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

I prefer use a pure MySQL syntax to get last auto_increment id of the table I want.

php mysql_insert_id() and mysql last_insert_id() give only last transaction ID.

If you want last auto_incremented ID of any table in your schema (not only last transaction one), you can use this query

SELECT AUTO_INCREMENT FROM information_schema.TABLES
    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'my_database' 
    AND TABLE_NAME = 'my_table_name';

That's it.

Answer 2

I tried

mysqli_insert_id($dbConnectionObj)

This returns the current connection's last inserted id, so if you are managing your connections properly this should work. Worked for me at least.

Answer 3

With PDO:

$pdo->lastInsertId();

With Mysqli:

$mysqli->insert_id;

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Please, don't use mysql_* functions in new code. They are no longer maintained and are officially deprecated. See the red box? Learn about prepared statements instead, and use PDO or MySQLi - this article will help you decide which. If you choose PDO, here is a good tutorial.

Answer 4

Clean and Simple -

$selectquery="SELECT id FROM tableName ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1";
$result = $mysqli->query($selectquery);
$row = $result->fetch_assoc();
echo $row['id'];