Good PHP libraries? (not frameworks)

[Supergeek]

I don't like frameworks because they basically add all kinds of directories and files and shit that I don't like. I'd rather have #includes with functions or objects that I can control and pick and choose what I want to use.

So, do any of you PHP gurus have advice on good PHP libraries, not frameworks?

Good stuff would be...
- user management/authentication
- database management/CRUD
- user input sanitation/validation

 

[nickycakes]

considering most of this stuff can be done effectively with only a few lines of code (especially the second two), is it really necessary?

 

[aim]

Good stuff would be...
- user management/authentication
- database management/CRUD
- user input sanitation/validation

Really, you're asking for a framework. Perhaps a light-weight framework, but a framework nonetheless.

Check out code igniter. It has everything that you're asking for.

CodeIgniter - Open source PHP web application framework

 

[Supergeek]

Well, it's the user end that seems to waste the most of my time when I'm making CRUD-type code and UI -- the stuff that frameworks are really strong at. But, I don't like having to code to someone else's arbitrary guidelines. Where's the happy medium?

 

[Supergeek]

Really, you're asking for a framework. Perhaps a light-weight framework, but a framework nonetheless.

Check out code igniter. It has everything that you're asking for.

CodeIgniter - Open source PHP web application framework

Thanks, I'll check it out.