{"id":30023,"date":"2021-01-18T02:55:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T18:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.mwwsb.com.my\/pjci\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=30023"},"modified":"2022-09-08T21:32:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:32:13","slug":"how-to-check-the-mysql-version-in-my-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-check-the-mysql-version-in-my-cpanel","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO: Check the MySQL version in My cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30023\" class=\"elementor elementor-30023\" data-elementor-post-type=\"kb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-511a94a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"511a94a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5306f49\" data-id=\"5306f49\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f9c44c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f9c44c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HOW TO: Check the MySQL version in cPanel<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f15cccd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f15cccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol>\n \t<li>Firstly, login to cPanel.<\/li><br>\n \t<li>Next, click<strong> Server Information<\/strong> under <strong>General Information<\/strong> section on right margin.<\/li><br>\n \t<li>Lastly, find <strong>MySQL Version<\/strong> under the <strong>Item<\/strong> column to know your MySQL version.<\/li>\n<br>\n<li>Or you can navigate <b>cPanel >> Databases >> phpMyAdmin<\/b> to check MySQL version.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04a94a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04a94a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Check MySQL version with PHP script<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffad648 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffad648\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You have to create a new file on your account and place the following code inside it:<\/p><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549\" class=\"crayon-syntax crayon-theme-github crayon-font-monaco crayon-os-pc print-yes notranslate crayon-wrapped\" data-settings=\" no-popup minimize scroll-always wrap\"><div class=\"crayon-main\"><table class=\"crayon-table\"><tbody><tr class=\"crayon-row\"><td class=\"crayon-nums \" data-settings=\"hide\"><div class=\"crayon-nums-content\"><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-1\">1<\/div><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-2\">2<\/div><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-3\">3<\/div><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-4\">4<\/div><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-5\">5<\/div><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-6\">6<\/div><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-7\">7<\/div><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-8\">8<\/div><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-9\">9<\/div><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-10\">10<\/div><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-11\">11<\/div><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-12\">12<\/div><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-13\">13<\/div><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-14\">14<\/div><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-15\">15<\/div><div class=\"crayon-num\" data-line=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-16\">16<\/div><\/div><\/td><td class=\"crayon-code\"><div class=\"crayon-pre\"><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-1\" class=\"crayon-line\"><span class=\"crayon-ta\">&lt;?php<\/span><\/div><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-2\" class=\"crayon-line\">\u00a0<\/div><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-3\" class=\"crayon-line\"><span class=\"crayon-v\">$mysql<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"crayon-o\">=<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"crayon-e\">mysqli_connect<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">(<\/span><span class=\"crayon-s\">&#8216;localhost&#8217;<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">,<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"crayon-s\">&#8216;USERNAME&#8217;<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">,<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"crayon-s\">&#8216;PASSWORD&#8217;<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">)<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">;<\/span><\/div><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-4\" class=\"crayon-line\">\u00a0<\/div><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-5\" class=\"crayon-line\"><span class=\"crayon-c\">\/* Test the MySQL connection *\/<\/span><\/div><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-6\" class=\"crayon-line\"><span class=\"crayon-st\">if<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"crayon-sy\">(<\/span><span class=\"crayon-e\">mysqli_connect_errno<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">(<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">)<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">)<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"crayon-sy\">{<\/span><\/div><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-7\" class=\"crayon-line\"><span class=\"crayon-e\">printf<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">(<\/span><span class=\"crayon-s\">&#8220;Connection failed: %s\\n&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">,<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"crayon-e\">mysqli_connect_error<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">(<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">)<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">)<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">;<\/span><\/div><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-8\" class=\"crayon-line\"><span class=\"crayon-k \">exit<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">(<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">)<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">;<\/span><\/div><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-9\" class=\"crayon-line\"><span class=\"crayon-sy\">}<\/span><\/div><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-10\" class=\"crayon-line\">\u00a0<\/div><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-11\" class=\"crayon-line\"><span class=\"crayon-c\">\/* Print the MySQL server version *\/<\/span><\/div><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-12\" class=\"crayon-line\"><span class=\"crayon-e\">printf<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">(<\/span><span class=\"crayon-s\">&#8220;MySQL server version: %s\\n&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">,<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"crayon-e\">mysqli_get_server_info<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">(<\/span><span class=\"crayon-v\">$mysql<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">)<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">)<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">;<\/span><\/div><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-13\" class=\"crayon-line\">\u00a0<\/div><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-14\" class=\"crayon-line\"><span class=\"crayon-c\">\/* Close the MySQL connection *\/<\/span><\/div><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-15\" class=\"crayon-line\"><span class=\"crayon-e\">mysqli_close<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">(<\/span><span class=\"crayon-v\">$mysql<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">)<\/span><span class=\"crayon-sy\">;<\/span><\/div><div id=\"crayon-5b3afdf8f20db596045549-16\" class=\"crayon-line\"><span class=\"crayon-ta\">?&gt;<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div><p>Do not forget to replace the <strong>USERNAME<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>PASSWORD<\/strong> with your cPanel username and password. Next, open your file in browser and you will see the current MySQL version.<\/p><p>You can generate the file through <strong>SSH<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>FTP<\/strong> or from your cPanel &gt;&gt; <strong>File Manager\u00a0<\/strong>tool.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ee34f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62ee34f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCheck out the next article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-change-the-primary-language-in-cpanel\/\">HOW TO: Change the primary language in cPanel<\/a>.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOW TO: Check the MySQL version in cPanel Firstly, login to cPanel. &nbsp; Next, click Server Information under General Information section on right margin. &nbsp; Lastly, find MySQL Version under the Item column to know your MySQL version. &nbsp; Or you can navigate cPanel &gt;&gt; Databases &gt;&gt; phpMyAdmin to check MySQL version. 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