++++ One-To-One Binding One-To-One foreign key associations is done with {{Doctrine_Record::ownsOne()}} and {{Doctrine_Record::hasOne()}} methods. In the following example user owns one email and has one address. So the relationship between user and email is one-to-one composite. The relationship between user and address is one-to-one aggregate. The {{Email}} component here is mapped to {{User}} component's column {{email_id}} hence their relation is called LOCALKEY relation. On the other hand the {{Address}} component is mapped to {{User}} by it's {{user_id}} column hence the relation between {{User}} and {{Address}} is called FOREIGNKEY relation. class User extends Doctrine_Record { public function setUp() { $this->hasOne('Address','Address.user_id'); $this->ownsOne('Email','User.email_id'); $this->ownsMany('Phonenumber','Phonenumber.user_id'); } public function setTableDefinition() { $this->hasColumn('name','string',50); $this->hasColumn('loginname','string',20); $this->hasColumn('password','string',16); // foreign key column for email ID $this->hasColumn('email_id','integer'); } } class Email extends Doctrine_Record { public function setTableDefinition() { $this->hasColumn('address','string',150); } } class Address extends Doctrine_Record { public function setTableDefinition() { $this->hasColumn('street','string',50); $this->hasColumn('user_id','integer'); } } ++++ One-to-Many, Many-to-One class User extends Doctrine_Record { public function setUp() { $this->ownsMany('Phonenumber','Phonenumber.user_id'); } public function setTableDefinition() { $this->hasColumn('name','string',50); $this->hasColumn('loginname','string',20); $this->hasColumn('password','string',16); } } class Phonenumber extends Doctrine_Record { public function setTableDefinition() { $this->hasColumn('phonenumber','string',50); $this->hasColumn('user_id','integer'); } } ++++ Tree structure class Task extends Doctrine_Record { public function setUp() { $this->hasOne('Task as Parent','Task.parent_id'); $this->hasMany('Task as Subtask','Subtask.parent_id'); } public function setTableDefinition() { $this->hasColumn('name','string',100); $this->hasColumn('parent_id','integer'); } }