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Where can I find/get databases for things like dictionaries, list of states, zip codes, cities etc? Preferably open-source or free and for MySQL but converting from another db or XML to MySQL with PHP would be a fun side project.
We often used the data of http://www.geonames.org/
There’s a nice tutorial at the forum to learn how to import the date into a MySQL-Database:
http://forum.geonames.org/gforum/posts/list/732.page
They have a webservice, too: http://www.geonames.org/export/web-services.html
If the datasets are not sufficient enough, there are a lot of open APIs:
http://www.programmableweb.com/apitag/?q=zip%20codes