[UPHPU] returning MySQL

[David Smith]

<quote who="Timothy Humphrey">
> How would one return the "auto increment" number from a newly created
> record automatically?
>
> For example:
> <?
> $record = "INSERT INTO database VALUES ('', '$var_1','$var_2', '1',
> '$var_3')";
> 		$result = $db->query($record);
> 		$db->commit();
> ?>
>
> I would want to create another variable for the auto increment number
> that the database assigned to that new entry.

Use mysql_insert_id():

   http://php.net/mysql_insert_id

--Dave