In MySQL, can I defer referential integrity checks until commit

As in this question, I've been reading PoEAA and wondering if it's possible to defer referential integrity checks until commit in MySQL.

I've run into this problem when wanting to insert a bunch of products and related products in the same commit. Even within a transaction, I get constraint errors when I try to insert into the related_products join table.

If it helps, I'm using PHP PDO for database connections.

I'd appreciate any help you could offer.