getting mysql_insert_id() while using ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE with PHP

Question

I\'ve found a few answers for this using mySQL alone, but I was hoping someone could show me a way to get the ID of the last inserted or updated row of a mysql DB when using

Answer 1

Although not using mysql_insert_id() and ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE, alternative great way to get the value of any field when updating another found here:

UPDATE table SET id=(@tempid:=id) , .... LIMIT 1;
SELECT @tempid;

I used it having table with (id,status) 'id' primary index auto-increment, and 'status' was the field upon which update was made, but i needed to get 'id' of the updated row. This solution also proof to race conditions as mysql_insert_id().