How do I get the last inserted ID of a MySQL table in PHP?

Question

I have a table into which new data is frequently inserted. I need to get the very last ID of the table. How can I do this?

Is it similar to SELECT MAX(id) FROM

Answer 1

To get last inserted id in codeigniter After executing insert query just use one function called insert_id() on database, it will return last inserted id

Ex:

$this->db->insert('mytable',$data);
echo $this->db->insert_id(); //returns last inserted id

in one line

echo $this->db->insert('mytable',$data)->insert_id();