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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<refentry id="function.rpm-version">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>rpm_version</refname>
+  <refpurpose>Returns a string representing the current version of the
+   rpmreader extension</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>string</type><methodname>rpm_version</methodname>
+   <void />
+  </methodsynopsis>
+  <para>
+    <function>rpm_version</function> will return the current version of the
+     rpmreader extension.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
+  &reftitle.returnvalues;
+  <para>
+    <function>rpm_version</function> will return a string representing the
+     rpmreader version currently loaded in PHP.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title><function>rpm_version</function> example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+$rpmr_ver = rpm_version($rpmr);
+
+echo "$rpmr_ver<br>\n";
+
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
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+-->