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

Use mysqli as mysql is depricating

query($query);

printf ("New Record has id %d.\n", $mysqli->insert_id);

/* close connection */
$mysqli->close();
?>