How to check the Laravel version using CLI / command prompt and files on Windows or Linux
There are two ways to find the version of your Laravel application . You can either find it by running a command via CLI/ Command Prompt or you can check Laravel version in source files of your Laravel installation.
Using command line CLI / Command prompt to find Laravel version
Open the terminal / cmd on your system. Now change directory to the web root directory of the Laravel installation and then run the following command to check the Laravel version.
On Linux
$php artisan --version
On Winows
c:\xampp\htdocs\laravel_application>php artisan --version
How to check laravel version of a project
Using command line CLI / Command prompt to find Laravel version
You could use either of two methods described above, using terminal/CMD or by inpecting the source files. Please comment if you face any problems following the instructions. We will try to help as fast as we can.
Open below file in your laravel system using your favourit text editor. /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php
Find laravel version using source files
History of Laravel Releases
| Version | Release | Bug Fixes Until | Security Fixes Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| V1 | June 2011 | – | – |
| V2 | September 2011 | – | – |
| v3 | February 2012 | – | – |
| v4 | May 2013 | – | – |
| 5.0 | Feb 4th, 2015 | Aug 4th, 2015 | Feb 4th, 2016 |
| 5.1 (LTS) | Jun 9th, 2015 | Jun 9th, 2017 | Jun 9th, 2018 |
| 5.2 | Dec 21st, 2015 | Jun 21st, 2016 | Dec 21st, 2016 |
| 5.3 | Aug 23rd, 2016 | Feb 23rd, 2017 | Aug 23rd, 2017 |
| 5.4 | Jan 24th, 2017 | Jul 24th, 2017 | Jan 24th, 2018 |
| 5.5 (LTS) | Aug 30th, 2017 | Aug 30th, 2019 | Aug 30th, 2020 |
| 5.6 | Feb 7th, 2018 | Aug 7th, 2018 | Feb 7th, 2019 |
| 5.7 | Sep 4, 2018 | Feb 4th, 2019 | Sep 4th, 2019 |
| 5.8 | Feb 26th, 2019 | Aug 26th, 2019 | Feb 26th, 2020 |
| 6.0 (LTS) | Sept 3rd, 2019 | Sept 3rd, 2021 | Sept 3rd, 2022 |
More in for about versions : https://laravel-news.com/laravel-release-process
