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<h1 class="refname">mysql_get_client_info</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.5, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">mysql_get_client_info</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get MySQL client info</span></p>
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong>
<p class="para">This extension is deprecated as of PHP 5.5.0, and will be removed in the future.
Instead, the <a href="book.mysqli.html" class="link">MySQLi</a> or <a href="ref.pdo-mysql.html" class="link">PDO_MySQL</a> extension should be used.
See also <a href="mysqlinfo.api.choosing.html" class="link">MySQL: choosing an API</a> guide and
<a href="faq.databases.html#faq.databases.mysql.deprecated" class="link">related FAQ</a> for more information.
Alternatives to this function include:</p>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="mysqli.get-client-info.html" class="function">mysqli_get_client_info()</a></span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="pdo.getattribute.html" class="methodname">PDO::getAttribute(PDO::ATTR_CLIENT_VERSION)</a></span></li>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysql_get_client_info</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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<span class="function"><strong>mysql_get_client_info()</strong></span> returns a string that
represents the client library version.
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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The MySQL client version.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>mysql_get_client_info()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />printf</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"MySQL client info: %s\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_get_client_info</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
MySQL client info: 3.23.39
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-get-host-info.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_get_host_info()</a> - Get MySQL host info</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-get-proto-info.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_get_proto_info()</a> - Get MySQL protocol info</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.mysql-get-server-info.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">mysql_get_server_info()</a> - Get MySQL server info</span></li>
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