How to check if id already exists - codeigniter

Question

i am trying to check if an id in the database already exists and if it does not then only insert that id and not the other ones that exist

I have tried to do a where sta

Answer 1

normally 'id' field is set with auto_increment and set primary which is unique and not repeatable. So there is not problem to worry about existing.

However, in your case I think you are not using it as a 'unique field'.

Let me give you an example.

Here I have a table name 'fruits'

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ငfruit_id  | int (primary)
name      | text 
id        |  int
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

in your model

function checkId($id)
{
   $query=$this->db->get_where('fruits',array('id'=>$id)); //check if 'id' field is existed or not

   if($query!=null)  // id found stop
   {
     return FALSE; 
   }
   else // id not found continue..
   {
       $data = array(
             'fruit_id' => $fruit_id ,
              'name' => $name ,
             'id' => $id
        );    
      $this->db->insert('fruits', $data);          
   }    
}