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

You can get the latest inserted id by the in built php function mysql_insert_id();

$id = mysql_insert_id();

you an also get the latest id by

$id = last_insert_id();