Zend Framework EAV Implementation

Question

I was wondering if there were any good pre-built ways to implement an EAV design pattern in Zend Framework?

I am trying to decide if I should create my own implementation or use one that has already been built.

Answer 1

Use Doctrine with MongoDB Document Mapper http://www.doctrine-project.org/

Zend Framework 2.0 has automated install for Doctrine with Composer, so it means Zend People also offer this as an Option apart from the built-in Zend_Db.

Using EAV on a document-oriented NoSQL database system like MongoDB or CouchDB is way much better than implementing a Hack over Traditional Relational Databases like MySql ( something that Magento did ). NoSQL Databases are better at implementing Sparse Matrix type Data.

Answer 2

Check out Zend Framework EAV on Google Code.