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PHP mysqli_get_server_version() Function

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Example

Return the MySQL server version as an integer:

<?php
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");
// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
  {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
  }

echo mysqli_get_server_version($con);

mysqli_close($con);
?>

Definition and Usage

The mysqli_get_server_version() function returns the MySQL server version as an integer.

The MySQL server version is returned in the following format: main_version*10000 + minor_version*100 + sub_version. E.g. 5.1.0 is returned as 50100.


Syntax

mysqli_get_server_version(connection);

Parameter Description
connection Required. Specifies the MySQL connection to use

Technical Details

Return Value: Returns an integer that represents the MySQL server version
PHP Version: 5+

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