mysqli_insert_id: What if someone inserts another row just before I call this?

Question

My question is a rather simple one. I\'ve read that the recommended method of retrieving the auto_increment/id value of a row I\'ve inserted in mysqli is the mysqli_i

Answer 1

mysqli_insert_id() is specific to the database connection -- it returns the ID of the row that this script invocation inserted most recently, not any other MySQL client. So there's no conflict if multiple applications are inserting into the database at the same time.