mysqli::$server_version

(PHP 5, PHP 7)

Returns the version of the MySQL server as an integer

int mysqli_get_server_version ( mysqli $link )

Object oriented style

int $mysqli->server_version;

Procedural style

The mysqli_get_server_version() function returns the version of the server connected to (represented by the link parameter) as an integer.

Parameters:

link

Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()

Returns:

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).

Examples:

$mysqli->server_version example

Object oriented style

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

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

/* print server version */
printf("Server version: %d\n", $mysqli->server_version);

/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>

Procedural style

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

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

/* print server version */
printf("Server version: %d\n", mysqli_get_server_version($link));

/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>

The above examples will output:

Server version: 40102