MongoDB PHP Driver 1.4.0
The 1.4 series introduced fundemental changes in how connections are created to the MongoDB servers.
The driver now utilizes PHP native streams, so all normal PHP stream options apply.
Furthermore, an experimental Stream Context Support was added.
The 1.4.x series also added support for MongoDB 2.4.x.
The most important improvements however deal with the handling of replica sets,
especially nodes that timeout and nodes that are unreachable for various
reasons. Besides the improvements to replica set handling, this release
addresses issues with read preferences through mongos nodes. It also
adds support for SSL enabled connections as well as journal and fsync
connection string options.