diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1cccfd13..3276c010 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,8 +21,15 @@ All notable changes of the PHP Mode 1.19.1 release series are documented in this
  * Make continued expressions inside lists (arguments and arrays, etc.) have the same indent width as outside the list ([#703])
  * (internal) Improved readability of test failures about indentation ([#707])
  * `php-doc-annotation-tag` inherits `font-lock-doc-markup-face` if defined in Emacs 28 ([#711])
+ * Make `php-mode-version` function include a Git tag and revision ([#713])
+   * Like `"1.23.4-56-xxxxxx"` for example.
  * Change `php-phpdoc-type-keywords` to `php-phpdoc-type-names` to avoid confusion ([#717])
 
+### Deprecated
+
+ * Make obsolete `php-mode-version-number` contstant variable ([#712])
+   * `(php-mode-version :as-number t)` is provided for use cases comparing as versions, but generally SHOULD NOT be dependent on the PHP Mode version.
+
 ### Fixed
 
  * Removed invalid definitions that caused errors in some expressions ([#704])
@@ -33,6 +40,7 @@ All notable changes of the PHP Mode 1.19.1 release series are documented in this
 [#708]: https://github.com/emacs-php/php-mode/pull/708
 [#710]: https://github.com/emacs-php/php-mode/pull/710
 [#711]: https://github.com/emacs-php/php-mode/pull/711
+[#713]: https://github.com/emacs-php/php-mode/pull/713
 [#715]: https://github.com/emacs-php/php-mode/pull/715
 [#716]: https://github.com/emacs-php/php-mode/pull/716
 [#717]: https://github.com/emacs-php/php-mode/pull/717
diff --git a/lisp/php-mode.el b/lisp/php-mode.el
index 5e5b66e7..6843b3a7 100644
--- a/lisp/php-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/php-mode.el
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
 ;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "25.2"))
 ;; License: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
-(defconst php-mode-version-number "1.24.1"
-  "PHP Mode version number.")
+(eval-and-compile
+  (make-obsolete-variable
+   (defconst php-mode-version-number "1.24.1" "PHP Mode version number.")
+   "Please call (php-mode-version :as-number t) for compatibility." "1.24.2"))
 
 ;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -86,6 +88,27 @@
   (defvar c-vsemi-status-unknown-p)
   (defvar syntax-propertize-via-font-lock))
 
+(defconst php-mode-version-id
+  (eval-when-compile
+    (let ((fallback-version (format "%s-non-vcs" (with-no-warnings php-mode-version-number))))
+      (if (locate-dominating-file default-directory ".git")
+          (save-match-data
+            (let ((tag (replace-regexp-in-string
+                        (rx bos "v") ""
+                        (shell-command-to-string "git describe --tags")))
+                  (pattern (rx (group (+ any)) eol)))
+              (if (string-match pattern tag)
+                  (match-string 0 tag)
+                (error "Faild to obtain git tag"))))
+        fallback-version)))
+  "PHP Mode build ID.
+
+The format is follows:
+
+\"1.23.4\": Tagged revision, compiled under Git VCS.
+\"1.23.4-56-xxxxxx\": 56 commits after the last tag release, compiled under Git.
+\"1.23.4-non-vcs\": Compiled in an environment not managed by Git VCS.")
+
 (autoload 'php-mode-debug "php-mode-debug"
   "Display informations useful for debugging PHP Mode." t)
 
@@ -288,17 +311,20 @@ In that case set to `NIL'."
 (defconst php-mode-cc-vertion
   (eval-when-compile c-version))
 
-(defun php-mode-version ()
-  "Display string describing the version of PHP Mode."
-  (interactive)
-  (let ((fmt (eval-when-compile (let ((id "$Id$"))
-                                  (concat "PHP Mode %s"
-                                          (if (string= id (concat [?$ ?I ?d ?$]))
-                                              ""
-                                            (concat " " id)))))))
+(cl-defun php-mode-version (&key as-number)
+  "Display string describing the version of PHP Mode.
+
+Although this is an interactive command, it returns a string when called
+as a function.  Call with AS-NUMBER keyword to compare by `version<'.
+
+\(version<= \"1.24.1\" (php-mode-version :as-number t))"
+  (interactive (list :as-number nil))
+  (if as-number
+      (save-match-data (and (string-match (rx (group (+ (in ".0-9")))) php-mode-version-id)
+                            (match-string 0 php-mode-version-id)))
     (funcall
      (if (called-interactively-p 'interactive) #'message #'format)
-     fmt php-mode-version-number)))
+     "PHP Mode v%s" php-mode-version-id)))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (define-obsolete-variable-alias 'php-available-project-root-files 'php-project-available-root-files "1.19.0")