note 61506 added to language.oop5.patterns

Aya: Yes, the example as it stands is pretty useless, and a static method achieves the same result much more easily. But with a more complicated system, say you have two different ways of doing "bark": <?php class Example1 { // singleton implementation boilerplate goes here public function bark() { echo "Woof"; } } class Example2 { // singleton implementation boilerplate goes here public function bark() { echo "Yap"; } } if (/* some condition */) $method = Example1::singleton(); else $method = Example2::singleton(); for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) $method->bark(); ?> ---- Server IP: 64.246.30.37 Probable Submitter: 80.177.208.41 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.patterns.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+61506 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61506&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61506&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61506&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61506&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61506&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61506&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61506&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+61506&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php