how to get id from an insert statement

[Amaina]

This question is similar to this one
However, my insert does not involve a form but a direct mysql query that looks like this

 $query2 = "insert into table(author,title,abstract) values(:author,:title,:abstract) ";
 $stm=$con->prepare($query2);

    $stm->bindValue(':author', $author, PDO::PARAM_STR);
    $stm->bindValue(':title', $title, PDO::PARAM_STR);
    $stm->bindValue(':abstract', $abstract, PDO::PARAM_STR);
    $stm->execute();
    echo "$author &nbsp $title &nbsp $abstract <br>"

In this scenario, 'id' is an auto increment. How can i get $id value when the insertion was not made via a form input?

[cereal]

After the execute() do:

$id = $con->lastInsertId();

Docs: http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.lastinsertid.php

[Amaina]

Thanks @cereal. It works like Magic