<?php
//Abstract "model" class
class App_Model_Abstract
{
	
	public function __construct(array $options = null)
    {
        if (is_array($options)) {
            $this->setOptions($options);
        }
    }
	
	public function __set($name, $value)
    {
        $method = 'set' . $name;
        if (('mapper' == $name) || !method_exists($this, $method)) {
            throw new Exception('Invalid note property');
        }
        $this->$method($value);
    }

    public function __get($name)
    {
        $method = 'get' . $name;
        if (('mapper' == $name) || !method_exists($this, $method)) {
            throw new Exception('Invalid note property');
        }
        return $this->$method();
    }
	
	public function setOptions(array $options)
    {
        $methods = get_class_methods($this);
        foreach ($options as $key => $value) {
            $method = 'set' . ucfirst($key);
            if (in_array($method, $methods)) {
                $this->$method($value);
            }
        }
        return $this;
    }
}

//Table class
class App_Model_Db_User extends Zend_Db_Table_Abstract
{
	/** Table name */
    protected $_name    = 'users';
    protected $_primary = 'id';
}

//User model class - The class most interfaced with in application code
class App_Model_User extends App_Model_Abstract {
	
	protected $_id;
	protected $_email;
	protected $_date_added;
	protected $_active;
	protected $_user_type;
	
	protected $_mapper;
	
	protected $_has_company;
	protected $_companies = array();
	
	const USER_TYPE_USER = 'user';
	const USER_TYPE_ADMIN = 'admin';
	
	/*
		GETTERS / SETTERS
	*/
	
	public function setId($id) {
		$this->_id = $id;
		return $this;
	}
	
	public function getId() {
		return $this->_id;
	}
	
	public function setEmail($email) {
		$this->_email = substr($email, 0, 120);
		return $this;
	}
	
	public function getEmail() {
		return $this->_email;
	}
	
	public function setDateAdded($last) {
		$this->_date_added = $last;
		return $this;
	}
	
	public function getDateAdded() {
		return $this->_date_added;
	}
	
	public function setActive($active) {
		if($active) {
			$this->_active = 1;
		} else {
			$this->_active = 0;
		}
		return $this;
	}
	
	public function getActive() {
		return $this->_active;
	}
	
	public function setUserType($type) {
		$this->_user_type = substr($type, 0, 10);
		return $this;
	}
	
	public function getUserType() {
		return $this->_user_type;
	}
	
	
	public function setMapper($mapper) {
		$this->_mapper = $mapper;
		return $this;
	}
	
    public function getMapper() {
		if (null === $this->_mapper) {
			$this->setMapper(new App_Model_Mappers_User());
		}
		return $this->_mapper;
    }
    
    /*
    	BASIC DATA
    */
	public function save() {
		$id = $this->getMapper()->save($this);
		$this->setFbId($id);
		return $id;
	}
	
	public function update() {
		return $this->getMapper()->update($this);
	}
	
	public function find($id) {
		if(!$this->getMapper()->find($id, $this)) {
			return false;
		} 
		return $this;
	}
}

//Data mapper (does heavy lifting of this example)
class App_Model_Mappers_User {
	
	protected $_dbTable;
	const TABLE = 'App_Model_Db_User';
	
	public function setDbTable($dbTable) {
		if (is_string($dbTable)) {
			$dbTable = new $dbTable();
		}
		if (!$dbTable instanceof Zend_Db_Table_Abstract) {
			throw new Exception('Invalid table data gateway provided');
		}
		$this->_dbTable = $dbTable;
		return $this;
	}

	public function getDbTable() {
		if (null === $this->_dbTable) {
			$this->setDbTable(self::TABLE);
		}
		return $this->_dbTable;
	}

	public function save(App_Model_User $obj) {
		$data = array(
			'id' => $obj->getId(),
			'email' => $obj->getEmail(),
			'date_added' => $obj->getDateAdded(),
			'active' => $obj->getActive(),
			'user_type' => $obj->getUserType()
		);

		return $this->getDbTable()->insert($data);
	}

	public function update(App_Model_User $obj) {
		$data = array(
			'id' => $obj->getId(),
			'email' => $obj->getEmail(),
			'date_added' => $obj->getDateAdded(),
			'active' => $obj->getActive(),
			'user_type' => $obj->getUserType()
		);			
		$where = $this->getDbTable()->getAdapter()->quoteInto('`id` = ?', $obj->getId());
		return $this->getDbTable()->update($data, $where);
	}

	public function find($id, App_Model_User $obj) {
		$result = $this->getDbTable()->find($id);
		if (0 == count($result)) {
			return false;
		}
		$row = $result->current();
		$obj->setId($row->id)
			->setEmail($row->email)
			->setDateAdded($row->date_added)
			->setActive($row->active)
			->setUserType($row->user_type);
		
		return $obj;
	}
}

Example set of files for data mapping objects to db records. (Not perfect, but funcional)

Zend Data Mapping example

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