Question

I have this function in a Code Igniter model that creates a new “video.”

// Creates a new video.
public function newVideo($title, $description) {
    $this->db->query("INSERT INTO videos VALUES (NULL, '$title', '$description')");
    return // id of this new row
}

How do I obtain the ID of this new row in my MySQL table? I could get the last row and add 1, but there could be concurrency bugs I believe.

Answer 1

Very simple answer doesn’t really need more than 30 chars does it?

$this->db->insert_id();