Next-generation MongoDB PHP Driver 0.4.0-alpha released

The PHP team is happy to announce that version 0.4.0-alpha of our new "mongodb" PHP extension is now available on PECL.

Release Highlights

New features and changes:

• PHPC-194: Add MongoDB\Driver\Manager->selectServer()
• PHPC-208: Use fixed fieldname for the Object Document Serializer ("__pclass")
• PHPC-223: Use explicit driverOptions rather then Stream Context Options
• PHPC-224: Consolidate Result and Cursor into a single, Traversable Cursor class

Fixes:

• PHPC-216 and PHPC-130: PHP 5.3 and 5.4 support
• PHPC-212: Fix RTLD_NOW build
• PHPC-213: FreeBSD support
• PHPC-231: MongoDB\Driver\Manager free()s streams still in use

Documentation

Documentation is available on PHP.net:
http://php.net/set.mongodb

Additional documentation may be found on GitHub:
http://10gen-labs.github.io/mongo-php-driver-prototype/ods/

Feedback

As the "mongodb" extension is under heavy development, we would appreciate any feedback you might have on the project:
https://jira.mongodb.org/secure/CreateIssue.jspa?pid=12484&issuetype=6

Full Release Notes

https://github.com/10gen-labs/mongo-php-driver-prototype/blob/master/RELEASE-0.4.0

Installing on *nix

$ pecl install mongodb-alpha
$ echo "extension=mongodb.so" >> `php --ini | grep "Loaded Configuration" | sed -e "s|.*:\s*||"`

Installing on Windows

Windows binaries are available on PECL:
http://pecl.php.net/package/mongodb

Community Contributors

Thanks to:

• Remi Collet