Countrydropdown preselected list

country.php

<?php if($this->editmode){ ?>

        <?= $this->translate('Auswahl') ?>:
        <?php echo $this->select("mymode",array(
            "store" => array(
                array("myselect", $this->translate('Länder vorselektierung')),
                array("myauswahl", $this->translate('Länder auswählen'))
            ),"reload" => true
        )); ?>

        <?php
            $countries = \Zend_Locale::getTranslationList('Territory', $this->language, 2);
            asort($countries);

            $newcountries = array();
            foreach($countries as $key => $value){
                $newcountries[] = array($value, $value);
            }
        ?>

        <?php if($this->select("mymode")->text == 'myselect'){ ?>
            <h2><?= $this->translate('Länder vorselektierung') ?></h2>
            <?php while($this->block("contentblock")->loop()) { ?>
                <?php echo $this->select("mySelect",array(
                    "store" => $newcountries,
                    "width" => 500
                )); ?>
            <?php } ?>
        <?php } else { ?>
            <h2><?= $this->translate('Länder auswählen') ?></h2>
            <?php while($this->block("contentblock")->loop()) { ?>
                <?php echo $this->select("mySelect",array(
                    "store" => $newcountries,
                    "width" => 500
                )); ?>
            <?php } ?>
        <?php } ?>

    <?php } else { ?>

    <option value="">-- <?= $this->translate('bitte wählen') ?> --</option>
    <?php if($this->select("mymode")->text == 'myselect'){ ?>
        <?php
            $bottomcountries = \Zend_Locale::getTranslationList('Territory', $this->language, 2);
            asort($bottomcountries);
            $top = array();
            while($this->block("contentblock")->loop()) {
                $top[] = $this->select("mySelect")->text;
            }

            $result = array_diff($bottomcountries, $top);
            $all = array_merge($top, $result);
        ?>

    <?php } else { ?>
        <?php
            $all = array();
            while($this->block("contentblock")->loop()) {
                $all[] = $this->select("mySelect")->text;
            }
        ?>
    <?php } ?>
    <?php foreach ($all as $value){ ?>
        <option value="<?= $value ?>"><?= $value ?></option>
    <?php } ?>
<?php } ?>

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