> here is in my opinion, what you can do: > class Base { > private function __construct() Except that in one of my follow up posts I indicated that my singleton class was deriving from a class that had a public constructor. Thanks anyway. I ended up just using Stut's suggestion. As he said, it's not pretty but it is simple. thnx, Christoph -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php