Properly calling the database from Model in an MVC application?

Question

I\'m building a tiny MVC framework for learning/experimenting and small project purposes. I needed to find out the basics of the internals of the Model since a full MVC fram

Answer 1

You could have a look at the data mapper model approach referred to by the Zend framework model manual

Then you have a model containing properties, and have a mapper which does the actual database interaction to populate the model.