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

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, ... 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 utility_class

[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: 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