components/Templates/class-pods_templates.php
public function element_instance_id( $id, $process ) {

		$this->element_instances[ $id ][ $process ][] = true;
		$count                                        = count( $this->element_instances[ $id ][ $process ] );
		if ( $count > 1 ) {
			return $id . ( $count - 1 );
		}

		return $id;
	}
public function element_instance_id( $id, $process ) {

		$this->element_instances[ $id ][ $process ][] = true;
		$count                                        = count( $this->element_instances[ $id ][ $process ] );
		if ( $count > 1 ) {
			return $id . ( $count - 1 );
		}

		return $id;
	}
public function element_instance_id ( $ id , $ process ) { $ this -> element_instances [ $ id ] [ $ process ] [ ] = true ; $ count = count ( $ this -> element_instances [ $ id ] [ $ process ] ) ; if ( $ count > 1 ) { return $ id . ( $ count - 1 ) ; } return $ id ; }
create and register an instance ID

@param $id
@param $process

@return string
create and register an instance ID