mysql_insert_id alternative for postgresql

Question

is there an alternative for mysql_insert_id() php function for PostgreSQL? Most of the frameworks are solving the problem partially by finding the current value

Answer 1

You also can use:

$result = pg_query($db, "INSERT INTO foo (bar) VALUES (123) RETURNING foo_id");
$insert_row = pg_fetch_result($result, 0, 'foo_id');

You have to specify in pg_fetch_result the number of the row and the name of the field that you are looking for, this is a more precise way to get the data that you need, but I don't know if this has some penalty in the performance of the query. Remember that this method is for PostgreSQL versions 8.2 and up.