Using the WooCommerce API to get the country/state lists

Question

I\"m using the WooCommerce API to get the country list. I am doing:

$woo_countries = new WC_Countries();
$countries = $woo_countries->get_allowed_countrie         


        

Answer 1

This is referred to as the "base country" by WooCommerce:

$woo_countries = new WC_Countries();

// Get default country
$default_country = $woo_countries->get_base_country();

// Get states in default country
$states = $woo_countries->get_states( $default_country );

Read more in the API docs.

It should be noted that the default WooCommerce billing form template logic ensures that the default country and state are pre-selected. Here's what it looks like:

checkout_fields['billing'] as $key => $field ) : ?>

    get_value( $key ) ); ?>

The third argument passed to woocommerce_form_field() ensures that the default country and state are pre-populated.