how to get last insert id after insert query in codeigniter active record

Question

I have an insert query (active record style) used to insert the form fields into a MySQL table. I want to get the last auto-incremented id for the insert operation as the re

Answer 1

because you have initiated the Transaction over the data insertion so, The first check the transaction completed or not. once you start the transaction, it should be committed or rollback according to the status of the transaction;

function add_post($post_data){
  $this->db->trans_begin() 
  $this->db->insert('posts',$post_data);
  $this->db->trans_complete();
  if ($this->db->trans_status() === FALSE){
    $this->db->trans_rollback();
    return 0;
  }else{
    $this->db->trans_commit();
    return $this->db->insert_id();
  }
}``

in the above, we have committed the data on the successful transaction even you get the timestamp