Current way in Zend.php / Zend_Registry.php:
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$registry = Zend::registry();
$registry = Zend_Registry::getInstance();
I like first one more, since it doesn't bother me with unneeded
knowledge about instances.
Alternative new way:
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Zend_Registry::set($key, $value);
Zedn_Registry::get($key);
Same here. Of course, if we had class getters/setters it would be even
cooler, but unfortunately you can't do Zend_Registry::$key = $value yet
:) AFAIK. I'd still prefer put() to set(), but this is not that important.
With the above get(), the current instance method version of get() in
the proposal is replaced with a method that only works on the "global"
registry stored in the static class variable. Instance methods for
accessors remain the same as for ArrayObject (i.e. inherited as they are
now in Registry.php).
We can keep the getInstance() if you wish for those who love patterns
and singletons, but this should not be the only way. What I mean is:
static public function put($key, $value) {
$me = self::getInstance();
$me[$key] = $value;
}
etc.
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Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Products Engineer
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