Managing & Using MySQL, 2nd Edition

Name

mysql_get_server_info

Synopsis

string mysql_get_server_info([cresource connection])

Returns as a string the version of the MySQL DBMS. An optional connection resource handle may be provided as the parameter, otherwise, the most recently opened connection that is still open is assumed. This function is available only in PHP 4.0.5 or later versions.

Example

<?php
  mysql_connect("localhost", "fred", "shhh");
  
  // Prints (on our machine): This is MySQL version 3.23.44-log      
  echo "This is MySQL version " . mysql_get_server_info(  );      
?>