Singleton

[[Mystic]]

I was just wondering something about this.

I wanted to do something similar, like having a mysql class that there can
only be one of. The purpose of this was not to have hundereds to mysql
connections open, and also to track how many queries are being sent/second.

When creating the singleton, I assume you use this syntax:

$var = &new singelton;

However, in the class, how can you check to make sure there has not been
another class created under a different var?

My way of doing it would have been to make a static var in the __construct
class, checking if this has been registered as a var or not. If no, create
class, otherwise exit class.

Would this work? Or is there a better way of doing it?

Thanks.

[porneL]

> My way of doing it would have been to make a static var in the

__construct
class, checking if this has been registered as a var or not. If no,
create
class, otherwise exit class.

You can't prevent construction in constructor.

$singleton = &Class::obtainInstance();

obtainInstance should be static method, which returns existing
instance (from static var) or creates new one.

AFAIK in PHP it is not possible to make general base class for singletons
- you need to, but cannot know the name of inheriting class that uses
function of the base class.

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[Andy Hassall]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:58:37 +1300, "[Mystic]" <screwuspammer> wrote:

I was just wondering something about this.

I wanted to do something similar, like having a mysql class that there can
only be one of. The purpose of this was not to have hundereds to mysql
connections open, and also to track how many queries are being sent/second.

When creating the singleton, I assume you use this syntax:

$var = &new singelton;

However, in the class, how can you check to make sure there has not been
another class created under a different var?

My way of doing it would have been to make a static var in the __construct
class, checking if this has been registered as a var or not. If no, create
class, otherwise exit class.

Would this work? Or is there a better way of doing it?

If you mean "return the previously created object" where you said "exit class"
then yes, that's pretty much the standard way of creating a singleton. In
multithreaded languages there's a bit more to it, to stop a race condition
creating two instances concurrently, but that's not a problem in PHP.

"php singleton" on Google yields some useful looking hits.

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[Tim Van Wassenhove]

On 2005-01-18, [Mystic] <screwuspammer> wrote:

I was just wondering something about this.

I wanted to do something similar, like having a mysql class that there can
only be one of. The purpose of this was not to have hundereds to mysql
connections open, and also to track how many queries are being sent/second.

When creating the singleton, I assume you use this syntax:

$var = &new singelton;

However, in the class, how can you check to make sure there has not been
another class created under a different var?

My way of doing it would have been to make a static var in the __construct
class, checking if this has been registered as a var or not. If no, create
class, otherwise exit class.

Would this work? Or is there a better way of doing it?

Only a couple of things to get you started (php5)

- make the constructor private
- make a public method getInstance that provides the static instance of
the class (if that instance == null -> call constructor...)
- override the __clone function... (might encounter a problem here.....)

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[[Mystic]]

Thanks all of you,

Very helpful information.

[[Mystic]]

One last thing,

How can you call a classes function, before you have even created an object
that uses that class?

IE:

class::GetInstance();

[[Mystic]]

This is what I have so far:

class database {

private function __construct($called_from_getinstance = false) {
if (!$called_from_getinstance)
echo "Fatal error has occured. Tried to recreate database() class";
}

public function &getInstane() {
static $database_object; // reference object

if (!is_object($database))
$database_object = new database(true); // create new object

return $database_object; // return address of object
}
}

$test = &database::getInstane(); // get static instance of class
?>

Can anyone see any errors in this?

Im getting the following:
Debug Strict (PHP 5): C:\Projects\ixon.co.nz\includes\classes\mysql.clas s
line 26 - Non-static method database::getInstane() should not be called
statically

[Tim Van Wassenhove]

On 2005-01-19, [Mystic] <screwuspammer> wrote:
[snip singleton code]

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

class Singleton
{
private static $singleton;

private function __construct()
{
mysql_connect('localhost', 'timvw', 'tvw123');
mysql_select_db('timvw');
}

public static function getInstance()
{
if (self::$singleton == null)
{
self::$singleton = new Singleton;
}
return self::$singleton;
}

public function __clone()
{
trigger_error('Clone is not allowed.', E_USER_ERROR);
}
}

$singleton = Singleton::getInstance();
$evil = clone($singleton);
?>

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[Tim Van Wassenhove]

On 2005-01-19, [Mystic] <screwuspammer> wrote:

This is what I have so far:

class database {

private function __construct($called_from_getinstance = false) {
if (!$called_from_getinstance)
echo "Fatal error has occured. Tried to recreate database() class";
}

public function &getInstane() {
static $database_object; // reference object

if (!is_object($database))
$database_object = new database(true); // create new object

return $database_object; // return address of object
}
}

$test = &database::getInstane(); // get static instance of class
?>

Can anyone see any errors in this?

Im getting the following:
Debug Strict (PHP 5): C:\Projects\ixon.co.nz\includes\classes\mysql.clas s
line 26 - Non-static method database::getInstane() should not be called
statically

You should make the getInstance function static.....
<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL);

class Singleton
{
private static $singleton;

private function __construct()
{
mysql_connect('localhost', 'timvw', 'xxxxxx');
mysql_select_db('timvw');
}

public static function getInstance()
{
if (self::$singleton == null)
{
self::$singleton = new Singleton;
}
return self::$singleton;
}

public function __clone()
{
trigger_error('Clone is not allowed.', E_USER_ERROR);
}
}

$singleton = Singleton::getInstance();
$evil = clone($singleton);
?>


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[NC]

[Mystic] wrote:

I wanted to do something similar, like having a mysql class
that there can only be one of. The purpose of this was not
to have hundereds to mysql connections open,

Well, let's start by reading PHP documentation:

If a second call is made to mysql_connect() with the same
arguments, no new link will be established, but instead,
the link identifier of the already opened link will be
returned.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-connect.php

So there's no need to use singletons for this purpose. MySQL
is capable of doing it on its own.

Cheers,
NC

[[Mystic]]

"Tim Van Wassenhove" <ti***@users.sourceforge.net> wrote in message
news:35*************@individual.net...

On 2005-01-19, [Mystic] <screwuspammer> wrote:

This is what I have so far:

class database {

private function __construct($called_from_getinstance = false) {
if (!$called_from_getinstance)
echo "Fatal error has occured. Tried to recreate database() class";
}

public function &getInstane() {
static $database_object; // reference object

if (!is_object($database))
$database_object = new database(true); // create new object

return $database_object; // return address of object
}
}

$test = &database::getInstane(); // get static instance of class
?>

Can anyone see any errors in this?

Im getting the following:
Debug Strict (PHP 5): C:\Projects\ixon.co.nz\includes\classes\mysql.clas s line 26 - Non-static method database::getInstane() should not be called
statically

You should make the getInstance function static.....
<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL);

class Singleton
{
private static $singleton;

private function __construct()
{
mysql_connect('localhost', 'timvw', 'xxxxxx');
mysql_select_db('timvw');
}

public static function getInstance()
{
if (self::$singleton == null)
{
self::$singleton = new Singleton;
}
return self::$singleton;
}

public function __clone()
{
trigger_error('Clone is not allowed.', E_USER_ERROR);
}
}

$singleton = Singleton::getInstance();
$evil = clone($singleton);
?>


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Tim Van Wassenhove <http://www.timvw.info>

Thanks heaps.

[[Mystic]]

"NC" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:11********************@c13g2000cwb.googlegrou ps.com...

[Mystic] wrote:

I wanted to do something similar, like having a mysql class
that there can only be one of. The purpose of this was not
to have hundereds to mysql connections open,

Well, let's start by reading PHP documentation:

If a second call is made to mysql_connect() with the same
arguments, no new link will be established, but instead,
the link identifier of the already opened link will be
returned.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-connect.php

So there's no need to use singletons for this purpose. MySQL
is capable of doing it on its own.

Cheers,
NC

Thanks