How to get columns values after insert using php mysql? - php

Question

In this code, after insert values to DB.I am doing select query for selecting invoiceNo($sql1= "select invoiceNo from invoices order by invoiceID desc limit 1"; ).Instead of selecting from DB how to get InvoiceNo?
For eg: Assume two users are there.Two users inserts InvoiceID at a same time.While doing "select invoiceNo from invoices order by invoiceID desc limit 1";this will get last coming invoiceID .I need to get specific invoiceID (for particular user) .How to get it?
$query = "select * from invoices order by invoiceID desc limit 1";
$result = $link->query($query);
$row = $result->fetch_assoc();
$invoiceNo = $row["invoiceNo"];
$getinvoiceNo = str_pad($invoiceNo + 1, 4, 0, STR_PAD_LEFT); //inserting like 0000
$sql = "INSERT INTO invoices (invoiceNo)
VALUES ('$getinvoiceNo')";
if ($link->query($sql) === TRUE) {
//echo "1";
$sql1 = "select invoiceNo from invoices order by invoiceID desc limit 1";
$last_id = mysqli_insert_id($link, $sql1);
$result1 = mysqli_query($link, $sql1);
$row1 = mysqli_fetch_array($result1);
echo json_encode($row1);
} else {
echo "ERROR: Could not able to execute $sql. " . mysqli_error($link);
}
mysql_close($link);

Answer 1

If i understand your question correctly, you are concerned about possible data corruption from the concurrent update of the record.
I think you should give a look to mysql SELECT ... FOR UPDATE syntax, it should do what you ask: lock the selected row until an update is fired. Then the lock will be released.
For example:
SELECT table_field FROM table_name WHERE table_id_field = id_param FOR UPDATE
will lock the selected row until
UPDATE table_name SET table_field = table_field + 1 WHERE table_id_field = id_param

Answer 2

If you're looking to prevent collisions in invoice numbers, all you need to do is create your table as
CREATE TABLE invoices (
invoiceID INTEGER NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
other columns . . .
PRIMARY KEY (invoiceID)
);
Then when you do your INSERT, don't insert the invoiceID and let MySQL do it.
This will ensure that each new invoice has a unique invoiceID.