ZF-7861: Using namespaced models in relationships within Zend_Db_Table_Abstract

Issue Type:
Improvement
Created:
2009-09-16T07:48:34.000+0000
Last Updated:
2012-11-20T21:37:40.000+0000
Status:
Open
Fix version(s):
    Reporter:
    Adam Charnock (adamcharnock)
    Assignee:
    None
    Tags:
    • Zend_Db_Table
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    Description

    With regards to defining relationships in subclasses of Zend_Db_Table_Abstract: http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/…

    It seems that namespaced models are not supported. So I want to do this:

    
$questionModel = new Blah_Model_Question();
$questionRow = $questionModel->find(5)->current();
$section = $questionRow->findParentSection();

    But I have to do this:

    
$questionModel = new Blah_Model_Question();
$questionRow = $questionModel->find(5)->current();
$section = $questionRow->findParentBlah_Model_Section(); //Not looking good!

    My model looks like this:

    
class Dlapiper_Model_Question extends Dlapiper_Model_Abstract {
    
    protected $_name = 'questions';
    protected $_primary = 'question_id';
    
    protected $_referenceMap = array(
        'Section' => array(
            'columns' => 'section_id',
            'refTableClass' => 'Dlapiper_Model_Section',
            'refColumns' => 'section_id'
        )
    );
.....
}

    I cannot see a simple workaround in this situation, so it would be great to have support for this.

    Comments

    Posted by Christoph Roensch (croensch) on 2010-06-01T02:10:43.000+0000

    While the ->find*() functions are syntactic Sugar they not provide any namespacing or aliasing. Therefor it's pretty useless in bigger Projects.

    I usually create Table and Row Classes and write simple proxy functions in the Row Class.

    
/**
 * @return SectionRow
 */
public function getSection()
{
  return $this->findParentRow('namespace_SectionTable');
}

    Workaround indeed.