I have written a long, long blog entry How fast is mysqlnd-5.0.0-alpha?.I do not want to spam the Planets with all of it. It’s aimed at PHP and MySQL users that want to hear in detail what we know about the performance of the first alpha release of the MySQL native driver for PHP.

The following table demonstrates pretty well where we are with mysqlnd. For a first alpha it shows an acceptable performance.

As an example of a realistic benchmark, we have followed the decision of the german computer magazine c’t and choosen the Dell DVD Store. Last year a MySQL team had won ( …

Dear Developers,

we are proud to announce the first alpha version of the MySQL native driver for PHP: mysqlnd 5.0.0-alpha. The software is available for download on http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/php-mysqlnd.

The MySQL native driver for PHP is an additional, alternative way to connect from PHP 6 to the MySQL Server 4.1 or newer. It is a replacement for libmysql, the MySQL Client Library. From now on you can use ext/mysqli either together with libmysql as you did in the past or with mysqlnd. The MySQL native driver for PHP requires PHP 6 and can connect to MySQL Servers 4.1 or newer.

We have no plans to remove …

Dear Developers,

we are proud to announce the first alpha version of the MySQL native driver for PHP: mysqlnd 5.0.0-alpha. The software is available for download on http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/php-mysqlnd.

The MySQL native driver for PHP is an additional, alternative way to connect from PHP 6 to the MySQL Server 4.1 or newer. It is a replacement for libmysql, the MySQL Client Library. From now on you can use ext/mysqli either together with libmysql as you did in the past or with mysqlnd. The MySQL native driver for PHP requires PHP 6 and can connect to MySQL Servers 4.1 or …

Not long ago, Kaj announced the plan to develop a native driver for PHP. As Kaj explained, the new development will be licensed under the terms of the PHP license and donated to the PHP Group to solve any license issues.

Don’t get us wrong here. We will not break any existing PHP code or PHP applications! We want to develop another, technical superior option for PHP users to connect to MySQL. Most of the new developments will happen “under the hood” of PHP on the C level. We will write a replacement for the libmysql that can be used by PHP extension internally. We will not develop a new PHP extension, thus there will be no new API for PHP developers. You will be offered an additional, alternative option in PHP 6 to connect to the MySQL Server.

Not long ago, Kaj announced the plan to develop a native driver for PHP. As Kaj explained, the new development will be licensed under the terms of the PHP license and donated to the PHP Group to solve any license issues.

Don’t get us wrong here. We will not break any existing PHP code or PHP applications! We want to develop another, technical superior option for PHP users to connect to MySQL. Most of the new developments will happen “under the hood” of PHP on the C level. We will write a replacement for the libmysql that can be used by PHP extension internally. We will not develop a new PHP extension, thus there will be no new API for PHP developers. You will be offered an additional, alternative option in PHP 6 to connect to the MySQL Server.