getting bordering US states (php)

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Published on 2010-03-13T18:02:33Z Indexed on 2010/03/13 18:05 UTC
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HI need to be able to select a state and be given a list of the bordering states. Does anyone have or know of code already done for this?

If I have to write it myself, what would be the best way - possibly a mysql database of borders (two state columns for each row), and then select matching?

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