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  <refentry id="function.mysqli-get-server-version">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>mysqli_get_server_version</refname>
    <refpurpose>Returns the version of the MySQL server as an integer</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <para>Procedural style:</para>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>int</type><methodname>mysqli_get_server_version</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>object</type><parameter>link</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>Object oriented style (property):</para>
    <classsynopsis>
     <ooclass><classname>mysqli</classname></ooclass>
     <fieldsynopsis><type>int</type><varname>server_version</varname></fieldsynopsis>
    </classsynopsis>
    <para>
     The <function>mysqli_get_server_version</function> function returns the
     version of the server connected to (represented by the
     <parameter>link</parameter> parameter) as an integer. 
    </para>
    <para>
     The form of this version number is 
     <literal>main_version * 10000 + minor_version * 100 + sub_version</literal>
     (i.e. version 4.1.0 is 40100).
    </para>
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1>
    &reftitle.returnvalues;
    <para>
     An integer representing the server version.  
    </para>
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1>
    <title>See also</title>
    <para>
     <function>mysqli_get_client_info</function>,
     <function>mysqli_get_client_version</function>,
     <function>mysqli_get_server_info</function>
    </para>
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Example</title>
    <example>
     <title>Object oriented style</title>
     <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password");

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

/* print server version */
printf("Server version: %d\n", $mysqli->server_version);

/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    </example>
    <example>
     <title>Procedural style</title>
     <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "my_user", "my_password");

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

/* print server version */
printf("Server version: %d\n", mysqli_get_server_version($link));

/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>
]]>
     </programlisting>
    </example>
    <para>
     The above examples would produce the following output:
    </para>
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
Server version: 40102
]]>
    </screen>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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