[wp-hackers] Version Compare?

[Rob Miller]

Computer Guru wrote:
> For the update script I'm looking for a way to compare version numbers - but
> they're not numbers.
>
> echo bloginfo('version')
>
> returns 2.1-alpha2
>
> Which I _can't_ compare to 2.1-beta1 and get the right answer. 
>
> Is there a hack for this?
>
> Computer Guru
> NeoSmart Technologies
> http://neosmart.net/blog/
>
>
>
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http://php.net/version_compare

var_dump(version_compare('2.1-beta1', '2.1-alpha2', 'gt')); // bool(true)

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Rob Miller
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