note 59273 added to language.oop5.patterns

Personally I find the aforementioned 'singleton pattern' pointless in many cases, since a class containing only static members and functions is already a 'singleton'. The code in 'Example 19-25' above could simply read: <?php class Example { // Example method public static function bark() { echo 'Woof!'; } } // Call 'singleton' method Example::bark(); ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.patterns.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+59273 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59273&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59273&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59273&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59273&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59273&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59273&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59273&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+59273&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php