get_server_version

Definition and usage

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

The server version returns in the following format: Primary version number*10000 + Secondary version number*100 + Revision number. Therefore, version 6.3.0 will return to 60300.

Example

Example 1 - 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 ( ) ;
?>

Example 2 - 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 ) ;
?>