Simple basic class which uses to get_called_class() to create singleton instances. A previous post by php at mikebird dot co dot uk explain how to do this, but the extended static variables require you to define them in child classes before they work.
<?php
abstract class Singleton {
private static $instances = array();
public function __construct() {
$class = get_called_class();
if (array_key_exists($class, self::$instances))
trigger_error("Tried to construct a second instance of class \"$class\"", E_USER_WARNING);
}
public static function getInstance() {
$class = get_called_class();
if (array_key_exists($class, self::$instances) === false)
self::$instances[$class] = new $class();
return self::$instances[$class];
}
}
class A extends Singleton {
}
class B extends Singleton {
}
$a1 = A::getInstance();
$a2 = A::getInstance();
$b1 = B::getInstance();
$b2 = B::getInstance();
if (get_class($a1) == "A" &&
get_class($a2) == "A" &&
get_class($b1) == "B" &&
get_class($b2) == "B" &&
$a1 === $a2 &&
$b1 === $b2)
echo "All good\n";
else
echo "FAIL!\n";
?>
You probably noticed the use of self:: rather than static::, this is because we want the static variable to be private, and using static:: will not allow us to do that.
