note 57940 added to language.oop5.patterns

How do I make an instance of a singleton class in a factory function? This won't work of course: return new $dbtype(); This won't work too: return new $dbtype::singleton(); Please help me out here... ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.patterns.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+57940 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57940&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57940&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57940&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57940&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57940&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57940&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57940&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+57940&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php