On Jan 16, 2008 4:55 PM, Jochem Maas <jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Eric Butera schreef: > > I still don't understand the obsession of a singleton in regards to a > > db connection. Using a registry is a much better practice I think. > > > > I think I alluded to the registry pattern in my reply above - although I'm > not > sure. could you care to ellaborate what you mean by registry? > though i havent seen registry defined in any of the few patterns books ive seen; i think its supposed to be a list of singletons, essentially; if you want a 'global' registry that is. and i suppose the registry class would itself be a singleton as well. here is a somewhat concrete definition / explanation / example.. http://www.phppatterns.com/doku.php/design/the_registry -nathan
