Re: [PHP] Should I go with the Singleton Pattern or wait for 5.3?

2008-07-15 Thread Luigi Perroti
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Chris wrote: Is this a decision for the whole project or just one particular part of it? Can that one part be put off until later or does it need to be done first? This decision will impact the whole project. I think that maybe I should go with the Singleton

[PHP] Should I go with the Singleton Pattern or wait for 5.3?

2008-07-14 Thread Luigi Perroti
Hello, I'm planning out a simple project and most probably I will need the functionality provided by the Singleton pattern. However with the next 5.3 release I would be able to conveniently use classes directly without instancing them. This would be a comparable option thanks to late state binding

Re: [PHP] Should I go with the Singleton Pattern or wait for 5.3?

2008-07-14 Thread Chris
Luigi Perroti wrote: Hello, I'm planning out a simple project and most probably I will need the functionality provided by the Singleton pattern. However with the next 5.3 release I would be able to conveniently use classes directly without instancing them. This would be a comparable option