The Real One and Modern way to make Singleton Pattern is:
<?php
/**
* Singleton Pattern.
*
* Modern implementation.
*/
class Singleton
{
/**
* Call this method to get singleton
*/
public static function instance()
{
static $instance = false;
if( $instance === false )
{
// Late static binding (PHP 5.3+)
$instance = new static();
}
return $instance;
}
/**
* Make constructor private, so nobody can call "new Class".
*/
private function __construct() {}
/**
* Make clone magic method private, so nobody can clone instance.
*/
private function __clone() {}
/**
* Make sleep magic method private, so nobody can serialize instance.
*/
private function __sleep() {}
/**
* Make wakeup magic method private, so nobody can unserialize instance.
*/
private function __wakeup() {}
}
So now you can use it like.
<?php
/**
* Database.
*
* Inherited from Singleton, so it's now got singleton behavior.
*/
class Database extends Singleton {
protected $label;
/**
* Example of that singleton is working correctly.
*/
public function setLabel($label)
{
$this->label = $label;
}
public function getLabel()
{
return $this->label;
}
}
// create first instance
$database = Database::instance();
$database->setLabel('Abraham');
echo $database->getLabel() . PHP_EOL;
// now try to create other instance as well
$other_db = Database::instance();
echo $other_db->getLabel() . PHP_EOL; // Abraham
$other_db->setLabel('Priler');
echo $database->getLabel() . PHP_EOL; // Priler
echo $other_db->getLabel() . PHP_EOL; // Priler
As you see this realization is lot more flexible.