Looking for a good set of base objects to start a website up in PHP. I am not looking for links to CakePHP as I am not interested in frameworks. I am looking for a set of objects that would come handy to start off with for new projects...
Objects such as:
Basically a "Start with this", I remember seeing a nice collection of objects and code on Digg, but I can't find it again. There were user objects (for logging in), fsck editor built in, etc...
MySQL wrapper object
Use PDO.
I am not interested in frameworks
Well, you are. You are not looking for a tightly coupled, full stack framework perhaps.
You might find one or more of the following useful:
They are all very loosely coupled frameworks, where you can pick and match as you need it.
Well, there's a bunch of digg related code found here.
I also don't understand why you don't want to use a framework, but want to use all the components that make a framework. That didn't make much sense to me.
I would look into the Zend Framework. Before you scream at me for recommending it, a lot of the components are modular which means you can take the bits you need.
http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/
PS : Although Zend Framework has "framework" in the title, a lot of people see it as a collection of classes. So check it out :)
Frameworks by their very definition are a set of objects that come in handy when starting a new project.
PDO can give you database abstraction without resorting to third-party libraries. Templating can be accomplished with the alternate syntax (foreach():) and short tags (<?= $var ?>). You can do it all yourself if you want, just keep the docs up and get crackin' redefining that wheel.
I can certainly recommend Zend Framework for this purpose. As a glue framework you can use as many or as few of the components as you like, with or without the MVC.