Defining models

The 'magic' of php-tick happens with annotations.

You define a storage collection like this:

 * @collection users

where 'users' is the name of the collection. This would be a table in a sql database.

You define a basic storage property like this:

 * @property string firstname first_name

where:

• the first argument is the property type. eg a string.
• the secound argument is alias for the field in the database.
• the third argument is the name of the field in the database.

These arguments are required for all properties.

Additionally you can add the following arguments:

null

Unless specified php-tick will ensure that you can't save your model if this property has a null value.

unique

php-tick will use this to make a qualified guess about autoincrement fields in the data storage.

<default value>

php-tick will supply a default value for the field if not specificly assigend.

Finally you can make php-tick enforce property lenght by postfixing the type with the length:

 * @property string(255) $firstname first_name
 * @property integer(4)  $zipcode   zip_code