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title: pcre / pcre_version
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# pcre_version

### NAME

    pcre_version() - returns the version of the compiled PCRE library used

### SYNOPSIS

    string pcre_version(void);

### DESCRIPTION

    returns the version of the compiled PCRE library used

### SEE ALSO

    pcre_assoc(3), pcre_cache(3), pcre_extract(3), pcre_replace(3)
