Developing PDO and releasing an alpha has sparked a lot of interest already (probably helped along by George ;-)) and we got our first "how does it work" e-mail today. As it happens, I've already written a intro to PDO for the OTN but George informs me that they can take a while to publish.

Meanwhile, to avoid being swamped by mail as the word gets out, here are a couple of sample PDO scripts to get you started. Please keep in mind that it is alpha software (although still works pretty well) and requires PHP 5 from CVS (RC3 will work too, but that isn't released until next week).

The API is "grown-up" by default; you get so called "unbuffered" result sets as standard and the prepare/bind/execute API is preferred, although there are some short-cuts already (and some more planned). Note …

Georg, Sandro and I followed one handwritten sign that pointed to another til we soon found ourselves in a cozy little bar hidden away at the back of an industrial space. In the corners and near the bar, a few groups of people chatted easily.

A projector waited on one of the tables, perched atop a couple empty plastic beer crates. The PowerBook connected without fuss - though I have yet to be able to coax 1024 x 768 out of the damn thing when connected to a projector.

After a quick restart of X, all was ready to go. We waited for the room to fill in a bit. The screensaver rotated pictures from our vacation at the Hallig and we joked about the various photos. It was quite pleasant - especially since friend, colleague and MySQL buildmeister Lenz Grimmer took some time from his move to come and visit.

By the time that Ulf arrived, there were about 25 people in the room and Georg and I started the …