Re: 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. But a lot of people, including myself, would disagree with you on that point. -Rasmus