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title: "MVC - Model View Controller"
version: "5.14"
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# MVC - Model View Controller

## Overview

Model View Controller ([MVC][wiki-mvc]) is a software architectural pattern, which divides the application logic into
three interconnected elements, separating internal representations of information of the application.

Phalcon offers the object-oriented classes, necessary to implement the Model View Controller in your application. This
design pattern is widely used by other web frameworks and desktop applications.

MVC benefits include:

* Isolation of business logic from the user interface and the database layer
* Making it clear where different types of code belong for easier maintenance

If you decide to use MVC, every request to your application resources will be managed by the MVC architecture. Phalcon
classes are written in Zephir, which is translated to C, offering a high-performance implementation of the MVC pattern
in PHP applications.

## Models

A model represents the information (data) of the application and the rules to manipulate that data. Models are primarily
used for managing the rules of interaction with a corresponding database table. In most cases, each table in your
database will correspond to one model in your application. The bulk of your application's business logic will be
concentrated in the models. [more...][db-models]

## Views

Views represent the user interface of your application. Views are often HTML files with embedded PHP code that perform
tasks related solely to the presentation of the data. Views handle the job of providing data to the web browser or other
tool that is used to make requests from your application. [more...][views]

## Controllers

The controllers provide the _flow_ between models and views. Controllers are responsible for processing the incoming
requests from the web browser, interrogating the models for data, and passing that data on to the views for
presentation. [more...][controllers]

[wiki-mvc]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model–view–controller

[db-models]: /5.14/db-models/

[views]: /5.14/views/

[controllers]: /5.14/controllers/

Source: https://docs.phalcon.io/5.14/mvc/index.mdx