poopf - persistent object-oriented PHP framework - is a minimal set of classes for using database records in MySQL or PostgreSQL, while avoiding the thickness of adodb or pear::db. It provides also a secure Cookie class for persisting authenticated clients. Example: $db = new MySQL('localhost','mydb','brian','cletus',''); $user = >$db-get_record("user_table",$_PARAM["user_id"]); echo >$user-name; ...