Question

I’m reading a lot and getting really mixed results.

Say I have code like this?

$name = trim($_POST['name']);
$email = trim($_POST['email']);

if(strlen($name) > 0 & strlen($email) > 0)
{
   $u = new User();
   $u.name = $name;
   $u.email = $email;
   $u.validate();
}

Where should this code live? The code that actually checks the form to make sure it has actual values? I say Model, but then what if your form spans across multiple models?

I’m a bit confused and any help to clear it up would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Ideally for the complete separation of concerns:

The Controller should be collecting the $_POST array and passing it to the Model.

Then the model would do the processing such as trim and validating.

I would +1 that the Model contains business logic.