mysqli::$insert_id
, mysqli_insert_id
mysqli::$insert_id
mysqli_insert_id
Returns the auto generated id used in the last query
Description
Object oriented stylemixed mysqli->insert_id ;
Procedural stylemixed mysqli_insert_id(mysqli link);
The mysqli_insert_id
function returns the ID generated by a query on a table with a column having the AUTO_INCREMENT attribute. If the last query wasn't an INSERT or UPDATE statement or if the modified table does not have a column with the AUTO_INCREMENT attribute, this function will return zero.Note
Performing an INSERT or UPDATE statement using the LAST_INSERT_ID() function will also modify the value returned by the mysqli_insert_id
function.
Parameters
link
-
Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by
mysqli_connect
ormysqli_init
Return Values
The value of the AUTO_INCREMENT
field that was updated by the previous query. Returns zero if there was no previous query on the connection or if the query did not update an AUTO_INCREMENT
value.Note
If the number is greater than maximal int value, mysqli_insert_id
will return a string.
Examples
Example 20.124. $mysqli->insert_id
example
Object oriented style
<?php $mysqli = new mysqli('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'world'); /* check connection */ if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { printf('Connect failed: %s\n', mysqli_connect_error()); exit(); } $mysqli->query('CREATE TABLE myCity LIKE City'); $query = 'INSERT INTO myCity VALUES (NULL, 'Stuttgart', 'DEU', 'Stuttgart', 617000)'; $mysqli->query($query); printf ('New Record has id %d.\n', $mysqli->insert_id); /* drop table */ $mysqli->query('DROP TABLE myCity'); /* close connection */ $mysqli->close(); ?>
Procedural style
<?php $link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'world'); /* check connection */ if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { printf('Connect failed: %s\n', mysqli_connect_error()); exit(); } mysqli_query($link, 'CREATE TABLE myCity LIKE City'); $query = 'INSERT INTO myCity VALUES (NULL, 'Stuttgart', 'DEU', 'Stuttgart', 617000)'; mysqli_query($link, $query); printf ('New Record has id %d.\n', mysqli_insert_id($link)); /* drop table */ mysqli_query($link, 'DROP TABLE myCity'); /* close connection */ mysqli_close($link); ?>
The above examples will output: