What is the equivalent to getLastInsertId() in Cakephp?

Question

If I do getLastInsertId() immediately after a save(), it works, but otherwise it does not. This is demonstrated in my controller:

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Answer 1

When you use save(), the last insert ID is set to the model’s $id property. So:

if ($this->Model->save()) {
    printf('Last insert ID was %s', $this->Model->id);
}