[RESOLVED] Object Oreinted Database Questions

[tony_l]

I am currently attempting to build a Content Management System... I know big undertaking, but I need to do it for an upcoming website.

PROBLEM:

I have decided that the Object Oreinted approach is the best for the scale of the project. The Problem is that I am not familiar PHP OOP (I am for Java however). As such, I am not sure how to proceed. I am assuming that for saving the data - I will be making a method (function) that will connect to the database and place the instance variables created in the class to the database. If I do this - I am assuming everytime someone wants to login (for example) I autheticate them, then create a new object- populated with data retrieved from the database and store the object as a session variable.

OR

Do I store the object in the database as an object, and not just the object-related data? If I do this, how would I make the database normalized and searchable?

[wreed]

I use .NET mostly but dabble in PHP...I would suggest you create a class with get and sets. Instantiate that class and create an object out of it, store your data in the object, then take the object and do gets and pull out the data and put it into the table, you shouldn't store objects in a database but the data inself.

[tony_l]

I guess I just needed to have someone re-affirm my gut feeling. Thanks man