I will try the mysqli extension, I totally forgot about that! I needed a driver with a reconnect command anyways. Also, sorry about forgetting to mention prepares, I use them all the time, I just failed to mention them when I wrote the first post.
I would use transactions, however most of the inserted rows are used in references later (insert_id). Also, a standard mysql insert right now only takes (average) .0025 secs to complete. So it is not a big worry on my list right now :) Thanks for the help. I'll keep this posted on mysqli success.
