How to know Laravel version and where is it defined?

Question

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';

  1)  php artisan -V

  2)  php artisan --version

AND its define at the composer.json file

"require": {
        ...........
        "laravel/framework": "^6.2",
        ...........
    },

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",

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 :)

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.

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.

Run this command in your project folder location in cmd

php artisan --version