php curren version code example
Example: latest php version
<?php
$json = file_get_contents('https://www.php.net/releases/?json');
$releases = [];
if ($json) $releases = json_decode($json, true);
/**
* Versions
Array
(
[0] => 7
[1] => 5
[2] => 4
[3] => 3
)
*/
$versions = array_keys($releases);
/** solution to: latest php version */
if (array_key_exists(max($versions), $releases)) {
echo $releases[max($versions)]['version']; // as of Aug 2020.. 7.4.9
}