[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10529: API to retrieve current WordPress version

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#10529: API to retrieve current WordPress version
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 Reporter:  stephanreiter  |       Owner:               
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  2.9          
Component:  Plugins        |     Version:               
 Severity:  minor          |    Keywords:  version query
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Comment(by dd32):

 php's version_compare() works well:

 {{{
 global $wp_version;
 if ( version_compare($wp_version, '2.8', '>=') ) {
 //2.8+ stuff here
 }
 }}}

 the good thing about this, is that it understands major, minor and point
 release, as well as dealing with -dev -alpha -etc.. nativly.

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