PHP mySQL - Insert new record into table with auto-increment on primary key

Question

Wondering if there is a shorthand version to insert a new record into a table that has the primary key enabled? (i.e. not having to include the key column in the query) Lets

Answer 1

This is phpMyAdmin method.

$query = "INSERT INTO myTable
         (mtb_i_idautoinc, mtb_s_string1, mtb_s_string2) 
         VALUES
         (NULL, 'Jagodina', '35000')";

Answer 2

Use the DEFAULT keyword:

$query = "INSERT INTO myTable VALUES (DEFAULT,'Fname', 'Lname', 'Website')";

Also, you can specify the columns, (which is better practice):

$query = "INSERT INTO myTable
          (fname, lname, website)
          VALUES
          ('fname', 'lname', 'website')";

Reference:

• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/data-type-defaults.html

Answer 3

$query = "INSERT INTO myTable VALUES (NULL,'Fname', 'Lname', 'Website')";

Just leaving the value of the AI primary key NULL will assign an auto incremented value.

Answer 4

You can also use blank single quotes for the auto_increment column. something like this. It worked for me.

$query = "INSERT INTO myTable VALUES ('','Fname', 'Lname', 'Website')";

Answer 5

I prefer this syntaxis:

$query = "INSERT INTO myTable SET fname='Fname',lname='Lname',website='Website'";