mysqlnd

The new PHP driver for MySQL is out! http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/php-mysqlnd/
Anyone give it a whirl?

Well we certainly did and its cool :).

You can read all about it by clicking the link at above. I especially like the stats that the new driver now presents to you.

Here is a sample

bytes_sent 68935
bytes_received 304237
packets_sent 1229
packets_received 4427
protocol_overhead_in 17708
protocol_overhead_out 4916
result_set_queries 199
non_result_set_queries 21
no_index_used 65
bad_index_used 0
buffered_sets 198
unbuffered_sets 0
ps_buffered_sets 0
ps_unbuffered_sets 1
flushed_normal_sets 0
flushed_ps_sets 1
rows_fetched_from_server 609
rows_fetched_from_client 609
rows_skipped 0
copy_on_write_saved 4895
copy_on_write_performed 4168
command_buffer_too_small 0
connect_success 401
connect_failure 0
connection_reused 0
explicit_close 401
implicit_close 0
disconnect_close 0
in_middle_of_command_close 1
explicit_free_result 1
implicit_free_result 198
explicit_stmt_close 1
implicit_stmt_close 0
Persistent cache enabled
put_hits 8
put_misses 10
get_hits 18
get_misses 9045
size 10
free_items 0
references 2

Although they says its beta in all our tests it seemed pretty stable.