Get the id of the last updated record

Question

I am able to get the last inserted id using $this->db->insert_id(); in codeigniter, is there any way that I can get the id of the last updated record? I tried

Answer 1

Here is how you can do it shortest

$where  =   array('vrnoa'=>$data['vrnoa'], 'etype' => 'sale');

//Update the record

$this->db->where($where);
$this->db->update('StockMain',$data);

//Get the record

$this->db->where($where);
return $this->db->get('StockMain')->row()->stid;