Using Zend Framework Db Tables without MVC

You need to create a Zend_Db_Adapter, which is the class you use to connect to the database.

$db = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql(array(
    'host'     => '127.0.0.1',
    'username' => 'webuser',
    'password' => 'xxxxxxxx',
    'dbname'   => 'test'
));

Or you can use the factory() method to make instantiation more configurable:

$db = Zend_Db::factory('Pdo_Mysql', array(
    'host'     => '127.0.0.1',
    'username' => 'webuser',
    'password' => 'xxxxxxxx',
    'dbname'   => 'test'
));

See http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.db.html#zend.db.adapter.connecting

Then specify this adapter object to your table class. There are at least three ways to do this:

• Set an application-wide default for all tables:

  Zend_Db_Table_Abstract::setDefaultAdapter($db);
  

• Specify the adapter to the table constructor:

  $table = new MyTable( array('db'=>$db) );
  

• Store the adapter in the registry and specify it to the table or set it as default:

  Zend_Registry::set('my_db', $db); 
  $table = new MyTable( array('db'=>'my_db') );
  // alternatively:
  Zend_Db_Table_Abstract::setDefaultAdapter('my_db');
  

See http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.db.table.html#zend.db.table.constructing