PHP mysqli: get_server_version() function

mysqli_get_server_version() function / mysqli::$server_version

The mysqli_get_server_version() function / mysqli::$server_version returns the MySQL server version as an integer.

Syntax:

mysqli_get_server_version(connection);

Parameter:

Return value:

An integer representing the server version.

The form of this version number is main_version * 10000 + minor_version * 100 + sub_version (i.e. version 4.1.0 is 40100).

Version: PHP 5, PHP 7

Example:

<?php
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","user1","datasoft123","hr");
// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
  {
  echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
  }

echo mysqli_get_server_version($con);

mysqli_close($con);
?>

Sample Output:

50136

See also

PHP Function Reference

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