1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/plugin.php b/include/plugin.php
index 8749f3fbf..1d4caac0f 100755
--- a/include/plugin.php
+++ b/include/plugin.php
@@ -616,3 +616,14 @@ function get_markup_template($s, $root = '') {
 	$template = $t->get_markup_template($s, $root);
 	return $template;
 }
+
+// return the standardised version. Since we can't easily compare
+// before the STD_VERSION definition was applied, we have to treat 
+// all prior release versions the same. You can dig through them
+// with other means (such as RED_VERSION) if necessary. 
+
+function get_std_version() {
+	if(defined('STD_VERSION'))
+		return STD_VERSION;
+	return '0.0.0';
+}