What are the best practices for handling auto-increment IDs in PHP when inserting new records?

When inserting new records into a database table with an auto-increment ID column, it's important to exclude the ID column from the INSERT query to ensure that the database generates a unique ID for each new record. This can be achieved by specifying the columns explicitly in the INSERT query without including the auto-increment ID column. 

<?php
// Establish a database connection
$connection = new mysqli("localhost", "username", "password", "database");

// Define the data to be inserted
$data = [
    'column1' => 'value1',
    'column2' => 'value2',
    // Exclude the auto-increment ID column
];

// Build the INSERT query
$query = "INSERT INTO table_name (" . implode(', ', array_keys($data)) . ") VALUES ('" . implode("', '", $data) . "')";

// Execute the query
$connection->query($query);

// Close the database connection
$connection->close();
?>

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