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What are the disadvantages of using a PHP database class as a singleton?

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What are the disadvantages of using a PHP database class as a singleton?

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Ricardo Avatar asked Jun 26 '10 15:06

Ricardo

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The disadvantages are the same as for any class that uses the Singleton pattern:

  • It is hard to test code that uses singletons.
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Gordon Avatar answered Sep 25 '22 02:09

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