getTableFromString example

    /** * _getTableFromString * * @param string $tableName * @return Zend_Db_Table_Abstract */
    protected function _getTableFromString($tableName)
    {
        return Zend_Db_Table_Abstract::getTableFromString($tableName, $this->_table);
    }

}

public function delete($where)
    {
        $depTables = $this->getDependentTables();
        if (!empty($depTables)) {
            $resultSet = $this->fetchAll($where);
            if (count($resultSet) > 0 ) {
                foreach ($resultSet as $row) {
                    /** * Execute cascading deletes against dependent tables */
                    foreach ($depTables as $tableClass) {
                        $t = self::getTableFromString($tableClass, $this);
                        $t->_cascadeDelete($tableClass, $row->getPrimaryKey());
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        $tableSpec = ($this->_schema ? $this->_schema . '.' : '') . $this->_name;
        return $this->_db->delete($tableSpec, $where);
    }

    /** * Called by parent table's class during delete() method. * * @param string $parentTableClassname * @param array $primaryKey * @return int Number of affected rows */