# get-client-version

mysqli::\$client_version

mysqli_get_client_version

Returns the MySQL client version as an integer

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mysqli-ENTITYclient_version

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mysqli_get_client_version

Returns client version number as an integer.

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A number that represents the MySQL client library version in format: `main_version*10000 + minor_version *100 + sub_version`. For example, 4.1.0 is returned as 40100.

This is useful to quickly determine the version of the client library to know if some capability exists.

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mysqli_get_client_version

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```
<?php

/* We don't need a connection to determine
   the version of mysql client library */

printf("Client library version: %d\n", mysqli_get_client_version());
?>

    
```

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`mysqli_get_client_info`, `mysqli_get_server_info`, `mysqli_get_server_version`