How can PHP developers use the "auto_increment" attribute in MySQL to ensure that IDs are generated sequentially and uniquely for each record?

To ensure that IDs are generated sequentially and uniquely for each record in MySQL, PHP developers can use the "auto_increment" attribute when defining the primary key column in a table. This attribute automatically assigns a unique value to the column for each new record inserted, starting from 1 and incrementing by 1 for each subsequent record. 

// Create a table with an auto_increment primary key column
$sql = "CREATE TABLE users (
    id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    email VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL
)";

// Insert a new record into the table
$sql = "INSERT INTO users (name, email) VALUES ('John Doe', 'john.doe@example.com')";

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