On Jan 30, 2008 10:46 AM, Stut <stuttle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nathan Nobbe wrote: > > Actually no, I mean I would *just* use a static method. If there is no > reason to instantiate an object, why would you? <http://stut.net/> you realize you are instantiating an class in the code you posted, right? from you post: $o = new Test(); if i didnt know any better, id call that an instantiation of the Test class ;) the only thing is you are forcing it out of scope by using a local variable to store the reference to the object. -nathan