db_version

Returns the version of the database server currently in use.

Return value

Database server version

Related topics

Database abstraction layer

Allow the use of different database servers using the same code base.

3 calls to db_version()

File

includes/database.mysqli.inc, line 45

Database interface code for MySQL database servers using the mysqli client libraries. mysqli is included in PHP 5 by default and allows developers to use the advanced features of MySQL 4.1.x, 5.0.x and beyond.

Code

function db_version() {
  global $active_db;
  list($version) = explode('-', mysqli_get_server_info($active_db));
  return $version;
}