Zend Framework: Proper way to interact with database?

Question

I\'m fairly new to the Zend Framework and MVC and I\'m a bit confused by Zend_DB and the proper way to interact with the database.

I\'m using the PDO MySQL adapter and h

Answer 1

I recommend using the save method.

//Create a Users Model Object
$usersDb = new Users();

//Find the record with user_id = 4 and print out their name
$row = $usersDb->find(4);
echo $row->first_name . ' ' . $row->last_name

//Change the first name of this user to Brian    
$row->first_name = 'Brian';
$row->save();

//Insert a user into the database
$newUser = $usersDb->fetchNew();
$newUser->first_name = 'Gilean';
$newuser->last_name  = 'Smith';
$newUser->save();

// OR if you get your data from post or any array
$newUser = $usersDb->fetchNew();
$newUser->setFromArray($data_from_post);
$newUser->save();

the reason why i like this approach more is because this why you always have an instance of the user model and you can have custom methods in them ( ex isAdmin ) and also because you might want to ovewrite the save/insert/update function on userRow to do something before they are inserted/updated.