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Getting a the latest field entry for auto increment in PHP

By: J Bug | Asked: 02/15/2023
Forums › Category: General questions › Getting a the latest field entry for auto increment in PHP
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J Bug asked 2 years ago
Hi everyone, Im trying to create a form entry via PHP - and in the original form, I have an [auto_id] increment for one of the fields..

When I create one manually via PHP, how do I get the field to also go up 1, based on the last entry that was created for that field?

I cant seem to locate the PHP to pull that number, and then just +1 to it...

Any help? Thank you!
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Rob LeVineRob LeVine answered 2 years ago
While you'll ultimately make the call in PHP, it's a MySQL command you're looking for something like this 
SELECT auto_increment FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_name='<your table name>';

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