private function generateNumValue(DB $aDB, $sTable, $sColumn, $nMinVal) { $arrRow = $aDB->query("select max(`{$sColumn}`) as maxval from `{$sTable}` ;")->fetch(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); $maxVal = (int) $arrRow['maxval']; return $maxVal < (int) $nMinVal ? $nMinVal : $maxVal + 1; }