How to know Laravel version and where is it defined

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How to know Laravel version and where is it defined   Is Laravel version is defined inside my application directory or somewhere in global server side directory   UPDATE  Sorry  the main question is where the version is defined  Where does  php artisan --version   takes it s answer   UPDATE 2  The goal is to investigate  who  of us  has changed Laravel version on our site  Could it be changed by github repository edition only  Or server write access was also required

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You can also check with composer  composer show laravel framework

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1   php artisan -V    2   php artisan --version  AND its define at the composer json file  quot require quot                                  quot laravel framework quot    quot  6 2 quot

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Step 1   go to   vendor laravel framework src Illuminate Foundation     Step 2   Open application php file    Step 3   Search for  version   The below indicates the version

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Yet another way is to read the composer json file  but it can end with wildcard character

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Run this command in your project folder location in cmd  php artisan --version

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run php artisan --version from your console   The version string is defined here   https   github com laravel framework blob master src Illuminate Foundation Application php         The Laravel framework version         var string      const VERSION    5 5-dev

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If you want to know the specific version then you need to check composer lock file and search For      name    laravel framework     you will find your version in next line      version    v5 7 9

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In your Laravel deployment it would be    vendor laravel framework src Illuminate Foundation Application php  to see who changed your Laravel version look at what s defined in composer json   If you have  laravel framework    5 4     then it will update to the latest after composer update is run   Composer lock is the file that results from running a composer update  so really see who last one to modify the composer json file was  hopefully you have that in version control   You can read more about it here https   getcomposer org doc 01-basic-usage md

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CASE - 1 Run this command in your project   php artisan --version    You will get version of laravel installed in your system like this    CASE - 2 Also you can check laravel version in the composer json file in root directory

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If you want to know the user version in your code  then you can use using app   helper function  app  - gt version      It is defined in this file    src Illuminate Foundation Application php  Hope it will help

[laravel] How to know Laravel version and where is it defined?

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