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Latest revision as of 14:59, 1 August 2017

What version of Moodle am I using?

The version of Moodle which your site is using can be found if you log in as an administrator and go to Site administration > Notifications.

Moodle version info

Finding the version of Moodle if you are not an admin

For Moodle sites in English or German (only), if you are a regular teacher with no admin access, you might be able to find your Moodle version by clicking on "Moodle Docs for this page" at the bottom of any Moodle page when logged in. If your admin has allowed this link to display, you should be taken to the documentation for your version of Moodle. Look at the number in the URL e.g. 27 or 32 which mean you are using Moodle 2.7 or 3.2 respectively.

Finding the version of Moodle if your site is in a language other than English or German

For Moodle sites in languages other than English, you can go to any course where you are a teacher. We will see one example for a Mexican Spanish site.
- Notice the URL in the browser window (blue rectangle in the image below).

- Add '&lang=en' to the address (green rectangle in the image below).

Your course will now have a 'Moodle Docs for this page' link (blue rectangle in the image above) that will lead you to the version of the English Moodle documentation that corresponds to your Moodle site version (green rectangle in the image below):

Version.php file

Your exact Moodle version may be obtained by viewing the file moodle/version.php in a text editor. Here is a typical version.php:

<?php

// MOODLE VERSION INFORMATION

// This file defines the current version of the core Moodle code being used.
// This is compared against the values stored in the database to determine
// whether upgrades should be performed (see lib/db/*.php)

    $version = 2007101580.00; // YYYYMMDD      = date of the 1.9 branch (don't change)
                              //         X     = release number 1.9.[0,1,2,3,4,5...]
                              //          Y.YY = micro-increments between releases

    $release = '1.9.8+ (Build: 20100512)';     // Human-friendly version name

?>

Note: You cannot view the contents of version.php in your browser - you must use a text editor.

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-{{Managing a Moodle site}}[[Image:moodleversion.png|thumb|Moodle version with (build number) and copyright]]
+{{Managing a Moodle site}}
-The version of Moodle which your site is using can be found if you login as an administrator and go to ''Administration > Site administration > Notifications''.
+==What version of Moodle am I using?==
-If you are a regular teacher with no admin access, you might be able to find your Moodle version by clicking on "Moodle docs for this page" at the bottom of any Moodle page when logged in. If your admin  has allowed this link to display, you should be taken to the documentation for your version of Moodle. Look at the number in the URL -eg 24, 23.
+The version of Moodle which your site is using can be found if you log in as an administrator and go to ''Site administration > Notifications''.
+[[Image:moodleversion.png|center|thumb|Moodle version info]]
-For a list of all past Moodle versions, see [[:dev:Releases]].
+==Finding the version of Moodle if you are not an admin==
+* For Moodle sites in English or German (only), if you are a regular teacher with no admin access, you might be able to find your Moodle version by clicking on "Moodle Docs for this page" at the bottom of any Moodle page when logged in. If your admin  has allowed this link to display, you should be taken to the documentation for your version of Moodle. Look at the number in the URL e.g. 27 or 32 which mean you are using Moodle 2.7 or 3.2 respectively.
+==Finding the version of Moodle if your site is in a language other than English  or German==
+* For Moodle sites in languages other than English, you can go to any course where you are a teacher. We will see one example for a Mexican Spanish site.
+** Notice the URL in the browser window (blue rectangle in the image below).
+[[File:Finding_your_Moodle_via_English_Docs_step_1_.png]]
+**  Add '&lang=en' to the address (green rectangle in the image below).
+[[File:Finding_your_Moodle_via_English_Docs_step_2_.png]]
+* Your course will now have a 'Moodle Docs for this page' link (blue rectangle in the image above) that will lead you to the version of the English Moodle documentation that corresponds to your Moodle site version (green rectangle in the image below):
+[[File:Finding your Moodle via English Docs step 3 .png]]
 ==Version.php file==
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 Note: You cannot view the contents of version.php in your browser - you must use a text editor.
-== Discovering Version programmatically ==
-The above variables are copied into the $CFG global object. If you are writing custom code for Moodle you can access $CFG->version and $CFG->release.
-IF you have system administrator level of account, you can also use the Site administration block => Server => Environment and it will show ou which Moodle 2.x code base you are using.
 ==See also==
-* MDL-26852 No way provided for users to determine Moodle build information
+* [[:dev:Releases]]
 [[Category:FAQ]]
 [[es:Versión de Moodle]]

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