Zend Framework: Form: Should I use camelCase for form element names & DB tables, or not?

Question

I like everything to be neat and semantic, therefore I am reaching out for some advice on a subject I am 50/50 on, I realise this is pretty much down to personal preference but want to stick to doing things one way.

Note: I know this question has been asked before, but the answers are very mixed and usually boil down to... stick to the convention being used in the application. But when creating a new application, whats the best way to do it?

The database columns look like:

description, user_id, blah_id

Therefore should my form elements look like:

Option 1: $userId = new Zend_Form_Element_Select(' user_id ');

OR

option 2: $userId = new Zend_Form_Element_Select(' userId ');

OR:

Change the (MySQL) database to include camelCase tables and columns too??

What are your thoughts on this?

Answer 1

Zend Framework use camelCase. So if you can change the naming of tables and column, use this.