$query = tep_db_query("SELECT countries_name, countries_id FROM " . TABLE_COUNTRIES);

$countries = array();

while($row = tep_db_fetch_array($query))
{
        $countries[$row['countries_id']] = $row['countries_name'];
}

$country = NULL;

foreach($countries as $id => $name)
{

        if($countryname == $name)
        {
                $country = $id;
		// A die happens here. So it breaks.
                break;
        }
}

die($country); // This dies but nothing gets printed when it should print an ID.