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mysqli->insert_id

mysqli_insert_id

(PHP 5)

mysqli->insert_id -- mysqli_insert_idReturns the auto generated id used in the last query

Description

Object oriented style (property):

mixed $insert_id;

Procedural style:

mixed mysqli_insert_id ( mysqli $link )

The mysqli_insert_id() function returns the ID generated by a query on a table with a column having the AUTO_INCREMENT attribute. If the last query wasn't an INSERT or UPDATE statement or if the modified table does not have a column with the AUTO_INCREMENT attribute, this function will return zero.

Note: Performing an INSERT or UPDATE statement using the LAST_INSERT_ID() function will also modify the value returned by the mysqli_insert_id() function.

Parameters

link

Procedural style only: A link identifier returned by mysqli_connect() or mysqli_init()

Return Values

The value of the AUTO_INCREMENT field that was updated by the previous query. Returns zero if there was no previous query on the connection or if the query did not update an AUTO_INCREMENT value.

Note: If the number is greater than maximal int value, mysqli_insert_id() will return a string.

Examples

Example #1 Object oriented style

<?php
$mysqli 
= new mysqli("localhost""my_user""my_password""world");

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    
printf("Connect failed: %s\n"mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

$mysqli->query("CREATE TABLE myCity LIKE City");

$query "INSERT INTO myCity VALUES (NULL, 'Stuttgart', 'DEU', 'Stuttgart', 617000)";
$mysqli->query($query);

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

/* drop table */
$mysqli->query("DROP TABLE myCity");

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

Example #2 Procedural style

<?php
$link 
mysqli_connect("localhost""my_user""my_password""world");

/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
    
printf("Connect failed: %s\n"mysqli_connect_error());
    exit();
}

mysqli_query($link"CREATE TABLE myCity LIKE City");

$query "INSERT INTO myCity VALUES (NULL, 'Stuttgart', 'DEU', 'Stuttgart', 617000)";
mysqli_query($link$query);

printf ("New Record has id %d.\n"mysqli_insert_id($link));

/* drop table */
mysqli_query($link"DROP TABLE myCity");

/* close connection */
mysqli_close($link);
?>

The above example will output:

New Record has id 1.


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fizzyorange at gmail dot com
01-Apr-2009 03:27
Note that if you Call a MySQL stored procedure to insert a new record and then reference $db->insert_id; you will get 0 back, not the last inserted ID.

It is therefore necessary to add a line to your MySQL Stored Procedure such as

   select last_insert_id() as intRecordKey;

after the insert so that the query will return the new key value.

Then in your php code you can use the following

<?php
 $objInsertResult
= $db->query($strSQL);
 
$objInsertRow = $objInsertResult->fetch_object();
 
$intRecordKey = $objInsertRow->intRecordKey;
?>

It would however be nice if $db->insert_id did return the last insert ID following a stored procedure call.
bert at nospam thinc dot nl
22-Jul-2008 03:58
Watch out for the oo-style use of $db->insert_id. When the insert_id exceeds 2^31 (2147483648) fetching the insert id renders a wrong, too large number. You better use the procedural mysqli_insert_id( $db ) instead.

[EDIT by danbrown AT php DOT net: This is another prime example of the limits of 32-bit signed integers.]
Nick Baicoianu
04-May-2007 08:10
When running extended inserts on a table with an AUTO_INCREMENT field, the value of mysqli_insert_id() will equal the value of the *first* row inserted, not the last, as you might expect.

<?
//mytable has an auto_increment field
$db->query("INSERT INTO mytable (field1,field2,field3) VALUES ('val1','val2','val3'),
('val1','val2','val3'),
('val1','val2','val3')"
);

echo
$db->insert_id; //will echo the id of the FIRST row inserted
?>
will at phpfever dot com
21-Apr-2006 01:40
I have received many statements that the insert_id property has a bug because it "works sometimes".  Keep in mind that when using the OOP approach, the actual instantiation of the mysqli class will hold the insert_id. 

The following code will return nothing.
<?php
$mysqli
= new mysqli('host','user','pass','db');
if (
$result = $mysqli->query("INSERT INTO t (field) VALUES ('value');")) {
   echo
'The ID is: '.$result->insert_id;
}
?>

This is because the insert_id property doesn't belong to the result, but rather the actual mysqli class.  This would work:

<?php
$mysqli
= new mysqli('host','user','pass','db');
if (
$result = $mysqli->query("INSERT INTO t (field) VALUES ('value');")) {
   echo
'The ID is: '.$mysqli->insert_id;
}
?>
matix.bg a gmail
14-Mar-2006 10:56
Some people are wondering how to get the ids of the rows inserted with loop. Here is it:

<?php
// stmt_init ...
for (;;;) {
 
// do some things...
 
$stmt->execute();
 
$ids[] = $mysqli->insert_id;
}
?>
alan at commondream dot net
03-Nov-2004 07:44
I was having problems with getting the inserted id, and did a bit of testing. It ended up that if you commit a transaction before getting the last inserted id, it returns 0 every time, but if you get the last inserted id before committing the transaction, you get the correct value.

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