On Jan 16, 2008 3:59 PM, Jochem Maas <jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > given that dbaccess doesn't extend mysqli instantiation of dbaccess is > completely > pointless no? i dont know; i think using an instance of dbaccess to control a single instance of the mysqli class is appropriate. personally, i wouldnt extend mysqli unless i had a good reason to. i would probly only rationalize this if i wanted to override some of the behavior in a specific way, or extend it in some meaningful way (even then i might use composition). if that isnt the intention i think composition is the best choice for the singleton. more a matter of preference than anything i suppose. at least i cant think of a better reason to argue for composition. > no idea what you mean ya; some of these posts from you are a little hard to understand, julian. -nathan