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

Question

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?

Answer 1

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';

Answer 2

1) php artisan -V
2) php artisan --version
AND its define at the composer.json file
"require": {
...........
"laravel/framework": "^6.2",
...........
},

Answer 3

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",

Answer 4

If you want to know the user version in your code, then you can use using app() helper function
app()->version();
It is defined in this file ../src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php
Hope it will help :)

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

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.

Answer 7

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

Answer 8

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

Answer 9

Multiple way we can find out laravel version such as,
Using Command
php artisan --version
or
php artisan -v
From Composer.json
From Vendor Directory
/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php

Answer 10

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

Answer 11

You can also check with composer:
composer show laravel/framework

Answer 12

If you're like me and want to show the Laravel version and app version on the footer you can create a Blade directive in AppServiceProvider. Blade directives are placed in the boot method of the AppServiceProvider and example code may like something like
Blade::directive('laravelVersion', function () {
return "<?php echo app()->version(); ?>";
});
then in the blade template, you call it like #laravelVersion and it will show the current laravel version.
If you want, you can read more about blade directive here

Answer 13

You can find this on Composer.json file -> root directory

Answer 14

You can view the result of dd(\Illuminate\Foundation\Application::VERSION)