Struggling With OOP Concept

Question

I\'m really struggling with a recurring OOP / database concept.

Please allow me to explain the issue with pseudo-PHP-code.

Say you have a \"user\" class, which l

Answer 1

In general, I'd recommend having a constructor that takes effectively a query row, or a part of a larger query. How do do this will depend on your ORM. That way, you can get efficient queries but you can construct the other model objects after the fact.

Some ORMs (django's models, and I believe some of the ruby ORMs) try to be clever about how they construct queries and may be able to automate this for you. The trick is to figure out when the automation is going to be required. I do not have personal familiarity with PHP ORMs.