note 83565 added to language.oop5.patterns

A tricky way to implement Factory or Singleton is this one: <?php class A { // your amazing stuff } // implicit factory function A( /* one or more args */ ){ return new A( /* one or more args */ ); } $a = A(1,2,3); $b = A(2,3); // or implicit Singleton function A( /* one or more args */ ){ static $instance; return isset($instance) ? $instance : ($instance = new A( /* one or more args */ )); } A(1,2,3) === A(2,3); // true ?> More details in WebReflection, byez ---- Server IP: 92.48.74.199 Probable Submitter: 84.9.52.90 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.patterns.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/83565 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83565/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83565/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83565/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83565/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83565/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83565/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83565 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/83565 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php