How to quickly check your Laravel version

Have you been in a situation where you need to upgrade your Laravel Application ?

This can be a result of a package that has failed to install or basically you need to update your Laravel version to be compatible with new functionalities that you need to add into your code.

Here are some of the basics on how you can check on your Laravel version.

You can check the Laravel version via an artisan command.

php artisan --version

Using the app() Helper

All Laravel releases have aversion of the framework as constant in the Application.php file. You can access this constant via the app() helper.

app()->version()

To use the above helper you can either display it on your blade view or use tinker command ( php artisan tinker ).

By Using Blade view

Create a blade view and add the following

Version is {{ app()->version() }}

By Using Tinker

Perform the commands as seen below

Congratulations you have successfully learned how to check your Laravel version 🔥 🔥 🔥

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