php man page for mysqli_get_client_version

MYSQLI_GET_CLIENT_VERSION(3)						 1					      MYSQLI_GET_CLIENT_VERSION(3)

mysqli_get_client_version - Returns the MySQL client version as an integer

       Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS
       int$mysqli->client_version ()

DESCRIPTION
       Procedural style
       int mysqli_get_client_version (mysqli  $link)

	Returns client version number as an integer.

RETURN VALUES
	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 exits.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      mysqli_get_client_version

	      <?php

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

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

SEE ALSO
       mysqli_get_client_info(3), mysqli_get_server_info(3), mysqli_get_server_version(3).

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