php - Select last insert id

Question

I am inserting a record and i want to use the id of the last record inserted. This is what i have tried:

$sql = 'INSERT INTO customer
                (first_name, last_name, email, password, 
                date_created, dob, gender,  customer_type)
        VALUES(:first_name, :last_name, :email, :password, 
                :date_created, :dob, :gender, :customer_type)' 
        . ' SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID()' ;

I am getting the error:

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID()'.

Can anyone show me where is my mistake? Thanks!

Answer 1

Check out mysql_insert_id()

mysql_query($sql);
$id = mysql_insert_id();

When that function is run after you've executed your INSERT statement in a mysql_query() command its result will be the ID of the row that was just created.