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phpversion

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

phpversion — Gets the current PHP version

Description

string 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 1812. phpversion() example

<?php
// 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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phpversion
smifffy at smith-net dot org dot uk
09-Apr-2007 06:09
Just a simple version checker

replace 520 with the version you want to limit to without the periods

e.g 4.3.1 is 431

<?php
$ver
= explode( '.', PHP_VERSION );

$ver_num = $ver[0] . $ver[1] . $ver[2];

if (
$ver_num < 520 )
{
    die (
'This script needs PHP 5.2.0 or above!' );
}
?>

putenv> <phpinfo
Last updated: Fri, 01 Jun 2007
 
 
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