API	Package	Subpackage	Class	Method	Reference	Last reviewed	Doc status
Home	Joomla.Framework	Database	JDatabase	insertid	insertid()	Never	Work in Progress

Gets the ID generated from the previous INSERT operation. This method is a wrapper for the database specific method.

integer insertid ()

This example creates a new, default record in the users table and returns the unique id allocated to that user.

$database =& JFactory::getDBO();
$sql = 'INSERT INTO #__contact_details (name) VALUES("PEDRO")';
$database->setQuery( $sql );
if (!$database->query()) {
  echo $database->stderr();
} else {
  echo $database->insertid();
}

might produce:

2