mysqli->server_info

mysqli_get_server_info

(PHP 5)

mysqli->server_info -- mysqli_get_server_info — Returns the version of the MySQL server

Description

Object oriented style

string $server_info;

Procedural style

string mysqli::mysqli_get_server_info ( mysqli $link )

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

Parameters

link

Procedural style only: A link identifier 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 = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password");

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

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

/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>

Procedural style

<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password");

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

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

/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>

The above examples will output:

Server version: 4.1.2-alpha-debug

See Also

• mysqli_get_client_info() - Returns the MySQL client version as a string
• mysqli_get_client_version() - Get MySQL client info
• mysqli_get_server_version() - Returns the version of the MySQL server as an integer