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<h1 class="refname">oci_server_version</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">oci_server_version</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns the Oracle Database version</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>oci_server_version</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$connection</code></span>
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Returns a string with the Oracle Database version and available options
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">connection</code></em></span>
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Returns the version information as a string or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error.
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>oci_server_version()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /> $conn </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">oci_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"scott"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"tiger"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Server Version: " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">oci_server_version</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Displays:<br /> // Server Version: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production<br /> // With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing option<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">oci_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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In PHP versions before 5.0.0 you must use <span class="function"><a href="function.ociserverversion.html" class="function">ociserverversion()</a></span> instead.
This old name still can be used. However it is deprecated and not recommended.
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.oci-client-version.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">oci_client_version()</a> - Returns the Oracle client library version</span></li>
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