[fw-mvc] populate edit form?

Ok, I'm having a hard time finding anything on how to populate my edit form...

I know I have to have something in my controller class to pass the values to my form, but I can not find any reference anywhere on what to use for this...

 

thanks for any help...

my form is:

 

class Form_Edit_Contact extends Zend_Form
{

 

....

 

        /**
         * Input: First Name
         */
        $this->addElement('text', 'firstName', array(
            'label'      => 'First Name:',
            'required'   => true,
            'value'   => $this->entry['firstName'],  //Ive tried  a few things here, none worked lol
            'filters'    => array('StringTrim'),
            'validators' => array(
                'Alpha'
            )
        ));

 

....

 

----------------------------------------------------------

my controller:

 

    public function editAction()
    {
        $request = $this->getRequest();
        $form    = $this->_getEditForm();
       
        $model = $this->_getModel();
       
        $this->view->entry = $model->fetchEntry($this->_getParam('id'));

 

        if ($this->getRequest()->isPost())
  {

 

            if ($form->isValid($request->getPost()))
   {

 

                $model = $this->_getModel();
                $model->save($form->getValues());

 

                return $this->_helper->redirector('index');
            }
        }
       
        $this->view->form = $form;
    }