How to check the MySQL version on the server hosting my account?You can check the MySQL version using the phpinfo function. To do this, you should create a simple php file (for example phpinfo.php) with the following line in it:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
Then you should open this file in a browser to see the full Apache/PHP information. The path to the file should be:
yourdomainname.com/phpinfo.php
The MySQL version is shown next to Client API version in the MySQL section of the file.