note 62011 added to ref.mysql

Here is how to get the mysql version using PHP <?php ob_start(); eval("phpinfo();"); $info = ob_get_contents(); ob_end_clean(); foreach(explode("\n", $info) as $line) { if(strpos($line, "Client API version")!==false) $mysql_version = trim(str_replace("Client API version", "", strip_tags($line))); } echo ' mysql version is ' .$mysql_version; ?> Hope it helps someone Richie ---- Server IP: 64.246.30.37 Probable Submitter: 203.199.211.113 (proxied: 192.168.4.95, 127.0.0.1) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+62011 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62011&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62011&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62011&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62011&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62011&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62011&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62011&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+62011&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php