An alternative to mysql_get_client_info() is to use the VERSION() function in MySQL language like:
<?php
$query = mysql_query("SELECT VERSION() as mysql_version");
?>
The output is the same as mysql_get_client_info()
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.5, PHP 5)
mysql_get_server_info — Get MySQL server info
This extension was deprecated in PHP 5.5.0, and it was removed in PHP 7.0.0. Instead, the MySQLi or PDO_MySQL extension should be used. See also MySQL: choosing an API guide. Alternatives to this function include:
attribute as PDO::ATTR_SERVER_VERSION
Retrieves the MySQL server version.
link_identifierThe MySQL connection. If the
link identifier is not specified, the last link opened by
mysql_connect() is assumed. If no such link is found, it
will try to create one as if mysql_connect() had been called
with no arguments. If no connection is found or established, an
E_WARNING level error is generated.
Returns the MySQL server version on success or false on failure.
Example #1 mysql_get_server_info() example
<?php
$link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password');
if (!$link) {
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
printf("MySQL server version: %s\n", mysql_get_server_info());
?>The above example will output something similar to:
MySQL server version: 4.0.1-alpha
An alternative to mysql_get_client_info() is to use the VERSION() function in MySQL language like:
<?php
$query = mysql_query("SELECT VERSION() as mysql_version");
?>
The output is the same as mysql_get_client_info()Here is something I put together because I needed a way to pull the MySQL version number from the server without actually having a connection. This was due to being part of a server info screen prior to installation of a cms. Users need to know if their MySQL is supported or not prior to installation right? :)
This will scrape the phpinfo page looking for the MySQL row that says Client API version and return the version number after it. This could also be used to scrape just about anything from the phpinfo page. :)
ob_start();
phpinfo(INFO_MODULES);
$info = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
$info = stristr($info, 'Client API version');
preg_match('/[1-9].[0-9].[1-9][0-9]/', $info, $match);
$gd = $match[0];
echo 'MySQL: '.$gd.' <br />';
This will output:
MySQL: 4.1.22 (which is the version on my server)
I know this is crude but it's the only thing I could come up with and there isn't anything like this info available online so here it is. I suck at preg_match and it would be helpful if someone could modify the string here to stand the test of time.That's better:
<?php
mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'password') or
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
$a = mysql_get_server_info();
$b = substr($a, 0, strpos($a, "-"));
echo $b;
?>