Learning PHP and MySQL

Monday, September 25, 2006

Example 12-11 Using mysql_insert_id to link up an author to a title

<?php require_once('db_login.php'); require_once('DB.php');
$connection  =  DB::connect("mysql://$db_username:$db_password@$db_host/$db_database");
if  (
DB::isError($connection)){
die  ("Could  not  connect  to  the  database:  <br  />".  DB::errorMessage($connection));
}
$query  
=  "INSERT  INTO  `books`  VALUES  (NULL,'Python  in  a  Nutshell',600)";
$result  =  $connection->query($query);
if  (
DB::isError($result)){
die("Could  not  query  the  database:  <br  />".$query."  ".DB::errorMessage($result));
}
$last_value  
=  mysql_insert_id();
echo  
"The  id  that  was  created  is:  $last_value<br  />";
$query  =  "INSERT  INTO  `authors`  VALUES  (NULL,$last_value,'Alex  Martelli')";
$result  =  $connection->query($query);
if  (
DB::isError($result)){
die("Could  not  query  the  database:  <br  />".$query."  ".DB::errorMessage($result));
}
echo  "Inserted  successfully!";
$connection->disconnect();
?>

Posted by krautgrrl on 09/25 at 11:18 AM
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