title: How to get server MySQL version in PHP without connecting
body: <p>I need to echo the MySQL version in a PHP script (it's a server requirement check page for users before downloading the plugin) without having them connect to their database. </p>
  
  <p>The upload this script to their server and open it in the browser. I could ask them to run php info but all I need is the Mysql version and it gets formatted in the script with the rest of the results.</p>
  
  <p>How should i go about this?</p>