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<refentry id="function.maxdb-get-client-version">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>maxdb_get_client_version</refname>
  <refpurpose>Get MaxDB client info</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>int</type><methodname>maxdb_get_client_version</methodname>
   <void/>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns client version number as an integer.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1>
  <title>Return values</title>
  <para>
   A number that represents the MaxDB client library version in format:
   <literal>main_version*10000 + minor_version *100 + sub_version</literal>.
   For example, 7.5.0 is returned as 70500.
  </para>
  <para>
   This is useful to quickly determine the version of the client library
   to know if some capability exists.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1>
  <title>See also</title>
  <para>
   <function>maxdb_get_client_info</function>,
   <function>maxdb_get_server_info</function>,
   <function>maxdb_get_server_version</function>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1>
  <title>Example</title>
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>maxdb_get_client_version</title>
    <programlisting role='php'>
<![CDATA[
<?php

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

printf("Client library version: %d\n", maxdb_get_client_version());
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
  <para>
   The above examples would produce the following output:
  </para>
  <screen>
<![CDATA[
Client library version: 7.<...>
]]>
  </screen>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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