# External versioning for update

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/external-versioning-for-update/128521>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 18, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/external-versioning-for-update/128521 "2018-04-18T11:26:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![chuckoh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chuckoh/32/26752_2.png) [@chuckoh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chuckoh)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/external-versioning-for-update/128521/1 "2018-04-18T11:26:04Z")

</div>

please ignore this posting. i can't find a way to delete this.

i was originally wondering why there's no ['version'] parameter is available for update() . but, then read the update API doesn't support versioning other then internal in the current manual.

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/php-api/current/ElasticsearchPHP\_Endpoints.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/php-api/current/ElasticsearchPHP_Endpoints.html)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/external-versioning-for-update/128521/2 "2018-05-16T11:26:18Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.