Singleton Pattern?

Hi everyone, This is not strictly PEAR-related, but it is for a PEAR class I'm developing. If this is not the place, I'll ask elsewhere. I am trying to implement a singleton pattern, but I am having the darnedest time. Have examined various examples (e.g., phppatterns.com, PEAR Log), but my own simple tests are failing. The simple test code: <?php class test {

    var $val = 'default';

    function &singleton()
    {
        static $obj;

        if (! isset($obj)) {
            echo "create ";
            $obj =& new test();
        } else {
            echo "reuse ";
        }

        return $obj;
    }

    function set($newval)
    {
        $this->val = $newval;
    }

    function get()
    {
        return $this->val;
    }

} // 1st instance $one =& test::singleton(); $one->set('something '); echo $one->get(); // 2nd instance (should be the same) $two =& test::singleton(); echo $two->get(); ?> In theory, the output should be "create something reuse something" (i.e, $one gets a newly created test object, sets the value, and gets the value; $two should get a reference to the static test object and get the value from that same object). However, the actual output is "create something reuse default" (i.e., $two is getting a new object, not the re-used reference to the static singleton). Is there something obvious that I am doing wrong? Thanks in advance for any help. -- Paul M. Jones Savant: the simple alternative to Smarty. http://phpsavant.com/