.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: curl_version

.. _curl_version:

curl_version
============

.. us.tag curl_version NOTREADYENGLISH Curl New5700

:ref:`curl_version` returns the cURL library version string.

.. function:: versionStr = curl_version()

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*versionStr* is the version string

.. us.example

**Example**

::

    * curl_version()
    libcurl/7.40.0-DEV OpenSSL/1.0.1j zlib/1.2.8 WinIDN libssh2/1.4.4_DEV

.. us.history

**History**

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Version
     - Description
   * - R2015.0
     - New.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-curl`,
   :ref:`curl_easy_init`

:sub:`id-860093`