How to Check Laravel Version by CLI and File

Laravel is an popular framework built on PHP programming language. 

There are two ways to find the version of a Laravel application installed on any system. You can find it by running a command. If you face any problem with the command line, you can check the laravel version in the files.

1. Command to find Laravel Version

$ php artisan --version

Output:

Laravel Framework 8.83.17

Artisan is a powerful command-line interface included with Laravel. Open a command line terminal on your system. Navigate to your Laravel application directory. Then run the following PHP artisan command to check the Laravel version.

2. Check Laravel Version in File

$ nano ./vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php