CodeIgniter + Doctrine: CRUD in Controller?
If you don't want to write the DQL into the Controller (which is a good thing) you can put separate functions into your model that just work with the functionality provided by the extended classes.
For example, if you have a class called User, and you need to save it, you simple could do
class User extends BaseUser //or whatever you want{ public function saveNewUser($data) { //setting the userdata e.g. $this->username try { $this->save(); .... } catch (Doctrine_Connection_Mysql_Exception $e) { ... } }}So you have all functions inside the model just as you wanted it.