PHP server_version / mysqli_get_server_version() Function

Example - Object Oriented style

Return the MySQL server version as an integer:

<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");

if ($mysqli -> connect_errno) {
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . $mysqli -> connect_error;
exit();
}

echo $mysqli -> server_version;

$mysqli -> close();
?>

Look at example of procedural style at the bottom.

Definition and Usage

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

The server version is returned in the following format: main_version*10000 + minor_version*100 + sub_version. So, version 6.3.0 is returned as 60300.

Syntax

Object oriented style:

$mysqli -> server_version

Procedural style:

mysqli_get_server_version(connection)

Parameter Values

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+

Example - Procedural style

Return the MySQL server version as an integer:

<?php
$con = mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");

if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
exit();
}

echo mysqli_get_server_version($con);

mysqli_close($con);
?>

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