LastInsertId with Parse Database - php

Question

I'm new in Parse and I come from mysql. In mysql, it's possible to get the last id inserted in the database width $db->lastInsertId(). I don't find how to do it with Parse db, can you help me please ?
How to get the last insert id in a Parse Database ?
Thank you

Answer 1

With the Parse PHP SDK, everything is Object-based. This means when you create and save the Parse object in your Parse storage, you can use the getObjectId() method of the ParseObject to retrieve the object ID after saving:
$gameScore = new ParseObject("GameScore");
$gameScore->set("score", 1337);
$gameScore->set("playerName", "Sean Plott");
$gameScore->set("cheatMode", false);
try {
$gameScore->save();
echo 'New object created with objectId: ' . $gameScore->getObjectId();
} catch (ParseException $ex) {
// Execute any logic that should take place if the save fails.
// error is a ParseException object with an error code and message.
echo 'Failed to create new object, with error message: ' + $ex->getMessage();
}
From the above example, the notable method we've used is $gameScore->getObjectId(). The respective output would be:
New object created with objectId: xWMyZ4YEGZ
This is different from the lastInsertId() method because the value obtained from getObjectId() will always be the same for a particular object after it has been saved to the Parse cloud.