getting name of class from a parent
| From: | Rory Browne | Date: | Wed, 15 Dec 2004 01:29:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | getting name of class from a parent | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Hi
I need a way to create an instance of a class, from a parent of that class.
Lets say I have the following code:
<?php
class base_class{
static function get_instance(){
// code I need goes here
}
}
class utility_class {
}
$instance = utility_class::get_instance()
?>
You may be wondering why I don't just " $instance = new utility_class
" - the reason is that I want to only create one of these instances. I
don't want any more than one instance of utility_class at any one
time.
I can't use get_class($this) either, because, there is no $this when
I'm accessing the method staticly.
Any suggestions?