Newbie question - MVC - where can I learn more about the "model"?

rishijd · #1 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 03:40 PM

Hi,
I'm a total newbie, but I am reading up on the Zend framework and trying out some tutorials, very useful.. However everything I've read/tried involves the "application/views" and "application/controllers" directories to create views and controllers. I have not yet come across any mention of the "models" subdirectory.

Where can I learn more about this and what it's used for?

Am I right in assuming that I can build my own functionality (e.g. user login form, CMS) entirely with the concept of a controller and view? (but not a model)

Many thanks

kuba · #2 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 04:31 PM

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The Model part, in a PHP app, would usually be a class (or multiple classes). Fairly often, the class is a representation of a table you store in the database — member variables are the data columns, and member methods are operations that can be done. As an example, you might have a User class, having variables such as username, password, email address, and other things. Some of its methods might be a new user creation function, a login function, an authentication function, and a logout function.

(...) The Model, in essence, tells you what methods are available — what can you do to the data in the database.

from: agum MVC architecture in PHP development

In ZF component "responsible" for Model is Zend_Db_Table.

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