why not object oriented?

I dont want to stir up any irritation, but i just felt i had to ask. Why is the PHP language so not-object oriented? I know one can make classes and all that but im wondering why the built in functions arent objects allready. For instance, why are there dozens of database functions depending on the kind of database you are trying to access instead of an object, say dbobject, with a function, like dbobject->setdatabase(), to set the proper database. This would greatly ease the pain for developers switching from msSQL to mySQL, or the other way around. Please notice how the database example was just that, an example. What i want to know is why objects arent more common in the language, atleast i think objects are far superior to dozens of functions in a bag. Sincerely, Tomas Jogin.