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wpdb::db_server_info(): string

Returns the version of the MySQL server.

Return

string Server version as a string.

Source

public function db_server_info() {
	return mysqli_get_server_info( $this->dbh );
}

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Used by	Description
WP_Site_Health::prepare_sql_data()`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php`	Runs the SQL version checks.
dbDelta()`wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php`	Modifies the database based on specified SQL statements.
wp_version_check()`wp-includes/update.php`	Checks WordPress version against the newest version.
wpdb::has_cap()`wp-includes/class-wpdb.php`	Determines whether the database or WPDB supports a particular feature.
wpdb::db_version()`wp-includes/class-wpdb.php`	Retrieves the database server version.

Changelog

Version	Description
5.5.0	Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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Ravikumar Patel 5 years ago

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You can Retrieve the MySQL server version on frontend by global declaration.
```
global $wpdb;
echo $wpdb->db_server_info();
```
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Liton Arefin 4 years ago

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Another way to Retrieve MySQL Server version by using $wpdb:
```
global $wpdb;
$db_version_dump = $wpdb->get_var( 'SELECT VERSION() AS version from DUAL' );
if ( preg_match( '/\d+(?:\.\d+)+/', $db_version_dump, $matches ) ) {
    echo $matches[0]; //returning the first match of Database Version
}
```
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