note 61276 added to language.oop5.patterns

Singleton is a very useful pattern if you need multiple instances of different classes to use only one unique instance of common class. It's not just about having static methods. e.g. Your database connection class probably should be a singleton, in order to spare all redundant connect calls, etc... ---- Server IP: 216.235.15.211 Probable Submitter: 207.81.165.171 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.patterns.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+61276 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61276&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61276&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61276&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61276&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61276&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61276&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61276&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+61276&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php