I am glad to announce the availability of the first alpha version of PDO_MYSQLND. PDO_MYSQLND is a PHP PDO driver for MySQL based on the MySQL native driver. PDO_MYSQLND 1.0.2-alpha is available for download on http://downloads.mysql.com/forge/pdo_mysqlnd_preview. Please read the announcement and check the MySQL Forge project page on PDO_MYSQLND for further information.

What is PDO_MYSQLND?

PDO (PHP Data Objects) is a data-access abstraction layer for PHP. PDO consists of a core and a rich set of database specific drivers. Traditionally there has been one PDO driver for MySQL called PDO_MYSQL. PDO_MYSQL is a community developed and community driven PDO driver. PDO_MYSQLND is a new PDO driver for MySQL based on it. PDO_MYSQLND is developed by MySQL and will be maintained by MySQL.

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