Question

in what file, or where ,is the mapping of controller to model occur in

1. symfony 1.4
2. symfony 2

are there any yml/config files that tell the system to recognize the appropriate model?

what I mean is:
let’s say a controller looks like this:

class jobActions extends sfActions
{
     public function executeIndex(sfWebRequest $request)
     {
       $user=new PcUser();
       $user->username=$request->GetParameters(...);
     }
}

and PcUser.php is an entity file that has PcUser class inside.
where is the mapping done? how does the controller jobActions know PcUser?

Answer 1

It’s done by symfony’s autoloader. If the script doesn’t know about class you are trying to use, then autoloader try include appropriate class based on namespace.

So, for your example:

class SomeController
{
     public function executeIndex(sfWebRequest $request)
     {
         $user=new \NamespaceForBundle\Entity\PcUser();
         $user->username=$request->GetParameters(...);
     }
}

And if you ask about ORM mapping – you can do it in several ways like appropriate yaml configuration file, or annotations inside entities.