set auto increment initial value for mysql table

Question

I\'m trying to create a table in my sql using PHP but I\'m not sure how to set an initial value for the auto increment field.

This is what i have so far:

Answer 1

If you don't have the auto-increment column in the table yet:

$sql = "ALTER TABLE MY_TABLE ADD id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    ADD INDEX (id);";

Then to set the auto-increment starting value:

$sql = "ALTER TABLE MY_TABLE AUTO_INCREMENT = 111111;";

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