Mysqli_Stmt_Insert_Id

[hacker]

Can someone please explain why the function mysqli_stmt_insert_id(), used in chapter 17, is currently not documented in the PHP Manual?

 

Thank you,

Hacker

[HartleySan]

Well, there is the following, although admittedly sparse:

 

http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli-stmt.insert-id.php

 

Perhaps the documentation is limited because the function is so straightforward. I really don't know. Good question though.

 

Hopefully Larry will chime in, as he's the one who wrote it.

[Larry]

For some reason, all of the MySQL Improved functions are hard to find in the PHP manual from a procedural standpoint. I think it has to do with the functions being available in both OOP and procedural approaches. So the function is documented, it just takes some effort to find it.

[Paul Swanson]

If you go to the Database Extensions page in the PHP Manual, you'll find the Mysqli extensions are the next item down from MySQL.The Mysqli functions are listed by the OOP syntax, but if you view the OOP page you'll also get the procedural syntax. But personally, I usually just type the function name in the 'search for' box at the top of the page.

[hacker]

Here's all I was able to find with a very confusing USER CONTRIBUTED NOTE:

 

http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli-stmt.insert-id.php

 

Also, what is the significance of the :: notation; i.e., mysqli_stmt::insert_id?

 

My concern is this function's level of support.

 

Hacker

[Larry]

You don't need to worry about this function's level of support. It's been available for years and will continue to be. The MySQLi_STMT::insert_id() reference just means that the insert_id() method is part of the MySQLi_STMT class.

[hacker]

Thank you Larry. So, MySQLi_STMT::insert_id() and mysqli_stmt_insert_id() are interchangeable and case insensitive?

 

Thanks again,

Hacker

[Stuart]

Well they're the same 'function' (do the same job) but one's the object orientated method and they second is the procedural function - it's just a paradigm thing.