Question

My problem is in somewhere between model and controller.Everything works perfect for me when I use MVC just for crud (create, read, update, delete).I have separate models for each database table .I access these models from controller , to crud them . For example , in contacts application,I have actions (create, read, update, delete) in controller(contact) to use model’s (contact) methods (create, read, update, delete).

The problem starts when I try to do something more complicated. There are some complex processes which I do not know where should I put them.

1. For example , in registering user process. I can not just finish this process in user model because , I have to use other models too (sending mails , creating other records for user via other models) and do lots of complex validations via other models.
2. For example , in some complex searching processes , I have to access lots of models (articles, videos, images etc.)
3. Or, sometimes , I have to use apis to decide what I will do next or which database model I will use to record data

So where is the place to do this complicated processes. I do not want to do them in controllers , Because sometimes I should use these processes in other controllers too. And I do not want to put these process in models because , I use models as database access layers .May be I am wrong,I want to know . Thank you for your answer .

Answer 1

For simple tasks I would write action helpers (e.g. sendNewsletter).

For sophistocated tasks I woud create services (eg. email, auth etc.).