Question

This is how I’ve been accessing model methods from my controllers:

$contactsTable = new Application_Model_DbTable_ContactsBasics();
$contact = $basicsTable->getContact($contacts_id);

How can I do the same by doing it like this?

$contact = Application_Model_DbTable_ContactsBasics::getContact($contacts_id);

I find the second way a little faster and easier to read, what do I have to do make it work, I already tried it but It doesn’t work.

Answer 1

To achieve your goal, you have to declare the getContact() method as static. Anyway you should declare a static method only when it has sense, not just because of a “more readable” code.