The PDO SQL parser causes many bugs. All drivers suffer from it. By default the parser replaces placeholder with ‘<bound_value>’.'<bound_value>’ is a string. This can clash with the SQL syntax. PDO can make an INSERT fail. Please learn why and … Continue reading →

Mike is asking I`m hoping that MySQL stored procedures will work properly. Especially multiple calls in one request. in reply to PDO_MYSQLND: R[a|u]mbling and a breeze of progress. Mike, it depends what you mean by "properly". If you use the … Continue reading →

The modification of PDO_MYSQL to support the MySQL native driver for PHP (mysqlnd) is progressing. We are using the project title “PDO_MYSQLND” for the modification. The goal of PDO_MYSQLND is to provide a PDO driver for MySQL which can be … Continue reading →

Server-side Prepared Statements are an outdated technology from ancient times, are they? Brian gives a long list of arguments in his blog posting “Prepared Statements, Musings” why one should think twice before using server-side prepared statements. PDO does enforce the … Continue reading →

Jetzt ist es endlich sicher. Sie sitzt im Flieger auf dem Rückflug vom Kurzurlaub. Ich kann endlich über unser neues Knattert bloggen ohne den Ãœberraschungseffekt aufs Spiel zu setzen. Seit nunmehr zehn Tagen möchte ich es in die Welt rausrufen … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

Die zweite Ausgabe der PHP-Unconference in Hamburg am Wochenende (26./27. April 2008) übertraf die kühnsten Erwartungen. Auf dem Rückweg vom ersten PHP Vikinger im Sommer 2006 durfte ich Darren Cooper (PHP UG Frankfurt) kennenlernen. Wir verbrachten einen wunderbaren Nachmittag in … Continue reading →

Minutes ago (when writing this), we have released a first preview version of PDO_MYSQLND for PHP together with the first preview version of MySQL Connector/OpenOffice.org. Minutes ago, both new developments have been announced at the MySQL Conference. PDO_MYSQLND announcement explained … Continue reading →

What does any developer do during a train trip? Correct, he’s hacking. He’s at least working on bells and whistles such as foreach() support for buffered ext/mysqli result sets in mysqlnd. Thanks Andrey! $link = mysqli_connect(‘host’, ‘user’, ‘password’); $res = … Continue reading →

Wenn Arbeit negative Auswirkungen hat, dann die, daß man den Urlaubsanfang verpennt. In fester Ãœberzeugung, daß ich heute noch keinen Urlaub habe, begann ich fast pünktlich um 9:15 Uhr meine Arbeit. Warum eigentlich? Der Urlaub hat doch am Vortag begonnen… … Continue reading →