mysqli::$client_version

mysqli_get_client_version

Returns the MySQL client version as an integer

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`int` `mysqli->client_version`

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`int` `mysqli_get_client_version`

Returns client version number as an integer.

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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 exists.

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### mysqli_get_client_version

    <?php

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

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

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- `mysqli_get_client_info`
- `mysqli_get_server_info`
- `mysqli_get_server_version`