PHP MySQL INSERT return value with one query execution

Question

Is there anything returned from MySQL/PHP on a INSERT query being executed? Here is my function which I have in a CLASS.

function mysqlQuery($query) {
   //          


        

Answer 1

In the example below, I add to my insert clause the "returning" along with the primary key of my table, then after the execute, I do a fetch getting an array with the value of the last inserted id.

prepare($sqlQuery); 

        $a ="2002-03-11 12:01AM" ; 

        $statement->bindParam(":user_id", $employee->getUserId(), PDO::PARAM_INT); 
        $statement->bindParam(":name", $employee->getName(), PDO::PARAM_STR); 
        $statement->bindParam(":address", $employee->getAddress(), PDO::PARAM_STR); 
        $statement->bindParam(":city", $employee->getCity(), PDO::PARAM_STR); 
        $statement->execute(); 

        $result = $statement->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); 
        return $result["employee_id"]; 

    } 
?>

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