Modeling objects with multiple table relationships in Zend Framework

Question

I\'m toying with Zend Framework and trying to use the \"QuickStart\" guide against a website I\'m making just to see how the process would work. Forgive me if this answer is

Answer 1

class Users extends Zend_Db_Table_Abstract
{
    protected $_name = 'users';
    protected $_rowClass = 'User';
    protected $_dependentTables = array ('UserMetadata', 'UserPassword');

...

class UserMetadata extends Zend_Db_Table_Abstract
{
    protected $_name = 'user_metadata';
    protected $_referenceMap = array (
    'Users'=> array (
    'columns'=>'user_id',
    'refTableClass'=>'Users',
    'refColumns'=>'id'
    )
    );

...

class UserPassword extends Zend_Db_Table_Abstract
{
    protected $_name = 'user_password';
    protected $_referenceMap = array (
    'Users'=> array (
    'columns'=>'user_id',
    'refTableClass'=>'Users',
    'refColumns'=>'id'
    )
    );

Fetching data:

$id = //get your user id from somewhere

$users = new Users();
$user = $users->fetchRow('id=?', $id);
if ($user->authMethod == 0)
{
    $metadata = $user->findDependentRowset('UserMetadata')->current();
}

or

$user = $users->fetchRow($users->select()
              ->where('gender=?, 'M')
              ->order('email ASC');

... etc.

Inserting data:

$newRow = $users->fetchNew();
$newRow->email = me@domain.com;
$newRow->save();

or

$users = new Users();
$data = array('email'     => 'me@domain.com',
              'firstname' => 'Me');
$users->insert($data);

Updating:

$user->email = 'me@domain.org';
$user->save();

Deleting a row:

$user->delete();

Using transaction:

$db->beginTransaction();
$db->commit();
$db->rollback();

etc... it's all in the ZF Manual!