1 | <?php |
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18 | class EmptyResponse implements QueryResponse |
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19 | { |
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20 | /** |
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21 | * @var EmptyResponse The reference to *Singleton* instance of this class |
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22 | */ |
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23 | private static $instance; |
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25 | /** |
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26 | * Protected constructor to prevent creating a new instance of the |
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27 | * *Singleton* via the `new` operator from outside of this class. |
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28 | */ |
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29 | protected function __construct() |
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33 | /** |
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34 | * Returns the *Singleton* instance of this class. |
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35 | * |
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36 | * @return EmptyResponse The *Singleton* instance |
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37 | */ |
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38 | public static function create() : EmptyResponse |
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47 | /** |
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48 | * Private clone method to prevent cloning of the instance of the |
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49 | * *Singleton* instance. |
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50 | * |
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51 | * @codeCoverageIgnore |
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52 | */ |
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53 | private function __clone() |
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56 | } |
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57 |
Let’s assume you have a class which uses late-static binding:
The code above will run fine in your PHP runtime. However, if you now create a sub-class and call the
getSomeVariable()
on that sub-class, you will receive a runtime error:In the case above, it makes sense to update
SomeClass
to useself
instead: