Question

How would I attach custom methods to a Zend_Db_Table_Row object?

For example if I got a selected a user row from the users table and put it in var $myUser how would I be able to implement something like $myUser->getUsername()

Answer 1

You can extend the default Zend_Db_Table_Row and tell the Zend_Db_Table instance to use your specific implementation. The following example is taken from the manual:

class My_Row extends Zend_Db_Table_Row_Abstract
{
    // ...
}

$table = new Zend_Db_Table('bug');
$table->setRowClass('My_Row');

// Returns a rowset containing an array of objects of type My_Row.
$where = $table->getAdapter()->quoteInto('bug_status = ?', 'NEW');
$rowsCustom = $table->fetchAll($where);