[RESOLVED] Get index of INSERT statement

[half flung pie]

In php, I have a bit of code that runs

INSERT INTO tbl_name (stuff,things) VALUES ('23','45')

using the mysql_query($sqlquery) function.
The table has an additional column called "id" which is an auto incremental index.

Is there a way to get the index of this newly added row? I need the index so I can have something in an events table that basically says "Item 2 was added 2012/2/6."