Singleton Pattern
Implementing the singleton pattern in PHP
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March 13, 2026Singleton Pattern
The singleton pattern ensures a class has only one instance.
class Database
{
private static ?self $instance = null;
private function __construct(
private readonly PDO $pdo
) {}
public static function getInstance(): self
{
if (self::$instance === null) {
self::$instance = new self(
new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=app', 'root', '')
);
}
return self::$instance;
}
public function query(string $sql): array
{
return $this->pdo->query($sql)->fetchAll();
}
}
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