How to get the last executed MySQL query in CodeIgniter

If you want to see the last executed MySQL query in CodeIgniter, this tutorial will help you.

Following statement will display the last executed query. see

echo $this->db->last_query(); 

For example you have following query to get users:

$this->db->select('*')->from('tbl_users');
$this->db->order_by("ID", "desc");
$this->db->limit(0,5);
$query_result = $this->db->get();
echo $this->db->last_query();

You will see last executed query as below:

SELECT * FROM (`tbl_users`) ORDER BY `ID` desc LIMIT 0,5