Re: [PHP] getting name of class from a parent

2004-12-15 Thread Richard Lynch
Rory Browne wrote: You may be wondering why I don't just $instance = new utility_class - the reason is that I want to only create one of these instances. I don't want any more than one instance of utility_class at any one time. I can't use get_class($this) either, because, there is no

[PHP] getting name of class from a parent

2004-12-14 Thread Rory Browne
Hi I need a way to create an instance of a class, from a parent of that class. Lets say I have the following code: ?php class base_class{ static function get_instance(){ // code I need goes here } } class utility_class { } $instance = utility_class::get_instance() ? You may

Re: [PHP] getting name of class from a parent

2004-12-14 Thread Chris
I'm not sure I'm quite clear on what you want, ... ?php class base_class{ static function get_instance(){ static $oUtility = new utility_class(); return $oUtility; } } class utility_class { } $instance = utility_class::get_instance() ? That should create an instance of