how to select last autoincrement id using php and mysql

I
have an inset command such
as

insert (name)
            values($name);

I have
id column as autoincrement. How can I get the id of the inserted record
after inserting.

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insert (name)
            values($name);

SET @lastid = LAST_INSERT_ID();
select
            blah_blah from table where id =
            @lastid;

To get that
back into php, you do a normal mysql select on it like
this:

select
            @lastid;