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+<?php
+/* $Id$ */
+
+/* ---- DEFINE VARIABLES & CONSTANTS ---- */
+// Overview:
+//	MYSQL_MAJOR_VERSION	(double)	- eg: 3.23
+//	MYSQL_MINOR_VERSION	(double)	- eg: 39
+//	PHPMYADMIN_VERSION	(string)	-	PHPMYADMIN VERSION STRING
+//	PMA_INT_VERSION			(int)		- (eg: 30017 instead of 3.0.17 or 40006 instead of 4.0.6RC3)
+//	PMA_WINDOWS					(bool)	- mark if phpMyAdmin running on windows server
+
+
+define("PHPMYADMIN_VERSION", "2.3.0alpha-20010627"); 
+
+if (!ereg("([0-9]).([0-9]).([0-9])", phpversion(), $match))
+	$result=ereg("([0-9]).([0-9])",phpversion(),$match);
+if (isset($match) && !empty($match[1]))
+{
+	if (!isset($match[2])) $match[2]=0;
+	if (!isset($match[3])) $match[3]=0;
+	define ("PMA_INT_VERSION", (int)sprintf("%d%02d%02d",$match[1],$match[2],$match[3]));
+	unset ($match);
+}
+else define ("PMA_INT_VERSION", false);
+
+if (defined("PHP_OS") && eregi("win", PHP_OS)) define ("PMA_WINDOWS", true);
+else define ("PMA_WINDOWS", false);
+
+$result = mysql_query("SELECT VERSION() AS version") or mysql_die();
+$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
+define("MYSQL_MAJOR_VERSION", (double)substr($row["version"], 0, 4));
+define("MYSQL_MINOR_VERSION", (double)substr($row["version"], 5));
+
+/* ------------------------- */
+
+?>
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