<?php namespace App\Utilities; class Version { /** * The version file * * @var string */ private static $version_file_path = '/storage/app/__version.txt'; /** * Returns the current version (or 0 if none is set) * * @return string */ public static function get() { $full_version_file_path = base_path() . self::$version_file_path; $version = '0'; if (file_exists($full_version_file_path)) { $version = trim(file_get_contents($full_version_file_path)); } return $version; } }