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mysqli::$server_info

mysqli::get_server_info

mysqli_get_server_info

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mysqli::$server_info -- mysqli::get_server_info -- mysqli_get_server_infoReturns the version of the MySQL server

Description

Object-oriented style

public mysqli::get_server_info(): string

Procedural style

mysqli_get_server_info(mysqli $mysql): string

Returns a string representing the version of the MySQL server that the MySQLi extension is connected to.

Parameters

mysql

Procedural style only: A mysqli object returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()

Return Values

A character string representing the server version.

Examples

Example #1 $mysqli->server_info example

Object-oriented style

<?php

mysqli_report
(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password");

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

Procedural style

<?php

mysqli_report
(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password");

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

The above examples will output something similar to:

Server version: 8.0.21

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it-solutions at schultz dot ch
8 years ago
Please note that this property returns different versionstrings for MariaDB instances on LINUX and WINDOWS environments.

For a MariaDB instance 10.0.17:

on LINUX, this returns strings like "10.0.17-MariaDB-log"
on WINDOWS environments, this returns strings like "5.5.5-10.0.17-MariaDB-log"

To avoid this extra "5.5.5" on windows environments, you could use the SQL query "select version();" rather than this property of the mysqli extension
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