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    <p>By doing some research, one of the disadvantages often reported about <code>Zend Framework</code> is the amount of work required to get off the ground. For me this could be addressed if <code>ZF</code> had strong <code>model</code> and <code>backend interface</code> generators like Symfony does. I have been looking for those and here is what I found:</p> <h2>Model generators</h2> <ul> <li><p><a href="http://code.google.com/p/zend-db-model-generator/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://code.google.com/p/zend-db-model-generator/</a>: looks like official one, based on user feedback, the <a href="http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/learning.quickstart.create-model.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">documentation</a> seems to be awful though.</p></li> <li><p><a href="http://code.google.com/p/zend-model-generator/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://code.google.com/p/zend-model-generator/</a>: seems quite advanced. updated 3 months ago.</p></li> <li><p><a href="https://github.com/inxilpro/Galahad-FE/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/inxilpro/Galahad-FE/</a>: not updated in 2 years, looks dead.</p></li> <li><p><a href="https://github.com/codeinchaos/zend-model-generator/blob/master/generate.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/codeinchaos/zend-model-generator/blob/master/generate.php</a>: single php file, could be interesting to use as basis and extend as needed.</p></li> </ul> <h2>Backend interfaces</h2> <p>As usual one can use database administration tools</p> <ul> <li><p><a href="http://www.phpmyadmin.net" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.phpmyadmin.net</a>: quite complete with plenty of new features since 3.5. Hard to extend.</p></li> <li><p><a href="http://www.adminer.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.adminer.org/</a>: single-file backend interface. Quite complete. The use of plugins seems to make extending functionality easy.</p></li> </ul> <h2>Backend interface generators</h2> <ul> <li><p><a href="http://zfdatagrid.com/grid/default/site/crud" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://zfdatagrid.com/grid/default/site/crud</a> which comes from what looks like a very active <code>ZF</code> related project: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/zfdatagrid/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://code.google.com/p/zfdatagrid/</a>.</p></li> <li><p><a href="http://www.koala-framework.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.koala-framework.org/</a>: I've recently come across this framework which allows you to create "desktop-like" applications around Zend, which one could use to create a backend interface.</p></li> </ul> <p>Setting up the interface seems to be quite easy, for instance here is how you would display a form to edit contacts on the same page as you would edit members:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php class MemberContacts extends Kwf_Model_Db { protected $_table = 'member_contacts'; protected $_referenceMap = array( 'Member' =&gt; array( 'column' =&gt; 'member_id', 'refModelClass' =&gt; 'Members', ) ); } ?&gt; </code></pre> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8LGVH.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p><a href="http://app-demo.koala-framework.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">A demo of Koala frameworks is available</a>. To be honest it looks quite impressive.</p> <p><strong>Q: Which model generators and backend interface (generators) do you use for Zend and why?</strong></p>
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    3. COIf I wanted my models generated I'd use symfony. Can't learn anything if the black box does it all. ;)
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