How to retrieve the current version of a MySQL database management system (DBMS)?

Question

What command returns the current version of a MySQL database?

Answer 1

Here two more methods:

Linux: Mysql view version: from PHP

From a PHP function, we can see the version used:

mysql_get_server_info ([resource $ link_identifier = NULL]): string

Linux: Mysql view version: Package version

For RedHat / CentOS operating systems:

rpm -qa | grep mysql

For Debian / Ubuntu operating systems:

rpm -qa | grep mysql

Extracted from: https://www.sysadmit.com/2019/03/linux-mysql-ver-version.html