 1397 (in v1.5.5 anyway) you'll find this:

/** * return an array with zones defined for the specified country
 */
  function zen_get_country_zones($country_id) {
    global $db;
    $zones_array = array();
    $zones = $db->Execute("select zone_id, zone_name
                           from " . TABLE_ZONES . "
                           where zone_country_id = '" . (int)$country_id . "'
                           order by zone_name");
    while (!$zones->EOF) {
      $zones_array[] = array('id' => $zones->fields['zone_id'],
                             'text' => $zones->fields['zone_name']);
      $zones->MoveNext();
    }


    return $zones_array;
  }

Change it in the 2 places (not 3) as highlighted here:

/**
 * return an array with zones defined for the specified country
 */
  function zen_get_country_zones($country_id) {
    global $db;
    $zones_array = array();
    $zones = $db->Execute("select zone_id, zone_name, zone_code
                           from " . TABLE_ZONES . "
                           where zone_country_id = '" . (int)$country_id . "'
                           order by zone_name");
    while (!$zones->EOF) {
      $zones_array[] = array('id' => $zones->fields['zone_id'],
                             'text' => $zones->fields['zone_code']);
      $zones->MoveNext();
    }


    return $zones_array;
  }

[johnemaher]

Thank you so much. The change look simple, but the implications are daunting. Thank you for the warning.