How to check the Laravel version using CLI / command prompt and files on Windows or Linux

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are two ways to find the version of your Laravel application . You can either find it by running a command via CLI/ Command Prompt or you can check Laravel version in source files of your Laravel installation.[/vc_column_text][vc_tabs][vc_tab title=”Using Command” tab_id=”1572406098-1-97″][vc_column_text title=”Using command line CLI / Command prompt to find Laravel version” css=”.vc_custom_1572400844663{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Open the terminal / cmd on your system. Now change directory to the web root directory of the Laravel installation and then run the following command to check the Laravel version.[/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_single_image image=”8915″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][mk_fancy_title size=”20″ margin_top=”20″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none”]On Linux[/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1572406835275{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

$php artisan --version

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c:\xampp\htdocs\laravel_application>php artisan --version

[/vc_column_text][mk_fancy_title size=”20″ margin_top=”20″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none”]How to check laravel version of a project[/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text title=”Using command line CLI / Command prompt to find Laravel version” css=”.vc_custom_1576079694183{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]You could use either of two methods described above, using terminal/CMD or by inpecting the source files. Please comment if you face any problems following the instructions. We will try to help as fast as we can.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tab][vc_tab title=”Using Source Files” tab_id=”1572406098-2-75″][vc_single_image image=”8922″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1572406696655{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

Open below file in your laravel system using your favourit text editor.

/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php

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History of Laravel Releases

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1572405742781{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]More in for about versions : https://laravel-news.com/laravel-release-process

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