Posted by Marek Kilimajer on 02/11/05 23:18

GH wrote:
> However, this does not tell you if they are using the Old or New
> Password on the newer version... how can i check that?
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> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:01:02 +0100, Marek Kilimajer <lists@kilimajer.net> wrote:
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>>GH wrote:
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>>>Is it possible to check via php what version of mysql is running and
>>>if it is a 4.1.x or better version to see if it is using the
>>>--old-password switch or not? I would like to know so that I can code
>>>both ways and just have a conditional statement direct which code is
>>>used...
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>>hmm, mysql, that should be in mysql functions. I need to *get* *info*
>>about *mysql* *server*. Oh yeah, there's one function like that:
>>mysql_get_server_info
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$var = mysql_fetch_assoc(mysql_query('show variables like
'old_passwords';'));

echo $var['Variable_name']

But you need to be connected first :)

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