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PECL/mysqlnd_ms 1.1.0 (download) has been released (documentation)! It is a drop-in solution to add MySQL replication support to any PHP 5.3+ application using any of the PHP MySQL APIs (mysql, mysqli, PDO_MySQL) when compiled to use the mysqlnd library. It extends the mysqlnd library by replication and load balancing funtionality. The mysqlnd library […]

The soon to be announced version 1.1.0-beta of the mysqlnd replication and load balancing plugin (PECL/mysqlnd_ms) for PHP introduces a new concept of filters to the plugin. Filters take a list of servers to pick one or more of it. Filters can be chained, similar command line tools. Imagine a future with a filter chain […]

Recently I was asked if PECL/mysqlnd_ms should be used to add MySQL replication support to a yet to be developed PHP application. The mysqlnd plugin, which supports all PHP MySQL extensions (PDO, mysqli, mysql), stood up against a classical, simple, proven and fast approach: one connection for reads, one connection for writes. Let’s compare. […]

After a short sprint for PHP 5.4 beta, which is on its way with mysqlnd as a configuration default for all three PHP MySQL extensions, we continued working on the mysqlnd replication plugin (PECL/mysqlnd_ms). Please, find a high level overview presentation further below in this blog post. Because replication support is added at the […]

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After five years I am still in love with the PHP Unconference Hamburg (Germany), which took place last weekend. On Saturday morning I was as thrilled as if I was going to the first date with a person I had just fallen in love to. Facts: 200 tickets sold in 20 […]