phpversion

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

phpversionGets the current PHP version

Description

phpversion(?string $extension = null): string|false

Returns a string containing the version of the currently running PHP parser or extension.

Parameters

extension

An optional extension name.

Return Values

Returns the current PHP version as a string. If a string argument is provided for extension parameter, phpversion() returns the version of that extension, or false if there is no version information associated or the extension isn't enabled.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 extension is nullable now.

Examples

Example #1 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');
?>

Example #2 PHP_VERSION_ID example and usage

<?php
// PHP_VERSION_ID is available as of PHP 5.2.7, if our 
// version is lower than that, then emulate it
if (!defined('PHP_VERSION_ID')) {
    
$version explode('.'PHP_VERSION);

    
define('PHP_VERSION_ID', ($version[0] * 10000 $version[1] * 100 $version[2]));
}

// PHP_VERSION_ID is defined as a number, where the higher the number 
// is, the newer a PHP version is used. It's defined as used in the above 
// expression:
//
// $version_id = $major_version * 10000 + $minor_version * 100 + $release_version;
//
// Now with PHP_VERSION_ID we can check for features this PHP version 
// may have, this doesn't require to use version_compare() everytime 
// you check if the current PHP version may not support a feature.
//
// For example, we may here define the PHP_VERSION_* constants thats 
// not available in versions prior to 5.2.7

if (PHP_VERSION_ID 50207) {
    
define('PHP_MAJOR_VERSION',   $version[0]);
    
define('PHP_MINOR_VERSION',   $version[1]);
    
define('PHP_RELEASE_VERSION'$version[2]);

    
// and so on, ...
}
?>

Notes

Note:

This information is also available in the predefined constant PHP_VERSION. More versioning information is available using the PHP_VERSION_* constants.

See Also

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