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Title : PHP5 And The Singleton Pattern
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Joseph Crawford
Date : Aug 30th 2004
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in this example i will show you how to use the singleton pattern in your classes so that only one instance of the object is ever created. and you can access your object anywhere without the need to use global $obj;


user.class.php
<?php
Class User {
  static private
$instance;
  private
$_name;
  private
$_email;

  private function
__construct() {
 
  }

  static function
instance() {
    if(!
Self::$instance) {
     
Self::$instance = new User();
    } else {
      return
Self::$instance
   
}
  }

  public function
name($name) {
    if(!
$name) {
      return
$this->$_name;
    } else {
     
$this->$_name = $name;
    }
  }

  public function
email($email) {
    if(!
$email) {
      return
$this->$_email;
    } else {
     
$this->$_email = $email;
    }
  }
}
?>


index.php
<?php
include_once('user.class.php');

// call the user class and check to see if there is already an instance
// of the user class, if so return it otherwise create the instance.
$user = User::instance();

// set the name and email
$user->name('Joe Crawford');
$user->email('weberdev@codebowl.com');


// echo the name and email
echo $user->name();
echo
'<br>';
echo
$user->email();


//now say you have a class or a function that you need to gain access to the user object for, rather than doing global $user; you should do something like this.

class Something {
  private
$user;

  public function
__construct() {
   
$this->user = User::instance();
  }
}

//this will then allow you to use $this->$user->name(); in the class.
?>


If you have any problems understanding this code feel free to comment or email me using weverdev@codebowl.com



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 Abdoulaye Siby wrote : 1182
Hello, that`s a very useful code. However, I am wondering how does PHP make the difference between the variable $instance and the function instance(). Is there any reason that they have the same spelling ? If ther is, that`s fine but it`s really confusing for the human eye. I would have used $var_instance instead of $instance to make the difference clearer.

Good work ;)
 
 Joseph Crawford wrote :1183
Actually you can use a different name, i should have used getInstance() as that is what i normally use.

sorry for the confusion

Joe Crawford Jr.