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Determine Magento Commerce Version

While urgently patching dozens of Magento Commerce installations for the latest security alert, I needed a quick way to determine the version without logging into the admin.

I found the answer in a note on the bottom of this wiki page:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/groups/227/check_magento_version

Just open app/Mage.php and look for the getVersionInfo() function. You’ll see something like this:

Here’s a Perl one liner to extract the version:

Thanks to Peteris Krumins for a great blog full of Perl one-liners. The one above
was derived from this article:

http://www.catonmat.net/blog/perl-one-liners-explained-part-six/

BTW … here’s the security alert:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/blog/comments/important-security-update-zend-platform-vulnerability/

If you’ve not already patched then you should really get it done right away or contact Reliable Penguin for assistance.