How to know which version of Symfony I have?

Question

I know that I have downloaded a Symfony2 project and started with but I have updated my vendor several times and I want to know which version of symfony I have

Answer 1

Use the following command in your Terminal/Command Prompt:

php bin/console --version

This will give you your Symfony Version.

Answer 2

Although there are already many good answers I'd like to add an option that hasn't been mentioned. Using the command:

php bin/console about

you can get many details about the current project. The first section is about Symfony itself and looks like this:

-------------------- ------------------------------------------- 
 Symfony                                                         
-------------------- ------------------------------------------- 
 Version              4.2.3                                      
 End of maintenance   07/2019                                    
 End of life          01/2020                                    
-------------------- ------------------------------------------- 

I find the other information besides the version number very useful.

There are also other sections providing details about the (framework) Kernel, PHP, Environment.

Answer 3

we can find the symfony version using Kernel.php file but problem is the Location of Kernal Will changes from version to version (Better Do File Search in you Project Directory)

in symfony 3.0 : my_project\vendor\symfony\symfony\src\Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Kernel.php

Check from Controller/ PHP File

$symfony_version = \Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Kernel::VERSION;
echo $symfony_version; // this will return version; **o/p:3.0.4-DEV**

Answer 4

For Symfony 3.4

Check the constant in this file vendor/symfony/http-kernel/Kernel.php

const VERSION = '3.4.3';

OR

composer show | grep symfony/http-kernel

Answer 5

From inside your Symfony project, you can get the value in PHP this way:

$symfony_version = \Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Kernel::VERSION;

Answer 6

If you want to dynamicallly display your Symfony 2 version in pages, for example in footer, you can do it this way.

Create a service:

<?php

namespace Project\Bundle\DuBundle\Twig;

class SymfonyVersionExtension extends \Twig_Extension
{


 public function getFunctions()
 {
 return array(
 //this is the name of the function you will use in twig
 new \Twig_SimpleFunction('symfony_version', array($this, 'b'))
   );
 }

public function getName()
{
//return 'number_employees';
 return 'symfony_version_extension';
}   

public function b()
{
 $symfony_version = \Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Kernel::VERSION;
 return $symfony_version;
}
}

Register in service.yml

 dut.twig.symfony_version_extension:
    class: Project\Bundle\DutBundle\Twig\SymfonyVersionExtension
    tags:
        - { name: twig.extension }
    #arguments: []

And you can call it anywhere. In Controller, wrap it in JSON, or in pages example footer

 <p> Built With Symfony {{ symfony_version() }} Version MIT License</p>

Now every time you run composer update to update your vendor, symfony version will also automatically update in your template.I know this is overkill but this is how I do it in my projects and it is working.