PHP phpversion function

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phpversion

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

phpversion — Gets the current PHP versionDescriptionstring phpversion ( [string extension] )

Returns a string containing the version of the currently running PHP
parser or extension.

Parameters

extension

An optional extension name.


Return Values

If the optional extension parameter is
specified, phpversion() returns the version of that
extension, or FALSE if there is no version information associated or
the extension isn’t enabled.

Examples

Example 1. phpversion() example

// prints e.g. 'Current PHP version: 4.1.1'
echo 'Current PHP version: ' . phpversion();
 
// prints e.g. '2.0' or nothing if the extension isn't enabled
echo phpversion('tidy');

Notes

Note:
This information is also available in the predefined constant
PHP_VERSION.

See Also

version_compare()phpinfo()phpcredits()php_logo_guid()zend_version()


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Published:
2.26.07 / 12am
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PHP Functions
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