phpversion

Gets the current PHP version.

phpversion Function synopsis

phpversion(?string $extension = null): string|false

Parameters

$extension

OptionalType?stringDefault valuenull

An optional extension name.

$extension accepts one of the following string values:

• amqp
• apache
• apc
• apd
• bbcode
• bcmath
• bcompiler
• bz2
• cairo
• calendar
• chdb
• classkit
• com
• crack
• ctype
• cubrid
• curl
• cyrus
• dba
• dbase
• dbplus
• dbx
• dio
• dom
• dotnet
• eio
• enchant
• ev
• event
• exif
• expect
• fam
• fbsql
• fdf
• fileinfo
• filepro
• filter
• fribidi
• ftp
• gearman
• gender
• geoip
• gettext
• gmagick
• gmp
• gnupg
• gupnp
• haru
• htscanner
• pecl_http
• hyperwave
• hwapi
• interbase
• ibm_db2
• iconv
• id3
• informix
• iisfunc
• gd
• imagick
• imap
• include
• ingres
• inotify
• intl
• java
• json
• judy
• kadm5
• ktaglib
• lapack
• ldap
• libevent
• libxml
• lua
• lzf
• mailparse
• maxdb
• mbstring
• mcrypt
• mcve
• memcache
• memcached
• memtrack
• mhash
• ming
• mnogosearch
• mongo
• mqseries
• msession
• msql
• mssql
• mysql
• mysqli
• mysqlnd
• mysqlnd_memcache
• mysqlnd_ms
• mysqlnd_mux
• mysqlnd_qc
• mysqlnd_uh
• ncurses
• net_gopher
• newt
• notes
• nsapi
• oauth
• oci8
• oggvorbis
• openal
• openssl
• ovrimos
• paradox
• parsekit
• pcntl
• pcre
• pdflib
• pdo
• pdo_4d
• pdo_cubrid
• pdo_dblib
• pdo_firebird
• pdo_ibm
• pdo_informix
• pdo_mysql
• pdo_oci
• pdo_odbc
• pdo_pgsql
• pdo_sqlite
• pdo_sqlsrv
• pdo_pgsql
• phar
• posix
• printer
• proctitle
• ps
• pspell
• pthreads
• qtdom
• quickhash
• radius
• rar
• readline
• recode
• rpmreader
• rrd
• runkit
• sam
• sca
• scream
• sca_sdo
• sysvmsg
• session
• session_pgsql
• shmop
• simplexml
• snmp
• soap
• sockets
• solr
• sphinx
• spl_types
• spplus
• sqlite
• sqlite3
• sqlsrv
• ssdeep
• ssh2
• stats
• stomp
• svm
• svn
• swf
• swish
• sybase
• taint
• tcpwrap
• tidy
• tokenizer
• tokyo_tyrant
• trader
• odbc
• v8js
• varnish
• vpopmail
• w32api
• wddx
• weakref
• win32ps
• win32service
• wincache
• xattr
• xdiff
• xhprof
• xml
• xmlreader
• xmlrpc
• xmlwriter
• xsl
• xslt
• yaf
• yaml
• yaz
• zip
• zlib

Return value

Typestring|false

Returns the current PHP version as a string. If a string argument is provided for $extension parameter, phpversion returns the version of that extension, or false if there is no version information associated or the extension isn't enabled.