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

It's sad not to see any answers with an example.

Using Mysqli::$insert_id:

$sql="INSERT INTO table (col1, col2, col3) VALUES (val1, val2, val3)";
$mysqli->query($sql);
$last_inserted_id=$mysqli->insert_id; // returns last ID

Using PDO::lastInsertId:

$sql="INSERT INTO table (col1, col2, col3) VALUES (val1, val2, val3)";
$database->query($sql);
$last_inserted_id=$database->lastInsertId(); // returns last ID