-- Marko Korhonen <marko.korho...@datafisher.com> wrote
(on Monday, 06 April 2009, 01:43 AM -0700):
> I have made my model system as:
> Model, Model_DbTable, Model_DbTable_Row etc...
>
> I have always declared by models in controller, but MVC seems
> to "allow" View to command models also?
> I also try to live by the "Fat models, thin controllers" rule...
>
> So I made following:
>
> <select name="faculty" id="faculty">
>
> <option value="">-- Filter by Faculty --</option>
> <?php $model = new Material_Model_Faculty(); foreach ($model->getAll()
> as
> $faculty): ?>
> <option value="<?= $this->url(array("faculty" => $faculty->id),
> "materials") ?>"><?= $faculty->name ?></option>
> <?php endforeach; ?>
>
> </select>
>
> This is kinda "religious" question, I know... =)
> But this approach gives me very flexible developing...
Yes, views are allowed to access models for read-only purposes. It's
usually better, however, to pass the model to the view from the
controller or to wrap access to the model within a view helper rather
than to instantiate it directly.
--
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
Software Architect | matt...@zend.com
Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/
